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Jess Kidd

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Mystery, Humor and Comedy, Fantasy

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June 2016

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Jess Kidd was brought up in London as part of a large family from county Mayo and has been praised for her unique fictional voice. Her debut, Himself, was shortlisted for the Irish Book Awards in 2016. She won the Costa Short Story Award the same year. Her second novel, The Hoarder, published as Mr. Flood's Last Resort in the U.S. and Canada was shortlisted for the Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year 2019. Both books were BBC Radio 2 Book Club Picks. Her latest book, the Victorian detective tale Things in Jars, has been released to critical acclaim. Jess’s work has been described as ‘Gabriel García Márquez meets The Pogues.’ ...more

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Average rating: 3.75 · 67,106 ratings · 10,565 reviews · 14 distinct works • Similar authors

	Things in Jars 3.70 avg rating — 23,740 ratings — published 2019 — 34 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Himself 3.92 avg rating — 13,880 ratings — published 2017 — 28 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Night Ship 3.66 avg rating — 11,306 ratings — published 2022 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mr. Flood's Last Resort 3.80 avg rating — 9,557 ratings — published 2018 — 29 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Everyday Magic 3.98 avg rating — 122 ratings — published 2020 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Himself / The Hoarder: 2 books 4.31 avg rating — 26 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Jess Kidd Collection 3 Books Set by Jess Kidd (Goodreads Author) 4.44 avg rating — 9 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dirty Little Fishes 4.63 avg rating — 8 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fantastisch schaurige Ermittlungen: Drei Bücher in einem Band: »Der Freund der Toten«, »Heilige und andere Tote« und »Die Ewigkeit in einem Glas« by Jess Kidd (Goodreads Author), Ulrike Wasel (translator), Klaus Timmermann (translator) it was ok 2.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Feb 2022 – The Night Ship

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Canongate dives in for Kidd’s maritime epic in two-book dealRIGHTSOCT 7, 2021BY RUTH COMERFORD [image error] [image error] [image error]

Canongate has acquired Jess Kidd’s The Night Ship, a tale of “heart and salt and tears”, in a two-book deal.

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4 votes, 17.4%

Fairy Tale

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4 votes, 17.4%

His & Hers

by Alice Feeney

3 votes, 13.0%

The Night Ship

by Jess Kidd

3 votes, 13.0%

Age of Vice

by Deepti Kapoor

3 votes, 13.0%

Local Woman Missing

by Mary Kubica

2 votes, 8.7%

The Hotel Nantucket

by Elin Hilderbrand

2 votes, 8.7%

Stone Blind

by Natalie Haynes

1 vote, 4.3%

So Long, Chester Wheeler

by Catherine Ryan Hyde

1 vote, 4.3%

Every Last Secret

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0 votes, 0.0%

The Affliction

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