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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 · 83,666 ratings · 13,014 reviews · 19 distinct works • Similar authors

	Things in Jars 3.69 avg rating — 25,206 ratings — published 2019 — 38 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 — 15,028 ratings — published 2017 — 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
	The Night Ship 3.65 avg rating — 12,943 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 3.79 avg rating — 10,204 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
	Murder at Gulls Nest (Nora Breen Investigates, #1) 3.76 avg rating — 7,556 ratings — published 2025 — 2 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 3.97 avg rating — 146 ratings — published 2020 — 6 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 4.29 avg rating — 35 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
	The Hoarder by Jess Kidd (Goodreads Author), Aoife McMahon (Narrator) 4.28 avg rating — 18 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 4.54 avg rating — 13 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) 4.40 avg rating — 10 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

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Faber announces ‘Murder at Gulls Nest’

February 2025 – Faber announces ‘Murder at Gulls Nest’:

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“Memory is like a wayward dog. Sometimes it drops the ball and sometimes it brings it, and sometimes it doesn’t bring a ball at all; it brings a shoe.”
― Jess Kidd, The Hoarder

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“Words are capable of flying. They dart through windows, over fences, between bar stools and across courtyards. They travel rapidly from mouth to ear, from ear to mouth. And as they go, they pick up speed and weight and substance and gravity. Until they land with a scud, take seed and grow as fast as the unruliest of beanstalks.”
― Jess Kidd, Himself

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“women should have the uncontested right to enter the medical profession, being, as a general rule, notably less stupid than men.”
― Jess Kidd, Things in Jars

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Polls

May BoTM Side Read Nominations ~ 1st Poll
Top 5 books move onto final poll

Our Missing Hearts

by Celeste Ng

4 votes, 17.4%

Fairy Tale

by Stephen King

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

by A.R. Torre

0 votes, 0.0%

The Affliction

by Beth Gutcheon

0 votes, 0.0%

23 total votes

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