Iris Murdoch
Dame Jean Iris Murdoch was an Irish and British novelist and philosopher. Murdoch is best known for her novels about good and evil, sexual relationships, morality, and the power of the unconscious. Her first published novel, Under the Net (1954), was selected in 1998 as one of Modern Library's 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century. Her 1978 novel The Sea, the Sea won the Booker Prize. In 1987, she was made a Dame by Queen Elizabeth II for services to literature. In 2008, The Times ranked Murdoch twelfth on a list of "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945".
Books by Iris Murdoch
7 books available
Under the Net
by Iris Murdoch
3.8(12,715)
In bohemian London, a charming but aimless young translator chases an old love, falls into absurd misadventures, and grapples with an enigmatic philosopher's ideas about language.
The Bell
by Iris Murdoch
3.9(6,325)
Outside an abbey, a lay community's spiritual quest turns chaotic when a rediscovered bell tolls for a returning wife, a confronted leader, and a wise Abbess, all facing salvation, human weakness, and the fight between good and evil.
A Fairly Honourable Defeat
by Iris Murdoch
3.9(1,780)
In a dark comedy, a cynical intellectual manipulates friends and couples, exposing their fragile loyalties and proving humanity prefers drama over honest communication.
The Black Prince
by Iris Murdoch
4.0(7,037)
A middle-aged writer's memoir reveals a life stifled by artistic failure, bad relationships, and self-delusion, as he fights for love, truth, and meaning.
The Green Knight
by Iris Murdoch
3.9(1,349)
In contemporary London, a failed murder attempt unleashes a mysterious stranger whose bizarre demands for amends unravel a family's eccentric circle with unsettling, fatal consequences.
A Severed Head
by Iris Murdoch
3.8(6,884)
An academic's polite world of affairs collapses when his wife leaves him for her psychoanalyst, sending him into a dark, funny spiral through an incestuous maze of intense passions and unsettling self-discovery.
The Unicorn
by Iris Murdoch
3.6(2,488)
In a remote Irish castle, a young governess becomes entangled in the unsettling, ritualistic imprisonment of its enigmatic lady, revealing a gothic web of obsession, sacrifice, and the terrifying beauty of delusion.