Order of Colum McCann Books
Colum McCann is an Irish-American author of literary fiction. After studying journalism at College of Commerce, Rathmines, Colum began writing for various newspapers in Ireland; this gave him an excellent platform to start his fiction-writing career. Since then, he has been a recipient of such honours as the National Book Award, the International Dublin Impac Prize, a Chevalier des Arts et Lettres from the French government, the 2010 Best Foreign Novel Award in China, and an Oscar nomination. Colum lives in New York with his wife, Alison, and their three children.
Colum McCann made his debut as a published author in 1994 with the short story collection Fishing the Sloe-Black River. His first novel, entitled Songdogs, was published in 1995. Below is a list of Colum McCann’s books in order of when they were originally released:
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Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| Songdogs | (1995) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| This Side of Brightness | (1998) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Zoli | (2001) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Dancer | (2003) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Let the Great World Spin | (2009) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| TransAtlantic | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Apeirogon | (2020) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
| Fishing the Sloe-Black River | (1984) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Everything in This Country Must | (2000) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Thirteen Ways of Looking | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
| 365 Days in Ireland Calendar 2010 | (2009) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Letters to a Young Writer | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| American Mother | (2024) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Anthologies
| From the Republic of Conscience | (2010) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Best European Fiction 2011 | (2010) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| At the Fights: American Writers on Boxing: A Library of America Special Publication | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Tales of Two Cities: The Best and Worst of Times In Today's New York | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Best American Short Stories 2015 | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Freeman's: Arrival | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Eat Joy | (2019) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Note: From the Republic of Conscience also has contributions by Maeve Binchy, John Boyne, John Connolly, Roddy Doyle, Seamus Heaney, Jennifer Johnston, Neil Jordan, Frank McCourt and Colm Toibin.
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Colum McCann Synopsis: Songdogs is a standalone title by Colum McCann. With his only clues being unreliable memories and scraps of photographs, Conor Lyons follows in the tracks of his father, a rootless photographer, as he moved from war-torn Spain, to the barren plains of Mexico, where he met and married Conor’s mother, to the American West, and finally back to Ireland.
The non-fiction book Letters to a Young Writer: Some Practical and Philosophical Advice by Colum McCann is a call to look outward rather than inward. McCann asks his readers to constantly push the boundaries of experience, to see empathy and wonder in the stories we craft and hear. A paean to the power of language, both by argument and by example, Letters to a Young Writer is fierce and honest in its testament to the bruises delivered by writing as both a profession and a calling. It charges aspiring writers to learn the rules and even break them. These fifty-two essays are ultimately a profound challenge to a new generation to bring truth and light to a dark world through their art.