Order of Douglas Kennedy Books
Douglas Kennedy is an American author best known for writing the bestselling Leaving the World.
Kennedy grew up New York and decided to wanted to be a writer from a young age. He attended Bowdoin College in Maine before he moved to Ireland to study at Trinity College. He would return to America and go to work, unsuccessfully, as a stage manager for a time before returning to Dublin on a trip that would change his life. On his return, he would co-found a theatre company that lead to him joining the National Theatre of Ireland as administrator of its experimental theatre. He would stay there five years before resigning to write full-time.
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| The Dead Heart | (1995) |    |
| The Big Picture | (1997) | |
| The Job | (1998) | |
| The Pursuit of Happiness | (2001) | |
| Temptation | (2002) | |
| A Special Relationship | (2003) | |
| State of the Union | (2005) | |
| The Woman in the Fifth | (2007) | |
| Leaving the World | (2009) | |
| The Moment | (2011) | |
| Five Days | (2012) | |
| The Blue Hour | (2015) | |
| The Heat of Betrayal | (2015) | |
| The Great Wide Open | (2019) | |
| Isabelle in the Afternoon | (2020) | |
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
| The Christmas Ring | (2011) | |
| The Mistake | (2013) | |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
| Beyond The Pyramids | (1988) | |
| In God's Country | (1989) | |
| Chasing Mammon | (1992) | |
Publication Order of Anthologies
| New Woman, New Fiction | (1990) | |
If You Like Douglas Kennedy Books, You’ll Love…
Leaving the World sees a woman named Jane who at the age of thirteen swore that she would never get married or have children. Life had other plans for her though. Now, she’s working as a professor in Boston and in love with a man named Theo. She ends up pregnant and motherhood comes which turns out to be a welcome surprise for her. A devastating turn of events tears her life apart and she leaves all that she knows behind. She has renounced her life, but now there has been a disappearance of a young girl which she knows she can help the police with. She’ll have to choose between staying hidden or brining the truth to light.
The Pursuit of Happiness takes place in 1945 after the war is over. Sara meets a U.S. Army journalist back from Germany at a party for her brother Eric. His world view is far different from the others at the party and Sara is drawn to him. Their relationship will have have profound consequences, both for themselves and for those closest to them for decades afterwards.