Order of Maeve Binchy Books

Maeve Binchy (1940-2012) was an Irish author who wrote about small-town life in Ireland with a humourous slant. Her novels often contained surprise endings. Her success as a novelist caused her to become one of Ireland’s richest women. Binchy passed away in 2012 after a short illness.

Maeve Binchy started as a writer with the short story collections Central Line and Victoria Line. She then followed it up with Light a Penny Candle in 1982. It sold for £52,000, which helped her out when she was behind on her mortgage. Below is a list of Maeve Binchy’s books in order of when they were originally released:

Publication Order of Standalone Novels

Light a Penny Candle	(1982)
The Lilac Bus	(1984)
Echoes	(1985)
Firefly Summer	(1987)
The Silver Wedding	(1988)
Circle of Friends	(1990)
The Copper Beech	(1992)
The Glass Lake	(1994)
Evening Class	(1996)
Tara Road	(1998)
Scarlet Feather	(2000)
Quentins	(2002)
Nights of Rain and Stars	(2004)
Whitethorn Woods	(2006)
Heart and Soul	(2008)
Minding Frankie	(2010)
A Week in Winter	(2012)
Chestnut Street	(2014)
Sister Caravaggio	(2014)

Publication Order of Short Stories

The Builders	(2002)
Star Sullivan	(2006)
A Week in Summer	(2011)
Full House	(2012)

Publication Order of Short Story Collections

Dublin 4	(1981)
London Transports	(1983)
The Storyteller	(1990)
Dublin People	(1993)
Cross Lines	(1996)
This Year It Will Be Different and Other Stories	(1996)
The Return Journey	(1998)
Maeve's Times	(2013)
A Few of the Girls	(2015)

Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books

Maeve's Diary	(1979)
Aches and Pains	(1999)
A Time to Dance	(2006)
The Maeve Binchy's Writers' Club	(2008)
Dear Maeve	(2013)

Note: London Transports was also published as Victoria Line, Central Line. Sister Caravaggio was edited by Peter Cunningham and contained contributions by Binchy, Mary O’Donnell, Neil Donnelly, Cormac Millar and Peter Sheridan.

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