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)
Silver Wedding	(1988)
Circle of Friends	(1990)
The Copper Beech	(1992)
The Glass Lake	(1994)
Shancarrig	(1995)
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)
Sister Caravaggio	(2014)

Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas

The Builders	(2002)
Star Sullivan	(2006)
A Week in Summer	(2011)
Full House	(2012)
Dusty's Winter	(2016)
The September Letters	(2016)

Publication Order of Fairytales for Feminists Books

Ride on Rapunzel

(1994)

Publication Order of Plays

Deeply Regretted By	(2006)
Half Promised Land	(2009)
End of Term	(2010)

Publication Order of Collections

Central Line	(1978)
Victoria Line / London Transports	(1980)
Dublin Four	(1981)
Story Teller	(1990)
Dublin People	(1993)
This Year It Will Be Different, and other stories	(1995)
Cross Lines	(1996)
The Return Journey	(1998)
Maeve's Times	(2013)
Chestnut Street	(2014)
A Few of the Girls	(2015)

Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books

Maeve's Diary	(1979)
Dear Maeve	(1995)
Aches & Pains	(1999)
A Time to Dance	(2006)
The Maeve Binchy Writers' Club	(2008)

Publication Order of Anthologies

Irish Girls about Town	(1995)
Over the Moon	(2009)
From the Republic of Conscience	(2010)

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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