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  • Bibliography:
    16 Books
  • First Book:
    March 1978
  • Latest Book:
    March 2018
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Book List in Order: 16 titles



  • Sweeping from the Irish Rebellion of the early 1920s to the tumultuous Boston of Mayor James Michael Curley and the Kennedys, Mortal Friends is the saga of Irish revolutionary Colman Brady and the choices that shaped his fate. James Carroll is the au...







  • New York Times Bestseller: A priest struggles against the Vietnam War -- and his own passions -- in “a classic page-turner” (Chicago Tribune).   Vietnam was bitterly contested not only on the battlefields of Southeast Asia but on the America...



  • At the height of World War I, Douglas Tyrrell leaves Ireland and his wife to fight in the English army, and his sister meets a revolutionary who is determined to fight for Irish independence, even if it means siding with the Germans...



  • Only a few men know of the presence in the United States of an IRA assassin, code-named Juneau, who has promised to kill the British ambassador and whose true identity remains a complete and frightening mystery...



  • Firebird, the author's seventh novel, is about the most fateful act of espionage of the twentieth century. Set in the era of Hiss, Fuchs, McCarthy and the Rosenbergs, all of who feature in this story. It is a breathtaking political thriller. But unli...




  • This historical saga of a patriotic man and his son “tackles those dangerous, wrenching issues of morality, political ethics, and family ties” (Alice Hoffman).   From the New York Times"bestselling and National Book Award"winning author ...






  • National Book Award winner: This story of a family torn apart by the Vietnam era is “a magnificent portrayal of two noble men who broke each other’s hearts” (Booklist).   James Carroll grew up in a Catholic family that seemed blessed. His ...



  • A New York Times Notable Book"A rich, seductive meld of characters real and fictive, of history and fancy."   --  New York Times Book ReviewIn this compelling family saga set during a tumultuous era in Boston history, 1960-1984, acclai...



  • From a New York Times"bestselling author, a “gripping and beautifully written” novel of love and family set against the backdrop of Cold War Berlin (Bookpage). Berlin, 1961. Days before the Wall rises, three teenagers from an American school in...



  • The book reflects what every one of us wants. We all have visions of being an action hero. The person who saves the day. Our writer is such a person. It is he who is playing the part, acting out every scene, every piece of action and putting himself ...



  • David Warburg, newly minted director of the U.S. War Refugee Board, arrives in Rome at war’s end, determined to bring aid to the destitute European Jews streaming into the city. Marguerite d’Erasmo, a French-Italian Red Cross worker with a shadow...



  • A New York Times bestselling and widely admired Catholic writer explores how we can retrieve transcendent faith in modern times Critically acclaimed and bestselling author James Carroll has explored every aspect of Christianity, faith, and Jesus C...



  • From National Book Award-winning writer James Carroll comes a novel of the timeless love story of Peter Abelard and Héloïse, and its impact on a modern priest and a Holocaust survivor seeking sanctuary in Manhattan. Father Michael Kavanagh is sh...


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

James Carroll has published 16 books.

James Carroll does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, The Cloister, was published in March 2018.

The first book by James Carroll, Mortal Friends, was published in March 1978.

No. James Carroll does not write books in series.