Roddy Doyle

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  • Bibliography:
    39 Books (4 Series)
  • First Book:
    January 1987
  • Latest Book:
    September 2024
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Full Series List in Order

Ireland

1 - A Star Called Henry (Sep-1999)
2 - Oh, Play That Thing (Nov-2004)
3 - Dead Republic (May-2010)

Jimmy Rabbitte

1 - The Commitments (1987)
2 - The Guts (Jan-2014)

Mack Family Tales

1 - The Giggler Treatment (Sep-2000)
2 - Rover Saves Christmas (Nov-2001)
3 - The Meanwhile Adventures (Oct-2004)

Related Books

1 - The Woman Who Walked into Doors (Apr-1996)
2 - Paula Spencer (Jan-2007)

Book List in Order: 39 titles

  • The Commitments

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    Jimmy Rabbitte - 1

    Take a group of fame-starved, working-class Irish youths who call themselves The Commitments, give them a paradoxical passion for the music of Sam Cooke and Otis Redding, and a mission-to bring Soul to Dublin-and you have the makings of one of the mo...

  • The Snapper

    From the Booker Prize-winning author of Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha, the follow up to his acclaimed debut novel The Commitments  Twenty-year-old Sharon Rabbitte is pregnant. She's also unmarried, living at home, working in a grocery store, and keeping...

  • The Van

    Roddy Doyle’s acclaimed Booker Prize-nominated novel, “a darker portrayal of midlife crisis and an expansively farcical chain of misadventures” (The New York Times Book Review) Jimmy Rabitte, Sr., is unemployed, spending his days alone and...

  • Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha

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    Winner of the Booker Prize " Roddy Doyle’s witty, exuberant novel about a young boy trying to make sense of his changing worldIt is 1968. Patrick Clarke is ten. He loves Geronimo, the Three Stooges, and the smell of his hot water bottle. He can't...

  • The Barrytown Trilogy

    A one-volume edition of the celebrated trio of novels about the Rabbitte family, from the Booker Prize-winning author of Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha

    Look for Roddy Doyle’s new novel, Smile, coming in October of 2017

    The Barrytown Trilogy g...

  • The Woman Who Walked into Doors

    Related Books - 1

    "This unflinching novel chronicles a woman's relationship with a violent man in a way that brings fresh insight to the subject . . . engaging and uplifting." -- O, The Oprah MagazineFrom the Booker Prize-winning author of Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha, the ...

  • A Star Called Henry

    Ireland - 1

    Born in the Dublin slums of 1901, his father a one-legged whorehouse bouncer and settler of scores, Henry Smart has to grow up fast. By the time he can walk he's out robbing and begging, often cold and always hungry, but a prince of the streets. By E...

  • The Slave

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    12 completely new stories, written by 12 of the most celebrated voices in fiction today; clever, outrageous, witty, edgy, tender, wicked... this is what they meant by "original." Bestselling author Nick Hornby has brought together a star-studded g...

  • The Giggler Treatment

    Mack Family Tales - 1

    A POO DISASTER! The Gigglers usually know what they're doing. When adults are mean to kids -- making them go to their room without dinner or forcing them to wear clothes they hate -- the Gigglers won't let them get away with it. They make sure the g...



  • Rover Saves Christmas

    Mack Family Tales - 2

    Christmas is under threat! Rudolf the red-nosed reindeer only works one night a year-but, unfortunately, he's chosen Christmas Eve to take a sickie. When your star sleigh-puller is stable-ridden with the flu, what do you do? You call Rover...Join Rov...

  • Yeats Is Dead!

    In aid of Amnesty International, this is a brilliant 'serial' novel by fifteen of the very brightest talents in Irish writing. It begins with Roddy Doyle and ends with Frank McCourt. In between thirteen other Irish writers spin an increasingly elabor...

  • Rory & Ita

  • The Meanwhile Adventures

    Mack Family Tales - 3

    A DOG IN SHINING ARMOR? A TODDLER TO THE RESCUE? Mr. Mack's been arrested for a small misunderstanding at the bank (involving a saw inconveniently shaped like a machine gun). Meanwhile, Mrs. Billie Jean Fleetwood-Mack is missing (off trying to se...

  • Oh, Play That Thing

    Ireland - 2

    The sequel to Roddy Doyle’s beloved novel A Star Called Henry " an entertaining romp across America in the 1920s Fleeing the Irish Republican paymasters for whom he committed murder and mayhem, Henry Smart has left his wife and infant daughter in...

  • Paula Spencer

    Related Books - 2

    When Roddy Doyle published The Woman Who Walked into Doors in 1996, critics and readers alike hailed it as a tour de force of literary ventriloquism that captured both the vulnerability and strength of a thirty-nine-year-old Dublin housewife with a f...

  • Wilderness

    A novel of mothers lost and found. Grainne's Mom disappeared years ago when her parents were divorced, and Mom moved to the U.S. Now, bafflingly, she's reappeared and wants to meet. What could she be up to? To get out of the way of this mysteriou...

  • The Deportees: and Other Stories

    For his many devoted readers: the first collection of stories from Booker Prize-winning author Roddy Doyle. For the past few years Roddy Doyle has written stories for Metro Eireann, a magazine by and for immigrants to Ireland. Each of the stories ...

  • Not Just for Christmas

    Danny Murphy is going to meet his brother, Jimmy. They haven't seen each other in more than twenty years, and Danny is nervous. On the way to the pub, Danny begins to remember the good times and the bad times, the humor, the fights and the pivotal ar...

  • Her Mother's Face

    Doyle's debut picture book is perfect for anyone who has loved, lost, or known the value of family. This powerful story explores grief and the healing power of laughter, with Doyle's unmistakable insight and gentle humor. Full color."...



  • Mad Weekend

    A story of male friendship, sometimes gone astray. Dave, Pat and Ben have been best friends since they were kids. They do everything together, and they all love their dear Liverpool football club. On a trip to see their favorite team in action, they ...

  • Dead Republic

    Ireland - 3

    After spending thirty years in America, Henry Smart returns to Ireland in this moving finale to his story. At the end of Oh, Play That Thing, the second volume of Roddy Doyle's trilogy about Henry Smart, Henry, his leg severed in an accident with ...

  • Bullfighting

    The Man Booker Prize-winning author takes the pulse of modern Ireland with a masterful new collection of stories. Roddy Doyle has earned a devoted following for his wry wit, his uncanny ear, and his ability to fully capture the hearts of his chara...

  • Fighting Words

  • A Greyhound of a Girl

    Mary O'Hara is a sharp and cheeky 12-year-old Dublin schoolgirl who is bravely facing the fact that her beloved Granny is dying. But Granny can't let go of life, and when a mysterious young woman turns up in Mary's street with a message for her Grann...

  • Two Pints

    A collection of sublimely funny dialogues inspired by a year’s worth of news.
     
    Two men meet for a pint in a Dublin pub. They chew the fat, set the world to rights, take the piss… They talk about their wives, their kids, their kids’ pet...

  • Jimmy Jazz

    Jimmy Rabbitte hates jazz, always has. But his wife Aiofe loves it, and Jimmy loves Aiofe. So when, in attempt to convert him, she buys him two tickets for a Keith Jarrett concert he decides to take Outspan, former member of Jimmy's band The Commitme...

  • The Guts

    Jimmy Rabbitte - 2

    Jimmy Rabbitte of The Commitments returns in the triumphant new novel from the Booker Prize -- winning author The distinct wit and lively, authentic dialogue that are the hallmarks of Roddy Doyle’s fiction are on a full display as he reintroduce...

  • Two More Pints

    Two men meet for a pint or two in a Dublin pub. They chew the fat, set the world to rights, curse the ref, say a last farewell In this second collection of comic dialogues Doyle's drinkers ponder: - a topless Kate Middleton - Barack and Michelle Ob...

  • The Star Dogs

    An imaginative short story inspired by real events, taken from the collection, BEYOND THE STARS, and written and illustrated by two award-winning talentsTold from the perspective of the Russian dog Tsygan, this is the story of the first living creatu...



  • Brilliant

    The Black Dog of Depression has descended over the adults of Dublin. Uncles are losing their businesses, dads won’t get out of bed, mothers no longer smile at their children. Siblings Raymond and Gloria have had enough and set out one night with on...

  • Rover and the Big Fat Baby

    The BFB (Big Fat Baby) is missing! Can Rover the wonder dog and his little nephew Messi (who is actually very tidy) track her down? While Rover and co. are hot on the trail of the BFB, via Granny Mack's backpack, the post lady's basket and a plane bo...

  • Smile

    A bold, haunting novel about the uncertainty of memory and how we contend with the past. Just moved into a new apartment, alone for the first time in years, Victor Forde goes every evening to Donnelly's for a pint, a slow one. One evening his dri...

  • Two for the Road

    The next round in the beloved Two Pints series from the ever-brilliant, always hilarious imagination of bestselling author of The Commitments and Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha

    Two men meet for a pint - or three - in a Dublin pub. They chew the fat, set th...

  • Charlie Savage

    **SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOLLINGER EVERYMAN WODEHOUSE PRIZE FOR COMIC WRITING 2019**

    Meet Charlie Savage: a middle-aged Dubliner with an indefatigable wife, an exasperated daughter, a drinking buddy who’s realized that he’s been a woman ...

  • Love

    Two old friends reconnect in Dublin for a dramatic, revealing evening of drinking and storytelling in this winning new novel from the author of the Booker Prize winning Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha Davy and Joe were drinking pals back in their Dublin you...

  • The Complete Two Pints

    Two men meet for a pint or three in a Dublin pub...

    In 2012, Roddy Doyle began publishing his Two Pints series, and now, eight years later, his books and Two Pints play are collected for the first time in paperback. Inspired by the last eight year...

  • Dead Man Talking

  • Life Without Children: Stories

    “[Doyle] imparts a sense of poignancy and glimpses of happiness, of grief and loss and small moments of connection . . . you’re left feeling close to dazzled.” -- Daphne Merkin, New York Times Book ReviewA brilliantly warm and witty portrait o...

  • The Women Behind the Door

    “A showdown between mother and daughter that is about as emotionally painful as it gets.”  -- Fiona Maazel, The New York TimesA powerful, moving mother-daughter story filled with struggle and redemption by Booker-Prize winning author Roddy D...



Award-Winning Books by Roddy Doyle

Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha
1993 Man Booker Prize -- Novel


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Roddy Doyle has published 39 books.

Roddy Doyle does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, The Women Behind the Door, was published in September 2024.

The first book by Roddy Doyle, The Commitments, was published in January 1987.

Yes. Roddy Doyle has 4 series.
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