Caroline O’Donoghue books

Caroline O'Donoghue is an Irish author known for the All Our Hidden Gifts YA fantasy trilogy and adult novels including The Rachel Incident.

All Our Hidden Gifts Reading Order

Title Published Buy on Amazon
All Our Hidden Gifts 2021 Buy
The Gifts That Bind Us 2022 Buy
Every Gift a Curse 2023 Buy

Anthologies

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Furies 2023 Buy

Standalone Novels

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Promising Young Women 2018 Buy
Scenes of a Graphic Nature 2020 Buy
The Rachel Incident 2023 Buy
Skipshock 2025 Buy

Caroline O’Donoghue is an Irish writer who works across young adult fantasy and adult literary fiction. Her debut novel, Promising Young Women, came out in 2018 and explores workplace harassment and power dynamics with dark humor. She followed it with Scenes of a Graphic Nature, set partly in Ireland and partly in London, before publishing The Rachel Incident in 2023 to wide acclaim.

On the YA side, O’Donoghue created the All Our Hidden Gifts trilogy, which begins with a teenage girl in Cork who discovers a strange tarot card with real power. The series blends Irish mythology and modern teenage life, touching on themes of queerness, class, and community. Each book builds on the supernatural elements while keeping the characters’ personal relationships at the center.

O’Donoghue also hosts the podcast Sentimental Garbage, where she discusses popular culture and fiction. Her writing voice is sharp and funny, grounded in specific details of Irish life, and she has a talent for capturing how young people actually talk and think.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many books has Caroline O’Donoghue written?

Caroline O’Donoghue has written eight books across three series.

What was Caroline O’Donoghue's first book?

Caroline O’Donoghue’s first book is Promising Young Women, published in 2018.

How does Caroline O'Donoghue balance writing for young adult and adult audiences?

O’Donoghue writes her YA books with the same emotional complexity she brings to her adult fiction, but shapes the stories around teenage characters dealing with identity, friendship, and belonging. Her adult novels tend to focus on workplace dynamics, relationships, and the messy realities of life in your twenties and thirties.

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