Emma Donoghue books

Anthologies

Finbar’s Hotel

Lotterys Plus One Reading Order

Non-Fiction

Out Of Line Reading Order

Plays

Short Stories/Novellas

Short Story Collections

Standalone Novels

Emma Donoghue has published 54 books since 1993, working across fiction, non-fiction, short stories, plays, and children’s books. Her standalone novels form the core of her fiction output, with fourteen titles including Stir-Fry (1994), Slammerkin (2001), Room (2010), The Wonder (2016), and Haven (2022). The range in those titles alone – from historical fiction to contemporary stories – shows a writer who has moved freely between time periods and settings over the course of three decades.

Beyond novels, Donoghue has a significant body of work in other forms. She edited or contributed to thirteen anthologies spanning from 1998 to 2024, and she has multiple short story collections, including Kissing the Witch (1997) and Astray (2012). Her plays include Ladies And Gentlemen (1996) and a stage adaptation of Room (2017). She has also written non-fiction, with titles like Passions Between Women (1993) and Inseparable (2010), and children’s fiction through the two-book Lotterys Plus One series.

The Out Of Line series adds another twelve entries to her catalog, mixing English and Italian-language titles with works published between 2013 and 2020. With books still appearing as recently as 2025 (The Paris Express), Donoghue remains one of the more versatile and productive authors on this site, with a career that has now stretched past thirty years.