Anthologies#
| Title |
Published |
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| Far From The Land |
1998 |
Buy |
| Anthology of Irish Plays |
2008 |
Buy |
| Midsummer Nights |
2009 |
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Collections#
| Title |
Published |
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| Inherited Boundaries |
1985 |
Buy |
| The Pinkening Boy |
2004 |
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Days Without End Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
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| Days Without End |
2016 |
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| Dni bez końca |
2016 |
N/A |
| A Thousand Moons |
2020 |
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Dunne Family Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
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| The Steward of Christendom |
1995 |
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| Annie Dunne |
2002 |
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| A Long Long Way |
2005 |
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| On Canaan’s Side |
2011 |
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Faber Drama Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
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| The Suppliant Women |
2017 |
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| The Complete Dramatic Works |
1961 |
Buy |
| Faith Healer |
1980 |
Buy |
| Translations |
1981 |
Buy |
| The Cure at Troy |
1991 |
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| Skylight |
1995 |
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| Theatre for Children |
1999 |
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| The Shape of Things |
2001 |
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| The Pillowman |
2003 |
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| The History Boys |
2004 |
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| Attempts on Her Life |
2007 |
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| Midsummer |
2009 |
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| Dunsinane |
2010 |
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| Black Watch |
2010 |
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| The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart |
2011 |
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| Krapp’s Last Tape and Other Shorter Plays |
2012 |
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| Theatre Craft |
2013 |
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| Look Back in Anger |
2013 |
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| Betrayal |
2013 |
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| Impro for Storytellers |
2014 |
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| Shakespeare in Love |
2014 |
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| Marina Carr Plays 1 |
2014 |
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| Everyman |
2015 |
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| The Hard Problem |
2015 |
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| Our Ladies of Perpetual Succour |
2015 |
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| The Moderate Soprano |
2015 |
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| This Restless House |
2016 |
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| Labyrinth |
2016 |
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| Dedication |
2016 |
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| Donegal |
2016 |
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| The Red Barn |
2016 |
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| The Sewing Group |
2016 |
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| Mametz: with a Welsh-language translation |
2017 |
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| My Country; A Work In Progress |
2017 |
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| The Mentor |
2017 |
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| Winter Hill |
2017 |
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| The Sum |
2017 |
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| Arcadia |
2017 |
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| Meet Me at Dawn |
2017 |
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| The Lie |
2017 |
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| On Blueberry Hill |
2017 |
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| Christmas Eve |
2017 |
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| Wind Resistance |
2017 |
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| Box of Delights |
2017 |
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| The Jungle |
2017 |
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| Julie |
2018 |
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| The Rockingham Shoot And Other Dramatic Writings |
2018 |
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| Unicorns, Almost |
2018 |
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| Greek and Decadence |
2018 |
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| The Meeting |
2018 |
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| Alan Ayckbourn |
2018 |
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| The Short Plays of Harold Pinter |
2018 |
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| Touching the Void |
2018 |
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| The Height of the Storm |
2018 |
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| The Village |
2018 |
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| I’m Not Running |
2018 |
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| A Very Very Very Dark Matter |
2018 |
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| When We Have Sufficiently Tortured Each Other |
2019 |
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| The Hamburg Plays |
2019 |
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| Writing for Nothing |
2019 |
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| The Inheritance |
2020 |
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McNulty Family Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
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| The Whereabouts of Eneas McNulty |
1998 |
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| The Secret Scripture |
2008 |
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| The Temporary Gentleman |
2014 |
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Non-Fiction#
| Title |
Published |
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| The Lives of the Saints |
2022 |
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Plays#
| Title |
Published |
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| The Water Colourist |
1983 |
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| Prayers of Sherkin; Boss Grady’s Boys |
1991 |
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| The Only True History of Lizzie Finn/the Steward of Christendom/White Woman Street |
1996 |
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| Our Lady of Sligo |
1998 |
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| Hinterland |
2002 |
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| Tales of Ballycumber |
2009 |
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| Whistling PsycheFred and Jane |
2014 |
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| Andersen’s English |
2014 |
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Standalone Novels#
| Title |
Published |
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| Macker’s Garden |
1982 |
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| Time Out of Mind |
1983 |
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| Elsewhere |
1985 |
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| Rhetorical Town |
1985 |
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| The Engine of Owl-light |
1987 |
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| The Pride of Parnell Street |
2007 |
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| Dallas Sweetman |
2008 |
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| Old God’s Time |
2023 |
Buy |
Sebastian Barry (born 1955) has built a body of work that returns again and again to Irish history and the lives of ordinary people within it. His novels follow interconnected families across generations, tracing how war, emigration, and political upheaval shape private lives. “Days Without End” won the Costa Book of the Year, and “The Secret Scripture” was longlisted for the Booker Prize.
Barry is also a prolific playwright, with works staged at the Abbey Theatre and in London’s West End. His plays share his novels’ preoccupation with memory, loss, and the hidden stories of Irish life. He served as Laureate for Irish Fiction from 2018 to 2021.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many books has Sebastian Barry written?
Sebastian Barry has written 93 books across nine series.
What was Sebastian Barry's first book?
Sebastian Barry’s first book is The Complete Dramatic Works, published in 1961.
What is Sebastian Barry best known for writing?
Sebastian Barry is best known for his novels Days Without End (2016) and The Secret Scripture (2008), both of which won major literary prizes. His work often follows Irish characters caught up in the sweep of history, from the American Civil War to twentieth-century Ireland.