Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Macker’s Garden | 1982 | Sebastian Barry | Buy |
| 2 | Time Out of Mind | 1983 | Sebastian Barry | Buy |
| 3 | Elsewhere | 1985 | Sebastian Barry | Buy |
| 4 | Rhetorical Town | 1985 | Sebastian Barry | Buy |
| 5 | The Engine of Owl-light | 1987 | Sebastian Barry | Buy |
| 6 | The Pride of Parnell Street | 2007 | Sebastian Barry | Buy |
| 7 | Dallas Sweetman | 2008 | Sebastian Barry | Buy |
| 8 | Old God’s Time | 2023 | Sebastian Barry | Buy |
Outside his family saga novels, Barry has written standalone works that span his career from the experimental poetry-infused early novels of the 1980s to the mature, celebrated fiction of his later years. “Old God’s Time” (2023) brought him a Booker Prize shortlisting and wide critical praise.
These books share Barry’s interest in how the past refuses to stay buried, and in the Irish voices that carry pain and beauty in equal measure. His standalone work rewards readers who appreciate precise, musical prose and characters whose inner lives are richly drawn.