Billy O’Callaghan Books in Order
Billy O’Callaghan has written 10 books, published between 2001 and 2023. The first book is Tales of Old Douglas (2001) and the newest is The Paper Man (2023). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 10
- Published
- 2001–2023
- Pages on record
- 698 in 3 of 10 books
Billy O’Callaghan, born on 9 December 1974, is an Irish novelist and writer of short fiction. The story collection The Things We Lose, The Things We Leave Behind (2013) won the Bord Gáis Energy Irish Book Award for the short story that year. My Coney Island Baby (2019), a novel translated into many languages, reached the shortlist for the Royal Society of Literature's Encore Award. The catalogue also lists In Exile (2008), The Dead House (2017), The Boatman and Other Stories (2020) and Life Sentences (2021), and The Paper Man (2023) is the newest title.
How many Billy O’Callaghan books are there?
Billy O’Callaghan has 10 books, released between 2001 and 2023.
Billy O’Callaghan Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 10 Billy O’Callaghan books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.
- 1Tales of Old Douglas2001 · confirmed 1/42001–1/4
- 2In Exile2008 · 222 pages · confirmed 1/420082221/4
- 3In Too Deep2009 · 249 pages · confirmed 1/420092491/4
- 4The Things We Lose, The Things We Leave Behind2013 · 227 pages · confirmed 1/420132271/4
- 5A Death in the Family2017 · confirmed 1/42017–1/4
- 6The Dead House2017 · confirmed 1/42017–1/4
- 7My Coney Island Baby2019 · confirmed 1/42019–1/4
- 8The Boatman and Other Stories2020 · confirmed 1/42020–1/4
- 9Life Sentences2021 · confirmed 1/42021–1/4
- 10The Paper Man2023 · confirmed 1/42023–1/4
Billy O’Callaghan books grouped by series
Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. None of these groups has a reading-order page of its own on this site.
Standalone books
10 books10 Billy O’Callaghan titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Billy O’Callaghan books in order?
No. No source lists any of the 10 Billy O’Callaghan books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.
Where to start with Billy O’Callaghan
Start with Tales of Old Douglas (2001), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Billy O’Callaghan book?
The Paper Man (2023) is the newest Billy O’Callaghan book released so far.
Is there a new Billy O’Callaghan book coming?
No next Billy O’Callaghan book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Billy O’Callaghan at a glance
- Paused
- No new Billy O’Callaghan title has appeared for 3 years. The last was published in 2023.
- Release pace
- Billy O’Callaghan books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 698 pages across the 3 of 10 books with a recorded length, a median of 227 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Billy O’Callaghan books, 4 of 10, were published in the 2010s.
What the Billy O’Callaghan books are about
2 of the 10 Billy O’Callaghan books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. No subject is tagged on more than one of them, so each one below describes a single book. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Hope 1 of 2 books
- Social Marginality 1 of 2 books