Brendan O’Carroll Books in Order
Brendan O’Carroll has written 12 books, published between 1994 and 2024. The first book is The Mammy (1994) and the newest is R Patrol Long Range Desert Group (2024). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 12
- Published
- 1994–2024
- Pages on record
- 1,112 in 6 of 12 books
- Reading time
- 19–28 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,112 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 6 of 12 titles with a page count on record.
Brendan O’Carroll, born 17 September 1955, is an Irish writer, actor, comedian, director and producer. O’Carroll plays the matriarch Agnes Brown on stage and in the BBC and RTÉ sitcom Mrs. Brown's Boys, and took the Irish Film and Television Academy's Lifetime Achievement Award in 2015. Agnes Browne is O’Carroll's catalogued series, running from The Mammy (1994) through The Chisellers (1995), The Granny (1996), The Course (1997), The Scrapper (1997) and The Young Wan (2003), with Mrs Brown's Family Handbook (2013) and Call Me Mrs. Brown (2022) later. Recorded subjects include humour, Ireland, working-class life and widows.
How many Brendan O’Carroll books are there?
Brendan O’Carroll has 12 books, released between 1994 and 2024. 6 of them belong to the Agnes Browne series.
Brendan O’Carroll Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 12 Brendan O’Carroll 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.
- 119941761/4
- 219951901/4
- 319961921/4
- 4The Course1997 · 126 pages · confirmed 1/419971261/4
- 5The Scrapper1997 · 204 pages · confirmed 1/419972041/4
- 620032241/4
- 72013–1/4
- 82014–1/4
- 92020–1/4
- 10Fighting with the Long Range Desert Group2022 · confirmed 1/42022–1/4
- 11Call Me Mrs. Brown2022 · confirmed 1/42022–1/4
- 12R Patrol Long Range Desert Group2024 · confirmed 1/42024–1/4
Brendan O’Carroll 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.
Agnes Browne in order
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5 books5 Brendan O’Carroll titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Brendan O’Carroll books in order?
You only need to read Brendan O’Carroll books in order within the Agnes Browne series, which holds 6 of the 12 Brendan O’Carroll books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.
Where to start with Brendan O’Carroll
Start with The Mammy (1994), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Brendan O’Carroll book?
R Patrol Long Range Desert Group (2024) is the newest Brendan O’Carroll book released so far.
Is there a new Brendan O’Carroll book coming?
No next Brendan O’Carroll book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Brendan O’Carroll at a glance
- Still publishing
- Brendan O’Carroll published a book as recently as 2024.
- Release pace
- Brendan O’Carroll books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
- Length
- 1,112 pages across the 6 of 12 books with a recorded length, a median of 191 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Brendan O’Carroll books, 5 of 12, were published in the 1990s.
What the Brendan O’Carroll books are about
8 of the 12 Brendan O’Carroll books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: agnes browne (fictitious character) is tagged on 4 of 8. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Agnes Browne (Fictitious character) 4 of 8 books
- Women 3 of 8 books
- Browne, agnes (fictitious character) 2 of 8 books
- Fatherless families 2 of 8 books
- Gangsters 2 of 8 books
- Humor 2 of 8 books
- Ireland 2 of 8 books
- Mother and child 2 of 8 books