Claire Keegan Books in Order
Claire Keegan has written 6 books, published between 1999 and 2023. The first book is Antarctica (1999) and the newest is So Late in the Day (2023). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 6
- Published
- 1999–2023
- Confirmed
- 1 of 6 titles
- Pages on record
- 510 in 3 of 6 books
- Reading time
- 8.5–13 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 510 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 3 of 6 titles with a page count on record.
Claire Keegan, born 1968, is an Irish author of short stories and novellas. Keegan's stories have run in The New Yorker, Best American Short Stories, Granta and The Paris Review, and two of the novellas have been adapted as films. The catalogue lists 6 books: Antarctica (1999), Walk the Blue Fields (2007), Foster (2010), The Forester's Daughter (2019), Small Things Like These (2020) and So Late in the Day (2023). Ireland and foster care are among the subjects.
How many Claire Keegan books are there?
Claire Keegan has 6 books, released between 1999 and 2023.
Claire Keegan Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 6 Claire Keegan books in the order they were released, 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.
- 1Antarctica1999 · 224 pages · confirmed 1/419992241/4
- 2Walk the Blue Fields2007 · 168 pages · confirmed 1/420071681/4
- 3Foster2010 · confirmed 1/42010–1/4
- 42019–3/4
- 5Small Things Like These2020 · 118 pages · confirmed 1/420201181/4
- 6So Late in the Day2023 · confirmed 1/42023–1/4
Claire Keegan 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.
Faber Stories in order
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5 books5 Claire Keegan titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Claire Keegan books in order?
No. No source lists any of the 6 Claire Keegan books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.
Where to start with Claire Keegan
Start with Antarctica (1999), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Claire Keegan book?
So Late in the Day (2023) is the newest Claire Keegan book released so far.
Is there a new Claire Keegan book coming?
No next Claire Keegan book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Awards Claire Keegan has won
Wikidata records 3 awards and 1 nomination for Claire Keegan. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.
- Siegfried Lenz Prize2024Won
- Orwell Prize for Political Fiction2022Wonfor Small Things Like These
- Rooney Prize for Irish Literature2000Won
- Booker Prize2022Shortlistedfor Small Things Like These
Claire Keegan at a glance
- Paused
- No new Claire Keegan title has appeared for 3 years. The last was published in 2023.
- Release pace
- Claire Keegan books have appeared about one every 5 years on average.
- Length
- 510 pages across the 3 of 6 books with a recorded length, a median of 168 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Claire Keegan books, 2 of 6, were published in the 2020s.
What the Claire Keegan books are about
3 of the 6 Claire Keegan books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: ireland is tagged on 3 of 3. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Ireland 3 of 3 books
- Short stories 2 of 3 books
- Antarctica 1 of 3 books
- Foster home care 1 of 3 books
- Social life and customs 1 of 3 books
- Southern states 1 of 3 books