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Colum McCann Books in Order

Colum McCann has written 14 books, published between 1984 and 2025. The first book is Fishing the Sloe-Black River (1984) and the newest is Twist (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
14
Published
1984–2025
Pages on record
3,480 in 12 of 14 books
Reading time
58–87 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,480 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 12 of 14 titles with a page count on record.

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Photo of Colum McCann, author

Colum McCann, born in Dublin in 1965, writes literary fiction and lives in New York. Let the Great World Spin (2009) won the U.S. National Book Award, and the International Dublin Literary Award has also gone to his work, which has been translated into more than 40 languages. TransAtlantic (2013) and Apeirogon (2020) are among his other novels. McCann co-founded the empathy education nonprofit Narrative 4 and serves as its president. His catalogue holds 14 titles, from Fishing the Sloe-Black River (1984) to Twist (2025).

How many Colum McCann books are there?

Colum McCann has 14 books, released between 1984 and 2025.

Colum McCann Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 14 Colum McCann 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.

  1. Cover of Fishing the Sloe-Black River by Colum McCann (1984)
  2. Cover of Songdogs by Colum McCann (1995)
  3. Cover of This Side of Brightness by Colum McCann (1998)
  4. Cover of Everything in This Country Must by Colum McCann (2000)
  5. Cover of Zoli by Colum McCann (2001)
  6. Cover of Dancer by Colum McCann (2003)
  7. Cover of Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann (2009)
  8. Cover of TransAtlantic by Colum McCann (2013)
  9. Cover of Thirteen Ways of Looking by Colum McCann (2015)
  10. Cover of Letters to a Young Writer by Colum McCann (2017)
  11. Cover of Apeirogon by Colum McCann (2020)
  12. Cover of Twist by Colum McCann (2025)
  1. 1
    Fishing the Sloe-Black River1984 · 208 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1984208
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  2. 2
    Songdogs1995 · 212 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1995212
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  3. 3
    This Side of Brightness1998 · 304 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1998304
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  4. 4
    Everything in This Country Must2000 · 160 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2000160
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  5. 5
    Zoli2001 · 368 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2001368
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  6. 6
    Dancer2003 · 352 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2003352
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  7. 7
    365 Days in Ireland Calendar 20102009 · confirmed 2/4
    2009–
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  8. 8
    Let the Great World Spin2009 · 400 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2009400
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  9. 9
    TransAtlantic2013 · 336 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2013336
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  10. 10
    Thirteen Ways of Looking2015 · 272 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2015272
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  11. 11
    Letters to a Young Writer2017 · 166 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2017166
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  12. 12
    Apeirogon2020 · 463 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2020463
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  13. 13
    American Mother2024 · confirmed 2/4
    2024–
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  14. 14
    Twist2025 · 239 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2025239
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Colum McCann 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

14 books

14 Colum McCann titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Colum McCann books in order?

No. No source lists any of the 14 Colum McCann books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.

Where to start with Colum McCann

Start with Fishing the Sloe-Black River (1984), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Colum McCann book?

Twist (2025) is the newest Colum McCann book released so far.

Is there a new Colum McCann book coming?

No next Colum McCann 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 Colum McCann has won

Wikidata records 7 awards and 2 nominations for Colum McCann. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

  • prix Montluc Résistance et Liberté2021Wonfor Apeirogon
  • Grand prix des lectrices de Elle (Novels)2021Wonfor Apeirogon
  • prix du meilleur livre étranger - roman ou poésie2020Wonfor Apeirogon
  • National Book Award2009Won
  • National Book Award for Fiction2009Won
  • Lucien Barrière Literary Award2009Won
  • Rooney Prize for Irish Literature1994Won
  • Booker Prize2020Shortlistedfor Apeirogon
  • Booker Prize2013Shortlistedfor TransAtlantic

Colum McCann at a glance

Still publishing
Colum McCann published a book as recently as 2025.
Release pace
Colum McCann books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
Length
3,480 pages across the 12 of 14 books with a recorded length, a median of 288 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Colum McCann books, 5 of 14, were published in the 2000s.

What the Colum McCann books are about

11 of the 14 Colum McCann books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: historical fiction is tagged on 3 of 11. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.