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Joseph O’Connor Books in Order

Joseph O’Connor has written 21 books, published between 1991 and 2025. The first book is Cowboys & Indians (1991) and the newest is The Ghosts of Rome (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
21
Published
1991–2025
Pages on record
2,221 in 8 of 21 books
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Joseph O'Connor's catalogue holds 21 titles published between 1991 and 2025, opening with Cowboys & Indians (1991) and True Believers (1991) and reaching The Ghosts of Rome (2025). The Secret World Of The Irish Male (1994) and Irish Male At Home And Abroad (1996) belong to the Irish Male sequence, and the Rome Escape Line Trilogy carries the later historical fiction. Desperadoes (1994), Red Roses And Petrol (1995), Sweet Liberty (1996), The Salesman (1998) and Inishowen (2000) fill the middle of the run. Irish authors and poets, humour, biography and historical settings run through the subjects. O'Connor is still publishing.

How many Joseph O’Connor books are there?

Joseph O’Connor has 21 books, released between 1991 and 2025. They include 2 series and 14 titles listed outside any series.

Joseph O’Connor Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 21 Joseph O’Connor 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 Even the Olives Are Bleeding by Joseph O’Connor (1992)
  2. Cover of The Secret World Of The Irish Male by Joseph O’Connor, book 1 of the Irish Male series (1994)
  3. Cover of Red Roses And Petrol by Joseph O’Connor (1995)
  4. Cover of The Last of the Irish Males by Joseph O’Connor, book 3 of the Irish Male series (2001)
  5. Cover of The Irish Male: His Greatest Hits by Joseph O’Connor, book 4 of the Irish Male series (2009)
  6. Cover of Ghost Light by Joseph O’Connor (2010)
  7. Cover of The Shorter Irish Male by Joseph O’Connor, book 5 of the Irish Male series (2011)
  1. 1
    Cowboys & Indians1991 · confirmed 1/4
    1991–
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  2. 2
    True Believers1991 · confirmed 1/4
    1991–
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  3. 3
    Even the Olives Are Bleeding1992 · 142 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1992142
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  4. 4
    The Secret World Of The Irish MaleIrish Male #11994 · 248 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1994248
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  5. 5
    Desperadoes1994 · 425 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1994425
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  6. 6
    Red Roses And Petrol1995 · 105 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1995105
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  7. 7
    Irish Male At Home And AbroadIrish Male #21996 · confirmed 1/4
    1996–
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  8. 8
    Sweet Liberty1996 · confirmed 1/4
    1996–
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  9. 9
    The Salesman1998 · confirmed 1/4
    1998–
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  10. 10
    Inishowen2000 · confirmed 1/4
    2000–
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  11. 11
    The Last of the Irish MalesIrish Male #32001 · 306 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2001306
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  12. 12
    Star of the Sea2004 · confirmed 1/4
    2004–
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  13. 13
    Redemption Falls2007 · confirmed 1/4
    2007–
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  14. 14
    Where Have You Been?2008 · confirmed 1/4
    2008–
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  15. 15
    The Irish Male: His Greatest HitsIrish Male #42009 · 429 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2009429
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  16. 16
    Ghost Light2010 · 246 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2010246
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  17. 17
    The Shorter Irish MaleIrish Male #52011 · confirmed 1/4
    2011–
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  18. 18
    The Thrill of it All2014 · confirmed 1/4
    2014–
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  19. 19
    Shadowplay2019 · 320 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2019320
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  20. 20
    My Father's HouseRome Escape Line Trilogy #12023 · confirmed 1/4
    2023–
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  21. 21
    The Ghosts of RomeRome Escape Line Trilogy #22025 · confirmed 1/4
    2025–
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Joseph O’Connor 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.

Irish Male in order

5 books
  1. 1. The Secret World Of The Irish Male
  2. 2. Irish Male At Home And Abroad
  3. 3. The Last of the Irish Males
  4. 4. The Irish Male: His Greatest Hits
  5. 5. The Shorter Irish Male

Rome Escape Line Trilogy in order

2 books
  1. 1. My Father's House
  2. 2. The Ghosts of Rome

Standalone books

14 books

14 Joseph O’Connor titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Joseph O’Connor books in order?

You only need to read Joseph O’Connor books in order within each series: the books listed here span 2 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Joseph O’Connor

Start with Cowboys & Indians (1991), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Joseph O’Connor book?

The Ghosts of Rome (2025) is the newest Joseph O’Connor book released so far.

Is there a new Joseph O’Connor book coming?

No next Joseph O’Connor book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Joseph O’Connor at a glance

Still publishing
Joseph O’Connor published a book as recently as 2025.
Release pace
Joseph O’Connor books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
2,221 pages across the 8 of 21 books with a recorded length, a median of 277 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Joseph O’Connor books, 9 of 21, were published in the 1990s.

What the Joseph O’Connor books are about

9 of the 21 Joseph O’Connor books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: humor is tagged on 4 of 9. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.