Kevin Barry Books in Order
Kevin Barry has written 9 books, published between 2007 and 2025. The first book is There Are Little Kingdoms (2007) and the newest is The Cave (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 9
- Published
- 2007–2025
- Pages on record
- 1,128 in 5 of 9 books
- Reading time
- 19–28 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,128 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 5 of 9 titles with a page count on record.
Kevin Barry is an Irish writer of three short story collections and four novels. City of Bohane (2011) won the 2013 International Dublin Literary Award, Beatlebone (2015) took the 2015 Goldsmiths Prize, and Night Boat to Tangier (2019) was longlisted for the Booker Prize. The catalogue lists nine titles in all, including There Are Little Kingdoms (2007), Dark Lies the Island (2012), That Old Country Music (2021), The Heart in Winter (2024) and The Cave (2025). Barry also edits Winter Papers, an arts and culture annual.
How many Kevin Barry books are there?
Kevin Barry has 9 books, released between 2007 and 2025.
Kevin Barry Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 9 Kevin Barry 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.
- 1There Are Little Kingdoms2007 · 160 pages · confirmed 2/420071602/4
- 2City of Bohane2011 · confirmed 2/42011–2/4
- 3Dark Lies the Island2012 · 185 pages · confirmed 2/420121852/4
- 4Wifey Redux2015 · confirmed 2/42015–2/4
- 5Beatlebone2015 · 320 pages · confirmed 2/420153202/4
- 6Night Boat to Tangier2019 · 255 pages · confirmed 2/420192552/4
- 7That Old Country Music2021 · 208 pages · confirmed 2/420212082/4
- 8The Heart in Winter2024 · confirmed 2/42024–2/4
- 9The Cave2025 · confirmed 2/42025–2/4
Kevin Barry 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
9 books9 Kevin Barry titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Kevin Barry books in order?
No. No source lists any of the 9 Kevin Barry books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.
Where to start with Kevin Barry
Start with There Are Little Kingdoms (2007), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Kevin Barry book?
The Cave (2025) is the newest Kevin Barry book released so far.
Is there a new Kevin Barry book coming?
No next Kevin Barry 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 Kevin Barry has won
Wikidata records 4 awards and 1 nomination for Kevin Barry. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.
- Goldsmiths Prize2015Won
- Dublin Literary Award2013Won
- European Union Prize for Literature2012Wonfor City of Bohane
- Rooney Prize for Irish Literature2007Won
- Booker Prize2019Shortlistedfor Night Boat to Tangier
Kevin Barry at a glance
- Still publishing
- Kevin Barry published a book as recently as 2025.
- Release pace
- Kevin Barry books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 1,128 pages across the 5 of 9 books with a recorded length, a median of 208 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Kevin Barry books, 5 of 9, were published in the 2010s.
What the Kevin Barry books are about
6 of the 9 Kevin Barry books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: gangs is tagged on 2 of 6. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Gangs 2 of 6 books
- Ireland 2 of 6 books
- Short stories 2 of 6 books