Roddy Doyle Books in Order
Roddy Doyle has written 33 books, published between 1987 and 2024. The first book is The Commitments (1987) and the newest is The Women Behind the Door (2024). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 33
- Published
- 1987–2024
- Pages on record
- 5,826 in 23 of 33 books
- Reading time
- 97–146 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 5,826 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 23 of 33 titles with a page count on record.
Roddy Doyle is an Irish novelist, dramatist and screenwriter, born in 1958. Ireland, and working-class Dublin in particular, is where Doyle sets the work, written with dialogue in slang and Irish English. Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha took the Booker Prize in 1993. The catalogue holds 33 books, from The Commitments (1987), filmed in 1991, to The Women Behind the Door (2024), and takes in the Barrytown Trilogy, the Last Roundup and the Rover Adventures written for children. Friendship, families, brothers and humorous stories carry the subject tags.
How many Roddy Doyle books are there?
Roddy Doyle has 33 books, released between 1987 and 2024. They include 4 series and 20 titles listed outside any series.
Roddy Doyle Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 33 Roddy Doyle 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.
- 119871651/4
- 219902161/4
- 319913201/4
- 4Brownbread & War1993 · 215 pages · confirmed 1/419932151/4
- 5Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha1993 · 290 pages · confirmed 1/419932901/4
- 6The Woman Who Walked Into Doors1996 · 226 pages · confirmed 1/419962261/4
- 719994021/4
- 81999–1/4
- 920001071/4
- 1020011601/4
- 11Rory & Ita2002 · 320 pages · confirmed 1/420023201/4
- 1220043841/4
- 132004–1/4
- 14Paula Spencer2006 · 288 pages · confirmed 1/420062881/4
- 15The Deportees2007 · confirmed 1/42007–1/4
- 162007–1/4
- 172008–1/4
- 1820103361/4
- 19Bullfighting2011 · confirmed 1/42011–1/4
- 20A Greyhound of a Girl2011 · 224 pages · confirmed 1/420112241/4
- 21Two Pints2012 · confirmed 1/42012–1/4
- 22The Guts2013 · 477 pages · confirmed 1/420134771/4
- 23The Second Half2014 · 320 pages · confirmed 1/420143201/4
- 24Two More Pints2014 · 128 pages · confirmed 1/420141281/4
- 25Brilliant2014 · confirmed 1/42014–1/4
- 26Smile2017 · 224 pages · confirmed 1/420172241/4
- 2720181601/4
- 28Charlie Savage2019 · 208 pages · confirmed 1/420192081/4
- 29Two for the Road2019 · 112 pages · confirmed 1/420191121/4
- 30Love2020 · 336 pages · confirmed 1/420203361/4
- 31Life Without Children2021 · 208 pages · confirmed 1/420212081/4
- 32Kellie2022 · confirmed 1/42022–1/4
- 33The Women Behind the Door2024 · confirmed 1/42024–1/4
Roddy Doyle 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.
Rover Adventures Trilogy in order
4 booksBarrytown Trilogy in order
3 books- 1. The Commitments
- 2. The Snapper
- 3. The Van
Last Roundup in order
3 booksPublication Order of's Childrens Books in order
3 booksStandalone books
20 books20 Roddy Doyle titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Roddy Doyle books in order?
You only need to read Roddy Doyle books in order within each series: the books listed here span 4 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with Roddy Doyle
Start with The Commitments (1987), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Roddy Doyle book?
The Women Behind the Door (2024) is the newest Roddy Doyle book released so far.
Is there a new Roddy Doyle book coming?
No next Roddy Doyle 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 Roddy Doyle has won
Wikidata records 1 award and 1 nomination for Roddy Doyle. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.
- Booker Prize1993Wonfor Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha
- Booker Prize1991Shortlistedfor The Van
Roddy Doyle at a glance
- Still publishing
- Roddy Doyle published a book as recently as 2024.
- Release pace
- Roddy Doyle books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 5,826 pages across the 23 of 33 books with a recorded length, a median of 224 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Roddy Doyle books, 12 of 33, were published in the 2010s.
What the Roddy Doyle books are about
28 of the 33 Roddy Doyle 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 7 of 28. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Ireland 7 of 28 books
- Dublin (Ireland) 5 of 28 books
- Children's fiction 4 of 28 books
- Family life 4 of 28 books
- Friendship 4 of 28 books
- Dogs 3 of 28 books
- Humor 3 of 28 books
- Dialog 2 of 28 books
- Englisch 2 of 28 books
- Grief 2 of 28 books
- Ireland in fiction 2 of 28 books