Sally Rooney Books in Order
Sally Rooney has written 7 books, published between 2016 and 2024. The first book is Mr Salary (2016) and the newest is Intermezzo (2024). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 7
- Published
- 2016–2024
- Confirmed
- 6 of 7 titles
- Pages on record
- 912 in 4 of 7 books
- Reading time
- 15–23 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 912 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 4 of 7 titles with a page count on record.
Sally Rooney is an Irish novelist, born 20 February 1991. The four novels are Conversations with Friends (2017), Normal People (2018), Beautiful World, Where Are You (2021) and Intermezzo (2024). Normal People became a television miniseries in 2020 and Conversations with Friends followed in 2022. Rooney's books have sold over 6 million copies in more than 47 languages, and Time named Rooney one of the 100 most influential people in 2022. The catalogue's 7 entries also include Mr Salary (2016) and Normal People: The Scripts (2021).
How many Sally Rooney books are there?
Sally Rooney has 7 books, released between 2016 and 2024.
Sally Rooney Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 7 Sally Rooney 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.
- 12016484/4
- 220173364/4
- 320182883/4
- 42019–1/4
- 52021–4/4
- 620212403/4
- 72024–4/4
Sally Rooney 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.
Sally Rooney Standalone Novels
4 books4 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Sally Rooney Short Stories/Novellas
1 book1 title published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Screenplays in order
1 bookFaber Stories in order
1 book- 13. Mr Salary
Do you have to read Sally Rooney books in order?
No. No source lists any of the 7 Sally Rooney books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.
What order should you read Sally Rooney books in?
Read them in publication order, starting with Mr Salary (2016), the earliest published title. After it come Conversations with Friends (2017), Normal People (2018), Color and Light (Short Story) (2019), Normal People: The Scripts (2021), Beautiful World, Where Are You (2021) and Intermezzo (2024).
What is the newest Sally Rooney book?
Intermezzo (2024) is the newest Sally Rooney book released so far.
Is there a new Sally Rooney book coming?
No next Sally Rooney 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 Sally Rooney has won
Wikidata records 2 awards and 1 nomination for Sally Rooney. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.
- Encore Award2019Wonfor Normal People
- Costa Book Award for Novel2018Wonfor Normal People
- Booker Prize2018Shortlistedfor Normal People
Sally Rooney at a glance
- Still publishing
- Sally Rooney published a book as recently as 2024.
- Release pace
- Sally Rooney books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 912 pages across the 4 of 7 books with a recorded length, a median of 264 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Sally Rooney books, 4 of 7, were published in the 2010s.
- Corroboration
- 4 of the 7 titles appear in all four independent book listings, and 6 in at least three.
What the Sally Rooney books are about
5 of the 7 Sally Rooney books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: english literature is tagged on 2 of 5. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- English literature 2 of 5 books
- Friendship 2 of 5 books
- Man-woman relationships 2 of 5 books
- College students 1 of 5 books
- Coming of age 1 of 5 books
- Contemporary 1 of 5 books
- Dublin (Ireland) 1 of 5 books
- Family life 1 of 5 books
- Female friendship 1 of 5 books
- Interpersonal relations 1 of 5 books
- Literary fiction 1 of 5 books
- Romance 1 of 5 books