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Roddy Doyle is the author of five novels, including Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha, for which he won the 1993 Booker Prize, and The Woman Who Walked into Doors. He lives in Dublin.
Genres: Literary Fiction, Children's Fiction, General Fiction, Young Adult Fiction, Mystery
Series
Barrytown
1. The Commitments (1988)
2. The Snapper (1990)
3. The Van (1992)
The Barrytown Trilogy (1992)
1. The Commitments (1988)
2. The Snapper (1990)
3. The Van (1992)
The Barrytown Trilogy (1992)
Roddy Doyle's Childrens books
Not Just for Christmas (1999)
Wilderness (2007)
Her Mother's Face (2008)
Not Just for Christmas (1999)
Wilderness (2007)
Her Mother's Face (2008)
Last Roundup
1. A Star Called Henry (1999)
2. Oh, Play That Thing (2004)
3. The Dead Republic (2010)
1. A Star Called Henry (1999)
2. Oh, Play That Thing (2004)
3. The Dead Republic (2010)
Rover Adventures
The Giggler Treatment (2000)
Rover Saves Christmas (2001)
The Meanwhile Adventures (2004)
Rover and the Big Fat Baby (2016)
The Giggler Treatment (2000)
Rover Saves Christmas (2001)
The Meanwhile Adventures (2004)
Rover and the Big Fat Baby (2016)
Novels
Paddy Clarke, Ha Ha Ha (1993)
Yeats is Dead! (2001) (with Anthony Cronin, Hugo Hamilton, Marian Keyes, Frank McCourt, Pauline McLynn, Conor McPherson and Joseph O'Connor)
Click (2007) (with David Almond, Eoin Colfer, Deborah Ellis, Nick Hornby, Margo Lanagan, Gregory Maguire, Ruth Ozeki, Linda Sue Park and Tim Wynne-Jones)
A Greyhound of a Girl (2011)
The Guts (2013)
Brilliant (2014)
Smile (2017)
Love (2020)
Life Without Children (2021)
Yeats is Dead! (2001) (with Anthony Cronin, Hugo Hamilton, Marian Keyes, Frank McCourt, Pauline McLynn, Conor McPherson and Joseph O'Connor)
Click (2007) (with David Almond, Eoin Colfer, Deborah Ellis, Nick Hornby, Margo Lanagan, Gregory Maguire, Ruth Ozeki, Linda Sue Park and Tim Wynne-Jones)
A Greyhound of a Girl (2011)
The Guts (2013)
Brilliant (2014)
Smile (2017)
Love (2020)
Life Without Children (2021)
Collections
Brownbread and War: Two Plays (1994)
The Deportees (2007)
Free? (2009) (with David Almond, Ibtisam Barakat, Malorie Blackman, Theresa Breslin, Eoin Colfer, Ursula Dubosarsky, Jamila Gavin, Patricia McCormick, Margaret Mahy, Michael Morpurgo, Sarah Mussi, Meja Mwangi and Rita Williams-Garcia)
From the Republic of Conscience (2009) (with Maeve Binchy, John Boyne, John Connolly, Seamus Heaney, Jennifer Johnston, Neil Jordan, Colum McCann, Frank McCourt and Colm Tóibín)
Bullfighting (2011)
Two Pints (2012)
Two More Pints (2014)
Two for the Road (2019)
The Complete Two Pints (2021)
The Deportees (2007)
Free? (2009) (with David Almond, Ibtisam Barakat, Malorie Blackman, Theresa Breslin, Eoin Colfer, Ursula Dubosarsky, Jamila Gavin, Patricia McCormick, Margaret Mahy, Michael Morpurgo, Sarah Mussi, Meja Mwangi and Rita Williams-Garcia)
From the Republic of Conscience (2009) (with Maeve Binchy, John Boyne, John Connolly, Seamus Heaney, Jennifer Johnston, Neil Jordan, Colum McCann, Frank McCourt and Colm Tóibín)
Bullfighting (2011)
Two Pints (2012)
Two More Pints (2014)
Two for the Road (2019)
The Complete Two Pints (2021)
Novellas
Series contributed to
Finbar's Hotel (with Dermot Bolger, Anne Enright, Hugo Hamilton, Jennifer Johnston, Joseph O'Connor and Colm Tóibín)
Finbar's Hotel (1997)
Finbar's Hotel (1997)
Elsewhere
3. Somewhere (2012) (with Michel Faber and Jackie Kay)
Elsewhere Box Set (omnibus) (2012) (with Michael Morpurgo and Ali Smith)
3. Somewhere (2012) (with Michel Faber and Jackie Kay)
Elsewhere Box Set (omnibus) (2012) (with Michael Morpurgo and Ali Smith)
Non fiction
Rory and Ita (2002)
The Second Half (2014) (with Roy Keane)
The Gifts of Reading (2020) (with William Boyd, Candice Carty-Williams, Imtiaz Dharker, Pico Iyer, Robert Macfarlane, Andy Miller, Jackie Morris, Chigozie Obioma and Philip Pullman)
The Second Half (2014) (with Roy Keane)
The Gifts of Reading (2020) (with William Boyd, Candice Carty-Williams, Imtiaz Dharker, Pico Iyer, Robert Macfarlane, Andy Miller, Jackie Morris, Chigozie Obioma and Philip Pullman)
Awards
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Roddy Doyle recommends
The Crooked Man (1997)
(Harry Fielding, book 1)
Philip Davison
"... memorable and very accomplished book."
The Whereabouts of Eneas McNulty (1998)
(McNulty Family, book 1)
Sebastian Barry
"This is a powerful, unique book. Sebastian Barry's language is utterly new and quite magnificent; it was like reading English for the first time."
The Salesman (1998)
Joseph O'Connor
"Joseph O'Connor has a great eye for the absurd in common things, a great ear for the comic in ordinary speech. His writing is terrific."
The Junk Yard (1999)
Marsha Hunt
"This is some of the most powerful writing I've read in years. I finished the book shattered and grateful."
Sudden Times (1999)
Dermot Healy
"Disturbing, funny, mad and beautifully human... it's a great novel and Dermot Healy is Ireland's greatest writer."
Sing! (2001)
Michael Curtin
"One of Ireland's very best writers. His books are marvellous achievements, very funny and very, very human."
Sons of Destiny (2005)
(Saga of Darren Shan, book 12)
Darren Shan
"I love the way you manage to juggle funny with the unpleasant, the affection with the hurt. It's great story-telling."
John the Revelator (2009)
Peter Murphy
"Everything about John the Revelator excited me - I couldn't wait to turn the page and keep going. It was almost like reading for the first time..."
Ghosts and Lightning (2009)
Trevor Byrne
"Often funny, sometimes very frightening , always very human, I loved it."
City of Bohane (2011)
Kevin Barry
"Kevin Barry is unique, a one-man school. His work is hilarious and unpredictable - and always brilliant."
Hopscotch (2015)
Hilary Fannin
"Quite brilliant; beautifully, cleverly observed; funny, heart-breaking."
Reservoir 13 (2017)
(Reservoir)
Jon McGregor
"Reservoir 13 is quite extraordinary - the way it's structured, the way it rolls, the skill with which Jon McGregor lets the characters breathe and age. It's like watching more than a decade of living from a slow-moving train."
Peculiar Ground (2017)
Lucy Hughes-Hallett
"So clever and beautifully written, it gripped me from start to end. I abandoned work and family to finish it."
Don't Skip Out on Me (2018)
Willy Vlautin
"Magnificent…. Willy Vlautin is now one of America’s great writers."
Travelling in a Strange Land (2018)
David Park
"An extraordinary novel, at once startling and quietly brilliant. David Park is a one of Ireland's great novelists and this is, perhaps, his best."
Last Stories (2018)
William Trevor
"The man - the work - was brilliant, elegant, surprising, reliable, precise, stark, often sad, sometimes funny, shocking and even frightening."
A Friend is a Gift You Give Yourself (2019)
William Boyle
"It’s the women who make this novel such a great read. They are glorious and mad, vulnerable, so human, and very, very funny."
The Fire Starters (2019)
Jan Carson
"Jan Carson seems to have invented a new Belfast in this gripping, surprising, exhilarating novel."
The Wild Laughter (2020)
Caoilinn Hughes
"I loved this book. So funny and bleak. I loved the madness, the tone, the ending, the realisation, The Third Policeman charge of the whole thing."
The Last Interview (2020)
Eshkol Nevo
"Eshkol Nevo writes beautifully, funnily, and wisely about men and women…Friendship, envy, love, misery, endurance—he captures the lot."
Cathedral (2021)
Ben Hopkins
"Cathedral is a brilliantly organised mess of great, great characters. It is fascinating, fun, and gripping to the very end."
Before My Actual Heart Breaks (2021)
Tish Delaney
"This is in many ways a familiar story but it is told in such a fresh, entertaining, funny and moving way, it felt like I was reading something brand new."
Zorrie (2021)
Laird Hunt
"Zorrie is a beautiful novel. It is gentle, yet full of surprises, and Zorrie, the protagonist who loves her farm and Elvis, is a wonderful creation."
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