The Recurring Cast
Maeve Binchy books in order · Maeve Binchy reading order · 16 books · 1982 to 2012 · Mostly set in Dublin

Maeve Binchy Books in Order and Reading Order

Historical fictionLiterary and generalFamily sagaFamily and book club

Maeve Binchy was one of Ireland’s best-loved storytellers, writing warm, wise novels about friendship and small-town and Dublin life. Characters and places drift from one book to another.

Best estimate, compiled from series guides, publisher descriptions and reviews where available, and from memory otherwise. Book level only, not chapter level. Minor includes cameos and brief references. Each book carries a confidence rating in its tooltip. Her short story collections are not charted.

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Maeve Binchy books in order

Maeve Binchy’s first book is Light a Penny Candle (1982). There are 16 books in all, published from 1982 to 2012.

The Maeve Binchy reading order: each series in publication order, with its lead characters. Where the story runs in a different order, switch to Story order. Crossover books are marked and listed under their main series. Use My books to track what you have read.

Novels

16 books · Mostly set in DublinFamily sagaFamily and book club
  1. 1Light a Penny Candle1982With Elizabeth White and Aisling O’Connor · Set in the fictional Kilgarret, IrelandBuy on Amazon
  2. 2Echoes1985Buy on Amazon
  3. 3Firefly Summer1987Buy on Amazon
  4. 4Silver Wedding1988Buy on Amazon
  5. 5Circle of Friends1990With Benny Hogan and Eve Malone · Set in the fictional Knockglen, IrelandBuy on Amazon
  6. 6The Copper Beech1992Buy on Amazon
  7. 7The Glass Lake1994Buy on Amazon
  8. 8Evening Class1996With Aidan Dunne and SignoraBuy on Amazon
  9. 9Tara Road1998With Ria Lynch and Marilyn VineBuy on Amazon
  10. 10Scarlet Feather2000Buy on Amazon
  11. 11Quentins2002Buy on Amazon
  12. 12Nights of Rain and Stars2004Set in GreeceBuy on Amazon
  13. 13Whitethorn Woods2006Buy on Amazon
  14. 14Heart and Soul2008Buy on Amazon
  15. 15Minding Frankie2010Buy on Amazon
  16. 16A Week in Winter2012With Chicky Starr · Set in the fictional Stoneybridge, IrelandBuy on Amazon

Who appears in which book

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Characters

9 recurring and key characters, with the book each one first appears in.

Leads

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