The Recurring Cast
Reading order · 2 books · 2012 to 2023 · Set in Tipperary

The Spinning Heart Books in Order

The Spinning Heart and Heart, Be at Peace are each told by many voices from a small Irish village, before and after the economic crash.

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Series facts

Books
2
Published
2012 to 2023
First book
The Spinning Heart
Latest
Heart, Be at Peace (2023)
Setting
Set in Tipperary

The reading order

Every The Spinning Heart book in publication order. Choose a title for its cast and summary.

2 books · Set in Tipperary
  1. 1The Spinning Heart2012After the crash, the people of a small village in Tipperary tell their stories, each one circling Bobby Mahon, a foreman left without work, and a shocking crime.Buy on Amazon
  2. 2Heart, Be at Peace2023Ten years after The Spinning Heart, the voices of the village return as new money and old wounds stir trouble.Buy on Amazon

Do you need to read them in order?

Read The Spinning Heart, then Heart, Be at Peace.

Who appears in which book

The series’ main characters, book by book. Lead means the book is told around them; minor covers cameos.

Who appears in each The Spinning Heart book
BookBobby Mahon
1 The Spinning HeartMMajor
2 Heart, Be at PeaceMMajor

Characters in the The Spinning Heart books

1 character from Donal Ryan’s chart, with the number of The Spinning Heart books each appears in.

CharacterBooksFirst in this series
Bobby MahonBuilder’s foreman left without work2The Spinning Heart 2012