Sebastian Barry Books in Order
Sebastian Barry is a renowned Irish playwright, novelist, and poet, celebrated for his dense literary writing style that has cemented his position as one of Ireland's finest writers. His multifaceted career began in poetry before transitioning to plays and novels, with his fiction writing increasingly gaining momentum and surpassing his theatrical work in terms of success. Barry's novels have garnered significant recognition, including two Man Booker Prize shortlistings for A Long Long Way (2005) and The Secret Scripture (2008). The latter novel won the 2008 Costa Book of the Year and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, solidifying his reputation as a masterful storyteller. His 2011 novel, On Canaan's Side, further showcased his literary prowess with a Booker longlisting.
Bibliography verified: January 2026
Book Series by Sebastian Barry
- #1AmazonThe Suppliant Women (By: Aeschylus) (-463)(1961)
- #2AmazonThe Suppliant Women (By: Aeschylus)
- #3AmazonThe Complete Dramatic Works (By: Samuel Beckett)(1961)
- #4AmazonFaith Healer (By: Brian Friel)(1980)
- #5AmazonTranslations (By: Brian Friel)(1981)
- #6AmazonThe Cure at Troy (By: Seamus Heaney)(1991)
- #7AmazonSkylight (By: David Hare)(1995)
- #8AmazonTheatre for Children (By: David Wood - UK,Janet Grant)(1999)
- #9AmazonThe Shape of Things (By: Neil LaBute)(2001)
- #10AmazonThe Pillowman (By: Martin McDonagh)(2003)
- #11AmazonThe History Boys (By: Alan Bennett)(2004)
- #12AmazonAttempts on Her Life (By: Martin Crimp)(2007)
- #13AmazonMidsummer (By: David Greig)(2009)
- #14AmazonDunsinane (By: David Greig)(2010)
- #15AmazonBlack Watch (By: Gregory Burke)(2010)
- #16AmazonThe Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart (By: David Greig)(2011)
- #17AmazonKrapp's Last Tape and Other Shorter Plays (By: Samuel Beckett)(2012)
- #18AmazonTheatre Craft (By: John Caird)(2013)
- #19AmazonLook Back in Anger (By: John Osborne)(2013)
- #20AmazonBetrayal (By: Harold Pinter)(2013)
- #21AmazonImpro for Storytellers (By: Keith Johnstone)(2014)
- #22AmazonShakespeare in Love (By: Tom Stoppard,LeeHall,Marc Norman)(2014)
- #23AmazonMarina Carr Plays 1 (By: Marina Carr)(2014)
- #24AmazonThe Hard Problem (By: Tom Stoppard)(2015)
- #25AmazonOur Ladies of Perpetual Succour (By: LeeHall)(2015)
- #26AmazonThe Moderate Soprano (By: David Hare)(2015)
- #27AmazonThis Restless House (By: Zinnie Harris)(2016)
- #28AmazonLabyrinth (By: Beth Steel)(2016)
- #29AmazonDedication (By: Nick Dear)(2016)
- #30AmazonDonegal (By: Frank McGuinness)(2016)
- #31AmazonThe Red Barn (By: David Hare)(2016)
- #32AmazonThe Sewing Group (By: E.V. Crowe)(2016)
- #33AmazonMametz: with a Welsh-language translation (By: Owen Sheers,Ceri Wyn Jones)(2017)
- #34AmazonMy Country; A Work In Progress (By: Carol Ann Duffy,Rufus Norris)(2017)
- #35AmazonThe Mentor (By: Christopher Hampton,Daniel Kehlmann)(2017)
- #36AmazonWinter Hill (By: Timberlake Wertenbaker)(2017)
- #37AmazonThe Sum (By: Lizzie Nunnery)(2017)
- #38AmazonArcadia (By: Tom Stoppard)(2017)
- #39AmazonMeet Me at Dawn (By: Zinnie Harris)(2017)
- #40AmazonThe Lie (By: Christopher Hampton,Florian Zeller)(2017)
- #41AmazonOn Blueberry Hill(2017)
- #42AmazonChristmas Eve (By: Christopher Hampton,Daniel Kehlmann)(2017)
- #43AmazonWind Resistance (By: Karine Polwart Ltd)(2017)
- #44AmazonBox of Delights (By: John Masefield)(2017)
- #45AmazonThe Jungle (By: Joe Murphy,Joe Robertson)(2017)
- #46AmazonJulie (By: August Strindberg)(2018)
- #47AmazonThe Rockingham Shoot And Other Dramatic Writings (By: John McGahern)(2018)
- #48AmazonUnicorns, Almost (By: Owen Sheers)(2018)
- #49AmazonGreek and Decadence (By: Steven Berkoff)(2018)
- #50AmazonThe Meeting (By: Charlotte Jones)(2018)
- #51AmazonAlan Ayckbourn (By: Alan Ayckbourn)(2018)
- #52AmazonThe Short Plays of Harold Pinter (By: Harold Pinter)(2018)
- #53AmazonTouching the Void (By: David Greig)(2018)
- #54AmazonThe Height of the Storm (By: Christopher Hampton,Florian Zeller)(2018)
- #55AmazonThe Village (By: April De Angelis)(2018)
- #56AmazonI'm Not Running (By: David Hare)(2018)
- #57AmazonA Very Very Very Dark Matter (By: Martin McDonagh)(2018)
- #58AmazonWhen We Have Sufficiently Tortured Each Other (By: Martin Crimp)(2019)
- #59AmazonThe Hamburg Plays (By: Martin Crimp)(2019)
- #60AmazonWriting for Nothing (By: Martin Crimp)(2019)
- #61AmazonThe Inheritance (By: Matthew Lopez)(2020)
- #1AmazonMacker's Garden(1982)
- #2AmazonTime Out of Mind(1983)
- #3AmazonElsewhere(1985)
- #4AmazonRhetorical Town(1985)
- #5AmazonThe Engine of Owl-light(1987)
- #6AmazonThe Pride of Parnell Street(2007)
- #7AmazonDallas Sweetman(2008)
- #8AmazonOld God's Time(2023)
- #9AmazonThe Water Colourist(1983)
- #10AmazonPrayers of Sherkin; Boss Grady's Boys(1991)
- #11AmazonThe Only True History of Lizzie Finn/the Steward of Christendom/White Woman Street(1996)
- #12AmazonOur Lady of Sligo(1998)
- #13AmazonHinterland(2002)
- #14AmazonTales of Ballycumber(2009)
- #15AmazonWhistling PsycheFred and Jane(2014)
- #16AmazonAndersen's English(2014)
- #17AmazonInherited Boundaries(1985)
- #18AmazonThe Pinkening Boy(2004)
About Sebastian Barry
Sebastian Barry is a renowned Irish playwright, novelist, and poet, celebrated for his dense literary writing style that has cemented his position as one of Ireland's finest writers. His multifaceted career began in poetry before transitioning to plays and novels, with his fiction writing increasingly gaining momentum and surpassing his theatrical work in terms of success. Barry's novels have garnered significant recognition, including two Man Booker Prize shortlistings for A Long Long Way (2005) and The Secret Scripture (2008). The latter novel won the 2008 Costa Book of the Year and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, solidifying his reputation as a masterful storyteller. His 2011 novel, On Canaan's Side, further showcased his literary prowess with a Booker longlisting.
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