John McGahern

John McGahern

John McGahern was born in Dublin on November 12th, 1934 and passed away at the age of 71 on March 30th, 2006.

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John McGahern Stats: The most read book by John McGahern on Book Notification is Amongst Women, a Standalone novel. The second most read book is That They May Face The Rising Sun / By The Lake, a Standalone novel.

Below is a complete list of John McGahern books in publication and chronological order, broken down by series.

List of Standalone Novels in Publication Order

Ranked by popularity, the top standalone books are Amongst Women, That They May Face The Rising Sun / By The Lake, and The Leavetaking.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
The Barracks
1963
Go
2
The Dark
1965
Go
3
4
The Leavetaking
1974
Go
4
The Pornographer
1979
Go
5
8.7
Amongst Women
1990
Go
6
4
That They May Face The Rising Sun / By The Lake
2001
Go

List of Short Story Collections in Publication Order

Ranked by popularity, the top short story collections are Nightlines, The Power Of Darkness, and Creatures Of The Earth: New And Selected Stories.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Nightlines
1970
Go
2
Getting Through
1978
Go
3
High Ground: Stories
1985
Go
4
The Power Of Darkness
1991
Go
5
The Collected Stories Of John Mcgahern
1992
Go
6
Creatures Of The Earth: New And Selected Stories
1996
Go

List of Non-Fiction Books in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
All Will Be Well: A Memoir
2005
Go
2
Love of the World
2009
Go
3
Letters of John McGahern
2021
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List of Faber Stories Books in Publication Order

A collection of stories by renowned authors, offering diverse and engaging tales.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
A Good Man Is Hard To Find (By: Flannery O'Connor)
1955
Go
2
The Inner Room (By: Robert Aickman)
1968
Go
3
Daughters of Passion (By: Julia O'Faolain)
1982
Go
4
Giacomo Joyce (By: Richard Ellmann)
1983
Go
5
6
Homeland (By: Barbara Kingsolver)
1989
Go
6
Shanti (By: Vikram Chandra)
1997
Go
7
Sonny Liston Was a Friend of Mine (By: Thom Jones)
1998
Go
8
An Elegy for Easterly (By: Petina Gappah)
2009
Go
9
The Shielding of Mrs Forbes (By: Alan Bennett)
2011
Go
10
The Cheater's Guide to Love (By: Junot Díaz)
2012
Go
11
10
Mrs Fox (By: Sarah Hall)
2014
Go
12
Mostly Hero (By: Anna Burns)
2014
Go
13
5
Mr Salary (By: Sally Rooney)
2016
Go
14
5
Come Rain or Come Shine (By: Kazuo Ishiguro)
2019
Go
15
9.3
The Victim (By: P.D. James)
2019
Go
16
Dante and the Lobster (By: Samuel Beckett)
2019
Go
17
Paradise (By: Edna O'Brien)
2019
Go
18
Cosmopolitan (By: Akhil Sharma)
2019
Go
19
The Lydia Steptoe Stories (By: Djuna Barnes)
2019
Go
20
10
Mary Ventura and The Ninth Kingdom (By: Sylvia Plath)
2019
Go
21
Terrific Mother (By: Lorrie Moore)
2019
Go
22
The Country Funeral
2019
Go
23
The Forester's Daughter (By: Claire Keegan)
2019
Go
24
Three Types of Solitude (By: Brian W. Aldiss)
2019
Go
25
A River in Egypt (By: David Means)
2019
Go
26
Fairy Tales (By: Marianne Moore)
2019
Go
27
Ghostly Stories (By: Celia Fremlin)
2019
Go
28
Intruders (By: Adrian Tomine)
2019
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List of Faber Drama Books in Publication Order

A selection of plays, both classic and contemporary.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
7
The Suppliant Women (By: Aeschylus )
464
Go
2
The Complete Dramatic Works (By: Samuel Beckett)
1961
Go
3
Faith Healer (By: Brian Friel)
1980
Go
4
Translations (By: Brian Friel)
1981
Go
5
The Cure at Troy (By: Seamus Heaney)
1991
Go
6
Skylight (By: David Hare)
1995
Go
7
Theatre for Children (By: David Wood - UK, Janet Grant)
1999
Go
8
10
The Shape of Things (By: Neil LaBute)
2001
Go
9
The Pillowman (By: Martin McDonagh)
2003
Go
10
The History Boys (By: Alan Bennett)
2004
Go
11
Attempts on Her Life (By: Martin Crimp)
2007
Go
12
Midsummer (By: David Greig)
2009
Go
13
Dunsinane (By: David Greig)
2010
Go
14
Black Watch (By: Gregory Burke)
2010
Go
15
The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart (By: David Greig)
2011
Go
16
Krapp's Last Tape and Other Shorter Plays (By: Samuel Beckett)
2012
Go
17
Theatre Craft (By: John Caird)
2013
Go
18
Look Back in Anger (By: John Osborne)
2013
Go
19
Betrayal (By: Harold Pinter)
2013
Go
20
Impro for Storytellers (By: Keith Johnstone)
2014
Go
21
Shakespeare in Love (By: Tom Stoppard, Lee Hall, Marc Norman)
2014
Go
22
Marina Carr Plays 1 (By: Marina Carr)
2014
Go
23
Everyman (By: Carol Ann Duffy)
2015
Go
24
The Hard Problem (By: Tom Stoppard)
2015
Go
25
Our Ladies of Perpetual Succour (By: Lee Hall)
2015
Go
26
The Moderate Soprano (By: David Hare)
2015
Go
27
This Restless House (By: Zinnie Harris)
2016
Go
28
Labyrinth (By: Beth Steel)
2016
Go
29
Dedication (By: Nick Dear)
2016
Go
30
Donegal (By: Frank McGuinness)
2016
Go
31
The Red Barn (By: David Hare)
2016
Go
32
The Sewing Group (By: E.V. Crowe)
2016
Go
33
Mametz: with a Welsh-language translation (By: Owen Sheers, Ceri Wyn Jones)
2017
Go
34
My Country; A Work In Progress (By: Carol Ann Duffy, Rufus Norris)
2017
Go
35
The Mentor (By: Christopher Hampton, Daniel Kehlmann)
2017
Go
36
Winter Hill (By: Timberlake Wertenbaker)
2017
Go
37
The Sum (By: Lizzie Nunnery)
2017
Go
38
Arcadia ( By: Tom Stoppard)
2017
Go
39
Meet Me at Dawn (By: Zinnie Harris)
2017
Go
40
The Lie (By: Christopher Hampton, Florian Zeller)
2017
Go
41
On Blueberry Hill ( By: Sebastian Barry)
2017
Go
42
Christmas Eve (By: Christopher Hampton, Daniel Kehlmann)
2017
Go
43
Wind Resistance (By: Karine Polwart Ltd)
2017
Go
44
Box of Delights (By: John Masefield)
2017
Go
45
The Jungle (By: Joe Murphy, Joe Robertson)
2017
Go
46
Julie (By: August Strindberg)
2018
Go
47
The Rockingham Shoot And Other Dramatic Writings
2018
Go
48
Unicorns, Almost (By: Owen Sheers)
2018
Go
49
Greek and Decadence (By: Steven Berkoff)
2018
Go
50
The Meeting (By: Charlotte Jones)
2018
Go
51
Alan Ayckbourn ( By: Alan Ayckbourn)
2018
Go
52
The Short Plays of Harold Pinter (By: Harold Pinter)
2018
Go
53
Touching the Void (By: David Greig)
2018
Go
54
The Height of the Storm (By: Christopher Hampton, Florian Zeller)
2018
Go
55
The Village (By: April De Angelis)
2018
Go
56
I'm Not Running (By: David Hare)
2018
Go
57
A Very Very Very Dark Matter (By: Martin McDonagh)
2018
Go
58
When We Have Sufficiently Tortured Each Other (By: Martin Crimp)
2019
Go
59
The Hamburg Plays (By: Martin Crimp)
2019
Go
60
Writing for Nothing (By: Martin Crimp)
2019
Go
61
The Inheritance (By: Matthew Lopez)
2020
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List of John McGahern Anthologies in Publication Order

#ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
New Writing From Ireland
1994
Go
2
The Penguin Book of Irish Fiction
1999
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John McGahern

John McGahern was born on November 12th, 1934. John passed away March 30th, 2006 at 71 years old. John McGahern was born in Dublin.

John McGahern had written 6 standalone novels, starting with The Barracks in 1963. The most recently released novel was That They May Face The Rising Sun / By The Lake, which was released in 2001.

John McGahern also wrote the Short Story Collections series which has 6 books including Nightlines and Getting Through.

John McGahern: Awards & Accolades

McGahern's book, Amongst Women was nominated for the Booker Prize, Best Fiction Book, in 1990.

John McGahern: Lists & Other Mentions

  • Amongst Women was a The Guardian: 100 Best Novels Written in English Selection in 2015 and a The Guardian: 100 Greatest Novels of All Time Selection in 2015.

Related Authors

Fans of John McGahern also enjoy these authors:

  1. Stephen King, author of The Dark Tower Series.
  2. J.K. Rowling, author of the Harry Potter Series.
  3. Jane Austen, author of: Pride and Prejudice.
  4. Agatha Christie, author of: And Then There Were None / Ten Little Indians.
  5. George Saunders, author of: Lincoln in the Bardo.

John McGahern: F.A.Q

When was John McGahern Born?

John McGahern was born on November 12th, 1934.

When did John McGahern die?

John McGahern died on March 30th, 2006 at 71 years old.

Where was John McGahern Born?

John McGahern was born in Dublin, .

What was the first book John McGahern wrote?

The first book written by John McGahern was The Barracks, published in 1963.

What was the most recent book John McGahern wrote?

Their most recently released work was Letters of John McGahern on August 31st, 2021.

What is the most popular book by John McGahern?

Based on the number of readers on Book Notification, the most popular John McGahern book is Amongst Women. Here are their most popular books:
  1. Amongst Women (8.67)
  2. That They May Face The Rising Sun / By The Lake (4)
  3. The Leavetaking (4)

How many books has John McGahern written?

John McGahern has written 17 books excluding contributions to anthologies. 6 Standalone Novels, 6 Short Story Collections, 3 Non-Fiction Books, 1 book in the Faber Stories Series, 1 book in the Faber Drama Series.

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