CITY · IRELANDBooks set in Dublin
53.350, -6.260
14 books · 9 authors · 1914–2025
14 books here
Most-set authors
Sally Rooney (3) · James Joyce (2) · Anne Enright (2) · Roddy Doyle (2) · Flann O'Brien (1) · John Boyne (1)
Genres
literary fiction (7) · mystery & crime (1)
Books set here
Set in Dublin (13)
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
James Joyce
Stephen Dedalus's home city, Belvedere school
At Swim-Two-Birds
Flann O'Brien
Student and nested fictional Dublin
Beautiful World, Where Are You
Sally Rooney
Eileen's urban life
Conversations with Friends
Sally Rooney
Dublin literary social scene
Dubliners
James Joyce
Irish middle-class city life
The Gathering
Anne Enright
Hegarty family wake
The Heart's Invisible Furies
John Boyne
protagonist raised here
The Pretender
Jo Harkin
crowned King Edward
The Wren, The Wren
Anne Enright
contemporary Dublin generations
Old God's Time
Sebastian Barry
retired detective castle annex
Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha
Roddy Doyle
Boy's 1960s north Dublin childhood
The Commitments
Roddy Doyle
North Dublin soul band story
Normal People
Sally Rooney
University where characters study
