CITY · IRELANDBooks set in Dublin
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42 books · 27 authors · 1914–2025
42 books here
Most-set authors
James Joyce (4) · Roddy Doyle (4) · Anne Enright (4) · Sally Rooney (4) · Sebastian Barry (2) · Tana French (2)
Genres
literary fiction (21) · historical fiction (5) · mystery & crime (3) · romance (2)
Books set here
Set in Dublin (39)

56 Days
Catherine Ryan Howard
Dublin suburb during the first COVID lockdown of 2020; where a couple's whirlwind isolation romance ends in murder

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
James Joyce
Stephen Dedalus's home city, Belvedere school

A Star Called Henry
Roddy Doyle
Dublin slums early 20th century

Actress
Anne Enright
Katherine O'Dell and narrator Norah's home; Dublin theatre stage

All Her Fault
Andrea Mara
Quiet Dublin suburb; a child goes missing after a playdate and the surrounding community erupts in blame and suspicion
At Swim-Two-Birds
Flann O'Brien
Student and nested fictional Dublin

Beautiful World, Where Are You
Sally Rooney
Eileen's urban life

Circle of Friends
Maeve Binchy
1950s Dublin university life

Conversations with Friends
Sally Rooney
Dublin literary social scene

Dubliners
James Joyce
Irish middle-class city life

Faithful Place
Tana French
Working-class Dublin neighborhood, undercover detective

Farewell Companions
James Plunkett
interwar working-class Dublin

Finnegans Wake
James Joyce
primary dreamworld setting
Ghost Light
Joseph O'Connor
Abbey Theatre affair 1907

Here Are the Young Men
Rob Doyle
Celtic Tiger Dublin summer 2003 — where four teenage boys roam the city aimlessly after school, spiraling into self-dest

In the Woods
Tana French
Dublin Murder Squad setting

Intermezzo
Sally Rooney
Peter's city life

Montpelier Parade
Karl Geary
1980s working-class Dublin
Nesting
Roisin O'Donnell
housing crisis Dublin

Old Gods Time
Sebastian Barry
Retired detective, 1990s Dublin

Prophet Song
Paul Lynch
dystopian Irish capital

Skippy Dies
Paul Murray
Catholic boarding school Dublin

Strumpet City
James Plunkett
1913 Dublin Lockout era

The Forgotten Waltz
Anne Enright
suburban Dublin affair

The Gathering
Anne Enright
Hegarty family wake
The Ginger Man
J.P. Donleavy
Postwar Dublin student life

The Heart's Invisible Furies
John Boyne
protagonist raised here
The Informer
Liam O'Flaherty
1920s revolutionary underworld

The Journey Home
Dermot Bolger
1980s suburban Dublin noir
The Pretender
Jo Harkin
crowned King Edward

The Pull of the Stars
Emma Donoghue
1918 flu epidemic maternity ward

The Snapper
Roddy Doyle
north Dublin working-class suburb

The Speckled People
Hugo Hamilton
1950s childhood setting

The Van
Roddy Doyle
working-class north Dublin

The Woman Who Walked Into Doors
Roddy Doyle
Working-class Dublin suburb
The Wren, The Wren
Anne Enright
contemporary Dublin generations

TransAtlantic
Colum McCann
Frederick Douglass's 1845 Ireland visit and family narrative

Ulysses
James Joyce

Normal People
Sally Rooney
University where characters study
Notable locations in Dublin
Cabra1Clongowes Wood College1Davy Byrne's pub1Glasnevin Cemetery1Grafton Street1National Library of Ireland1National Maternity Hospital, Dublin1Nelson's Pillar1O'Connell Bridge1Sandymount Strand1Trinity College Dublin1
Nearby books

Ulysses
James Joyce
0 km · Nelson's Pillar

Normal People
Sally Rooney
1 km · Trinity College Dublin

Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha
Roddy Doyle
8 km · Kilbarrack, Dublin

The Commitments
Roddy Doyle
8 km · Kilbarrack, Dublin
At Swim, Two Boys
Jamie O'Neill
12 km · Sandycove, Dublin

Old God's Time
Sebastian Barry
13 km · Dalkey
Soldier Sailor
Claire Kilroy
14 km · Howth

How Many Miles to Babylon?
Jennifer Johnston
34 km · County Kildare, Ireland



