John Boyne

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  • Bibliography:
    29 Books
  • First Book:
    January 2006
  • Latest Book:
    November 2023
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Book List in Order: 29 titles

  • The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas

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    Berlin, 1942. When Bruno returns home from school one day, he discovers that his belongings are being packed in crates. His father has received a promotion and the family must move from their home to a new house far far away, where there is no one to...

  • Crippen

    July 1910: A gruesome discovery has been made at 39 Hilldrop Crescent, Camden. Chief Inspector Walter Dew of Scotland Yard did not expect the house to be empty. Nor did he expect to find a body in the cellar. Buried under the flagstones are the re...

  • The Boy in the Striped Pajamas

    Berlin 1942 When Bruno returns home from school one day, he discovers that his belongings are being packed in crates. His father has received a promotion and the family must move from their home to a new house far far away, where there is no one t...

  • Next of Kin

    From the bestselling author of The Boy in the Striped Pajamas and "one of the most imaginative and adventurous of the young Irish novelists working today" (Irish Independent) comes John Boyne's Next of Kin. Boyne steps into the drawing rooms and pri...

  • The Thief of Time

    It is 1758 and Matthieu Zela is fleeing Paris after witnessing the murder of his mother and his stepfather's execution. Matthieu's life is characterized by one extraordinary fact: before the eighteenth century ends, he discovers that his body has sto...

  • The Second Child

    Part of the Open Door series of short books for emerging readers. Alison Clark returns home to her father’s house in rural Wexford with her movie star boyfriend, Nick. It’s the first time she’s been home in years. Her father does no...

  • Mutiny on the Bounty

    An action-packed fictional telling of the events on the HMS Bounty. Fourteen-year-old John Jacob Turnstile has gotten into trouble with the police on one too many occasions and is on his way to prison when an offer is put to him - a ship has been ...

  • Mutiny

    Fourteen-year-old pickpocket John Jacob Turnstile has just been caught red-handed and is on his way to prison when an offer is put to him---a ship has been refitted over the last few months and is about to set sail with an important mission. The boy ...

  • Knock Down Ginger

    At the start of his school holidays, Danny Delaney is looking forward to a trouble-free summer. But when his mother returns home one afternoon, flanked by two policemen, he knows that something terrible has happened. Mrs Delaney has accidentally hit ...



  • The Dare

    A compelling quick read from the author of the international bestseller The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas.

    At the start of his school holidays, Danny Delaney is looking forward to a trouble-free summer. But when his mother returns home one aftern...

  • The House of Special Purpose

    Part love story, part historical epic, part tragedy, The House of Special Purpose illuminates an empire at the end of its reign. Eighty year old Georgy Jachmenev is haunted by his past - a past of death, suffering and scandal that will stay with h...

  • The Congress of Rough Riders

    William Cody grows up surrounded by his father's tales of Buffalo Bill, to whom he is distantly related, and his fantasies of the Wild West. Though he escapes his heritage by fleeing abroad and starting a new life for himself, he finds that he is al...

  • Noah Barleywater Runs Away

    Eight-year-old Noah's problems seem easier to deal with if he doesn't think about them. So he runs away, taking an untrodden path through the forest. Before long, he comes across a shop. But this is no ordinary shop: it's a toyshop, full of the mo...

  • The Absolutist

    “A novel of immeasurable sadness, in a league with Graham Greene’s The End of the Affair. John Boyne is very, very good at portraying the destructive power of a painfully kept secret.”
    -- John Irving

    A masterfully told tale of passi...

  • The Terrible Thing that Happened to Barnaby Brocket

    Barnaby Brocket is an ordinary 8-year-old boy in most ways, but he was born different in one important way: he floats. Unlike everyone else, Barnaby does not obey the law of gravity. His parents, who have a horror of being noticed, want desperately f...

  • This House Is Haunted

    A Dickensian ghost story from the bestselling author of The Heart's Invisible Furies and A Ladder to the Sky

    “A wonderfully creepy novel…magnificently eerie.” " The Observer

    This House Is Haunted is a striking homage to the clas...

  • Stay Where You Are And Then Leave

    The day the First World War broke out, Alfie Summerfield's father promised he wouldn't go away to fight -- but he broke that promise the following day. Four years later, Alfie doesn't know where his father might be, other than that he's away on a spe...

  • The Brockets Get a Dog

    Abigail Crumb works every day after school at the local vet’s while she saves up for a present for her pet elephant. So when she loses " and then finds again " one of the puppies in her care, she knows she can’t tell anyone without putting he...

  • A History of Loneliness

    The riveting narrative of an honorable Irish priest who finds the church collapsing around him at a pivotal moment in its history Propelled into the priesthood by a family tragedy, Odran Yates is full of hope and ambition. When he arrives at Clonl...



  • The Boy at the Top of the Mountain

    From the author of The Boy in the Striped Pajamas comes another extraordinary story of World War II and innocence in the face of evil. When Pierrot becomes an orphan, he must leave his home in Paris for a new life with his aunt Beatrix, a servant ...

  • The Heart's Invisible Furies

    A sweeping, heartfelt saga about the course of one man's life, beginning and ending in post-war Ireland Cyril Avery is not a real Avery -- or at least, that's what his adoptive parents tell him. And he never will be. But if he isn't a real Avery, ...

  • A Ladder to the Sky

    “A satire of writerly ambition wrapped in a psychological thriller . . . An homage to Patricia Highsmith, Oscar Wilde and Edgar Allan Poe, but its execution is entirely Boyne’s own.” -- Ron Charles, The Washington PostNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOK...

  • My Brother's Name is Jessica

    '...this poignant and disarming story is full of heart and its crescendo will give you tingles' Attitude Magazine 'Outstanding' Irish ExaminerSam has known his sister Jessica all his life. Tonight is the first time they're going to meet.Sam Waver has...

  • A Traveller at the Gates of Wisdom

    Some stories are universal. Some are unique. They play out across human history, and time is the river that flows through them.This story starts with a family. For now, it is a father and a mother with two sons. One with his father's violence in his ...

  • A Traveler at the Gates of Wisdom

    From the bestselling author of A Ladder to the Sky comes a new novel that plays out across all of human history: a story as precise as it is unlimited. This story starts with a family. For now, it is a father and a mother with two sons, one with h...

  • The Echo Chamber

    'His relish is infectious' Times'The funniest book I've read in ages. Savage but compelling' Ian Rankin'Funny, rumbustious, unstinting and wonderfully Hogarthian' The Observer'Sharp, funny, and beautifully written... a brilliant reflection on the lan...

  • Beneath the Earth

  • All The Broken Places

    From the New York Times bestselling author John Boyne, a devastating, beautiful story about a woman who must confront the sins of her own terrible past, and a present in which it is never too late for bravery Ninety-one-year-old Gretel Fernsby has li...

  • Water



Award-Winning Books by John Boyne

The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
2009 Young Reader's Choice Award -- Intermediate/Grades 7-9
The Heart's Invisible Furies
2017 Lolly Award -- Book of the Year


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

John Boyne has published 29 books.

John Boyne does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Water, was published in November 2023.

The first book by John Boyne, The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, was published in January 2006.

No. John Boyne does not write books in series.
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