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ⓘ About Sally Rooney
Sally Rooney is a popular upcoming author from Ireland, who is famous for writing contemporary and literature & fiction novels. She is particularly famous for writing the books, Conversations with Friends and Normal People. Rooney was born in 1991 in Dublin, Ireland. She spent her early years growing up in Castlebar. Rooney’s mother worked at an arts center, while her father used to work for Telecom Eireann. She has a younger sister and an elder brother. Author Rooney completed her studies from the Trinity College in Dublin. During her college studies in 2011, Rooney was elected as a scholar. Later, she enrolled herself for a master’s degree at the university but didn’t complete it. Instead, Rooney pursued and completed a degree in the field of American literature.
All Book Series by Sally Rooney
A Good Man Is Hard To Find
Series opener · book 1 of 28 · published 1955 Anthology · Flannery O'Connor
Sonny Liston Was a Friend of Mine
Book 7 of 28 · published 1998 Anthology · Thom Jones
The Shielding of Mrs Forbes
Book 9 of 28 · published 2011 Anthology · Alan Bennett
The Cheater's Guide to Love
Book 10 of 28 · published 2012 Anthology · Junot Díaz
Come Rain or Come Shine
Book 14 of 28 · published 2019 Anthology · Kazuo Ishiguro
Dante and the Lobster
Book 16 of 28 · published 2019 Anthology · Samuel Beckett
The Lydia Steptoe Stories
Book 19 of 28 · published 2019 Anthology · Djuna Barnes
Mary Ventura and The Ninth Kingdom
Book 20 of 28 · published 2019 Anthology · Sylvia Plath
The Forester's Daughter
Book 23 of 28 · published 2019 Anthology · Claire Keegan
Three Types of Solitude
Book 24 of 28 · published 2019 Anthology · Brian W. Aldiss
Intruders
Latest in the series · book 28 of 28 · published 2019 Anthology · Adrian Tomine
Normal People: The Scripts
Single-title series · published 2021 Co-authored · Lenny Abrahamson
The Best Short Stories 2021: The O. Henry Prize Winners
Single-title series · published 2021
? Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Sally Rooney?
Sally Rooney is a popular upcoming author from Ireland, who is famous for writing contemporary and literature & fiction novels. She is particularly famous for writing the books, Conversations with Friends and Normal People. Rooney was born in 1991 in Dublin, Ireland.
Which Sally Rooney series should I start with?
The best place to start is the Faber Stories series, the earliest of Sally Rooney's multi-book series: it opens with A Good Man Is Hard To Find (1955) and runs to 28 books across 1955–2019, ending with Intruders (2019).
How many books has Sally Rooney written?
Sally Rooney has 35 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1955 and 2024. 29 of them belong to 2 named series — the largest being the Faber Stories series with 28 books — and 6 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.
In what order should Sally Rooney's series be read?
Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Sally Rooney's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Faber Stories (1955–2019, 28 books) and Screenplays (2021, 1 book).
How are Sally Rooney's books organised into series?
This guide splits Sally Rooney's 35 books into 2 named series and 6 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Faber Stories (28 books, 1955–2019); Screenplays (1 book, 2021).