Maeve Binchy has written at least 66 books. Their most popular book is Circle of Friends with 30 saves with an average rating of 4.17⭐.
They are best known for writing in the genres Fiction, Women, and Classics.
Maeve Binchy was born on 28 May 1940 in Dalkey, County Dublin, Ireland, the eldest child of four. Her parents were very positive and provided her with a happy childhood. Despite the fact she describes herself as an overweight child it was her parents attitude that gave her the confidence to accept herself for who she is today.
She studied at University College Dublin and was a teacher for a while. She also loved travelling and this was how she found her niche as a writer. She liked going to all different kinds of places such as a Kibbutz in Israel and worked in a camp in the United States. It was whilst she was away that she sent letters home to her parents. They were so impressed with these chatty letters from all over the world that they decided to send them to a newspaper. They were published. She left teaching and became a journalist. She still writes columns today.
Maeve married Gordon Snell who is also a published writer. When they were struggling financially it was then that Light a Penny Candle was published. She became an overnight success. Her books deal with relationship problems. Many of them are set in the past in Ireland such as "Echoes" and often deal with people who are young, fall in love, have families then have relationship or family problems that readers can identify with. The main characters are people you can empathise with. Some of her later novels have been brought forward to the present day to become more modern. Her cousin Dan Binchy is also a published writer.
She passed away on 30 July 2012, at the age of 72.
1980 • 30 Readers • 608 pages • 4.2
1998 • 17 Readers • 648 pages • 3.4
15 Readers • 2.8
8 Readers • 3.5
1982 • 7 Readers • 530 pages
7 Readers • 3.8
2008 • 6 Readers • 418 pages • 3
1996 • 6 Readers • 528 pages • 4.3
1994 • 5 Readers • 704 pages
5 Readers • 3
2014 • 4 Readers • 3
2008 • 3 Readers • 500 pages • 3.5
1984 • 3 Readers • 196 pages • 3
1999 • 3 Readers • 276 pages • 4
3 Readers • 1
2 Readers • 3
1987 • 2 Readers • 832 pages
2002 • 2 Readers • 403 pages • 3
2 Readers • 5
1992 • 2 Readers • 402 pages • 4
2 Readers
2001 • 1 Reader • 256 pages • 4
2005 • 1 Reader • 704 pages
1 Reader
1995 • 1 Reader • 210 pages • 5
1 Reader • 5
1998 • 1 Reader • 502 pages
2008 • 1 Reader • 2
2009 • 1 Reader • 410 pages
2012 • 1 Reader • 361 pages • 4
2004 • 1 Reader • 327 pages • 4
2008 • 1 Reader • 415 pages
1984 • 1 Reader • 215 pages • 4
2004 • 374 pages
1998 • 274 pages
33 pages
2003 • 488 pages
1992
1994
2017 • 364 pages
1999 • 800 pages
2012 • 672 pages
2015 • 319 pages
2014 • 330 pages
2013 • 383 pages
2000 • 662 pages
2009 • 92 pages
2013 • 1,600 pages
2008 • 290 pages
2008 • 176 pages