Maeve Binchy
Maeve Binchy has written at least 93 books. Their most popular book is Circle of Friends with 59 saves with an average rating of 4.36⭐.
Author Bio
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 • 59 Readers • 608 pages • 4.4
1998 • 39 Readers • 648 pages • 3.8
26 Readers • 3.2
1996 • 21 Readers • 528 pages • 4
21 Readers • 3.9
2010 • 20 Readers • 514 pages • 3.6
1994 • 20 Readers • 704 pages • 4.1
1982 • 19 Readers • 530 pages • 3.8
2008 • 16 Readers • 418 pages • 3.5
2002 • 13 Readers • 403 pages • 3.4
12 Readers • 3.5
1992 • 12 Readers • 402 pages • 4
12 Readers • 3.4
1987 • 11 Readers • 832 pages • 3.7
2014 • 10 Readers • 3.7
1985 • 9 Readers • 497 pages • 3.6
1984 • 9 Readers • 196 pages • 3.6
2012 • 8 Readers • 4.4
1998 • 6 Readers • 502 pages • 3.5
2000 • 4 Readers • 516 pages
1999 • 3 Readers • 276 pages • 4
2011 • 3 Readers • 35 pages • 5
2004 • 2 Readers • 374 pages • 4
2 Readers • 3
2004 • 2 Readers • 327 pages • 4
2003 • 2 Readers • 488 pages • 4
2006 • 1 Reader • 594 pages • 2
1995 • 1 Reader
2005 • 1 Reader • 704 pages
1978 • 1 Reader • 320 pages • 3
1 Reader
2012 • 1 Reader • 117 pages
1995 • 1 Reader • 210 pages • 5
1 Reader • 5
2008 • 1 Reader • 2
2009 • 1 Reader • 410 pages
2012 • 1 Reader • 361 pages • 4
2008 • 1 Reader • 415 pages
1984 • 1 Reader • 215 pages • 4
2005 • 1 Reader • 388 pages
1978 • 1 Reader • 384 pages • 4
1938 • 1 Reader • 240 pages • 4
2011 • 1 Reader • 536 pages
1 Reader • 368 pages
1996 • 1 Reader • 544 pages • 5
1995 • 1 Reader • 854 pages • 4
1995 • 1 Reader • 5
2001 • 1 Reader • 5
1995 • 1 Reader • 210 pages • 2
2006 • 1 Reader • 106 pages
1999 • 1 Reader • 114 pages
2007 • 1 Reader
1979 • 1 Reader • 82 pages
1996 • 1 Reader • 64 pages
1995 • 1 Reader • 58 pages
2006 • 1 Reader • 134 pages
2010 • 1 Reader • 64 pages
1976 • 1 Reader • 131 pages
1997 • 1 Reader • 160 pages
2014 • 1 Reader • 215 pages
2009 • 1 Reader • 96 pages
1992 • 1 Reader • 430 pages
2001 • 1 Reader • 256 pages • 4
2013 • 383 pages
2008 • 290 pages
1995
33 pages
1992
2008 • 176 pages
1994
2017 • 364 pages
1999 • 800 pages
2012 • 672 pages
2015 • 319 pages
2014 • 330 pages
2000 • 662 pages
2009 • 92 pages
2013 • 1,600 pages
1998 • 274 pages