John Boyne

The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas

Lines may divide us, but hope will unite us. Nine year old Bruno knows nothing of the Final Solution and the Holocaust. He’s oblivious to the appall...

The Boy at the Top of the Mountain

When Pierrot becomes an orphan, he must leave his home in Paris for a new life with his Aunt Beatrix, a servant in a wealthy household at the top of t...

The Boy in the Striped Pajamas

Two young boys encounter the best and worst of humanity during the Holocaust in this powerful read that USA Today called "as memorable an introduction...

Stay Where You Are And Then Leave

The next work of historical fiction from the author of The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, John Boyne's Stay Where You Are and Then Leave is a touching lo...

The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas

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 ...

The House of Special Purpose

From the bestselling author of The Heart's Invisible Furies Russia, 1915: Sixteen year old farmer's son Georgy Jachmenev steps in front of an assassin...

A Traveller at the Gates of Wisdom

A dazzling novel from the author of The Heart’s Invisible Furies

Some stories are universal. They play out across human history. And time is the river which will flow through them. It starts with a family, a family ...

The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas

A Fable

A story of innocence existing within the most terrible evil, this is the fictional tale of two young boys caught up in events beyond their control....

A History of Loneliness

from the bestselling author of The Heart’s Invisible Furies

'Gripping, harrowing and extremely moving... A painfully page-turning read...' - The Sunday Times Clonliffe Seminary, 1972. Odran Yates arrives after ...

Next of Kin

A Novel

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 to...

The Boy in the Striped Pajamas

A Fable

Bored and lonely after his family moves from Berlin to a place called "Out-With" in 1942, Bruno, the son of a Nazi officer, befriends a boy in striped...

The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas

Read John Boyne’s powerful classic ahead of the sequel ALL THE BROKEN PLACES

Discover an extraordinary tale of innocence, friendship and the horrors of war. 'Some things are just sitting there, minding their own business, waiti...

The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas

In 1943 verhuist een kleine Duitse jongen met zijn vader, een militair, naar een vreemde plek waar joodse mensen in gestreepte pyjama's achter een hek...

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 Examiner Sam has...

This House is Haunted

1867. On a dark and chilling night Eliza Caine arrives in Norfolk to take up her position as governess at Gaudlin Hall. As she makes her way across th...

A Traveler at the Gates of Wisdom

A Novel

From the bestselling author of A Ladder to the Sky—“a darkly funny novel that races like a beating heart” (People)—comes a new novel that play...

A History of Loneliness

A Novel

Bestselling author John Boyne's A History of Loneliness tells the riveting narrative of an honorable Irish priest who finds the church collapsing arou...

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...

The Absolutist

September 1919: Twenty-year-old Tristan Sadler takes a train from London to Norwich to deliver a clutch of letters to Marian Bancroft. Tristan fought ...

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 ...

Beneath the Earth

Stories

In this collection of twelve dark, unerring and surprising short stories, John Boyne explores the extremities of the human condition in all its brilli...

All The Broken Places

The Sequel to The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas

'Beautifully told and gripping from first page to last' Sunday Express 'An incredible feat of storytelling... and an old-fashioned page-turner' Donal ...

A Ladder to the Sky

A Novel

“A satire of writerly ambition wrapped in a psychological thriller . . . An homage to Patricia Highsmith, Oscar Wilde and Edgar Allan Poe, but its e...

The Heart's Invisible Furies

the unforgettable bestselling Richard & Judy Book Club pick

'A bold, funny epic' Observer 'Compelling and satisfying . . . At times, incredibly funny, at others, heartrending' Sarah Winman, author of Still Life...

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 wonderful...

Earth

from the author of The Heart’s Invisible Furies

From million-copy-bestselling author John Boyne, an inescapably gritty story about one young man whose direction in life takes a vastly different turn...

Mutiny

A Novel of the Bounty

“Enthralling . . . Boyne’s novel can stand comparison with William Golding’s Rites of Passage . . . Mutiny is storytelling at its most accomplis...

This House Is Haunted

A Novel

A Dickensian ghost story from the bestselling author of The Heart’s Invisible Furies and A Ladder to the Sky “A wonderfully creepy novel…magnifi...

The Second Child

Alison returns home to her parent's in Wexford with her movie star boyfriend. It is the first time she has been home in years. Her father does not app...

The Dare

When 12-year-old Danny learns that his mother has knocked down a little boy, his world is turned upside down. The Dare is a deeply moving story about ...

The Heart's Invisible Furies

From the beloved New York Times bestselling author of The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, a sweeping, heartfelt saga about the course of one man's life, b...

The Congress of Rough Riders

William Cody is brought up on stories told by his father, Isaac, about the legendary Buffalo Bill, Isaac's grandfather. Leaving home for Japan in his ...

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian

In 1943 verhuist een kleine Duitse jongen met zijn vader, een militair, naar een vreemde plek waar joodse mensen in gestreepte pyjama's achter een hek...

All the Broken Places

A Novel

“You can’t prepare yourself for the magnitude and emotional impact of this powerful novel.” —John Irving From the New York Times bestselling a...

The Thief of Time

In this carefully crafted novel, Boyne juxtaposes history and the buzz of the modern world, weaving together portraits of 1920s Hollywood, the French ...

The Boy in the Striped Pajamas

A Fable

Bored and lonely after his family moves from Berlin to a place called "Out-With" in 1942, Bruno, the son of a Nazi officer, befriends a boy in striped...

El niño en la cima de la montaña / The Boy at the Top of the Mountain

Boyne nos hace reflexionar, a través de los ojos de un niño, sobre la fragilidad de la juventud, la atracción del poder, y la culpa. De padre alem�...

Water

The first thing Vanessa Carvin does when she arrives on the island is change her name. To the locals, she is Willow Hale, a solitary outsider escaping...

The Dog Who Danced on the Moon

A rhyming bedtime story from the bestselling author

An affectionately illustrated bedtime story with witty wordplay that will also make grown-up readers smile – The Times There once was a boy called J...

Crippen

A Novel of Murder

July 1910: The grisly remains of Cora Crippen, music hall singer and wife of Dr Hawley Crippen, are discovered in the cellar of 39 Hilldrop Crescent, ...