Marian Keyes

Marian Keyes is one of the most successful and widely read Irish authors, who is best known as the queen of contemporary fiction. She has written 14 novels, published three collections of her journalism, a cookbook, and won the Irish Book Awards—twice.

Marian however is more than just an author. At this point she is practically a phenomenon! Having sold millions of copies, Keyes is an international bestselling author of some of the most widely loved genre-defying novels of the past thirty years. 

Keyes’ books like Rachel’s Holiday, Anybody Out There and Grown Ups—have millions of readers around the world. Keyes’ fans are known to get drawn to her books by the warmth and wit in her writing, by her fearless honesty, relatable characters, their relationships, and Marian’s sheer storytelling prowess. Having won both critical acclaim and commercial success; Marian’s fourteenth novel Grown Ups went straight to No.1 bestseller in four global territories: UK, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, and was shortlisted for the British Book Awards Audiobook of the Year. 

Marian Keyes also has a flair in her writing through which she is able to tackle serious topics in her novels; sensitive subjects like going to rehab, the death of a loved one and living with depression. This combination of heft and heart has made Keyes one of the most beloved and popular authors today. Her latest novel Again, Rachel is the highly-anticipated sequel to Rachel's Holiday, which picks up with the titular star 25 years later. 

Overwhelmed as to where to start with Marian Keyes books? Read on as we curate in this collection, some of the best Marian Keyes books in order…

This Marian Keyes 2 Books Collection Set for adults comes with two spectacularly spellbinding tales that will have you glued to the pages. The first book; The Woman Who Stole My Life, has an intriguing plot. One day, sitting in traffic, Stella Sweeney attempts a simple good deed. When the result is a terrible car accident, she meets a handsome man with a Range Rover who wants her number—no, for insurance purposes and in this meeting a seed is born which will change Stella's life forever. What happens next will blow your mind. Was meeting Mr Range Rover destiny or karma? Find out in this gripping book! Whilst the second book in the set; The Brightest Star in the Sky starts on a bright summer's evening in June on a Monday and into the busy, bustling homes at 66 Star Street slips, unseen, a mysterious visitor. As the couples, flatmates and singletons of No. 66 fall in and out of love, clutch at and drop secrets, laugh, cry and simply try to live; no one suspects the visitor patiently waiting in the wings. For soon, as the light slowly fades to dark, everything is going to change. 

Grown Ups by Marian Keyes Riotously funny and yet touching; hilarious and yet painfully relatable, Grown Ups is the perfect escape into someone else's wonderfully messy family. Comic, convincing and true; Grown Ups has an almost Austenesque insight into character. Keyes knows how to make serious issues relatable and whilst at it, get a few grownup laughs in too.

Watermelon by Marian Keyes Part of the popular Marian Keyes books walsh family series; Watermelon is yet another modern classic by Keyes. Meet Claire Walsh. On the day she gives birth to her first child, Claire's husband James tells her he's been having an affair, and that now's the right time to leave her. Right for who exactly?Exhausted, tearful and a tiny bit furious, Claire doesn't know what to do. So she decides to go back to basics and runs home to Mum and Dad. But it's not the sanctuary she'd been hoping for. Juggling her sisters' drama, her parents' pity and the demands of a baby, Claire desperately misses the way things were. So when James gets back in touch, eager to put things right, Claire faces a choice. Will she forgive and forget? Or can she find the courage to take a chance on herself, and start a life of her own?