The Irish Country Novels are an ongoing series of historical fiction books written by Patrick Taylor and published by Forge Books.“An Irish Doctor in Peace and at War”, Kirkus Reviews, August 26, 2014. The first book in the series, An Irish Country Doctor, was originally published as The Apprenticeship of Doctor Laverty by Insomniac Press in 2004 and was short listed for the BC Book awards fiction prize 2005.
An Irish Country Doctor became a New York Times bestseller upon its republication in 2007"New York Times best sellers - March 18, 2007", New York Times, March 18, 2007. and was named Book of the Month Club's Novel of the Month in March 2007. It has been translated into thirteen other languages.
Several sequels in the series have also become international bestsellers,"New York Times best sellers - October 30, 2011", New York Times, October 30, 2011."New York Times best sellers - November 4, 2012", New York Times, November 4, 2012. particularly in Canada, where Taylor has resided since 1970."The Globe and Mail Bestsellers - November 21, 2009", The Globe and Mail, November 21, 2009. When An Irish Country Christmas appeared in mass market paperback in 2010 it reached No 17 on the New York Times and 86 on the USA Today bestseller lists.
Set in Ballybucklebo, a fictional village in rural Northern Ireland, the series follows novice doctor Barry Laverty as he begins his assistantship at the practice of Dr. Fingal Flahertie O'Reilly. The sixth and eighth books of the series, A Dublin Student Doctor and Fingal O'Reilly, Irish Doctor, explore the life of Dr. O'Reilly prior to the events of An Irish Country Doctor.
Bibliography
Novels The Apprenticeship of Doctor Laverty, 2000; published in the U.S. as An Irish Country Doctor, 2007 An Irish Country Village, 2008 An Irish Country Christmas, 2008 An Irish Country Girl, 2010 An Irish Country Courtship, 2010 A Dublin Student Doctor, 2011 An Irish Country Wedding, 2012 Fingal O'Reilly, Irish Doctor, 2013 An Irish Doctor in Peace and at War, 2014 An Irish Doctor in Love and at Sea, 2015 An Irish Country Love Story, 2016 An Irish Country Practice, 2017 An Irish Country Cottage, 2018 An Irish Country Family, 2019 An Irish Country Welcome, 2020 An Irish Country Yuletide, 2021
Short stories
Home is the Sailor, 2013 The Wily O'Reilly: Irish Country Stories, 2014
Other
An Irish Country Cookbook, 2017 (includes ten short stories)
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