Eilis DIllon Books in Order

Brian receives a magic soda cake that lets animals speak, and their chatter leads him toward hidden treasure. It is an early Dillon story with folklore, comedy, and a child's-eye sense of wonder.

This small animal story follows a determined little donkey whose size does not stop him from causing complications. Dillon keeps the tone light and affectionate, drawing humor from stubbornness and small mishaps.

Michael learns that his missing father may still be alive on the legendary island he vanished seeking. With only scraps of evidence, Michael and his friend Joe head into dangerous seas after answers and treasure.

Sent to a Galway hotel to live quietly with a weak heart, George Arrow instead witnesses a nest of grudges around the new owner. When the man is murdered, Inspector Mike Kenny must sort truth from performance.

After a night of storms, young Pat Hernon sees a beautiful ship lying off the Connemara coast and cannot let the mystery rest. His curiosity leads to danger, deceit, and a sea voyage to Brittany.

Miles de Cogan unexpectedly inherits a title and a Wicklow estate, hoping for a fresh start. Instead he lands in village tensions and a murder case that exposes just how much resentment has been brewing.

When Jim O'Malley reaches his uncle's crumbling house on the Connemara coast, he finds secrets, old grudges, and real danger waiting. A family quarrel widens into a fast-moving struggle with thieves and the sea.

Pat Conroy and Danny MacDonagh ignore every warning and land on a deserted island where a black colt catches their attention. Bringing the animal home entangles them with a dangerous horse trader.

John and his grandfather take a stand when a greedy developer threatens Plover Island and the creatures living there. Long before environmental fiction became common, Dillon turned conservation into a child-sized battle.

Aunt Bedelia's household has a problem, and her cats prove far more useful than anyone expects. It is a small, funny story that lets Dillon's fondness for animals lead the way.

A group of young people on holiday in Connemara are cut off as the Irish Civil War closes around them. Illness, fear, and isolation force each of them to face who they really are.

Pat discovers a hidden Viking hoard in a cave on the western coast, only for the treasure to vanish almost at once. He and Tom Joyce must follow the trail across sea and country to recover it.

In Dublin, the aging writer Roger Mallon rules a crowded household with wit, vanity, and secrecy. Long-buried tensions flare when a young admirer and an American scholar get too close.

When a witch's spell leaves an entire kingdom with enormous ears, a cobbler's apprentice becomes its best hope. This fairy tale mixes comic invention with dragons, false heroes, and a hard-won happy ending.

A strange new schoolmaster arrives on Inishdara, followed by men who seem even less trustworthy. Soon the island's old story of buried Spanish gold feels dangerously real.

Michael and the other choir children need a pony and trap, and finding them proves much harder than talking about them. Dillon makes a small practical problem feel lively, funny, and full of teamwork.

John Mulligan discovers that his cat Simon conducts a secret opera for cats at the Romano Opera House. Part fantasy and part comic adventure, it turns an ordinary world strange for one memorable night.

A shipwreck brings an injured doctor to the remote island of Inishgillan, and the locals are too desperate to let him go. Their plan collides with an old island feud and a string of risky choices.

When two silver foxes wash ashore, a group of island boys hides them from locals who fear the species. Things grow harder when the vixen has cubs and secrecy becomes almost impossible.

John Henebry rises from poverty and radical politics to comfort and influence, but the climb costs more than he expects. Dillon uses one man's life to track the bargains hidden inside Irish success.

After a zoo visit, Mark Ward smuggles a lion cub home in a picnic bag and hides it on the family farm. The fun does not last long, and keeping the cub safe becomes a real problem.

John sets out for the seaside, violin in hand, expecting nothing more than a lift down the road. Instead he runs into a chain of odd surprises that turn a simple trip into an adventure.

A west-coast island community faces the threat of a tidal wave, and everyone has a part to play. Dillon turns practical work, fear, and local knowledge into a quietly gripping survival story.

After a storm, Pat Hernon spots a beautiful ship below his Connemara home and is drawn into its mystery. The trail leads across dangerous seas to Brittany and back again.

In a Basque village, the women are banned from using the landlord's well, and young Paco is drawn into the dispute. With Aunt Maria's help, he finds a clever way to challenge unfair power.

Set on Ireland's west coast during the War of Independence, this adventure sends boys into real danger as they try to protect a hunted man. Rough seas, secrecy, and divided loyalties give the story its tension.

When deer begin disappearing from a herd, a fifteen-year-old boy is hired by an unpopular newcomer to find out why. The search becomes a tense look at suspicion, loyalty, and life in a rural community.

Nino's family has farmed an orange grove near Pompeii for generations, but ancient ruins discovered beneath it change everything. As money and history pull in opposite directions, he has to decide what can be saved.

A poor farmer complains that his crowded house is unbearable, and a wise man offers strange advice. This warm folktale builds to a simple, funny lesson about perspective and contentment.

A stolen Fiat 500 in a Roman market kicks off this brisk mystery-adventure. What starts as an everyday theft grows into a chase through the city, with young characters forced to think fast.

Beginning in the aftermath of the Great Famine, this big historical novel follows Morgan Connolly, Samuel Flaherty, and Alice McDonagh through decades of love, class conflict, and Ireland's struggle for independence.

A lively nonfiction portrait of ancient Rome, centered on how people actually lived under the emperors. Dillon explains streets, houses, work, entertainment, and class in a way younger readers can follow.

This accessible history introduces daily life in ancient Rome under the emperors. Dillon focuses less on dates and battles, and more on what cities, homes, work, and power felt like for ordinary people.

Set in wartime Italy, this mystery circles a large house outside Frascati and the secrets hidden inside it. Dillon keeps the stakes personal, with suspicion rising as the past starts to show through.

In Pompeii, the Greek slave Timon hopes for freedom while learning his trade from the painter Scrofa. As danger gathers around the city and the volcano stirs, escape becomes a desperate race.

The sequel to Across the Bitter Sea widens the story into the painful making of twentieth-century Ireland. Family ties, political loyalties, and private losses all matter as national history turns personal.

Part memoir, part history, and part portrait of place, this book follows Dillon through family stories, childhood memories, and travels across Ireland. It offers a personal way into the country's past and everyday life.

Moving between Ireland, France, and America, this sweeping historical novel follows Irish lives through the upheavals of the eighteenth century. It is a story of exile, loyalty, and survival across two revolutions.

James Burke, an Irish priest in post-Revolutionary France, finds faith, politics, and personal conviction pulling in different directions. Dillon turns a historical life into an intimate story about belief, exile, and change.

A brief late children's story centered on a love of horses and the complications that follow. Dillon keeps the scale small and human, turning an everyday obsession into a warm, lightly comic tale.

Retired Professor Daly returns to a university expecting to lecture, only to learn he has been summoned because someone is threatening the president. When murder follows, Inspector Kenny faces a campus full of suspects.

Set in the age of the Pilgrim Fathers, this historical adventure follows young lives pulled between England and the New World. Dillon mixes romance, travel, and danger without losing sight of the human cost.

Set against the bitterness of the Irish Civil War and its long shadow, this historical novel follows three people caught between love, memory, and divided loyalties. Old violence keeps breaking into the present.

Dara and Brendan help an eccentric older man sail to a forbidden island, then discover he has no intention of letting them leave. Believed drowned at home, they must wait for their sisters to attempt a rescue.

In Nazi-occupied Hungary, Peter, Suzy, and little Pali flee after their Jewish parents are arrested. Their dangerous journey toward Italy tests who they can trust, and music becomes part of their hope.

When a bank manager tries to sell the Burke family's house over their heads, Patrick, Laura, Clara, and little Daniel fight back. Their campaign of scares, tricks, and stubborn teamwork turns a family crisis into lively comic resistance.