Discover new books on Goodreads

See if your friends have read any of Ruth Finnegan's books

53 ratings | 21 reviews | avg rating:4.96

Ruth Finnegan’s Followers (66)

Ruth’s Bookshelves

to-read (31)
currently-reading (1)
read (35)
did-not-finish (0)
inspiring (1)
surprising (2)
well-written (1)

Ruth’s Friends (81)

Stergios Chatzikyriakidis

15 books | 229 friends

Krishna

543 books | 5,000 friends

Giulio Iovine

775 books | 183 friends

Tamara

1,118 books | 5,046 friends

Join the Penguin Resistance!

89,488 books | 2,861 friends

Sol Luckman

313 books | 954 friends

Mary

7,118 books | 622 friends

Robin

1,178 books | 1,488 friends

More friends…

Ruth Finnegan

Goodreads Author

Born

in Derry, The United Kingdom

December 31, 1933

Website

https://www.facebook.com/Ruth-Finnegan-author-5...

Genre

Classics, History, Christian

Influences

Homer
The bible

Member Since

December 2013

edit data

See

http://garnpress.com/authors/ruth-fin...

http://garnpress.com/2016/garn-press-... ...more

Learn more
Ask the Author

To ask Ruth Finnegan questions, please sign up.

Combine Editions
Ruth Finnegan’s books

Average rating: 4.38 · 624 ratings · 393 reviews · 189 distinct works • Similar authors

	REFLECTIONS ON THE WORLD: The hidden ordinary it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 53 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Oral Literature in Africa 3.94 avg rating — 50 ratings — published 1970 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Black Inked Pearl: A Girl's Quest 3.93 avg rating — 42 ratings — published 2015 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Strange Tools of Human Communication: The Voice, the Pen, and the Lyre 4.43 avg rating — 30 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pearl of the Seas 4.58 avg rating — 24 ratings — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	THE HELIX PEARL the story of the winedark garrulous sea 4.73 avg rating — 22 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The black inked pearl really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 26 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The lady and the dragon (Ruthfinn romance Book 1) 4.14 avg rating — 22 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Hidden Musicians: Music-Making in an English Town 4.29 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 1989 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fire Pearl: Tale of the burning Way 4.89 avg rating — 18 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

More books by Ruth Finnegan…

Have just realised that this 'Fiction and Anthrop' field that I had sort-of known about but hadn't noticed much - even thought a bit marginal to my normal concerns - is not only well recognised but exciting, growing.

AND shock horror, that I'm part of it!'

More later when I've absorbed the shock ...

Anyone else out there interested?

You don't have to count as an 'accredited anthropologist (ugh), Just Read more of this blog post »

1 like · Like • 0 comments • flag

Published on February 21, 2016 09:34 • Tags: anthropology, fantasy, fiction, nivel

Ruth is Currently Reading

Ruth Finnegan is currently reading

Descendants (The Arete, #1)

by Rae Else (Goodreads Author)

bookshelves: currently-reading

Rate this book

Clear rating

1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

Ruth Finnegan said: " This was great. I HAD to put it down from time to time due to other intrusive things but never wanted to. Having begun a little puzzled ( well that was probably the curiosity-raising-point) I increasingly warmed to the characters (specially the at fi ...more "

May 04, 2017 07:21AM · see review

rss
Ruth’s Recent Updates

Ruth Finnegan made a comment on her review of Pearl of the Seas: A fairytale prequel to Black Ink Pearl (Kate-Pearl Romance Series) " A book with lyrical and imaginative premise of two children, Kate and Chris, along with Kate's loyal dog Holly, who build a ship from driftwood and sa ...more "
Sep 06, 2026 10:00AM · see review
Ruth Finnegan rated a book it was amazing Pearl of the Seas by Ruth Finnegan (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Most children's fairy tales borrow a few familiar beats and call it homage. Pearl of the Seas does something different, it's working directly with the actual architecture of oral storytelling: the Odyssey's sea-voyage structure, Blake's cosmology, Ru ...more
Sep 06, 2026 09:53AM · like · see review
Ruth Finnegan rated a book it was amazing Pearl of the Seas: A fairytale prequel to Black Ink Pearl (Kate-Pearl Romance Series) by Ruth H Finnegan	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Sep 05, 2026 08:42PM · like
Ruth Finnegan rated a book it was amazing The Hidden Lives of Taxi Drivers: A question of knowledge (Ethnographic Trilogy) by Ruth H Finnegan	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
There are books that inform, and then there are books that transform how a reader sees the most ordinary corners of their own city. "The Hidden Lives of Taxi Drivers" sits firmly in that second, far rarer category "The Hidden Lives of Taxi Drivers" do ...more
Sep 05, 2026 04:08AM · like · see review · preview book See a Problem? We’d love your help. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of The Hidden Lives of Taxi Drivers by Ruth H Finnegan. Problem: Details (if other): Thanks for telling us about the problem. Not the book you’re looking for? Preview — The Hidden Lives of Taxi Drivers by Ruth H Finnegan <iframe sandbox id="wrongBookKindlePreviewScreen">
Ruth Finnegan rated a book it was amazing Pearl of the Seas by Ruth Finnegan (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Most children's fairy tales borrow a few familiar beats and call it homage. Pearl of the Seas does something different, it's working directly with the actual architecture of oral storytelling: the Odyssey's sea-voyage structure, Blake's cosmology, Ru ...more
Sep 02, 2026 05:17AM · like · see review
Ruth Finnegan rated a book it was amazing Oral Literature in Africa by Ruth Finnegan (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
This isn't just another academic text. It's a landmark work that has shaped the study of oral traditions across the African continent for over five decades. First published in 1970, Oral Literature in Africa has been widely praised as one of the most ...more
Aug 31, 2026 09:03AM · like · see review · preview book See a Problem? We’d love your help. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of Oral Literature in Africa by Ruth Finnegan. Problem: Details (if other): Thanks for telling us about the problem. Not the book you’re looking for? Preview — Oral Literature in Africa by Ruth Finnegan <iframe sandbox id="wrongBookKindlePreviewScreen">
Ruth Finnegan liked Book Reviewer's review of The Strange Tools of Human Communication: The Voice, the Pen, and the Lyre: "Ruth Finnegan’s The Strange Tools of Human Communication is a wide-ranging and often unexpectedly intimate meditation on how human beings make meaning through more than language alone. Moving from the voice to writing, music, gesture, number, colour," Read more of this review »
Aug 31, 2026 07:00AM · see review · preview book See a Problem? We’d love your help. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of The Strange Tools of Human Communication by Ruth Finnegan. Problem: Details (if other): Thanks for telling us about the problem. Not the book you’re looking for? Preview — The Strange Tools of Human Communication by Ruth Finnegan <iframe sandbox id="wrongBookKindlePreviewScreen">
Ruth Finnegan rated a book it was amazing The Strange Tools of Human Communication: The Voice, the Pen, and the Lyre by Ruth Finnegan (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
The Strange Tools of Human Communication: The Voice, the Pen, and the Lyre*, conveys a central tension between the everyday tools of communication that we so often take for granted, and the profound, hidden connections that unite us across cultures a ...more
Aug 31, 2026 06:47AM · like · see review · preview book See a Problem? We’d love your help. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of The Strange Tools of Human Communication by Ruth Finnegan. Problem: Details (if other): Thanks for telling us about the problem. Not the book you’re looking for? Preview — The Strange Tools of Human Communication by Ruth Finnegan <iframe sandbox id="wrongBookKindlePreviewScreen">
Ruth Finnegan rated a book it was amazing Pearl of the Seas: A Fairy Tale Prequel (The Kate-Pearl Romance) by Ruth H Finnegan	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Inspired variously by the Odyssey, William Blake's cosmologies, Rumi's poems, and Charles Kingsley's stories for youngsters, this novel embraces the magic of childhood imagining. That is not a small inspiration. That is a life altering journey into a ...more
Aug 30, 2026 09:49AM · like · see review
Ruth Finnegan made a comment on her review of Pearl of the Seas: A fairytale prequel to 'The Black Inked Pearl' " Dear Author, The way you have crafted an award-winning unputdownable tale of two children building a boat from a log they find buried in the sand and ...more "
Aug 29, 2026 07:03AM · see review