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Ken Bruen

Born

in Galway, Ireland

January 03, 1951

Died

March 29, 2025

Website

http://kenbruenauthor.com/

Genre

Mystery & Thrillers, Literature & Fiction

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Ken Bruen was an Irish writer of hardboiled and noir crime fiction.

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Ken Bruen’s books

Average rating: 3.86 · 56,013 ratings · 6,092 reviews · 133 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Guards (Jack Taylor, #1) 3.82 avg rating — 7,070 ratings — published 2001 — 41 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 Killing of the Tinkers (Jack Taylor, #2) 3.98 avg rating — 3,462 ratings — published 2002 — 16 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 Magdalen Martyrs (Jack Taylor, #3) 4.04 avg rating — 2,709 ratings — published 2003 — 30 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 Dramatist (Jack Taylor, #4) 4.02 avg rating — 2,383 ratings — published 2003 — 35 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
	Priest (Jack Taylor, #5) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2,125 ratings — published 2006 — 37 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
	Cross (Jack Taylor, #6) 4.06 avg rating — 1,717 ratings — published 2007 — 34 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
	Bust (Max & Angela #1) by Ken Bruen, Jason Starr (Goodreads Author) 3.73 avg rating — 1,615 ratings — published 2006 — 21 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
	Headstone (Jack Taylor, #9) 3.97 avg rating — 1,463 ratings — published 2012 — 32 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
	Sanctuary (Jack Taylor, #7) 4.02 avg rating — 1,376 ratings — published 2008 — 25 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
	London Boulevard 3.75 avg rating — 1,367 ratings — published 2002 — 44 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

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Series by Ken Bruen

Jack Taylor (18 books)
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3.93 avg rating — 32,350 ratings

Inspector Brant (7 books)
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3.98 avg rating — 4,159 ratings

Max & Angela (4 books)
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Jason Starr (Goodreads Author)

3.70 avg rating — 3,579 ratings

Quotes by Ken Bruen (?)

“There'll be times when the only refuge is books. Then you'll read as if you meant it, as if your life depended on it.”
― Ken Bruen, The Killing of the Tinkers

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“The Local Paper here asked that me books be banned........THE HIGHEST PRAISE for an Irish writer.”
― Ken Bruen

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“I get through some print.”
― Ken Bruen, The Guards

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Voting for October 2018 group read - set in Ireland

In the Woods by Tana French

11 votes, 40.7%

White Bones by Graham Masterton

5 votes, 18.5%

Murder in an Irish Village by Carlene O'Connor

4 votes, 14.8%

Borderlands by Brian McGilloway

2 votes, 7.4%

The Lost and the Blind by Declan Burke

2 votes, 7.4%

The Guards by Ken Bruen

2 votes, 7.4%

Can Anybody Help Me? by Sinéad Crowley

1 vote, 3.7%

Little Bones by Sam Blake

0 votes, 0.0%

27 total votes

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