Books - Based in Swansea

 Below are the books set in Swansea. Literary Atlas and the Goodreads website compiled the list.

 

Book Title

Author

Published

 

Penard Castle

John Cook

1869

The Rebecca Rioter: A Story of Killay Life

The Rebecca Rioter: A Story of Killay Life

E. A. Dillwyn

1881

Monica

Monica

Saunders Lewis

1930

Follow Every Rainbow

Follow Every Rainbow

Doreen Evans

1934

Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog

Dylan Thomas

1940

A Child’s Christmas in Wales

Dylan Thomas

1952

Lucky Jim

Kingsley Amis

1954

Under Milk Wood

Dylan Thomas

1954

Summer Long Ago

Summer Long Ago

William Glynne-Jones

1954

That Uncertain Feeling (Penguin Modern Classics)

That Uncertain Feeling

Kingsley Aims

1955

Ragged Mountain

The Ragged Mountain

John Dyer

1965

Two Sketches of Womanhood

Two Sketches of Womanhood

Gwyn Williams

1975

Ennal's Point

Ennal’s Point

Alun Richards

1977

Welsh Fargo

Harry Secombe

1981

Banana Cat

Christopher Hood

1985

The Old Devils

Kingsley Amis

1986

The Shoemaker’s Daughter

Iris Gower

1991

Kingdom's Dream: (Firebird:5) a captivating and enthralling Welsh saga that will stay with you forever

Kingdom’s Dream

Iris Gower

1992

The Oyster Catcher

Irish Gower

1993

Honey’s Farm

Irish Gower

1993

Copper Kingdom: a moving and emotional Welsh saga of class, heartache and passion you won’t be able to put down

Copper Kingdom

Iris Gower

1994

Arian

Iris Gower

1995

Clare and Effie

Merryn Williams

1996

London Lovers

London Lovers

Barbara Hardy

1996

 

Second Chances

Denis F. Ratcliffe

1996

The Homecoming

Grace Thompson

1997

The Ragchild

Steve Lockley

2000

SWANSEA GIRLS (SWANSEA GIRLS SERIES Book 1)

Swansea Girls

Catrin Collier

2001

HOMECOMING (SWANSEA GIRLS SERIES Book 3)

Homecoming

Catrin Collier

2003

Luggage from Elsewhere

Luggage From Elsewhere

Aneurin Gareth Thomas

2007

SWANSEA TERMINAL

Swansea Terminal

Robert Lewis

2007

Submarine

Joe Dunthorne

2008

The Shoemaker's Daughter (The Cordwainers: 1): A heart-warming and moving Welsh saga of determination you won’t be able to...

The Shoemaker’s Daughter: A Swansea Family Saga

Iris Gower

2010

Death on Gower: a Helen Falconer Mystery

Joanna Greenlaw

2012

SWANSEA SUMMER (SWANSEA GIRLS SERIES Book 2)

Swansea Summer

Catrin Collier

2013

The Last Hit

Last Hit

Llwyd Owen

2013

Advantages of the Older Man

Advantages of the Older Man

Gwyneth Lewis

2014

Dead Man Airbrushed

Dead Man Airbushed

Ieuan M Pugh

2014

Swansea Automatic

Swansea Automatic

Rhys Trimble

2015

Where She Went: An utterly gripping psychological thriller with a killer twist

Where She Went

B. E. Jones

2017

Rebecca’s Choice

Heidi Gallacher

2019


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