Claire Lynch Books In Order

Publication Order of Claire Lynch Standalone Novels

Publication Order of Claire Lynch Non-Fiction Books

Claire Lynch is a published author.

She has her own doctorate from the University of Oxford. She has spent the majority of her career instructing others on English as well as creative writing.

Claire has had her work featured in The Washington Post as well as on BBC Radio. She is married and lives with her wife and her three daughters in Windsor, England.

Claire is known for being the author of the 2019 book Small: On Motherhoods. Her debut novel came out in 2025 and is titled A Family Matter.

Small: On Motherhoods is the first book to come out from Claire Lynch. If you have been looking for a new nonfiction book to read or just are fascinating with the topic of having children, give this book a try!

Claire Lynch always understood that the process of having children with her wife would be complicated. But once she got into it, she was surprised by just how much the process would redraw her life.

This debut kicks off with the smallest of life substances, the microscopic cells that are subdividing in a petri dish in a fertility treatment center. The author goes through her story in small steps that continue to grow.

She takes the reader through the positive pregnancy test result to the premature arrival of her children, who must wear scale-model oxygen masks in the incubators that are saving their lives. Observant, poignant and funny, Lynch goes over the small things and wonders out loud on the page whether it is the smallness that eventually makes their lives so big.

Fascinating and a good read for the modern age, check out this book and see what you think of it!

A Family Matter is a 2025 novel from Claire Lynch. This is a revelatory and interesting debut novel that is all about the affair of one woman and the devastating consequences that came after.

The year is 1982. Dawn is a young woman and a mother, who is still getting used to living life with her husband. Hazel lights up her world like a fire in the dark, the type of connection that you cannot resist.

All of a sudden, her life is even more complicated than it has ever been and Dawn is surprised to find that it’s more joyful than she ever expected. She has responsibilities and commitments and now has a daughter that she has to look after.

Now in the year 2022, Heron gets news from his doctor that is shocking and turns it all upside down. He is now an older man who has become stuck in a quiet existence and all of its habits. Telling his only child Maggie, the person who his life has revolved around always, the news seems like an impossible task.

Heron finds the concept of telling her about his diagnosis daunting. He feels that he can’t tell her about it, just like he cannot tell all the other secrets that he’s been keeping from her for years. This is the story of love and loss, of injustice and intimacy, and explores if it’s possible to get over the wounds of the past in the world of today. Pick up a copy of this book to see what happens and enjoy this fictional ride!