List of books about the Troubles

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The following is a list of books about the Troubles in Northern Ireland.

Non-fiction[edit]

• Baldy, F. Tom (1997). The Battle for Ulster: A Study of Internal Security. Diane Publishing ISBN 0-7881-4145-7
• Bell, J. Bowyer (1993). The Irish Troubles: A Generation of Violence 1967–1992. St. Martin's Press. ISBN 0-312-08827-2
• Beresford, David (1989). Ten Men Dead: The Story of the 1981 Irish Hunger Strike Atlantic Monthly Press ISBN 978-0-87113-269-7
• Bishop, Patrick; Mallie, Eamonn (1988). The Provisional IRA. London: Corgi. ISBN 978-0-552-13337-1.
• Bourke, Richard (2003). Peace In Ireland: The War of Ideas (Random House)
• Carroll, Rory (2023). Killing Thatcher: The IRA, the Manhunt and the Long War on the Crown. London: HarperCollins GB. ISBN 978-0593419496. (Published in the United States under the title There Will Be Fire: Margaret Thatcher, the IRA, and Two Minutes That Changed History)
• Cobain, Ian (2020). Anatomy of a Killing: Life and Death on a Divided Island. London: Granta. ISBN 978-1846276408.
• Coogan, Tim Pat (2002). The IRA (5th ed.). New York: Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 978-0-312-29416-8.
• Collins, Eamon and Mick McGovern (1999). Killing rage. London: Granta. ISBN 978-1-86207-047-9
• Curtis, Liz (1984). Ireland: The Propaganda War. The British Media and the Battle for Hearts and Minds. London: Pluto
• Edwards, Aaron (2017). UVF: Behind the Mask. Newbridge, County Kildare: Merrion Press. ISBN 978-1785370878.
• Dillon, Martin (1989). The Shankill Butchers: A Case History of Mass Murder. London: Hutcheson
• Edwards, Ruth (2000). The Faithful Tribe: An Intimate Portrait of the Loyal Institutions. HarperCollins ISBN 978-0-006-38890-6
• English, Richard (2012). Armed Struggle: The History of the IRA (revised ed.). London: Pan Macmillan. ISBN 978-1-4472-1249-2.
• Grant, Patrick (1999). Breaking Enmities: Religion, Literature and Culture in Northern Ireland, 1967–97. New York: St Martin's Press ISBN 978-0-333-69829-7
• Grant, Patrick (2001). Literature, Rhetoric, and Violence in Northern Ireland, 1968–1998: Hardened to Death. New York: Palgrave ISBN 0333794125
• Harnden, Toby (2000). Bandit Country: The IRA and South Armagh. Coronet Books ISBN 978-0-340-71737-0
• Henderson, Deric; Little, Ivan, eds. (2018). Reporting the Troubles: Journalists Tell their Stories of the Northern Ireland conflict. Newtownards, County Down: Blackstaff Press. ISBN 978-1780731797.
• ————————; ————, eds. (2022). Reporting The Troubles 2: More journalists tell their stories of the Northern Ireland conflict. Newtownards, County Down: Blackstaff Press. ISBN 978-1780733258.
• Keefe, Patrick Radden (2018). Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland. William Collins ISBN 978-0-008-15925-2
• McDonald, Henry (2010). I.N.L.A - Deadly Divisions. Dublin: Poolbeg Press. ISBN 978-1781990551.
• McGartland, Martin (1997). Fifty Dead Men Walking: The True Story of a British Secret Agent inside the IRA. Hastings House ISBN 978-0-803-89407-5
• McKittrick, David, and David McVea (2012). Making Sense of the Troubles: The Story of the Conflict in Northern Ireland Viking ISBN 978-0-241-96265-7
• McKittrick, David (2001). Lost Lives: The Stories of the Men, Women and Children who Died as a Result of the Northern Ireland Troubles. Mainstream Publishing ISBN 978-1-840-18504-1
• McKittrick, David et al. (1996). The Fight for Peace: The Secret Story Behind the Irish Peace Process ISBN 978-0-434-00308-2
• Miller, David (1994). Don't Mention the War. Northern Ireland, Propaganda and the Media. London: Pluto
• Moloney, Ed (2010). Voices from the Grave: Two Men's War in Ireland. London: Faber and Faber. ISBN 978-0571251681.
• Myers, Kevin (2006). Watching the Door: Drinking Up, Getting Down, and Cheating Death in 1970s Belfast. Soft Skull Press ISBN 1-593-76235-6
• O'Brien, Brendan (1999). The Long War: The IRA and Sinn Féin. Syracuse, New York: Syracuse University Press. ISBN 978-0-8156-0597-3.
• O'Callaghan, Sean (1998). The Informer: The Real Life Story of One Man's War Against Terrorism. Bantam Books ISBN 0-593-04285-9
• O'Doherty, Malachi (2019). Fifty Years On: The Troubles and the Struggle for Change in Northern Ireland. London: Atlantic Books. ISBN 978-1786496645.
• ———————— (2021). The Year of Chaos: Northern Ireland on the Brink of Civil War, 1971-72. London: Atlantic Books. ISBN 978-1838951221.
• Rolston, Bill (ed.) (1991). The Media and Northern Ireland: Covering the Troubles. Macmillan Academic and Professional Ltd. ISBN 0-333-51575-7
• Schlesinger, Philip et al. (1983). Televising Terrorism: Political Violence in Popular Culture. London: Comedia
• Seymour, Gerald (1992). The Journeyman Tailor. HarperCollins ISBN 978-0-06-017998-4
• Sharrock, David, et al. (1998). Man of War, Man of Peace: The Unauthorised Biography of Gerry Adams. Pan Books ISBN 978-0-330-35396-0
• Stevenson, Jonathan (1996). "We Wrecked the Place": Contemplating an End to the Northern Irish Troubles. Free Press ISBN 068482745X
• Taylor, Peter (1998). Provos: The IRA and Sinn Féin. Bloomsbury ISBN 978-0-7475-3818-9
• Taylor, Peter (1999). Loyalists: War and Peace in Northern Ireland. Bloomsbury ISBN 978-0-7475-4519-4
• Taylor, Peter (2000). Brits: The War Against the IRA. Bloomsbury ISBN 978-0-7475-5806-4
• Toolis, Kevin (1995). Rebel Hearts: Journeys within the IRA's Soul. Picador ISBN 978-0-330-34243-8
• Urban, Mark (1992). Big Boys' Rules: The Secret Struggle Against the IRA. London: Faber and Faber. ISBN 978-0-571-16809-5.

Fiction[edit]

• Beirne, Luke Francis. (2023) "Blacklion". Baraka Books.
• Brandner, Cindy. (2001) Exit Unicorns Series:
  • (2001) Exit Unicorns
  • (2007) Mermaid in a Bowl of Tears
  • (2012) Flights of Angels
  • (2013) Spindrift
  • (2016) In the Country of Shadows
  • (2018) Bare Knuckle
• Burns, Anna (2018). Milkman. London: Faber & Faber. ISBN 978-0571338740.
• Hughes, Michael (2018). Country. London: John Murray. ISBN 978-1473636538.
• Hidcote, J. P. (2019). The Gortin Paradox: The Coulter Confessions Part 2. ISBN 978-1916176614.
• MacLaverty, Bernard (1988). Cal. Heinemann ISBN 978-0-435-12336-9
• McKinty, Adrian. Sean Duffy Series:
  • (2012). The Cold Cold Ground. Serpents Tail ISBN 978-1-616-14716-7
  • (2013). I Hear the Sirens in the Street. Serpents Tail ISBN 978-1-616-14787-7
  • (2014). In the Morning I'll Be Gone. Serpents Tail ISBN 978-1-616-14877-5
  • (2015). Gun Street Girl. Serpents Tail ISBN 978-1-633-88000-9
  • (2016). Rain Dogs. Serpents Tail ISBN 978-1-633-88130-3
• McNicholl, Damian (2004). A Son Called Gabriel ISBN 1-59315-018-0
• Patterson, Glenn (1999). The International
• Seymour, Gerald (1975). Harry's Game. Random House ISBN 978-0-394-49902-4
• Uris, Leon (1995). Trinity. Doubleday ISBN 978-1-568-65150-7
• Watts, Lee (2015). A Stone's Throw ISBN 978-1-5172-6492-5

See also[edit]

• Directory of the Northern Ireland Troubles
• List of bombings during the Northern Ireland Troubles and peace process
• Timeline of the Northern Ireland Troubles and peace process

References[edit]