List of books about the Troubles explained

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

Non-fiction

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

Fiction

• 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
• Book: Burns . Anna . Anne Burns . Milkman . Milkman (novel) . 2018 . Faber & Faber . London . 978-0571338740.
• Book: Hughes . Michael . Country . 2018 . John Murray . London . 978-1473636538.
• Book: Hidcote . J. P. . The Gortin Paradox: The Coulter Confessions Part 2 . 2019 . 978-1916176614.
  • MacLaverty, Bernard (1988). Cal. Heinemann McKinty, Adrian. Sean Duffy Series:
  • (2012). The Cold Cold Ground. Serpents Tail
  • (2013). I Hear the Sirens in the Street. Serpents Tail
  • (2014). In the Morning I'll Be Gone. Serpents Tail
  • (2015). Gun Street Girl. Serpents Tail
  • (2016). Rain Dogs. Serpents Tail
• McNicholl, Damian (2004). A Son Called Gabriel
• Patterson, Glenn (1999). The International
  • • Seymour, Gerald (1975). Harry's Game. Random House Uris, Leon (1995). Trinity. Doubleday Watts, Lee (2015). A Stone's Throw

See also

• 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