List of books about the Troubles

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

Campbell, Julieann (2022). On Bloody Sunday: A new history of the day and its aftermath by those who were there Monoray Publishing (Published in the United States under the title There Will Be Fire: Margaret Thatcher, the IRA, and Two Minutes That Changed History)

Collins, Eamon and Mick McGovern (1999). Killing Rage. London: Granta.

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

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

Keefe, Patrick Radden (2018). Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland. William Collins Kelly, Sheila P (2022). There Is No Flag Worth Dying For. A Mother's Memoir of Survival, Faith, and Family During The Troubles in Northern Ireland. Imprint: Independently published ISBN 9798359401876

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). Lost Lives: The Stories of the Men, Women and Children who Died as a Result of the Northern Ireland Troubles. 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

Myers, Kevin (2006). Watching the Door: Drinking Up, Getting Down, and Cheating Death in 1970s Belfast. Soft Skull Press

O'Callaghan, Sean (1998). The Informer: The Real Life Story of One Man's War Against Terrorism. Bantam Books

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

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

Dummer, David A. (2025). Born of Bombs and Bullets. Baltimore: Bladen Crisfield Media.

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

References