List of books about the Troubles

Last updated July 20, 2023

List of books about the Troubles are works of literature cited using APA style citations.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Non-fiction

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).
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.
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
Keefe, Patrick Radden (2018). Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland . William Collins. ISBN 978-0-008-15925-2
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.
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.
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

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.
Hughes, Michael (2018). Country. ISBN 978-1-473-63653-8
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
J. P. Hidcote. The Gortin Paradox. Paperback ISBN 978-1-916176-61-4; ebook ISBN 978-1-916-17660-7

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References

↑ Sanders, Andrew; Wood, Ian S. (2012). "Bibliography". Times of troubles Britain's war in Northern Ireland. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. pp. 260–268. ISBN 978-0748646579.
↑ Gillespie, Gordon (2009). "Bibliography". The A to Z of the Northern Ireland Conflict. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield Pub. Group. pp. 285–308. ISBN 978-0810870451.
↑ Horton, Robert. "'The Troubles': Northern Ireland 1968–1998 – bibliography". 'The Troubles' Northern Ireland, 1968–99 (HI385). University of Warwick. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
↑ Edwards, Aaron (2014). "Bibliography". The Northern Ireland Troubles: Operation Banner 1969–2007. Osprey Publishing. ISBN 978-1472810366.

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[Sanders-1] Sanders, Andrew; Wood, Ian S. (2012). "Bibliography". Times of troubles Britain's war in Northern Ireland. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. pp. 260–268. ISBN 978-0748646579.

[Gillespie-2] Gillespie, Gordon (2009). "Bibliography". The A to Z of the Northern Ireland Conflict. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield Pub. Group. pp. 285–308. ISBN 978-0810870451.

[Warwick-3] Horton, Robert. "'The Troubles': Northern Ireland 1968–1998 – bibliography". 'The Troubles' Northern Ireland, 1968–99 (HI385). University of Warwick. Retrieved 16 September 2015.

[Edwards-4] Edwards, Aaron (2014). "Bibliography". The Northern Ireland Troubles: Operation Banner 1969–2007. Osprey Publishing. ISBN 978-1472810366.

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List of books about the Troubles

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