2026 Reading Challenge
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The Troubles


The Troubles Books

Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland
Making Sense of the Troubles: The Story of the Conflict in Northern Ireland
Lost Lives: The Stories of the Men, Women and Children who Died as a Result of the Northern Ireland Troubles
There Will Be Fire: Margaret Thatcher, the IRA, and Two Minutes That Changed History
Killing Rage
Ten Men Dead: The Story of the 1981 Irish Hunger Strike
Trespasses
Armed Struggle: The History of the IRA
Milkman
The Cold Cold Ground (Detective Sean Duffy, #1)
Voices from the Grave: Two Men's War in Ireland
Bandit Country: The IRA & South Armagh
Rebel Hearts: Journeys Within the IRA's Soul
The Troubles: Ireland's Ordeal 1966-1996 and the Search for Peace
Bog Child
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The Fitzgeralds of Dublin by Lorna PeelA Scarlet Woman by Lorna PeelA Suitable Wife by Lorna PeelA Discarded Son by Lorna PeelA Forlorn Hope by Lorna Peel
Irish Historical Fiction You are Missing Out On!
25 books — 12 voters
Making Sense of the Troubles by David McKittrickThe Border by Diarmaid FerriterSay Nothing by Patrick Radden KeefeMilkman by Anna BurnsLost Lives by David McVea
Economist reads: What to read to understand Northern Ireland and the Troubles
5 books — 1 voter

Exit Unicorns by Cindy BrandnerMermaid in a Bowl of Tears by Cindy BrandnerFlights of Angels by Cindy BrandnerIn the Country of Shadows by Cindy BrandnerBare Knuckle by Cindy Brandner
Irish Historical Fiction with Amazing Audio Narration
5 books — 2 voters

Quotes Tagged “The Troubles”

Seamus Heaney
“ The 'voice of sanity' is getting hoarse. ...more ”
― Seamus Heaney, North
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Patrick Radden Keefe
“ There was a discomfiting sense in Belfast that there was no place where you were truly secure: you would run inside to get away from a gun battle, only to run outside again for fear of a bomb. ”
― Patrick Radden Keefe, Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland
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Take a walk with me and let me tell you why I've written the Stones Corner quartet!
Take a walk with me and let me tell you why I've written the Stones Corner quartet!
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