Books About Northern Ireland

Books about the Troubles and Northern Ireland, gathered by Belfast Books at 112 York Road in north Belfast. If you're looking for the best books on the Troubles to start with, or something set in the streets you know, this is where we keep them together.

You'll find histories of the conflict from the late 1960s to the Good Friday Agreement, accounts of the IRA, loyalist groups, the RUC and the British Army, and the intelligence war that ran underneath it all. There are memoirs from people who lived through the Troubles in Northern Ireland, true crime from the period, and books on the inquiries and cover ups that followed.

It isn't only history. Novels and fiction about the Troubles in Northern Ireland sit here too, along with books set in Belfast and books from Northern Ireland writers about life after the ceasefires.

Each title is a book we stock and post from Belfast. If you can't find what you're after, ask us and we'll track it down.

Questions about books on the Troubles

Where do you start with books about the Troubles?

A single volume history gives you the overall story of the conflict. From there, choose memoir, investigation or fiction depending on what you want to understand. Our Troubles book set puts a history, an investigation and first hand accounts together.

Are there novels about the Troubles?

Yes. Alongside history and memoir we keep fiction about the Troubles in Northern Ireland, including novels set in Belfast.

Do you have books set in Belfast?

Yes. Novels and memoirs set in Belfast sit in this collection, and we're a Belfast bookshop ourselves, on York Road.