6 must-read ireland books like Above the Ground: A True Story of The Troubles in Northern Ireland by Dan Lawton

Cover of Above the Ground: A True Story of The Troubles in Northern Ireland by Dan  Lawton

Above the Ground: A True Story of The Troubles in Northern Ireland

By: Dan Lawton

4.58

Format: 506 pages, Paperback

"It sounds like the fictional plot of a blockbuster thriller... [W]ith his lawyer’s eye and passion…

If you liked the ireland plot in Above the Ground: A True Story of The Troubles in Northern Ireland by Dan Lawton , here is a list of 6 books like this:

Cover of The Devil's Chessboard: Allen Dulles, the CIA, and the Rise of America's Secret Government by David Talbot

1. The Devil's Chessboard: Allen Dulles, the CIA, and the Rise of America's Secret Government

By: David Talbot

4.43

Format: None pages, Hardcover

An explosive, headline-making portrait of Allen Dulles, the man who transformed the CIA into the mo… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of Dead I Well May Be (Michael Forsythe #1) by Adrian McKinty

2. Dead I Well May Be (Michael Forsythe #1)

By: Adrian McKinty

3.82

Format: None pages, Paperback

This Irish bad-boy thriller -- set in the hardest streets of New York City -- brims with violence, … read more

Similar categories in Adrian McKinty's Dead I Well May Be (Michael Forsythe #1) book and Dan Lawton's Above the Ground: A True Story of The Troubles in Northern Ireland

  • ireland
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3. See How Much You Love Me: A Troubled Teen, His Devoted Parents, and a Cold-Blooded Killing

By: Amber Hunt

3.50

Format: 92 pages, ebook

"I KILLED MY PARENTS." Seventeen-year-old Tyler Hadley posted an invitation on Facebook: party at m… read more

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  • nonfiction

4. Even Dogs in the Wild (Inspector Rebus, #20)

By: Ian Rankin

4.72

Format: 64 pages,

Hands in his pockets, Rebus turned to face Cafferty. They were old men now, similar builds, similar… read more

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5. Saints of the Shadow Bible (Inspector Rebus, #19)

By: Ian Rankin

3.93

Format: 265 pages, Hardcover

Rebus and Malcolm Fox go head-to-head when a 30-year-old murder investigation resurfaces, forcing R… read more

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Cover of Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland by Patrick Radden Keefe

6. Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland

By: Patrick Radden Keefe

4.46

Format: 441 pages, Hardcover

In December 1972, Jean McConville, a thirty-eight-year-old mother of ten, was dragged from her Belf… read more

Similar categories in Patrick Radden Keefe's Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland book and Dan Lawton's Above the Ground: A True Story of The Troubles in Northern Ireland

  • history
  • nonfiction
  • ireland
"Like the revolution's going to wait until I finish my education."

-Patrick Radden Keefe, Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland

"Who should be held accountable for a shared history of violence? It was a question that was dogging Northern Ireland as a whole."

-Patrick Radden Keefe, Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland

"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

"His job, he felt, was to speak for the victims - to represent the next person who might be killed in the conflict. He had no particular party; his only allegiance was to those who had been (and would…"

-Patrick Radden Keefe, Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland

Cover of The Detective Up Late (Sean Duffy, #7) by Adrian McKinty

7. The Detective Up Late (Sean Duffy, #7)

By: Adrian McKinty

4.39

Format: 299 pages, Hardcover

Slamming the door on the hellscape of 1980s Belfast, Detective Inspector Sean Duffy hopes that the … read more

Similar categories in Adrian McKinty's The Detective Up Late (Sean Duffy, #7) book and Dan Lawton's Above the Ground: A True Story of The Troubles in Northern Ireland

  • ireland
Cover of The Last Word by Elly Griffiths

8. The Last Word

By: Elly Griffiths

3.92

Format: 338 pages, Hardcover

Natalka and Edwin, whom we met in The Postscript Murders, are running a detective agency in Shoreha… read more

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Cover of We Don't Know Ourselves: A Personal History of Modern Ireland by Fintan O'Toole

9. We Don't Know Ourselves: A Personal History of Modern Ireland

By: Fintan O'Toole

4.34

Format: 616 pages, Hardcover

A quarter-century after Frank McCourt’s extraordinary bestseller, Angela’s Ashes, Fintan O’Toole, o… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • ireland
"They opened a place in Irishness for the diasporas that were, in many ways, the truest products of its history. It brought home the reality that had been obscured in the idea of emigration as tragedy…"

-Fintan O'Toole, We Don't Know Ourselves: A Personal History of Modern Ireland

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10. The Shortlist (DCI Lomond #2)

By: Andrew Raymond

4.23

Format: 419 pages, Kindle Edition

This is one shortlist no writer wants to be on... When legendary crime novelist William MacRae i… read more

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11. Breaking Midnight: A True Story

By: Lynn Walker

4.41

Format: 302 pages, Paperback

John Walker was a Miami undercover narcotics agent in the 1970s. Ten years later, he was in prison … read more

Similar categories in Lynn Walker's Breaking Midnight: A True Story book and Dan Lawton's Above the Ground: A True Story of The Troubles in Northern Ireland

  • nonfiction
Cover of Zenith Man: Death, Love, and Redemption in a Georgia Courtroom by McCracken Poston Jr.

12. Zenith Man: Death, Love, and Redemption in a Georgia Courtroom

By: McCracken Poston Jr.

4.45

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Like a nonfiction John Grisham thriller with echoes of Rainman, Just Mercy, and a captivating small… read more

Similar categories in McCracken Poston Jr.'s Zenith Man: Death, Love, and Redemption in a Georgia Courtroom book and Dan Lawton's Above the Ground: A True Story of The Troubles in Northern Ireland

  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of Death in the Fields: The IRA and East Tyrone by Jonathan Trigg

13. Death in the Fields: The IRA and East Tyrone

By: Jonathan Trigg

4.13

Format: 314 pages, Kindle Edition

‘In Belfast the Provos were trying to make the 6 o’clock news, in East Tyrone they were trying to k… read more

Similar categories in Jonathan Trigg's Death in the Fields: The IRA and East Tyrone book and Dan Lawton's Above the Ground: A True Story of The Troubles in Northern Ireland

  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of Heiress, Rebel, Vigilante, Bomber: The Extraordinary Life of Rose Dugdale by Sean Driscoll

14. Heiress, Rebel, Vigilante, Bomber: The Extraordinary Life of Rose Dugdale

By: Sean Driscoll

3.98

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

She grew up in a Chelsea townhouse and on a Devon estate. She was presented to the Queen at Bucking… read more

Similar categories in Sean Driscoll's Heiress, Rebel, Vigilante, Bomber: The Extraordinary Life of Rose Dugdale book and Dan Lawton's Above the Ground: A True Story of The Troubles in Northern Ireland

  • history
  • nonfiction
  • ireland
Cover of The Lost Essex Boy: The true story of Craig Rolfe by Simon Morrell

15. The Lost Essex Boy: The true story of Craig Rolfe

By: Simon Morrell

4.09

Format: 131 pages, Kindle Edition

On 6th December 1995, a crime took place that shocked the British underworld and caused fractions b… read more

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16. The Iowa Murders: A Shocking True Crime Story

By: Rod Kackley

3.42

Format: 134 pages, Kindle Edition

Someone you know or even love is the person who will kill you. Usually, that’s true.But that is not… read more

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17. The Ten Percent: A Scottish Undercover Police Officer’s Story

By: Simon McLean

4.19

Format: 478 pages, Kindle Edition

Simon McLean takes the reader on an often hilarious, sometimes scary, always fascinating journey th… read more

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Cover of Containment (Sam Shephard #3) by Vanda Symon

18. Containment (Sam Shephard #3)

By: Vanda Symon

3.97

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Dunedin’s favourite young police officer Sam Shephard is drawn into a perplexing investigation when… read more

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"I was experiencing a full-on Mills and Boon moment, and I had no idea who he was."

-Vanda Symon, Containment (Sam Shephard #3)

Cover of Armed and Dangerous: London Gangster's Path to Multiple Murders and 45 Years in Prison by John Hilton

19. Armed and Dangerous: London Gangster's Path to Multiple Murders and 45 Years in Prison

By: John Hilton

4.19

Format: 292 pages, Kindle Edition

“They just don’t make them like John anymore. A real tough who has lived the best and worst in life… read more

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Cover of Liverpool’s Notorious Jelly Gang (Charlie Seiga) by Charlie Seiga

20. Liverpool’s Notorious Jelly Gang (Charlie Seiga)

By: Charlie Seiga

4.46

Format: 318 pages, Kindle Edition

“A gripping descriptive account of Charlie’s early years as a pioneer in safe-blowing” – Shaun Attw… read more

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Cover of Above the Ground: A True Story of The Troubles in Northern Ireland by Dan  Lawton

21. Above the Ground: A True Story of The Troubles in Northern Ireland

By: Dan Lawton

4.58

Format: 506 pages, Paperback

"It sounds like the fictional plot of a blockbuster thriller... [W]ith his lawyer’s eye and passion… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • ireland

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