14 Best history books like Anatomy of a Killing: Life and Death on a Divided Island by Ian Cobain

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Anatomy of a Killing: Life and Death on a Divided Island

By: Ian Cobain

4.21

Format: 305 pages, Kindle Edition

On the morning of Saturday 22nd April 1978, members of an Active Service Unit of the IRA hijacked a…

If you liked the history plot in Anatomy of a Killing: Life and Death on a Divided Island by Ian Cobain , here is a list of 14 books like this:

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1. Caledonian Road

By: Andrew O'Hagan

3.96

Format: 608 pages, Hardcover

A biting portrait of British class, politics, and money told through five interconnected families a… read more

Similar categories in Andrew O'Hagan's Caledonian Road book and Ian Cobain's Anatomy of a Killing: Life and Death on a Divided Island

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2. Politics On the Edge: A Memoir From Within

By: Rory Stewart

4.36

Format: 434 pages, Kindle Edition

A searing insider's account of ten extraordinary years in Parliament from Rory Stewart, former Cabi… read more

Similar categories in Rory Stewart's Politics On the Edge: A Memoir From Within book and Ian Cobain's Anatomy of a Killing: Life and Death on a Divided Island

  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
"Proper searching could stop drugs being carried through the gates. In the US and Sweden, where there was proper searching, I had discovered, the drug rates were far lower. But when I shared these sug…"

-Rory Stewart, Politics On the Edge: A Memoir From Within

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3. Close to Home

By: Michael Magee

4.06

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

While growing up in West Belfast, Sean does every­thing he's supposed to do. He works hard, he stud… read more

Similar categories in Michael Magee's Close to Home book and Ian Cobain's Anatomy of a Killing: Life and Death on a Divided Island

  • ireland
  • irish literature
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4. Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990

By: Katja Hoyer

4.23

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

In 1990, a country disappeared. When the Iron Curtain fell, East Germany simply ceased to be. For o… read more

Similar categories in Katja Hoyer's Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990 book and Ian Cobain's Anatomy of a Killing: Life and Death on a Divided Island

  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
"Some of the “songs"

-Katja Hoyer, Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990

"Anti-Fascist Protection Rampart,"

-Katja Hoyer, Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990

"From 1971, the rates paid were means-tested, allowing working class families with children privileged access. A four-person household in West Germany spent around 21 percent of their net income on re…"

-Katja Hoyer, Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990

"In other fields too, female ambition had become the norm. By 1988, over 90% of East German women fought their own battles in the workplace. The GDR had reached the highest rate of female employment i…"

-Katja Hoyer, Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990

Cover of There Will Be Fire: Margaret Thatcher, the IRA, and Two Minutes That Changed History by Rory Carroll

5. There Will Be Fire: Margaret Thatcher, the IRA, and Two Minutes That Changed History

By: Rory Carroll

4.38

Format: 397 pages, Hardcover

Killing Thatcher is the gripping account of how the IRA came astonishingly close to killing Margar… read more

Similar categories in Rory Carroll's There Will Be Fire: Margaret Thatcher, the IRA, and Two Minutes That Changed History book and Ian Cobain's Anatomy of a Killing: Life and Death on a Divided Island

  • history
  • true crime
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • ireland
  • irish literature
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6. All That Glitters: A Story of Friendship, Fraud, and Fine Art

By: Orlando Whitfield

3.84

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

DECEPTION IS A FINE ART. When Orlando Whitfield first meets Inigo Philbrick, they are students d… read more

Similar categories in Orlando Whitfield's All That Glitters: A Story of Friendship, Fraud, and Fine Art book and Ian Cobain's Anatomy of a Killing: Life and Death on a Divided Island

  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
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7. The Long Game: Inside Sinn Féin

By: Aoife Moore

3.82

Format: 328 pages, Kindle Edition

Inside the rise of the political party, once subordinate to the IRA, that is on the brink of taking… read more

Similar categories in Aoife Moore's The Long Game: Inside Sinn Féin book and Ian Cobain's Anatomy of a Killing: Life and Death on a Divided Island

  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • ireland
  • irish literature
Cover of Stakeknife's Dirty War: The Inside Story of Scappaticci, the IRA's Nutting Squad and the British Spooks Who Ran the War by Richard O'Rawe

8. Stakeknife's Dirty War: The Inside Story of Scappaticci, the IRA's Nutting Squad and the British Spooks Who Ran the War

By: Richard O'Rawe

4.02

Format: 278 pages, Kindle Edition

In this sensational exposé of British Intelligence’s top informer in the upper ranks of the IRA, Ri… read more

Similar categories in Richard O'Rawe's Stakeknife's Dirty War: The Inside Story of Scappaticci, the IRA's Nutting Squad and the British Spooks Who Ran the War book and Ian Cobain's Anatomy of a Killing: Life and Death on a Divided Island

  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • ireland
  • irish literature
Cover of The Great Post Office Scandal: The fight to expose a multimillion pound IT disaster which put innocent people in jail by Nick Wallis

9. The Great Post Office Scandal: The fight to expose a multimillion pound IT disaster which put innocent people in jail

By: Nick Wallis

4.64

Format: 544 pages, Hardcover

This “factual thriller” from the journalist Nick Wallis details a scandal which has been described … read more

Similar categories in Nick Wallis's The Great Post Office Scandal: The fight to expose a multimillion pound IT disaster which put innocent people in jail book and Ian Cobain's Anatomy of a Killing: Life and Death on a Divided Island

  • history
  • true crime
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • crime
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10. The Padre: The True Story of the Irish Priest who Armed the IRA with Gaddafi’s Money

By: Jennifer O'Leary

4.07

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

For almost two decades, Father Patrick Ryan evaded intelligence agencies across Europe and was, for… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer O'Leary's The Padre: The True Story of the Irish Priest who Armed the IRA with Gaddafi’s Money book and Ian Cobain's Anatomy of a Killing: Life and Death on a Divided Island

  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • ireland
  • irish literature
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11. Dirty Linen: The Troubles in My Home Place

By: Martin Doyle

4.31

Format: 417 pages, Kindle Edition

Martin Doyle, Books Editor of The Irish Times, offers a personal, intimate history of the Troubles … read more

Similar categories in Martin Doyle's Dirty Linen: The Troubles in My Home Place book and Ian Cobain's Anatomy of a Killing: Life and Death on a Divided Island

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • ireland
Cover of The Racket: A darkly funny memoir about the strange and fascinating world of professional tennis by Conor Niland

12. The Racket: A darkly funny memoir about the strange and fascinating world of professional tennis

By: Conor Niland

4.38

Format: 305 pages, Kindle Edition

'As elegant and powerful as a Federer backhand ... It’s Kitchen Confidential for tennis.' Ed Caesar… read more

Similar categories in Conor Niland's The Racket: A darkly funny memoir about the strange and fascinating world of professional tennis book and Ian Cobain's Anatomy of a Killing: Life and Death on a Divided Island

  • nonfiction
Cover of Four Shots in the Night: A True Story of Spies, Murder, and Justice in Northern Ireland by Henry Hemming

13. Four Shots in the Night: A True Story of Spies, Murder, and Justice in Northern Ireland

By: Henry Hemming

4.33

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Four Shots in the Night is the story of the killing of Frank Hegarty, an IRA member turned British … read more

Similar categories in Henry Hemming's Four Shots in the Night: A True Story of Spies, Murder, and Justice in Northern Ireland book and Ian Cobain's Anatomy of a Killing: Life and Death on a Divided Island

  • history
  • true crime
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • ireland
  • irish literature
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14. The Disappearing Act: The Impossible Case of MH370

By: Florence de Changy

3.93

Format: 432 pages, Kindle Edition

‘The affair was weird when seen from afar, but seen in close-up, it was Kafkaesque: it was not poss… read more

Similar categories in Florence de Changy's The Disappearing Act: The Impossible Case of MH370 book and Ian Cobain's Anatomy of a Killing: Life and Death on a Divided Island

  • history
  • true crime
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • crime
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15. Diary of an MP's Wife: Inside and Outside Power

By: Sasha Swire

3.47

Format: 591 pages, Kindle Edition

What is it like to be a wife of a politician in modern-day Britain? Sasha Swire finally lifts the l… read more

Similar categories in Sasha Swire's Diary of an MP's Wife: Inside and Outside Power book and Ian Cobain's Anatomy of a Killing: Life and Death on a Divided Island

  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of Anatomy of a Killing: Life and Death on a Divided Island by Ian Cobain

16. Anatomy of a Killing: Life and Death on a Divided Island

By: Ian Cobain

4.21

Format: 305 pages, Kindle Edition

On the morning of Saturday 22nd April 1978, members of an Active Service Unit of the IRA hijacked a… read more

Similar categories in Ian Cobain's Anatomy of a Killing: Life and Death on a Divided Island book and Ian Cobain's Anatomy of a Killing: Life and Death on a Divided Island

  • history
  • true crime
  • politics
  • war
  • nonfiction
  • 20th century
  • 21st century
  • crime
  • ireland
  • irish literature
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17. How to Win the Premier League: The Sunday Times Bestselling Inside Story of Football's Data Revolution

By: Ian Graham

4.36

Format: 296 pages, Kindle Edition

'The best book on football I have ever read' Daniel Finkelstein'Deserves a place among the great mo… read more

Similar categories in Ian Graham's How to Win the Premier League: The Sunday Times Bestselling Inside Story of Football's Data Revolution book and Ian Cobain's Anatomy of a Killing: Life and Death on a Divided Island

  • nonfiction
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18. Ootlin

By: Jenni Fagan

4.67

Format: 327 pages, Hardcover

The government told a story about me before I was born. Jenni Fagan was property of the state be… read more

Similar categories in Jenni Fagan's Ootlin book and Ian Cobain's Anatomy of a Killing: Life and Death on a Divided Island

  • nonfiction
Cover of The Siege: A Six-Day Hostage Crisis and the Daring Special-Forces Operation That Shocked the World by Ben Macintyre

19. The Siege: A Six-Day Hostage Crisis and the Daring Special-Forces Operation That Shocked the World

By: Ben Macintyre

4.51

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A thrilling tick-tock recounting one of the most harrowing hostage situations and daring rescue att… read more

Similar categories in Ben Macintyre's The Siege: A Six-Day Hostage Crisis and the Daring Special-Forces Operation That Shocked the World book and Ian Cobain's Anatomy of a Killing: Life and Death on a Divided Island

  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • true crime
Cover of Money: A Story of Humanity by David McWilliams

20. Money: A Story of Humanity

By: David McWilliams

4.26

Format: 413 pages, Kindle Edition

MONEY.The object of our desires.The engine of our genius.Humanity’s greatest invention. Whether we … read more

Similar categories in David McWilliams's Money: A Story of Humanity book and Ian Cobain's Anatomy of a Killing: Life and Death on a Divided Island

  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of The Proof of My Innocence by Jonathan Coe

21. The Proof of My Innocence

By: Jonathan Coe

4.05

Format: 327 pages, Kindle Edition

When Phyl, a young literature graduate, moves back home with her parents, she soon finds herself fr… read more

Similar categories in Jonathan Coe's The Proof of My Innocence book and Ian Cobain's Anatomy of a Killing: Life and Death on a Divided Island

  • politics
  • crime

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4.36

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4.23

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4.10

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