🇬🇧 Troubles-Era Belfast

Fiction set amid the sectarian violence of Northern Ireland's Troubles, where Belfast's divided streets become a landscape of fear, loyalty, and impossible choices.

Say Nothing

by Patrick Radden Keefe • 2018

The peace deal that asked everyone to forget, and the one murder that couldn't stay buried.

4.47

174k+

☘️ The Troubles 🇮🇪 Irish Republicanism 🕯️ The Disappeared

Say Nothing 90%

The peace deal that asked everyone to forget, and the one murder that couldn't stay buried.

by Patrick Radden Keefe 2018

4.47

174k+ ratings

☘️ The Troubles 🇮🇪 Irish Republicanism 🕯️ The Disappeared

Rebel Hearts

by Kevin Toolis • 1995

Colonial wounds, British dirty war, family bonds: inside the IRA, violence was an inheritance.

4.10

936

☘️ Irish Republicanism 💣 The Troubles ⚔️ Guerrilla Warfare

Rebel Hearts 90%

Colonial wounds, British dirty war, family bonds: inside the IRA, violence was an inheritance.

by Kevin Toolis 1995

4.10

936 ratings

☘️ Irish Republicanism 💣 The Troubles ⚔️ Guerrilla Warfare

Across the Barricades

by Joan Lingard • 1972

She's Protestant. He's Catholic. In 1970s Belfast, loving each other means risking everything.

3.67

2k+

🍀 The Troubles 💔 Forbidden Romance 💕 First Love

Across the Barricades 90%

She's Protestant. He's Catholic. In 1970s Belfast, loving each other means risking everything.

by Joan Lingard 1972

3.67

2k+ ratings

🍀 The Troubles 💔 Forbidden Romance 💕 First Love

Big Boys' Rules

by mark-urban • 1992

Britain's covert war on the IRA: informers, bugged weapons, ambushes the state called self-defense.

3.87

326

🇮🇪 The Troubles 🪖 Counterinsurgency 🕶️ Covert Warfare

Big Boys' Rules 89%

Britain's covert war on the IRA: informers, bugged weapons, ambushes the state called self-defense.

by mark-urban 1992

3.87

326 ratings

🇮🇪 The Troubles 🪖 Counterinsurgency 🕶️ Covert Warfare

Four Shots in the Night

by Henry Hemming • 2024

The IRA's top executioner of informers was himself a British spy. A single murder pulled the thread.

4.30

2k+

💣 The Troubles 🕵️ British Intelligence 👥 Double Agents

Four Shots in the Night 89%

The IRA's top executioner of informers was himself a British spy. A single murder pulled the thread.

by Henry Hemming 2024

4.30

2k+ ratings

💣 The Troubles 🕵️ British Intelligence 👥 Double Agents

There Will Be Fire

by Rory Carroll • 2023

Two minutes kept Thatcher alive. The Brighton bomber vanished, a ghost named Roy Walsh.

4.26

5k+

💣 The Troubles 🔍 Forensic Investigation 🛡️ Counterterrorism

There Will Be Fire 89%

Two minutes kept Thatcher alive. The Brighton bomber vanished, a ghost named Roy Walsh.

by Rory Carroll 2023

4.26

5k+ ratings

💣 The Troubles 🔍 Forensic Investigation 🛡️ Counterterrorism

The Padre

by Jennifer O'Leary • 2023

Gaddafi's cash. A parking timer. A priest. These built the IRA's most reliable bombs.

4.02

455

⚔️ The Troubles 🇮🇪 Irish Republicanism 🔫 Arms Trafficking

The Padre 89%

Gaddafi's cash. A parking timer. A priest. These built the IRA's most reliable bombs.

by Jennifer O'Leary 2023

4.02

455 ratings

⚔️ The Troubles 🇮🇪 Irish Republicanism 🔫 Arms Trafficking

Can Ireland Be One?

by Malachi O'Doherty • 2022

Before Ireland can unite, it must agree what being Irish means. It doesn't.

3.84

☘️ Irish Politics 🧱 Northern Ireland 🏴 National Identity

Can Ireland Be One? 89%

Before Ireland can unite, it must agree what being Irish means. It doesn't.

by Malachi O'Doherty 2022

3.84

76 ratings

☘️ Irish Politics 🧱 Northern Ireland 🏴 National Identity

The Detective Up Late

by Adrian McKinty • 2018

A Belfast detective's final case: a missing girl, her car in a river, and no body.

4.36

4k+

🖤 Irish Noir 🔍 Police Procedural 👧 Missing Girl Case

The Detective Up Late 89%

A Belfast detective's final case: a missing girl, her car in a river, and no body.

by Adrian McKinty 2018

4.36

4k+ ratings

🖤 Irish Noir 🔍 Police Procedural 👧 Missing Girl Case

The Cold Cold Ground

by Adrian McKinty • 2012

A taunting postcard draws a Catholic detective into a string of murders in Troubles-era Belfast.

3.91

16k+

☘️ Irish Noir 🔥 The Troubles 👮 Police Procedural

The Cold Cold Ground 89%

A taunting postcard draws a Catholic detective into a string of murders in Troubles-era Belfast.

by Adrian McKinty 2012

3.91

16k+ ratings

☘️ Irish Noir 🔥 The Troubles 👮 Police Procedural

The Yank

by John Crawley • 2022

From US Marine to IRA gunrunner: Whitey Bulger opened doors. An informant slammed them shut.

4.07

200

🇮🇪 The Troubles ☘️ Irish Republicanism 🪖 Guerrilla Warfare

The Yank 89%

From US Marine to IRA gunrunner: Whitey Bulger opened doors. An informant slammed them shut.

by John Crawley 2022

4.07

200 ratings

🇮🇪 The Troubles ☘️ Irish Republicanism 🪖 Guerrilla Warfare

Trespasses

by Louise Kennedy • 2022

A Catholic teacher risks everything for an affair with a Protestant barrister during the Troubles.

3.96

53k+

🕊️ The Troubles 🔥 Forbidden Affair ⏳ Age Gap Relationship

Trespasses 89%

A Catholic teacher risks everything for an affair with a Protestant barrister during the Troubles.

by Louise Kennedy 2022

3.96

53k+ ratings

🕊️ The Troubles 🔥 Forbidden Affair ⏳ Age Gap Relationship

In the Morning I'll be Gone

by Adrian McKinty • 2014

1983 Northern Ireland. A disgraced detective must solve a locked-room murder to catch an IRA bomber.

4.25

9k+

🚔 Police Procedural 🗳️ Political Thriller 🔒 Locked-Room Mystery

In the Morning I'll be Gone 89%

1983 Northern Ireland. A disgraced detective must solve a locked-room murder to catch an IRA bomber.

by Adrian McKinty 2014

4.25

9k+ ratings

🚔 Police Procedural 🗳️ Political Thriller 🔒 Locked-Room Mystery

The Ghosts of Belfast

by Stuart Neville • 2009

A Belfast hitman's twelve victims haunt him until he hunts the men who gave the orders.

3.93

9k+

🖤 Irish Noir 👻 Supernatural Noir 💀 Ghostly Vengeance

The Ghosts of Belfast 89%

A Belfast hitman's twelve victims haunt him until he hunts the men who gave the orders.

by Stuart Neville 2009

3.93

9k+ ratings

🖤 Irish Noir 👻 Supernatural Noir 💀 Ghostly Vengeance

Killing Thatcher

by Rory Carroll • 2023

A Brighton hotel bomb, a five-ton chimney stack, and the single clue that unmasked a ghost.

4.46

8k+

🍀 Irish History ☘️ The Troubles 🎯 Assassination Plots

Killing Thatcher 89%

A Brighton hotel bomb, a five-ton chimney stack, and the single clue that unmasked a ghost.

by Rory Carroll 2023

4.46

8k+ ratings

🍀 Irish History ☘️ The Troubles 🎯 Assassination Plots

I Hear the Sirens in the Street

by Adrian McKinty • 2013

A headless body, a rare poison, and a detective out of place in the Troubles.

4.07

10k+

🖤 Irish Noir ☘️ Sectarian Divide 🕵️ Outsider Detective

I Hear the Sirens in the Street 88%

A headless body, a rare poison, and a detective out of place in the Troubles.

by Adrian McKinty 2013

4.07

10k+ ratings

🖤 Irish Noir ☘️ Sectarian Divide 🕵️ Outsider Detective

Gun Street Girl

by Adrian McKinty • 2015

A quiet town murder plunges a cynical detective into an Oxford scandal and a missile-smuggling plot.

4.21

8k+

🖤 Irish Noir 👮 Police Procedural 💣 The Troubles

Gun Street Girl 88%

A quiet town murder plunges a cynical detective into an Oxford scandal and a missile-smuggling plot.

by Adrian McKinty 2015

4.21

8k+ ratings

🖤 Irish Noir 👮 Police Procedural 💣 The Troubles

Hang on St. Christopher

by Adrian McKinty • 2020

One last case for a Belfast cop: a murdered man with Picassos, guns, and no identity.

4.42

2k+

🔍 Police Procedural 🕵️ Political Conspiracy 🍀 Troubles Fiction

Hang on St. Christopher 88%

One last case for a Belfast cop: a murdered man with Picassos, guns, and no identity.

by Adrian McKinty 2020

4.42

2k+ ratings

🔍 Police Procedural 🕵️ Political Conspiracy 🍀 Troubles Fiction

1916

by Morgan Llywelyn • 1998

Haunted by the Titanic, a young Irishman comes home to join a poet's doomed rebellion.

4.08

4k+

🔥 Easter Rising 🪖 Wartime Coming Of Age 😔 Survivor'S Guilt

1916 87%

Haunted by the Titanic, a young Irishman comes home to join a poet's doomed rebellion.

by Morgan Llywelyn 1998

4.08

4k+ ratings

🔥 Easter Rising 🪖 Wartime Coming Of Age 😔 Survivor'S Guilt

The Irish Midwife

by Stacey Reynolds • 2019

Amid The Troubles, a Belfast midwife and a Dublin Garda discover a love fated by legend.

4.68

733

💖 Fated Mates 🤰 Midwife Heroine 🇮🇪 1970s Ireland

The Irish Midwife 87%

Amid The Troubles, a Belfast midwife and a Dublin Garda discover a love fated by legend.

by Stacey Reynolds 2019

4.68

733 ratings

💖 Fated Mates 🤰 Midwife Heroine 🇮🇪 1970s Ireland

Big Fellow, Long Fellow

by T. Ryle Dwyer • 1998

Why a calculating idealist and a street-smart operator led Ireland to independence, then civil war.

4.23

129

🍀 Irish History 👥 Dual Biography ✊ Revolutionary Politics

Big Fellow, Long Fellow 87%

Why a calculating idealist and a street-smart operator led Ireland to independence, then civil war.

by T. Ryle Dwyer 1998

4.23

129 ratings

🍀 Irish History 👥 Dual Biography ✊ Revolutionary Politics

The Promise

by Emma Heatherington • 2021

After a bombing, a Catholic nurse and Protestant minister's son vow to find each other again.

3.97

449

🚫 Forbidden Love 🇮🇪 The Troubles 💔 Trauma Healing

The Promise 87%

After a bombing, a Catholic nurse and Protestant minister's son vow to find each other again.

by Emma Heatherington 2021

3.97

449 ratings

🚫 Forbidden Love 🇮🇪 The Troubles 💔 Trauma Healing

Small Things Like These

by Claire Keegan • 2021

A coal merchant finds a girl locked in a convent shed. His Irish town stays silent.

4.08

468k+

🔒 Magdalene Laundries 🏘️ Irish Small Town ⚖️ Moral Reckoning

Small Things Like These 87%

A coal merchant finds a girl locked in a convent shed. His Irish town stays silent.

by Claire Keegan 2021

4.08

468k+ ratings

🔒 Magdalene Laundries 🏘️ Irish Small Town ⚖️ Moral Reckoning

Heatwave

by John L. Williams • 2025

A record-breaking heatwave, a nation on the brink: how the summer of 1976 remade Britain.

3.89

134

📚 Social History 🔍 Microhistory 🚔 Race And Policing

Heatwave 87%

A record-breaking heatwave, a nation on the brink: how the summer of 1976 remade Britain.

by John L. Williams 2025

3.89

134 ratings

📚 Social History 🔍 Microhistory 🚔 Race And Policing

Internal Colonialism

by Michael Hechter • 1975

England didn't unify the Celtic fringe; it colonized it, and industrialization only widened the gap.

3.43

🏛️ British Politics 📊 Political Sociology 🌐 Core-Periphery

Internal Colonialism 87%

England didn't unify the Celtic fringe; it colonized it, and industrialization only widened the gap.

by Michael Hechter 1975

3.43

30 ratings

🏛️ British Politics 📊 Political Sociology 🌐 Core-Periphery

Lies of Silence

by Brian Moore • 1990

IRA gunmen hold his wife. Her ransom: a car bomb delivered to his own hotel.

3.23

3k+

⚔️ The Troubles 📚 Literary Thriller 🏠 Home Invasion

Lies of Silence 87%

IRA gunmen hold his wife. Her ransom: a car bomb delivered to his own hotel.

by Brian Moore 1990

3.23

3k+ ratings

⚔️ The Troubles 📚 Literary Thriller 🏠 Home Invasion

Falling Glass

by Adrian McKinty • 2011

A fixer tracks a fugitive mother across Ireland. A Russian assassin tracks the fixer.

3.93

3k+

🖤 Irish Crime Noir 📚 Literary Thriller 🏃‍♀️ Woman On The Run

Falling Glass 87%

A fixer tracks a fugitive mother across Ireland. A Russian assassin tracks the fixer.

by Adrian McKinty 2011

3.93

3k+ ratings

🖤 Irish Crime Noir 📚 Literary Thriller 🏃‍♀️ Woman On The Run

Ship of Fools

by Fintan O'Toole • 2009

Ireland's miracle was a property scam. The politicians and bankers who built it kept the profits.

4.03

485

🐅 Celtic Tiger Era 🇮🇪 Irish Politics 🤝 Crony Capitalism

Ship of Fools 87%

Ireland's miracle was a property scam. The politicians and bankers who built it kept the profits.

by Fintan O'Toole 2009

4.03

485 ratings

🐅 Celtic Tiger Era 🇮🇪 Irish Politics 🤝 Crony Capitalism

Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha

by Roddy Doyle • 1993

A ten-year-old rules his Dublin street. But the war at home is one he cannot escape.

3.75

25k+

🧒 Child Narrator 💔 Fractured Family 🇮🇪 1960s Ireland

Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha 86%

A ten-year-old rules his Dublin street. But the war at home is one he cannot escape.

by Roddy Doyle 1993

3.75

25k+ ratings

🧒 Child Narrator 💔 Fractured Family 🇮🇪 1960s Ireland

The Heart's Invisible Furies

by John Boyne • 2017

Adopted into a family that calls him stranger, a gay man searches a lifetime for belonging.

4.51

217k+

🕰️ Epic Historical Saga ☘️ Mid-Century Ireland ✝️ Catholic Guilt

The Heart's Invisible Furies 86%

Adopted into a family that calls him stranger, a gay man searches a lifetime for belonging.

by John Boyne 2017

4.51

217k+ ratings

🕰️ Epic Historical Saga ☘️ Mid-Century Ireland ✝️ Catholic Guilt

Milkman

by Anna Burns • 2018

A young woman is stalked by a paramilitary man, and neighbors blame her for the attention.

3.53

73k+

🕊️ The Troubles 🧠 Stream Of Consciousness 👀 Obsessive Stalker

Milkman 86%

A young woman is stalked by a paramilitary man, and neighbors blame her for the attention.

by Anna Burns 2018

3.53

73k+ ratings

🕊️ The Troubles 🧠 Stream Of Consciousness 👀 Obsessive Stalker

The Last Love Song

by Lucinda Riley • 1997

An Irish love affair in London's 1960s music scene brings fame, a bullet, and a wrongful conviction.

4.10

6k+

🎸 1960s Music Scene ⚖️ Wrongful Conviction 🏡 Irish Village Life

The Last Love Song 86%

An Irish love affair in London's 1960s music scene brings fame, a bullet, and a wrongful conviction.

by Lucinda Riley 1997

4.10

6k+ ratings

🎸 1960s Music Scene ⚖️ Wrongful Conviction 🏡 Irish Village Life

Gaffs

by Rory Hearne • 2022

Why Ireland's housing crisis is not a market failure but a government strategy to enrich investors.

3.52

171

🏚️ Housing Crisis 🇮🇪 Irish Housing 📜 Housing Policy

Gaffs 86%

Why Ireland's housing crisis is not a market failure but a government strategy to enrich investors.

by Rory Hearne 2022

3.52

171 ratings

🏚️ Housing Crisis 🇮🇪 Irish Housing 📜 Housing Policy

The Lost Letters of Aisling

by Cynthia Ellingsen • 2024

Her Irish grandmother's letters reveal a wartime love and a child the family never named.

4.31

25k+

🍀 Irish Historical Fiction 🔄 Dual Timeline Narrative 💌 Hidden Love Letters

The Lost Letters of Aisling 86%

Her Irish grandmother's letters reveal a wartime love and a child the family never named.

by Cynthia Ellingsen 2024

4.31

25k+ ratings

🍀 Irish Historical Fiction 🔄 Dual Timeline Narrative 💌 Hidden Love Letters

Thirst Trap

by Gráinne O'Hare • 2025

Three women, held together by a Belfast house and the ghost of the friend they lost.

3.62

9k+

🫂 Female Friendship 🖤 Grieving A Friend 🏠 Found Family

Thirst Trap 86%

Three women, held together by a Belfast house and the ghost of the friend they lost.

by Gráinne O'Hare 2025

3.62

9k+ ratings

🫂 Female Friendship 🖤 Grieving A Friend 🏠 Found Family

All Souls

by Michael Patrick MacDonald • 1999

His mother buried four sons. Southie's code demanded no one ask why.

4.09

14k+

🏙️ Urban Poverty 🏛️ Boston History 🍀 Irish American

All Souls 86%

His mother buried four sons. Southie's code demanded no one ask why.

by Michael Patrick MacDonald 1999

4.09

14k+ ratings

🏙️ Urban Poverty 🏛️ Boston History 🍀 Irish American

A Bad, Bad Place

by Frances Crawford • 2026

A child finds a murdered woman on Glasgow's railway. She saw the killer. He knows.

4.01

1k+

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Glasgow Noir 👧 Child Witness 🕯️ Generational Trauma

A Bad, Bad Place 86%

A child finds a murdered woman on Glasgow's railway. She saw the killer. He knows.

by Frances Crawford 2026

4.01

1k+ ratings

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Glasgow Noir 👧 Child Witness 🕯️ Generational Trauma

And the Land Lay Still

by James Robertson • 2010

A son unearths his dead father's photo archive: a hidden Scotland of outcasts and ghosts emerges.

4.25

1k+

🗺️ State Of The Nation 📸 Archive And Memory ❤️ Found Family

And the Land Lay Still 86%

A son unearths his dead father's photo archive: a hidden Scotland of outcasts and ghosts emerges.

by James Robertson 2010

4.25

1k+ ratings

🗺️ State Of The Nation 📸 Archive And Memory ❤️ Found Family

Long Island

by Colm Tóibín • 2024

An Irish immigrant flees home after her husband's betrayal, to find her former lover engaged.

3.70

89k+

💔 Love Triangle 🏠 Return To Hometown ☁️ Melancholy

Long Island 86%

An Irish immigrant flees home after her husband's betrayal, to find her former lover engaged.

by Colm Tóibín 2024

3.70

89k+ ratings

💔 Love Triangle 🏠 Return To Hometown ☁️ Melancholy

The Princes of Ireland

by Edward Rutherfurd • 2004

A Celtic prince risks sacred prohibitions to love a chieftain's daughter, defying kings and fate.

3.88

18k+

📜 Multigenerational Saga ☘️ Ancient Ireland 🧙 Irish Mythology

The Princes of Ireland 86%

A Celtic prince risks sacred prohibitions to love a chieftain's daughter, defying kings and fate.

by Edward Rutherfurd 2004

3.88

18k+ ratings

📜 Multigenerational Saga ☘️ Ancient Ireland 🧙 Irish Mythology

The Rotters' Club

by Jonathan Coe • 2001

Birmingham, 1973: four school friends, their rock band, and the IRA bomb that ends a world.

3.96

16k+

🎭 Ensemble Coming-Of-Age 🇬🇧 1970s England 💔 Unrequited First Love

The Rotters' Club 86%

Birmingham, 1973: four school friends, their rock band, and the IRA bomb that ends a world.

by Jonathan Coe 2001

3.96

16k+ ratings

🎭 Ensemble Coming-Of-Age 🇬🇧 1970s England 💔 Unrequited First Love

Old God's Time

by Sebastian Barry • 2023

A retired detective's solitude is broken by a cold case that unearths his own buried sins.

3.80

19k+

🕵️ Literary Crime 📚 Irish Literary Fiction 👴 Retired Detective

Old God's Time 86%

A retired detective's solitude is broken by a cold case that unearths his own buried sins.

by Sebastian Barry 2023

3.80

19k+ ratings

🕵️ Literary Crime 📚 Irish Literary Fiction 👴 Retired Detective

Heroic Failure

by Fintan O'Toole • 2018

Brexit wasn't about economics. It was a culture of glorified defeat and shared self-harm.

4.11

2k+

🗳️ Brexit Analysis 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 English Nationalism 🧠 Political Psychology

Heroic Failure 86%

Brexit wasn't about economics. It was a culture of glorified defeat and shared self-harm.

by Fintan O'Toole 2018

4.11

2k+ ratings

🗳️ Brexit Analysis 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 English Nationalism 🧠 Political Psychology

Young Mungo

by Douglas Stuart • 2022

A Glasgow doocot shelters a forbidden love, but a gang-brother and a fishing trip menace.

4.37

91k+

🏙️ Gritty Glasgow ☯️ Sectarian Divide 🌈 Queer First Love

Young Mungo 86%

A Glasgow doocot shelters a forbidden love, but a gang-brother and a fishing trip menace.

by Douglas Stuart 2022

4.37

91k+ ratings

🏙️ Gritty Glasgow ☯️ Sectarian Divide 🌈 Queer First Love

The List of Suspicious Things

by Jennie Godfrey • 2024

A Yorkshire girl's hunt for the Ripper uncovers worse monsters: the ones her neighbors welcome home.

4.13

49k+

🕵️ Child Sleuth 🤫 Small Town Secrets 🚪 Hidden Domestic Abuse

The List of Suspicious Things 86%

A Yorkshire girl's hunt for the Ripper uncovers worse monsters: the ones her neighbors welcome home.

by Jennie Godfrey 2024

4.13

49k+ ratings

🕵️ Child Sleuth 🤫 Small Town Secrets 🚪 Hidden Domestic Abuse

English Journey

by J.B. Priestley • 1934

Factories silent, towns hollow, but the people Priestley met in 1933 refused to vanish.

4.09

483

🏭 Industrial Decline 📉 Depression Era 👷 Working Class Life

English Journey 86%

Factories silent, towns hollow, but the people Priestley met in 1933 refused to vanish.

by J.B. Priestley 1934

4.09

483 ratings

🏭 Industrial Decline 📉 Depression Era 👷 Working Class Life

How Britain Ends

by Gavin Esler • 2021

Brexit did not crack the union; it exposed cracks English nationalism had been opening for decades.

4.09

581

🇬🇧 British Politics 🏛️ Uk Devolution 🪪 National Identity

How Britain Ends 86%

Brexit did not crack the union; it exposed cracks English nationalism had been opening for decades.

by Gavin Esler 2021

4.09

581 ratings

🇬🇧 British Politics 🏛️ Uk Devolution 🪪 National Identity

The Country Girls

by Edna O'Brien • 1960

A dreamy Irish farm girl moves to Dublin after loss, chasing freedom with her reckless friend.

3.70

9k+

🌱 Female Coming Of Age 🇮🇪 Mid Century Ireland 👯 Friendship And Rivalry

The Country Girls 86%

A dreamy Irish farm girl moves to Dublin after loss, chasing freedom with her reckless friend.

by Edna O'Brien 1960

3.70

9k+ ratings

🌱 Female Coming Of Age 🇮🇪 Mid Century Ireland 👯 Friendship And Rivalry

El sueño del celta

by Mario Vargas Llosa • 2010

An Irish knight condemned for treason retraces the colonial jungles that turned him against empire.

3.85

10k+

📖 Biographical Novel 🏴 Colonial Critique ⚖️ Divided Loyalties

El sueño del celta 86%

An Irish knight condemned for treason retraces the colonial jungles that turned him against empire.

by Mario Vargas Llosa 2010

3.85

10k+ ratings

📖 Biographical Novel 🏴 Colonial Critique ⚖️ Divided Loyalties

The Ballad of Ronan McCoy

by Colin Morgan • 2026

A boy who washes hearses in secret already knows death. Then silence steals his only friend.

4.44

497

🖋️ Literary Coming-Of-Age 🍀 Northern Irish Fiction 👦 Childhood Friends

The Ballad of Ronan McCoy 86%

A boy who washes hearses in secret already knows death. Then silence steals his only friend.

by Colin Morgan 2026

4.44

497 ratings

🖋️ Literary Coming-Of-Age 🍀 Northern Irish Fiction 👦 Childhood Friends

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