Books about Irish Wolfhounds, Books with Irish Wolfhounds as characters, and Books that even just mention an Irish Wolfhound (or IW cross)

(It's a work in progress)

The original list consisted of fiction only, and was compiled by Diane Marston and 
Mary Toundas. It appeared in the Harp & Hound, 1999, Number 2.

Lists are alphabetical by author

Reference, Breed Information, History 

• IWCA Championship Studbook Pictorial - Dot Arn, Editor
• Ierse Wolfshonden in Nederland 1911-1994 - Marjolijn Beltman & Trudy Zantingh
• An Illustrated Study of The Irish Wolfhound - Jill R. Bregy
• The Wolfhound Guide to the Irish Wolfhound - Muriel Monsell Bremner
• Irish Wolfhound Champions, 1952-1987 - Camino Books Inc.
• Irish Wolfhound Champions: 1988-1994 - Camino Books Inc.
• The Irish Wolfhound Guide - Alfred W. DeQuoy
• The Irish Wolfhound In Competition - Alfred W. DeQuoy
• The Irish Wolfhound In Literature And Law - Alfred W. DeQuoy
• Irish Wolfhound Saga: A Trilogy - Alfred W. Dequoy
• Irish Wolfhound Registrations in America 1956-1964 - Compiled and Edited by Brig. General Alfred W. DeQuoy, ret.
• Modern Wolf and Irish Wolfhound Skeletons - Alfred W. de Quoy
• You And Your Irish Wolfhound - John A. K. Donovan
• The Irish Wolfhound - Great Symbol Of Ireland - John A. K. Donovan
• Fifty Years of Irish Wolfhound Registrations in America 1897-1955 - Compiled and edited by LeRoy E. Fess
• The Irish Wolfhound - Phyllis Gardner & Delphis Gardner
• Wolfhounds On Parade: A History of the Mascots of the Irish Guard - Martin Garrity & Holly Cook
• The Irish Wolfhound (World of Dogs) - Linda Glover
• The Irish Wolfhound - John Gordon
• Irish Wolfhound Pedigrees 1859-1906 - Captain George Augustus Graham
• Irish Regiments - R.G. Harris
• THE IRISH WOLFDOG - Father Edmund Hogan, S.J. and THE IRISH  WOLFHOUND - Captain Graham (Combined volume issued by the Irish Wolfhound Club of America and the Irish Wolfhound Club of Ireland, 1972).
• Bill Siggers: He Whacked The Bloody Lot - Robert E. Heal
• The Brabyns Handbook On Irish Wolfhounds - D.E.S. Hudson
• Irish Wolfhound Registrations in America 1965-1975 - Compiled and Edited by Patricia K Huntley
• Hutchinson on Sighthounds (Reprint of the sighthound sections of Hutchinson's Dog Encyclopedia) - Walter Hutchinson
• Irish Wolfhound (Comprehensive Owner's Guide) - Alice Kane and Cheryl A. Ertelt
• Irish Wolfhound Champions, 1995-2001 - Jan Linzy
• Irish Wolfhound Champions, 2002-2007 - Jan Linzy, Sharae Pata, and Janae Pata
• The Irish Wolfhound: Symbol of Celtic Splendor - Mary McBryde (US edition)
• The Magnificent Irish Wolfhound - Mary McBryde (same as above, UK edition)
• In Search of Ancient Ireland: The Origins of the Irish from Neolithic Times to the Coming of the English - Carmel McCaffrey
• Irsk Ulvehund I Norge (Irish Wolfhound In Norway) – Anne Mette Mikkelsen & The Norwegian Irish Wolfhound Club
• The Irish Wolfhound: A Collection of Photographs and Pedigrees, Ireland & UK 1950-1990 - Elizabeth C. Murphy
• Raising, Showing and Breeding The Irish Wolfhound - Elizabeth C. Murphy
• Dogs & Wild Dogs - National Geographic
• Hounds On The Trail - Barbara J. Patten
• Irish Wolfhounds - Beverly Pisano, Editor
• Running Dogs - Or, Dogs That Hunt By Sight - The Early History, Origins, Breeding & Management Of Greyhounds, Whippets, Irish Wolfhounds, Deerhounds, Borzoi and Other Allied Eastern Hounds - Tony Read (Editor)
• Irish Wolfhounds (Complete Pet Owner's Manual) - Nikki Riggsbee
• The New Complete Irish Wolfhound - Joel Samaha
• Mission Accomplished: The Life and Times Of Florence Nagle - Ferelith Somerfield
• Breeds of Dogs, U.S.Department of Agriculture Farmers' Bulletin No. 1491 - S. R. Speelman & J. O. Williams
• The Complete Irish Wolfhound - Alma J. Starbuck
• Irish Wolfhound Odyssey: In Search of Graham's Hound - Lois J. Thomasson
• How To Raise And Train An Irish Wolfhound - Fredric & Margaret Westover
• History For Celtic Hounds - Angeliek Wick

• The Giant Little Golden Book of Dogs
• What Happens In The Spring - Cathleen Costello Bier
• 3 Rings: A Circus Book - Paul Brown
• Crazy Quilt, Circus Pony - Paul Brown
• Mick And Mac - Paul Brown
• The Wanderers - Elizabeth Coatsworth
• Horace, The Hound That Howled - Ruth M Collins
• Annie's Monster - Barbara Corcoran
• Sam - Barbara Corcoran
• The Mightiest Heart - Lynn Cullen
• Paul And His Little-Big Dog - Kathy Darling
• Because Of Winn-Dixie - Kate DiCamillo
• My Little Book of Dogs - Delores Draper
• Rumplestiltskin - retold & illustrated - Paul Galdone
• To Catch A Tartar (later published as Nobody's Dog) - Lynn Hall
• Look What Came From Ireland - Miles Harvey
• Star, An Irish Wolfhound - Janet Rogers Howe
• Mr & Mrs Buttons' Wonderful Watchdogs - "Janice"
• Derry The Wolfhound - Margaret S. Johnson & Helen Lossing Johnson
• Georgina And The Dragon - Lee Kingman
• Mom, the Wolf-Man and Me - Norma Klein
• Blackie & Marie - Marta Koci
• My Little Golden Book of Dogs - Jean Lewis
• Blue Ribbons For Juliet - Marilyn M. Lowery
• The Witch Of Glen Gowrie - William MacKeller
• Flame Over Tara - Madeline Polland
• Three Ponies And Shannan - Diana Pullein-Thompson
• The Minden Curse - Willo Davis Roberts
• More Minden Curses - Willo Davis Roberts
• War Dog - Henry Treece
• The Fox And The Hound - Walt Disney Book
• Alphabestiary: Animal Poems From A To Z - Jane Yolen

Dog Stories

• Dragon: Hound of Honor - Julie Andrews Edwards and Emma Walton Hamilton
• Finn The Wolfhound - A.J. Dawson
• Jan, Son of Finn - A.J. Dawson
• Gone Wild - J. Allan Dunn
• The Odyssey Of Boru - J. Allan Dunn
• The Irish Wolfhound - James L Graves
• Barry - Thomas Hinkle
• Bugle - Thomas Hinkle
• Dusty - Thomas Hinkle
• Gray, The Story Of A Brave Dog - Thomas Hinkle
• Jube, Story Of A Trapper's Dog - Thomas Hinkle
• Old Nick And Bob - Thomas Hinkle
• Shag, The Story Of A Dog - Thomas Hinkle
• Trueboy - The Story Of A Great Dog - Thomas Hinkle
• Vic - Thomas Hinkle
• Wolf, A Range Dog - Thomas Hinkle
• Sight hound: a novel - Pam Houston
• Cold Noses and Warm Hearts: Beloved Dog Stories By Great Authors - edited by Laurie Morrow
• Boru - Dog of the O'Malley - Joseph Chipperfield

Mysteries

• Bodies of Water - J.S. Borthwick
• Bridled Groom - J.S. Borthwick
• Dolly Is Dead - J.S. Borthwick
• Student Body - J.S. Borthwick
• Chestnut Mare, Beware - Jody Jaffe
• Death Of A Doxy - Rex Stout
• Murder For Treasure - David Williams

• Dog People: Writers and Artists on Canine Companionship - Series of Essays (includes Edward Albee on his IW, Harry)
• The Hound Of Ireland And Other Stories - Donn Byrne
• Dogs Of Destiny - Fairfax Downey
• Many Dogs There Be - Walter Dyer (IW story: "Kilfane")
• Real Dogs - Charles Wright Gray, Editor (IW story: "The Hound Of Ireland" - "The Hound Of Ireland" story has also been published privately in booklet form in 1978 by Dog Ink, NY)
• Songs of Dogs: An Anthology Selected and Arranged by Robert Frothingham (IW poems: "Bran And The Bloody Tree" and "The Irish Wolfhound")
• Over Nine Waves: A Book of Irish Legends - Marie Heaney
• Six Breeds - R. G. Kirk (IW story: "MacRonan")
• True Stories Of Heroic Dogs - George Watson Little (IW story: "Trixie")
• The Best of the First Ten Years of the Irish Wolfhound Quarterly by Gordon Millan

• Hound Of Heaven - Sarah Addington
• Samantha (poem)- Edward Albee
• Joy In The Morning - Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews
• 96 Hairy Paws - Jill Atkinson
• The Wanderers - Elizabeth Coatsworth
• Black Fox Of Lorne - Marguerite DeAngeli
• The Seventh's Staghound - Fairfax Downey
• Beastly Beatitudes Of Bathazar B - J.P. Dunleavey
• The Ginger Man - J.P. Dunleavey
• The Onion Eaters - J.P. Dunleavey
• Property Of A Gentleman - Catherine Gaskin
• East Of The Mountains - David Guterson
• Bag Of Bones - Stephen King
• Finn MacCool - Morgan Llywelyn
• Red Branch - Morgan Llywelyn
• A Sword From Galway - Drayton Mayrant
• Om, The Secret Of Ahbor Valley - Talbot Munday
• Guardian of the Balance - Irene Radford
• Guardian of the Trust - Irene Radford
• Guardian of the Vision - Irene Radford
• Flight Into Danger - Alet Schouten
• The High Deeds Of Finn MacCool - Rosemary Sutcliff & Michael Charlton
• The Hound And The Falcon: Isle of Glass, The Golden Horn, The Hounds of God - Judith Tarr
• Tarlach, Wolfhound Of Eire - Martha Van Loan
• The Irish Wolfhound - A Dog Anthology (A Vintage Dog Books Breed Classic)
• Bran's Adventure In Ireland - Dr. Peggy Walsh
• Waldorf - Grenville Williams
• Child of the Northern Spring - Persia Woolley
• Guinevere: The Legend In Autumn - Persia Woolley
• Queen Of The Summer Stars - Persia Woolley

• An Occasion Of Sin
• Angel Light
• The Cardinal Virtues
• Happy Are The Merciful
• Irish Eyes
• Irish Gold
• Irish Lace
• Irish Mist
• Irish Whiskey
• The Magic Cup
• Irish Stew
• Irish Tiger
• Irish Crystal
• Irish Cream
• Irish Love
  
   

Romance Novels

• Holdfast - John & Patricia Beatty
• The Cliffs Of Night - Beatrice Brandon
• Highland Velvet - Jude Deveraux
• Gentle Warrior - Julie Garwood
• Saving Grace - Julie Garwood
• Promise Me Spring - Robin Hatcher
• Tempted - Virginia Henley
• Forbidden - Elizabeth Lowell
• Born In Fire - Nora Roberts
• Born In Ice - Nora Roberts
• Born In Shame - Nora Roberts
• The Bargain - Veronica Sattler
• A Dangerous Longing - Veronica Sattler
• Highland Fire - Veronica Sattler
• Sabelle - Veronica Sattler
• A Royal Connection - Margaret Summerville

Here is the list in PDF format - print it out and take it along to the bookstores!

IW BOOKLIST