The Rhondda Cynon Taff has had numerous books written about the history, along with several authors. Below is a small selection of those books.

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Through the Rhondda to Pontypridd

Through the Rhondda to Pontypridd

Up the Rhondda a peculiar sort of hiraeth

Up the Rhondda!: A peculiar sort of hiraeth

The Rhondda Cross

The Rhondda Cross

Upper Rhondda The Second Selection

Upper Rhondda the second selection

Park Life

Park Life

Upper Rhondda Treorchy and Treherbert

Up the Rhondda!: A peculiar sort of hiraeth

Around Rhondda Fawr

Around Rhondda Fawr

Maerdy Rhondda Valley

Maerdy Rhondda Valley

Memories of a Rhondda newspaper reporter

THE NINE STONE COWBOY and more….: Memories of a Rhondda newspaper reporter

Upper Rhondda Treorchy and Treherbert

Upper Rhondda. The third selection

Around Rhondda Fawr

Cwm Rhondda Fach Trehafod to Maerdy

Maerdy Rhondda Valley

Bad Daddy Stories and other bedtime tales growing up in the 1950’s Rhondda

Maerdy Rhondda Valley

Maerdy Rhondda Valley (Images of Wales)

Maerdy Rhondda Valley

Johnny Onions and the Evil Laverbread (A Rumble in the Rhondda Book 2)

Maerdy Rhondda Valley

Johnny Onions and the Evil Laverbread (A Rumble in the Rhondda Book 2)

Maerdy Rhondda Valley

A Dark Past: A Selection of Rhondda Murders

Maerdy Rhondda Valley

THEN & NOW. Rhondda: From Cwmparc to Blaencwm (Archive Photographs: Then & Now)

Maerdy Rhondda Valley

Rhondda Voices (Tempus Oral History Series)

Maerdy Rhondda Valley

Rhondda Collieries (Archive Photographs: Images of Wales)

Maerdy Rhondda Valley

Porth and Rhondda Fach – The Second Selection: Images of Wales (Archive Photographs)

Maerdy Rhondda Valley

Musical Rhondda (Archive Photographs: Images of Wales)

Maerdy Rhondda Valley

Porth: Gateway to the Rhondda (Images of Wales)