Authors are inspired by historic events, including the horror that was 9/11. This list of fiction and nonfiction books and films blends author reactions over the years since that fateful day. This is not a comprehensive list. For help finding more on 9/11, please Ask Us!
FICTION:
The Future of Love
Shirley Abbott
FIC ABBOTT
Saffron Dreams
Shaila Abdullah
FIC ABDULLAH
Crossers
Philip Caputo
FIC CAPUTO
Foolproof
Barbara D’Amato
FIC DAMATO
Falling Man
Don DeLillo
FIC DELILLO
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Jonathan Safran Foer
FIC FOER
The Whole World Over
Julia Glass
FIC GLASS
Once in a Promised Land
Laila Halaby
FIC HALABY
A Disorder Peculiar to the Country
Ken Kalfus
FIC KALFUS
The Usual Rules
Joyce Maynard
FIC MAYNARD
L’America
Martha McPhee
FIC MCPHEE
A Murder Too Close: A Phil Rodriquez Novel
Penny Mickelbury
FIC MICKELBURY
Home Boy
H.M. Naqvi
FIC NAQVI
The Good Priest’s Son
Reynolds Price
FIC PRICE
Life After Yes
Aidan Donnelley Rowley
FIC ROWLEY
A Day at the Beach
Helen Schulman
FIC SCHULMAN
The Writing on the Wall
Lynne Sharon Schwartz
FIC SCHWARTZ
The Brink of Destruction
Mike Skurka
FIC SKURKA
Ground Zero: A Repairman Jack Novel
F. Paul Wilson
FIC WILSON
NONFICTION:
The Tender Bar: A Memoir
J. R. Moehringer
070.4 MOE
Faith & Doubt at Ground Zero [DVD]
201.697393 FAI
Between Heaven and Ground Zero: [One Women’s Struggle for Survival and Faith in the Ashes of 9/11]
Leslie Haskin
248.86 HAS
The Book of Mychal: The Surprising Life and Heroic Death of Father Mychal Judge
Michael Daly
282 DAL
Jihad: Searching for Answers [DVD]
297.72 JIH
What They Think of Us: International Perceptions of the United States since 9/11
David Farber, editor
303.38 WHA
The Search for Osama Bin Laden [DVD]
303.625 SEA
We Are All Suspects Now: Untold Stories from Immigrant Communities after 9/11
Tram Nguyen
323.1 NGU
Manhattan Medics: The Gripping Story of the Men and Women of Emergency Medical Services Who Make the Streets of the City Their Career
Francis J. Rella
362.18 REL
Building on Ground Zero [DVD]
690.21 BUI
In the Shadow of No Towers
Art Spiegelman
741.5 SPI
Bagpipe Brothers: The FDNY Band's True Story of Tragedy, Mourning, and Recovery
Kerry Sheridan
788.49 SHE
The Dark Side [DVD]
973.931 DAR
Fahrenheit 9/11 [DVD]
973.931 FAH
Fahrenhype 9/11: Unraveling the Truth About Michael Moore’s Fahrenheit 9/11
[DVD]
973.931 FAH
Longitudes and Attitudes: Exploring the World After September 11
Thomas L. Friedman
973.931 FRI
Loose Change 9/11: An American Coup [DVD]
973.931 LOO
Love You, Mean It: A True Story of Love, Loss, and Friendship
Patrica Carrington and others
973.931 LOV
Reclaiming the Sky: 9/11 and the Untold Story of the Men and Women Who Kept America Flying
Tom Murphy
973.931 MUR
9/11: Blueprint for Truth: The Architecture of Destruction [DVD]
973.931 NIN
102 Minutes That Changed America [DVD]
973.931 ONE
The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11
Lawrence Wright
973.931 WRI
Spying Blind: The CIA, the FBI, and the Origins of 9/11
Amy B. Zegart
973.931 ZEG
What Isn’t There: Inside a Season of Change: A Journal
Jocelyn Lieu
973.931092 LIE
The 9/11 Encyclopedia
Stephen E. Atkins
REF 973.93103 ATK VOL. 1 & VOL. 2
Middletown, America: One Town’s Passage from Trauma to Hope
Gail Sheehy
974.7 SHE
Brothers… On Holy Ground [DVD]
974.71044 BRO
The Alchemy of Loss: A Young Widow’s Transformation
Abigail Carter
974.71044 CAR
Attack on the Pentagon [DVD]
975.5295044 ATT
DVD MOVIES:
America: A Tribute to Heroes DVD AME
Flight 93 DVD FLI
The Hamburg Cell DVD HAM
The Missing Person DVD MIS
Reign Over Me DVD REI
September 11 DVD SEP
United 93 DVD UNI
World Trade Center DVD WOR |