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September 11, A Retrospective

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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

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