Book Recommendations: 9/11

 

As we approach the 20th anniversary of September 11th, these works cover the events and aftermath of a devastating act of terrorism that shaped modern American history.  

Fiction and Non-Fiction 

102 Minutes: The Untold Story of the Fight to Survive Inside the Twin Towers by Jim Dwyer

The 9/11 Commission Report: Final Report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States by The National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States

9/12: The Epic Battle of the Ground Zero Responders by Tom Teicholz; William H. Groner

The Black Banners (declassified): How torture Derailed the War on Terror After 9/11 by A.H. Soufan

The Day the World Came to Town: 9/11 in Gander, Newfoundland by Jim DeFede

Fall and Rise: The Story of 9/11 by Mitchell Zuckoff

Flight 93 : the story, the aftermath, and the legacy of American courage on 9/11  by Tom McMillan

The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11 by Lawrence Wright

The Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of 9/11 by Garrett M. Graff

Ordinary Heroes: A Memoir of 9/11 by Joseph Pfeifer

September 11: The 9/11 Story, Aftermath and Legacy by Associated Press/ Robert De Niro

Bleeding Edge by Thomas Pynchon

Falling Man: A novel by Don DeLillo

Open City A novel by Teju Cole    Juvenile   Branches of Hope by Ann Magee  Nine, Ten: A September 11 story  by Nora Baskin  Towers Falling  Jewell Rhodes  Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close Jonathan Foer