List of books about the September 11 attacks

This is an incomplete list of books about the September 11 attacks. In the first 10 years since the September 11, 2001 attacks, dozens of books were published that focus specifically on the topic or on subtopics such as just the attacks on World Trade Towers in New York City, and more have been published since.

A number of publications have released their own rankings of books about 9-11. The Guardian, in September 2011, provided a listing by three panelists of what they felt to be the 20 best.[1] Five books were identified by another September 2011 review in TODAY.[2] FiveBooks provides listings by experts including security analysts, investigative journalists and academics on the best books about the September 11 attacks.[3]

Fiction

Novels include:

Graphic novels include:

Short stories include:

Collections of poetry and/or short stories include:

  • 110 Stories: New York Writes after September 11, 2001, 2004, edited by Ulrich Baer
  • In the Shadow of the Towers: Speculative Fiction in a Post-9/11 World, 2015, edited by Douglas Lain

Non-fiction

Reviews of literature

Reviews of fiction and other literature include:

  • Within and Without the Metropolis: Foreground and Background in Post-9/11 Literature, by Alexandru Oravițan, West University of Timișoara Press, 2019
  • Mathé, Sylvie; Vallas, Sophie (2014). European perspectives on the literature of 9/11. Paris: Michel Houdiard Editeur. ISBN 9782356921123. OCLC 878664251.
  • After the Fall, by Richard Gray, Wiley–Blackwell, 2011
  • Out of the Blue: September 11 and the Novel, by Kristiaan Versluys, Columbia University Press, 2009
  • Literature after 9/11, edited by Ann Keniston and Jeanne Follansbee Quinn, Routledge, 2008
  • Trauma Culture: The Politics of Terror and Loss in Media and Literature, by E. Ann Kaplan, Rutgers University Press, 2005
  • Trauma at Home: After 9/11, by Judith Greenberg, University of Nebraska Press, 2003
  • 110 Stories: New York Writes After September 11, by Ulrich Baer, New York University Press, 2002

Memoirs and first-hand accounts

Collections of essays and/or articles
  • Small Wonder, 2002 collection of 23 essays by American novelist and biologist Barbara Kingsolver
  • With Every Mistake, 2005 collection of Canadian Gwynne Dyer's articles published between September 11, 2001 and the Iraqi election in 2005.
  • In Representing 9/11: Trauma, Ideology, and Nationalism in Literature, Film, and Television, scholars from a variety of disciplines demonstrate how emergent American and international texts expand upon and complicate the initial post-9/11 canon. [4]

Other nonfiction

Nonfiction books include:

See also

References
  1. "The 20 best 9/11 books". The Guardian. September 2, 2011. Archived from the original on December 9, 2016. Retrieved December 12, 2016.
  2. "Five must-read books about 9/11 and its legacy". www.today.com. September 8, 2011. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved January 5, 2015.
  3. Books, Five. "The best books on 9/11 | Five Books recommends". Five Books. Retrieved 2021-02-06.
  4. Representing 9/11 : trauma, ideology, and nationalism in literature, film, and television. Petrovic, Paul, 1982-. Lanham. ISBN 978-1-4422-5267-7. OCLC 904715499.CS1 maint: others (link)
  5. Herbert, Rosemary (2005). "The longest `102 Minutes'; Reporters' tale a riveting personal glimpse of Sept. 11 tragedy.(Arts and Lifestyle)". The Boston Herald. Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved August 14, 2012.
  6. "9/11 Remembered As 102 Minutes.(Breaking News and Opinion)(Book review)". Basil & Spice. 2009. Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved August 14, 2012.
  • Book:September 11 attacks, a Wikipedia book.
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