Some Notable Books About 9/11 (Best Book Recommendations)

Some Notable Books About 9/11

a list by Peter Steinberg, avid reader

As someone who adopted New York as my home just two years before 9/11 -- and who watched the first tower fall with his own eyes -- I debated whether to create this list. In the end, I think that no matter how literally close or far you were from Ground Zero on September 11, there's at least one book on this list for you.

onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Some_Notable_Books_About_911/102_Minutes_The_Untold_Story_of_the_Fight_to_Survive_Inside_the_Twin_Towers');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0805080325'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow">	onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Some_Notable_Books_About_911/102_Minutes_The_Untold_Story_of_the_Fight_to_Survive_Inside_the_Twin_Towers');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0805080325'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow">102 Minutes: The Untold Story of the Fight to Survive Inside the Twin Towers by Jim Dwyer, Kevin Flynn As someone who's made his home in New York for the last 9 years -- and literally watched the first of the Twin Towers fall -- reading about 9/11 can be extremely difficult. This title -- a literal minute-by-minute account from the moment the first plan struck to the moment the 2nd tower fell -- strikes me as the perfect balance of dispassionate, inspiring and honest. onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Some_Notable_Books_About_911/102_Minutes_The_Untold_Story_of_the_Fight_to_Survive_Inside_the_Twin_Towers');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0805080325'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow">more on Amazon onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Some_Notable_Books_About_911/102_Minutes_The_Untold_Story_of_the_Fight_to_Survive_Inside_the_Twin_Towers');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0805080325'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow"> 384 page paperback \|$10.20 \|162 reviews This book also appears on: Peter Steinberg's Favorite Non-Fiction True Tales of Survival


onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Some_Notable_Books_About_911/Firehouse');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0786888512'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow">	onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Some_Notable_Books_About_911/Firehouse');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0786888512'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow">Firehouse by David Halberstam onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Some_Notable_Books_About_911/Firehouse');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0786888512'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow">more on Amazon onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Some_Notable_Books_About_911/Firehouse');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0786888512'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow"> 208 page paperback \|$11.20 \|44 reviews


onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Some_Notable_Books_About_911/American_Ground_Unbuilding_the_World_Trade_Center');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0865476756'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow">	onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Some_Notable_Books_About_911/American_Ground_Unbuilding_the_World_Trade_Center');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0865476756'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow">American Ground: Unbuilding the World Trade Center by William Langewiesche onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Some_Notable_Books_About_911/American_Ground_Unbuilding_the_World_Trade_Center');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0865476756'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow">more on Amazon onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Some_Notable_Books_About_911/American_Ground_Unbuilding_the_World_Trade_Center');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0865476756'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow"> 240 page paperback \|$11.20 \|42 reviews


onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Some_Notable_Books_About_911/911_Commission_Report_Final_Report_of_the_National_Commission_on_Terrorist_Attacks_Upon_the_United_States');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/1579809677'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow">	onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Some_Notable_Books_About_911/911_Commission_Report_Final_Report_of_the_National_Commission_on_Terrorist_Attacks_Upon_the_United_States');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/1579809677'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow">9/11 Commission Report: Final Report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States by National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Some_Notable_Books_About_911/911_Commission_Report_Final_Report_of_the_National_Commission_on_Terrorist_Attacks_Upon_the_United_States');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/1579809677'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow">more on Amazon onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Some_Notable_Books_About_911/911_Commission_Report_Final_Report_of_the_National_Commission_on_Terrorist_Attacks_Upon_the_United_States');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/1579809677'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow"> 618 page paperback \|$11.26 \|199 reviews


onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Some_Notable_Books_About_911/The_911_Report_A_Graphic_Adaptation');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0809057395'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow">	onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Some_Notable_Books_About_911/The_911_Report_A_Graphic_Adaptation');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0809057395'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow">The 9/11 Report: A Graphic Adaptation by Sid Jacobson, Ernie Colon onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Some_Notable_Books_About_911/The_911_Report_A_Graphic_Adaptation');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0809057395'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow">more on Amazon onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Some_Notable_Books_About_911/The_911_Report_A_Graphic_Adaptation');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0809057395'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow"> 144 page paperback \|$11.53 \|55 reviews


onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Some_Notable_Books_About_911/Extremely_Loud_and_Incredibly_Close');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0618711651'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow">	onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Some_Notable_Books_About_911/Extremely_Loud_and_Incredibly_Close');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0618711651'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow">Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer Amazon readers say: "I'm telling everyone I know to read this book." "Aftermath." "It deverves more than 5." "Witty, sweet, heartbreaking, wise - absolutely brilliant!" onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Some_Notable_Books_About_911/Extremely_Loud_and_Incredibly_Close');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0618711651'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow">more on Amazon onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Some_Notable_Books_About_911/Extremely_Loud_and_Incredibly_Close');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0618711651'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow"> 368 page paperback \|$11.16 \|306 reviews This book also appears on Some Favorite Books of Gotham Gal


onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Some_Notable_Books_About_911/Falling_Man');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/1416546065'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow">	onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Some_Notable_Books_About_911/Falling_Man');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/1416546065'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow">Falling Man by Don DeLillo onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Some_Notable_Books_About_911/Falling_Man');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/1416546065'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow">more on Amazon onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Some_Notable_Books_About_911/Falling_Man');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/1416546065'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow"> 272 page paperback \|$11.20 \|74 reviews This book also appears on The New York Times' 50 Notable Books of 2007 (Fiction)

Know any books we should add to the list above? .