As September 11th, 2021, marks the 20 year anniversary of the attack on the World Trade Center, we will be displaying new releases and other titles about the stories and heroism of that day. A selected list is below, with the titles linking to the catalog for easy look up. Stop by during our new, extended fall hours to check out the titles for yourself!
New Nonfiction
Countdown bin Laden: The Untold Story of the 247-Day Hunt to Bring the MasterMind of 9/11 to Justice by Chris Wallace
The Lives They Saved: The Untold Story of Medics, Mariners and the Incredible Boatlift That Evacuated Nearly 300,000 People on 9/11 by Douglas L. Keeney
Ordinary Heroes: A Memoir of 9/11 by Joseph Pfeifer
Reign of terror: how the 9/11 era destabilized America and produced Trump by Spencer Ackerman
The Rise and Fall of Osama bin Laden by Peter Bergen
September 11: the 9/11 story, aftermath, and legacy: Reports and recollections by the journalists of the Associated Press. Foreword by Robert DeNiro
Tower Stories: An Oral History of 9/11: 20th Anniversary Commemorative Edition by Damon DiMarco
Nonfiction
Day of terror: September 11, 2001 by Barbara Shangle
The day the world came to town: 9/11 in Gander, Newfoundland by Jim DeFede
500 days: secrets and lies in the terror wars by Kurt Eichenwald
Last man down: a firefighter’s story of survival and escape from the World Trade Center by Richard Picciotto
The looming tower: Al-Qaeda and the road to 9/11 by Lawrence Wright
The man I never met: a memoir by Adam Schefter
Never forget : an oral history of September 11, 2001 by Mitchell Fink
New York September 11 by David Halberstam
The 9/11 report: a graphic adaptation by Sid Jacobson
102 minutes: the untold story of the fight to survive inside the Twin Towers by Jim Dwyer
One nation: America remembers September 11, 2001
The red bandanna by Tom Rinaldi
Thunder dog: the true story of a blind man, his guide dog, and the triumph of trust at Ground Zero by Michael Hingson
What we saw: the events of September 11, 2001, in words, pictures, and video by CBS News
The woman who wasn’t there: the true story of an incredible deception by Robin Fisher
Fiction
Absent friends by S. J. Rozan
Doxology by Nell Zink
Extremely loud & incredibly close by Jonathan Safran Foer
Falling man by Don DeLillo
The lies that bind by Emily Giffin
