This Sunday marks the 10-year anniversary of 9/11. We have assembled a list of seven books that recall the events of that fateful day, each powerful reminders of heartbreaking tragedies and celebrated heroes. And as much as these books are about remembering, they also emphasize the importance of understanding the aftermath.
To read more, our 9/11 feature details how each book has honored September 11, 2001 and memorialized the years following.
As a preview of the collection, the following is a video for What We Saw: The Events of September 11, 2001, in Words, Pictures, and Video, a book first published in 2002 and now returning with new content:
Within these books, the question returns again and again: Where were you, and how were you affected?
How will you be spending your Sunday?
I’m going to try (but will probably fail) to ignore the 10th anniversary. Just finished Colson Whitehead’s amazing post-apocalyptic novel Zone One, set in NYC, and could not help but think of 9/11 in all its horror and strangeness. Now I need a break.
But to add to your list, two terrific books re 9/11:
1. The 9/11 Commission Report is illuminating and remarkably well written.
2. And Jonathan Safran Foer’s novel Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close is a wonder.
It is so hard to believe it had been 10 years. My memories of the day are so vivid it seems like yesterday. I am not sure what I will do tomorrow. I know I will have a moment of silent prayer. The day brings on so many emotions. I am thinking I will have a quiet day.