Post 9/11 Fiction and Nonfiction

Much of the fiction created since 9/11 (the September 11th terrorist attacks on the Twin Towers of New York’s World Trade Center in 2001) and with 9/11 at its core provides evidence of the larger cultural belief that September 11 was a turning point from which there is no turning back. 
“Everything now is measured by after”, Don DeLillo writes in the novel ''Falling Man''.

Here is a selection of fiction titles by the publication year:

Windows on the World (2003) by  Frederic Beigbeder

The man who walked between the towers / Mordical Gerstein 2003 (Children's Fiction)

Saturday (2005) by Ian McEwan; Croatian translation: Subota (2007)

Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (2005 ) by Jonahan Safran Foer (YA Fiction); Croatian translation: Jako glasno i nevjerojatno blizu (2012)

The Good Life (2006) by Jay McInerney

Terrorist (2006) by John Updike

Everyman (2006) by Philip Roth

The Emperor's Children (2006) by Claire Messud

Exit Ghost (2007) by Philip Roth

The Falling Man (2007) by Don DeLillo

The Reluctant Fundamentalist (2007) by Mohsin Hamid

Netherland (2008) by Joseph O'Neill; Croatian translation: Nigdjezemska (2009)

Let the Great World Spin (2009) by Colum McCann; Croatian translation: Neka se veliki svijet vrti (2012)

Visit from the Goon Squad (2010) by Jennifer Egan; Croatian translation: Vrijeme je opak igrač  (2011)

The Submission (2011) by Amy Waldman

Open City (2012) by Teju Cole; Croatian translation: Otvoreni grad (2016)

Towers Falling (2016) by Jewell Parker Rhodes (Children's Fiction)




A selection of nonfiction titles:

The 9/11 commission report : final report of the National commission on terrorist attacks upon the United States

The looming tower : Al-Qaeda's road to 9/11 / Lawrence Wright

A place of remembrance : official book of the National September 11 Memorial / Allison Blais, Lynn Rasic ; foreword by Michael R. Bloomberg

Thunder dog : the true story of a blind man, his guide dog, and the triumph of trust at Ground Zero / Michael Hingson with Susy Flory