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Fiction After 9/11: Honoring and Remembering
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August 2004
Compiled by Laurie Cavanaugh,
of Brockton (MA) Public Library, from contributions by the members of Fiction_L.
(To use this list in your library, book club, etc., please include the following credit line: "Compiled by the subscribers of the Fiction_L mailing list." This list may not be used for commercial purposes.)
- Allen, Charlotte Vale. Sudden Moves. (Mira, 2004)
- A sequel to Fresh Air, this book finds formerly reclusive Lucinda making up for lost time with family and new friends when the shocking events of 9/11 occur.
- Barker, Pat. Double Vision.
- Barth, John. The Book of Ten Nights and a Night. (Houghton Mifflin, 2004)
- A writer and his muse spend time after 9/11 debating the purpose of writing in the wake of TEOTWAW(A)KI - The End Of The World As We (Americans) Know It.
- Benjamin, Carol Lea. Fall Guy.
- A fast-paced, rather heart-wrenching mystery that deals with grief, family history, and how things changed for New Yorkers after 9/11.
- Blauner, Peter. The Last Good Day. (Little, Brown, 2003)
- In a quiet Manhattan suburb, in the tense aftermath of 9/11, the investigation into the headless corpse of a local woman sets off a suspenseful chain of events.
- Block, Lawrence. Small Town. (Morrow, 2003)
- A man driven mad with the loss of his family on 9/11 begins a series of carefully plotted, brutal killings that involve a disparate group of New Yorkers. (Adult)
- Chin, Olivia. 9 of 1.
- Dann, Patty. Sweet and Crazy. (St. Martin's, 2003)
- A young widow in a small Ohio town helps her kindergarten-age son handle the racism faced by his best friend, Omar, in the wake of the terrorist attacks of 9/11.
- Fairstein, Linda. The Bone Vault. (Scribner, 2003)
- New York City Assistant D.A. Alexandra ("Coop") Cooper and police detectives have to fight crime while recovering from the devastating events of 9/11.
- Gibson, William. Pattern Recognition .
- Main character Cayce Pollard's father disappeared in New York City on 9/11 and is believed dead (background to main plot)
- Hamill, Pete. Forever.
- Henderson, Dee. True Honor
- Deals with 9-11 from the perspective of the CIA and the military
- Hosseini, Khaled. The Kite Runner .
- The protagonist of this novel is an Afghani immigrant, and the brutality of the Taliban government figures prominently in the plot.
- Kingsbury, Karen. One Tuesday Morning
- Kingsbury Karen. Remember; and Return
- Marcuse, Irene. Under the Manhattan Bridge.
- A wonderful sense of the city and the people dealing with the tragedy
- Maynard, Joyce. The Usual Rules. (St. Martin's, 2003)
- When her mother dies at work on 9/11, 13-year-old Wendy has to learn how to go on without her, while forging a relationship with her biological father.
- 9-11: The World's Finest Comic Book Artists and Writers Tell Stories to Remember (Vol. 1)
- Graphic novel
- 9-11: Artists Respond (Vol. 2)
- ed. Neil Gaiman graphic novel
- Paretsky, Sara. Blacklist .
- Involves issues about the Patriot Act that relates back to the events of 9/11
- Rinaldi, Nicholas. Between two rivers.
- Rozan, S.J. Absent Friends. (Bantam, 2004)
- The secrets of a group of childhood friends come to light one by one in this thriller set in New York City in the immediate aftermath of 9/11.
- Rux, Carl. Asphalt.,
- Shea, Suzanne Strempek. Becoming Finola.
- About a woman who travels to Ireland shortly after September 11th and the effects of 9/11 on the state of the world, esp in regards to travel, are discussed often.
- Sterling, Bruce. The Zenith Angle .
- West, Paul. The Immensity of the Here and Now. (Voyant, 2003)
- Willett, Sabin. Present Value .(Villard, 2003)
- The husband half of a Wellesley, Mass. over-achieving professional couple takes a fall and does some real soul-searching after the events of 9/11.
- Winn, Craig. Tea With Terrorists
Links to more books that at least touch on events of 9/11:
http://www.thrillingdetective.com/trivia/triv225%20.html
http://www.usatoday.com/life/books/2002/2002-06-06-sept-11.htm
http://www.teenspoint.org/reading_matters/display_key.asp? sort=101&key=926
http://www.wnbc.com/091103/2459260/detail.html
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