Falling Man
By Don DeLillo, read by John Slattery
Simon and Schuster Audio
The terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, have been making their way into novels in recent years. One of the best treatments of that day and its aftershocks is Don DeLillo’s novel “Falling Man.” In it a stunned man emerges from the Twin Towers inferno and begins a shaky journey uptown to reconnect with his estranged wife and small son. Listeners will find this family’s emotional plight to survive chilling. Here are other audiobooks that explore the ramifications of 9/11:
The Emperor’s Children
By Claire Messud, read by Suzanne Toren
Recorded Books
Privileged friends struggle to make sense of their lives in the strange landscape of New York City 2001.
Absent Friends
By S.J. Rozan, read by Barbara McCullough
Sound Library
A firefighter’s reputation is blackened when, after he dies as a 9/11 hero, he is accused of hiding a dark past.
The Good Life
By Jay McInerney, read by Dylan Baker
Random House Audio
The characters in Jay McInerney’s “The Good Life,” set in New York just before and after 9/11, have a little more on their minds than where to score the next snort of Bolivian marching powder, as did their counterparts in his famous debut, “Bright Lights, Big City.”
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Kristin Kloberdanz is a former Time magazine writer.
