Terrorism, 9/11, "War on Terror" (non-fiction)
1. 
The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11
by:
Lawrence Wright
4.36 avg rating β 36,105 ratings 2. 
Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001
by:
Steve Coll
4.31 avg rating β 18,331 ratings 3. 
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Directorate S: The C.I.A. and America's Secret Wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan, 2001-2016
by:
Steve Coll
4.21 avg rating β 4,311 ratings 6. 
The Terror Years: From al-Qaeda to the Islamic State
by:
Lawrence Wright
4.03 avg rating β 1,567 ratings 7. 
The Triple Agent: The al-Qaeda Mole who Infiltrated the CIA
by:
Joby Warrick
4.11 avg rating β 3,889 ratings 8. 
The Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of 9/11
by:
Garrett M. Graff
4.72 avg rating β 41,753 ratings 
10. 
Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10
by:
Marcus Luttrell
4.34 avg rating β 99,159 ratings 11. 
The Black Banners: The Inside Story of 9/11 and the War Against al-Qaeda
by:
Ali H. Soufan
4.27 avg rating β 2,845 ratings 12. 
The Threat: How the FBI Protects America in the Age of Terror and Trump
by:
Andrew G. McCabe
4.17 avg rating β 7,358 ratings 
14. 
The Longest War: A History of the War on Terror and the Battles with Al Qaeda Since 9/11
by:
Peter L. Bergen
3.97 avg rating β 907 ratings 15. 
Alone at Dawn: Medal of Honor Recipient John Chapman and the Untold Story of the World's Deadliest Special Operations Force
by:
Dan Schilling
4.31 avg rating β 6,135 ratings 16. 
The One Percent Doctrine: Deep Inside America's Pursuit of Its Enemies Since 9/11
by:
Ron Suskind
3.82 avg rating β 1,898 ratings 
18. 
Jawbreaker: The Attack on Bin Laden and Al-Qaeda: A Personal Account by the CIA's Key Field Commander
by:
Gary Berntsen
3.97 avg rating β 1,802 ratings 19. 
Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq
by:
Thomas E. Ricks
4.09 avg rating β 7,790 ratings 
21. 
The Way of the Knife: The CIA, a Secret Army, and a War at the Ends of the Earth
by:
Mark Mazzetti
3.85 avg rating β 3,932 ratings 22. 
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No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission That Killed Osama Bin Laden
by:
Mark Owen
4.03 avg rating β 56,926 ratings 25. 
Fearless: The Undaunted Courage and Ultimate Sacrifice of Navy SEAL Team SIX Operator Adam Brown
by:
Eric Blehm
4.57 avg rating β 21,582 ratings 26. 
Manhunt: The Ten-Year Search for Bin Laden--from 9/11 to Abbottabad
by:
Peter L. Bergen
4.11 avg rating β 4,506 ratings 27. 
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Chain of Command: The Road from 9/11 to Abu Ghraib
by:
Seymour M. Hersh
3.97 avg rating β 1,202 ratings 
32. 
Taliban: Militant Islam, Oil and Fundamentalism in Central Asia
by:
Ahmed Rashid
3.98 avg rating β 4,735 ratings 33. 
The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How the War on Terror Turned Into a War on American Ideals
by:
Jane Mayer
4.18 avg rating β 4,569 ratings 34. 
The Field of Fight: How We Can Win the Global War Against Radical Islam and Its Allies
by:
Michael T. Flynn
3.62 avg rating β 597 ratings 35. 
Generation Kill: Devil Dogs, Iceman, Captain America, and the New Face of American War
by:
Evan Wright
4.29 avg rating β 20,082 ratings 36. 
Outlaw Platoon: Heroes, Renegades, Infidels, and the Brotherhood of War in Afghanistan
by:
Sean Parnell
4.40 avg rating β 12,899 ratings 37. 
Descent into Chaos: The United States & the Failure of Nation Building in Pakistan, Afghanistan & Central Asia
by:
Ahmed Rashid
3.95 avg rating β 2,624 ratings 38. 
Playing to the Edge: American Intelligence in the Age of Terror 3.82 avg rating β 2,012 ratings
40. 
102 Minutes: The Untold Story of the Fight to Survive Inside the Twin Towers
by:
Jim Dwyer
4.30 avg rating β 12,176 ratings 
43. 
Intel Wars: The Secret History of the Fight Against Terror
by:
Matthew M. Aid
3.55 avg rating β 152 ratings 
47. 
The Hunt for KSM: Inside the Pursuit and Takedown of the Real 9/11 Mastermind, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed
by:
Terry McDermott
4.10 avg rating β 377 ratings 47. 
Lawrence in Arabia: War, Deceit, Imperial Folly, and the Making of the Modern Middle East
by:
Scott Anderson
4.08 avg rating β 16,523 ratings 
50. 
The Great War for Civilisation: The Conquest of the Middle East
by:
Robert Fisk
4.41 avg rating β 5,520 ratings 51. 
Guests of the Ayatollah: The First Battle in America's War with Militant Islam
by:
Mark Bowden
4.16 avg rating β 5,003 ratings 52. 
First In: An Insider's Account of How the CIA Spearheaded the War on Terror in Afghanistan
by:
Gary Schroen
4.05 avg rating β 1,841 ratings 
54. 
Relentless Strike: The Secret History of Joint Special Operations Command
by:
Sean Naylor
4.27 avg rating β 2,278 ratings 55. 
The Mission, the Men, and Me: Lessons from a Former Delta Force Commander
by:
Pete Blaber
4.33 avg rating β 5,724 ratings 
57. 
Hunting in the Shadows: The Pursuit of al Qa'ida since 9/11
by:
Seth G. Jones
4.06 avg rating β 244 ratings 58. 
The Threat Matrix: The FBI at War in the Age of Global Terror
by:
Garrett M. Graff
4.19 avg rating β 376 ratings 59. 
The Only Thing Worth Dying For: How Eleven Green Berets Fought for a New Afghanistan
by:
Eric Blehm
4.32 avg rating β 4,470 ratings 60. 
The Great War of Our Time: The CIA's Fight Against Terrorism--From al Qa'ida to ISIS
by:
Michael Morell
4.07 avg rating β 1,451 ratings 61. 
See No Evil: The True Story of a Ground Soldier in the CIA's War on Terrorism
by:
Robert B. Baer
3.94 avg rating β 5,163 ratings 62. 
63. 
Objective Troy: A Terrorist, a President, and the Rise of the Drone
by:
Scott Shane
4.08 avg rating β 596 ratings 63. 
The Jihad Next Door: The Lackawanna Six and Rough Justice in an Age of Terror, Library Edition 3.62 avg rating β 117 ratings
65. 
Anatomy of Terror: From the Death of bin Laden to the Rise of the Islamic State
by:
Ali H. Soufan
4.17 avg rating β 741 ratings 65. 
Securing the City: Inside America's Best Counterterror Force--The NYPD 3.47 avg rating β 129 ratings
67. 
No Good Men Among the Living: America, the Taliban, and the War through Afghan Eyes
by:
Anand Gopal
4.47 avg rating β 4,014 ratings 68. 
Find, Fix, Finish: Inside the Counterterrorism Campaigns that Killed bin Laden and Devastated Al Qaeda
by:
Aki Peritz
3.72 avg rating β 64 ratings 
70. 
All Secure: One Delta Force Operator's Fight From the Battlefield to the Homefront
by:
Tom Satterly
4.54 avg rating β 889 ratings 71. 
Winter Soldier: Iraq and Afghanistan: Eyewitness Accounts of the Occupations 4.40 avg rating β 124 ratings
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The Siege of Mecca: The Forgotten Uprising in Islam's Holiest Shrine and the Birth of al-Qaeda 4.20 avg rating β 2,432 ratings
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Warrior Diplomat: A Green Beret's Battles from Washington to Afghanistan
by:
Michael G. Waltz
4.36 avg rating β 76 ratings 76. 
Hubris: The Inside Story of Spin, Scandal, and the Selling of the Iraq War
by:
Michael Isikoff
3.96 avg rating β 1,596 ratings 
78. 
In the Graveyard of Empires: America's War in Afghanistan
by:
Seth G. Jones
3.86 avg rating β 1,342 ratings 78. 
Tell Me How This Ends: General David Petraeus and the Search for a Way Out of Iraq
by:
Linda Robinson
3.92 avg rating β 210 ratings 
81. 
Naked in Baghdad: The Iraq War and the Aftermath as Seen by NPR's Correspondent Anne Garrels
by:
Anne Garrels
4.09 avg rating β 1,106 ratings 81. 
The Ragged Edge: A US Marineβs Account of Leading the Iraqi Army Fifth Battalion
by:
Michael Zacchea
4.62 avg rating β 80 ratings 83. 
Terry Jones's War on the War on Terror: Observations and Denunciations by a Founding Member of Monty Python
by:
Terry Jones
3.71 avg rating β 101 ratings 84. 
The Gamble: General David Petraeus and the American Military Adventure in Iraq, 2006-2008
by:
Thomas E. Ricks
3.97 avg rating β 2,288 ratings 85. 
Cobra II: The Inside Story of the Invasion and Occupation of Iraq 3.97 avg rating β 2,063 ratings
86. 
Decade of Fear: Reporting from Terrorism's Grey Zone really liked it 4.00 avg rating β 63 ratings
86. 
God Has Ninety-Nine Names: Reporting from a Militant Middle East
by:
Judith Miller
3.67 avg rating β 90 ratings 
86. 
Génealogie de la violence. Le terrorisme: piège pour la pensée
by:
Gilles Bibeau
4.25 avg rating β 4 ratings 
86. 
Quest for War: And One Green Beret's Subsequent Evolution
by:
Mark Giaconia
4.62 avg rating β 24 ratings 86. 
Welcome to Terrorland: Mohamed Atta & the 9-11 Cover-up in Florida
by:
Daniel Hopsicker
3.91 avg rating β 55 ratings 86. 
Switched On: The Heart and Mind of a Special Agent
by:
Eric J. Caron
really liked it 4.00 avg rating β 6 ratings 
86. 
American Cipher: Bowe Bergdahl and the U.S. Tragedy in Afghanistan
by:
Matt Farwell
4.28 avg rating β 393 ratings 86. 
The Unexpected Spy: From the CIA to the FBI, My Secret Life Taking Down Some of the World's Most Notorious Terrorists
by:
Tracy Walder
3.84 avg rating β 6,042 ratings 86. 
86. 
The Peaceable Kingdom? A history of terrorism in Canada from Confederation to the Present
by:
Phil Gurski
4.64 avg rating β 11 ratings