Redemption
nonfiction-book · First published 2026
Author guide
Lawrence Wright Books in Order
Lawrence Wright is an American author, journalist, screenwriter, and playwright. He is a staff writer for The New Yorker and a graduate of Tulane University and the American University in Cairo. His nonfiction includes The Looming Tower, Going Clear, The Plague Year, and Redemption, and his fiction includes Noriega: God's Favorite, The End of October, Mr. Texas, and The Human Scale. He has also written numerous plays, including My Trip to Al-Qaeda, Camp David, Fallaci, and Cleo.
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Lawrence Wright's Newest Book
Not sure where to begin?
Start with one of these
The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11
The Pulitzer Prize-winning work that best represents Wright's narrative nonfiction and journalism.
The End of October
A self-contained novel offering an accessible entry point to Wright's fiction.
Outside the series
Bibliography by category
Novels (14)
- City Children, Country Summer: A Story of Ghetto Children Among the Amish
nonfiction-book · 1979
- Saints & Sinners
nonfiction-book · 1993
- Remembering Satan
nonfiction-book · 1994
From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Looming Tower comes "the most powerful and disturbing true crime narrative to appear since Truman Capote's In Cold Blood" (TIME)—a case that destroyed a family, engulfed a small town, and…
- Twins: And What They Tell Us About Who We Are
nonfiction-book · 1999
A New York Times Notable Book for 1998 Critical acclaim for Lawrence Wright's A Rhone-Poulenc Science Prize Finalist "This is a book about far more than twins: it is about what twins can tell us about ourselves."—The New York Times "With…
- Noriega: God's Favorite
novel · 2000
- The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11
nonfiction-book · 2006
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • PULITZER PRIZE WINNER • A “heart-stopping account of the events leading up to 9/11” (The New York Times Book Review), this definitive history explains in gripping detail the growth of Islamic fundamentalism, the rise…
- Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief
nonfiction-book · 2013
Examines the Church of Scientology; discusses the esoteric cosmology, the auditing process for determining an inductee's state of being, and the Bridge for Total Freedom; and details how the church pursues celebrities.
- Thirteen Days in September: The Dramatic Story of the Struggle for Peace
nonfiction-book · 2014
A dramatic, illuminating day-by-day account of the 1978 Camp David conference, when President Jimmy Carter convinced Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin and Egyptian President Anwar Sadat to sign a peace treaty--the first treaty in the…
- God Save Texas: A Journey into the Soul of the Lone Star State
nonfiction-book · 2018
Texas is arguably the most controversial state in America. It is a red state in the heart of Trumpland that hasn't elected a Democrat to a statewide office in more than twenty years, but it is also a state in which minorities already form…
- The End of October
novel · 2020
"IAt an internment camp in Indonesia, within one week, forty-seven people are pronounced dead with acute hemorrhagic fever. When the microbiologist and epidemiologist Henry Parsons travels there on behalf of the World Health Organization…
- The Plague Year: America in the Time of COVID
nonfiction-book · 2021
- Mr. Texas
novel · 2023
AN NPR BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR • From the Pulitzer Prize winner and best-selling author, a hilarious, sharply drawn send-up of local politics • A novel about a dark-horse candidate who risks his personal happiness for a career in the Texas…
- The Human Scale
novel · 2025
- Redemption
nonfiction-book · 2026
Nonfiction (1)
- In the New World: Growing Up in America, 1964-1984
memoir · 1987
Essays and speeches (1)
- The Terror Years: From Al-Qaeda to the Islamic State
essay-collection · 2016
Ten powerful pieces first published in The New Yorker recall the path terror in the Middle East has taken from the rise of al-Qaeda in the 1990s to the recent beheadings of reporters and aid workers by ISIS. With the Pulitzer…
Plays (6)
- Sonny's Last Shot
play · 2003
- My Trip to Al-Qaeda
play · 2006
- The Human Scale
play · 2010
Tony Malik, a half-Irish, half-Arab FBI agent based in New York, specializes in tracking money from drug and arms deals. His life takes a dramatic turn when a long-term relationship ends and his job hangs in the balance. Amid personal…
- Fallaci
play · 2013
- Camp David
play · 2014
- Cleo
play · 2018
Frequently asked questions about Lawrence Wright
Who is Lawrence Wright?
Lawrence Wright is an American author, journalist, screenwriter, playwright, and staff writer for The New Yorker.
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Where did Lawrence Wright study, and how did his journalism career begin?
He graduated from Tulane University and the American University in Cairo. He began writing professionally at The Race Relations Reporter in 1971, later joining Texas Monthly and then The New Yorker.
Who influenced Lawrence Wright’s writing?
A. J. Liebling strongly influenced Wright: Liebling’s reporting helped lead him to Tulane, journalism, and The New Yorker, which Wright regarded as his ideal professional destination.
What awards has Lawrence Wright won?
Wright won the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction for The Looming Tower in 2007. His New Yorker journalism has also earned three National Magazine Awards.
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What is Lawrence Wright best known for?
He is best known for deeply reported narrative journalism, especially his work on al-Qaeda and 9/11. His writing has also reached wider audiences through stage, film, television, and documentary adaptations.
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