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  • Bibliography:
    8 Books
  • First Book:
    January 1960
  • Latest Book:
    March 2025
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Book List in Order: 8 titles





  • In this fascinating work of historical fiction, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Lawrence Wright captures all the gripping drama and black humor of Panama during the final, nerve-racking days of its legendary dictator, Manuel Antonio Noriega.It is Chris...



  • 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 captivated an...




  • ‘An eerily prescient novel about a devastating virus that begins in Asia before going global . . . A page-turner that has the earmarks of an instant bestseller.' New York Post 'Eerily prescient. Too bad our leaders lack his foresight....



  • 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 Hou...



  • Lawrence Wright at the height of his powers. Centers around the newfound -- and forced -- relationship between a Palestinian American FBI agent and a hard-line Israeli cop, working together uneasily to solve the murder of the Israeli police chief in ...



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    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 of ...




Award-Winning Books by Lawrence Wright

The Looming Tower
2007 Helen Bernstein Book Award -- Excellence in Journalism
2007 Lukas Prize Project -- Nonfiction


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Lawrence Wright has published 8 books.

The next book by Lawrence Wright, The Human Scale, will be published in March 2025.

The first book by Lawrence Wright, Clean and Decent, was published in January 1960.

No. Lawrence Wright does not write books in series.