Lawrence Wright


Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief
The End of October
The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11
God Save Texas: A Journey into the Soul of the Lone Star State
Thirteen Days in September: Carter, Begin, and Sadat at Camp David
The Terror Years: From al-Qaeda to the Islamic State
In the New World: Growing Up with America from the Sixties to the Eighties
Mr. Texas
The Plague Year: America in the Time of Covid
Remembering Satan: A Tragic Case of Recovered Memory
Twins: And What They Tell Us About Who We Are
City Children, Country Summer: A Story of Ghetto Children Among the Amish
God's Favorite: A Novel
Saints and Sinners: Walker Railey, Jimmy Swaggart, Madalyn Murray O'Hair, Anton LaVey, Will Campbell, Matthew Fox
Lawrence Wright
An eccentric feature of the new gun laws is that people entering the state capitol can skip the long lines of tourists waiting to pass through metal detectors if they show the guards a license-to-carry permit. In other words, the people most likely to bring weapons into the building aren't scanned at all. Many of the people who breeze through are lawmakers or staffers who actually do tote concealed weapons into the offices and onto the floor of the legislature. But some lobbyists and reporters h ...more
Lawrence Wright, God Save Texas: A Journey into the Soul of the Lone Star State