Books like Columbine by David Cullen
David Cullen’s book is the first comprehensive, evidence‑based portrait of the 1999 Columbine High School shooting. Drawing on extensive police files, FBI reports, interviews with witnesses and the killers’ own journals, Cullen traces how Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold plotted and executed a campaign of terror that left a lasting imprint on American society.
The narrative dissects the brothers’ psychological profiles, their social isolation, and the ways they manipulated adults and friends to obtain weapons and plan the attack. Cullen also examines institutional failures that enabled the tragedy and the community’s response in Littleton, Colorado.
Through a meticulous blend of investigative journalism and psychological analysis, the book offers a sober, humanized look at the factors that led to one of America’s most infamous school shootings.
First publish date: 2009
Genre: History/Modern History
Authors: David Cullen
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