A Night to Remember

The Ship of Dreams: The Sinking of Titanic and the End of the Edwardian Era by Gareth Russell (2020)

Accounts of privileged passengers, including Lucy Leslie, Countess of Rothes; son of the British Empire Tommy Andrews; American Captain of Industry John Thayer and his son Jack; Jewish American immigrant Ida Straus; and American model and movie star Dorothy Gibson.

Shadow of the Titanic: The Extraordinary Stories of Those Who Survived by Andrew Wilson (2013)

Accounts of survivors, including both famous first-class passengers like heiress Madeleine Astor and lesser-known second- and third-class passengers like the Navratil Brothers.

Gilded Lives, Fatal Voyage: The Titanic’s First-Class Passengers and Their World by Hugh Brewster (2013)

This book provides personal narratives of the Titanic’s upper-class survivors.

Titanic: First Accounts edited by Tim Maltin (2012)

This book includes firsthand accounts and letters by notable Titanic survivors, including Archibald Gracie, Elizabeth W. Shutes, and the “unsinkable” Molly Brown.

Titanic: An Illustrated History by Don Lynch (1998)

An 11x11-inch volume with original paintings by Ken Marshall illustrating the Titanic alongside photographs from the ship and her sister ships to provide a sense of both the grand perspectives and specific details about the ship.

A Night to Remember directed by Roy Ward Baker (1958)

This 1958 feature film is a companion to the text.

Titanic by Paramount (1998)

This 1998 blockbuster film written and directed by James Cameron is praised for its faithful historical recreations alongside fictional characters and storylines

Ghosts of the Abyss by James Cameron (2003)

James Cameron’s 2003 companion documentary is a follow-up to 1998’s Titanic.

Saving the Titanic by Titanic Films (2012)

A 2012 docudrama focuses on the heroism of electricians, telegraphers, stokers, firemen, crewmen, and engineers who worked tirelessly to keep the Titanic afloat as long as possible to maximize passengers’ survival potential.

History’s Greatest Mysteries: Titanic’s Lost Evidence by History.com (2020)

This 90-minute episode of the 2020 documentary series is hosted by Laurence Fishburne, featuring expert insight into the cause of the Titanic disaster and the first public look at the contents of Lord Mersey’s personal journals, including interviews with his descendant, Ned Bigham, Fifth Viscount Mersey.

Titanic: The Final Word with James Cameron by National Geographic

In this National Geographic special, filmmaker James Cameron collaborates with Titanic experts to conduct scientific experiments, using high-tech simulations to probe long-unanswered questions surrounding Titanic’s sinking.

Titanic: 25 Years Later with James Cameron by National Geographic (2022)

A 2022 special featuring filmmaker and National Geographic explorer James Cameron tests some of the theories about the Titanic’s sinking and scenes depicted in his 1998 film.

Titanic: The Facts Told By Real Survivors by British Pathé (2012)

A short film by British Pathé features filmed interviews with Titanic survivors.

“What’s Inside the Titanic?” by Jared Owen (2022)

An accurate, in-depth, deck-by-deck tour of the Titanic’s interior by 3D animation artist Jared Owen illustrates how the ship functioned, how the passages were connected, and where key locations on the ship were situated; this is a valuable visualization tool to appreciate where the events described in A Night to Remember occurred as the tragedy unfolded.