The 1992-1995 siege of Gorazde is the subject of two books, both underlining the mixture of brutality and humanity that punctuated the era. Savo Heleta's Not My Turn to Die is written by a survivor who was a Serb-Bosnian teenager whose family was at once under fire from the Serb bombardments and under suspicion as Serbs in the mostly Bosniak town. Safe Area Gorazde is an award-winning graphic novel by Joe Sacco, a reporter who visited the besieged town several times during the period.
Another book that is centred heavily on Gorazde is 'No Escape Zone' authored by Nick Richardson. Richardson is a former Fleet Air Arm pilot who was shot down in the region of Gorazde on a NATO bombing mission. He spent several weeks inside the city and tells of the conditions and daily shelling residents and UN forces faced
