 | Your Right to Know - New Edition: A Citizen's Guide to the Freedom of Information Act by Heather Brooke
Buy new: £13.99 / Used from: £12.80 Covers all the main access laws in the UK, telling you where all the information is held in Britain's culture of secrecy and practical advice on how to prise it free.
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 | Britain Unwrapped: Government and Constitution Explained by Hilaire Barnett
Buy used from: £11.19 A reader-friendly tour through the power structures of Britain.
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 | Blackstone's Guide to the Freedom of Information Act 2000 by John Wadham
Buy new: £42.70 / Used from: £12.49 This book is useful if you want a more thorough legal understanding of the many needless intricacies of the UK's new Freedom of Information Act.
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 | Lifting the Lid: A Guide to Investigative Research (Global Issues) by David Northmore
Buy used from: £14.76 This book is now quite outdated but its overall theme on how to challenge secretive government officials is still valid today. Good story ideas for journalists as well as real-life examples.
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 | Bring Home the Revolution: The Case for a British Republic by Jonathan Freedland
Buy used from: £0.01 An excellent book that all Brits should read - shatters the illusion that the UK is a meritocracy and calls for us to embrace the ideologies of those revolutionaries kicked out 200 years ago.
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 | Secrecy Wars: National Security, Privacy and the Public's Right to Know by Philip H. Melanson
Buy new: £16.00 / Used from: £3.16 A look at American secrecy and how the FOIA works in that country. Even the worst examples from the US reveal more openness than most UK institutions!
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 | Frontiers of Secrecy: Closed Government in Britain by David Leigh
Buy used from: £0.01 An old book but what's shocking is how little Britains' culture of secrecy has changed in the past 25 years. Lots of background about the Official Secrets Act and other draconian laws.
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 | Who Runs This Place?: The Anatomy of Britain in the 21st Century by Anthony Sampson
Buy used from: £0.01 In order to make change, you must first understand who is in charge. This book is the definitive guide to the power structures of the UK.
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 | The Road to Southend Pier: One Man's Struggle Against the Surveillance Society by Ross Clark
Buy new: £6.07 / Used from: £1.93 Ross Clark is a great writer - funny and factual. Here he goes on a one-man journey to find out all about the UK's burgeoning surveillance society
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