Books by journalists or about journalism
The Insider: The Private Diaries of a Scandalous DecadeRupert Murdoch: Ringmaster of the Information CircusTowards the End of the Morning
The Insider: The Private Diaries of a Scand...
by Piers Morgan
£5.99
Gossipy, self-righteous and downright gripping, this hand-picked series of encounters with the rich and famous won't encourage...
Rupert Murdoch: Ringmaster of the Informati...
by William Shawcross

Written by one of Murdoch's admirers (so much of it is partial), Shawcross gives an engrossing account of the mogul's dramatic...
Towards the End of the Morning
by Michael Frayn

Michael Frayn writes so well and intimately about the terror, humour, excitement and boredom of the news room in Fleet St.
Bright Lights, Big CityLetter to Daniel: Despatches from the Heart (BBC)Scoop: A Novel About Journalists (Penguin Modern Classics)
Bright Lights, Big City
by Jay McInerney
£5.59
Short satire on 1980s New York from the viewpoint of a self-indulgent journalist struggling with reality through the haze of a...
Letter to Daniel: Despatches from the Heart...
by Fergal Keane

BBC's Feargal Keane writes movingly - and sometimes too sentimentally - about his time as African correspondent.
Scoop: A Novel About Journalists (Penguin M...
by Evelyn Waugh
£6.99
William Boot is one of Evelyn Waugh's funniest creations - a naive journalist approaching his dotage who is mistakenly sent to...
How To Lose Friends & Alienate PeopleEditor: An Inside Story of NewspapersRolling Stone Magazine: The Uncensored History
How To Lose Friends & Alienate People
by Toby Young
£6.79
Very funny and self-effacing true tale of how Toby Young was handed an unbelievably lucky break to work for Vanity Fair magazi...
Editor: An Inside Story of Newspapers
by Max Hastings Sir
£5.99
Warts and all (but not Hastings') account of his time as editor of the Daily Telegraph. Some great insights into journalistic ...
Rolling Stone Magazine: The Uncensored Hist...
by Robert Draper

A roller coaster ride of risk, arrogance and luck that catapults the young publisher to international fame and fortune. It see...