Books Recommended by Journalists

The books most recommended by journalists, drawn from their real public recommendations.

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184 experts · 24 most-recommended books · Updated on June 6, 2026
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Books journalists recommend most

  1. She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story That Helped Ignite a Movement
    She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story That Helped Ignite a Movement
    Jodi Kantor, Megan Twohey
    Recommended by Lydia Polgreen, Nicholas Carlson +3 more
  2. Frankly, We Did Win This Election: The Inside Story of How Trump Lost
    Frankly, We Did Win This Election: The Inside Story of How Trump Lost
    Michael C. Bender
    Recommended by Jake Tapper, Hallie Jackson +3 more
  3. Belichick: The Making of the Greatest Football Coach of All Time
    Belichick: The Making of the Greatest Football Coach of All Time
    Ian O'Connor
    Recommended by Dan Shaughnessy, Mike Vaccaro +1 more
  4. I Alone Can Fix It: Donald J. Trump's Catastrophic Final Year
    I Alone Can Fix It: Donald J. Trump's Catastrophic Final Year
    Carol Leonnig, Philip Rucker
    Recommended by David Muir, Hallie Jackson +1 more
  5. This Is How They Tell Me the World Ends: The Cyberweapons Arms Race
    This Is How They Tell Me the World Ends: The Cyberweapons Arms Race
    Nicole Perlroth
    Recommended by Steven Levy, John Markoff +1 more
  6. Confidence Man: The Making of Donald Trump and the Breaking of America
    Confidence Man: The Making of Donald Trump and the Breaking of America
    Maggie Haberman
    Recommended by Wolf Blitzer, Jonathan Swan
  7. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
    Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
    Yuval Noah Harari
  8. What Becomes a Legend Most: A Biography of Richard Avedon
    What Becomes a Legend Most: A Biography of Richard Avedon
    Philip Gefter
    Recommended by Dwight Garner, Louis Menand
  9. Rock Me on the Water: 1974--the Year Los Angeles Transformed Movies, Music, Television and Politics
    Rock Me on the Water: 1974--the Year Los Angeles Transformed Movies, Music, Television and Politics
    Ronald Brownstein
    Recommended by Jake Tapper, Jon Landau
  10. The Case Against Socialism
    The Case Against Socialism
    Rand Paul
  11. Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland
    Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland
    Patrick Radden Keefe
  12. Dirt: Adventures in Lyon as a Chef in Training, Father, and Sleuth Looking for the Secret of French Cooking
    Dirt: Adventures in Lyon as a Chef in Training, Father, and Sleuth Looking for the Secret of French Cooking
    Bill Buford
    Recommended by Ruth Reichl, Matt Galloway
  13. Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty
    Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty
    Daron Acemoglu, James A. Robinson
    Recommended by Charles Mann, Trevor Ncube
  14. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America
    Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America
    Barbara Ehrenreich
    Recommended by Diane Sawyer, Jim Edwards
  15. The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon
    The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon
    Brad Stone
    Recommended by Steven Levy, Yaniv Feldman
  16. Coach K: The Rise and Reign of Mike Krzyzewski
    Coach K: The Rise and Reign of Mike Krzyzewski
    Ian O'Connor
  17. Flying Blind: The 737 MAX Tragedy and the Fall of Boeing
    Flying Blind: The 737 MAX Tragedy and the Fall of Boeing
    Peter Robison
  18. The Nine Lives of Pakistan: Dispatches from a Precarious State
    The Nine Lives of Pakistan: Dispatches from a Precarious State
    Declan Walsh
  19. Tyrant: Shakespeare on Politics
    Tyrant: Shakespeare on Politics
    Stephen Greenblatt
  20. Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber
    Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber
    Mike Isaac
  21. The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York
    The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York
    Robert A. Caro
  22. The Price of Peace: Money, Democracy, and the Life of John Maynard Keynes
    The Price of Peace: Money, Democracy, and the Life of John Maynard Keynes
    Zachary D. Carter
    Recommended by Chris Hayes, Lydia Polgreen
  23. The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story
    The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story
    Nikole Hannah-Jones, The New York Times Magazine, Caitlin Roper, Ilena Silverman, Jake Silverstein
  24. The Barcelona Complex: Lionel Messi and the Making--and Unmaking--of the World's Greatest Soccer Club
    The Barcelona Complex: Lionel Messi and the Making--and Unmaking--of the World's Greatest Soccer Club
    Simon Kuper
    Recommended by Grant Wahl, Stephen Howson

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