Any genre is fine but I’d assume that most journalists’ books are nonfiction so that is more preferred.
Anyway, I used to say I’d never read a nonfiction book; too boring, too long, no fun. However that changed when I first read The Man in the Rockefeller Suit by Mark Seal several years ago. Absolutely captivating and I stayed hooked until the end. Another favorite you’ve definitely heard of is Say Nothing by Patrick Radden Keefe.
These books made me look for more written by journalists as I feel they can capture a story without sensationalizing it too much. Would love some recommendations!
TIA!
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We Breed Lions: Confronting Canada’s Troubled Hockey Culture by Rick Westhead. It’s fascinating and so well researched. And I’d say very interesting even if not Canadian or a hockey fan.
F1 Insider: Notes from the Pit Lane by Ted Kravitz. Probably less interesting if you aren’t it a racing fan but if you are it’s a good read.
Chop Suey Nation: The Legion Cafe and Other Stories from Canada’s Chinese Restaurants by Ann Hui. The amount of research she did was incredible and it’s also a personal discovery story. I really enjoyed it.
Into the Wild by Krakauer is a super captivating (although heart-breaking) book – it’s a quick read about Christopher McCandless who abandoned all of his possessions & former life to live in the alaskan wilderness
Catch & Kill by Ronan Farrow
All the Shah’s Men by Stephen Kinzer of The New York Times, about the 1953 CIA and MI6 backed coup in Iran that deposed the President and brought the Shah back into power, and laid the seeds for the 1979 Revolution.
The Skies Belong to Us by Brendan Koerner about the spate of airline hijackings in the 1970s. Really interesting look into a period of time and a phenomena I had no idea about.
Truman Capote was not a journalist, but he is given credit for the first “true crime” novel called In Cold Blood.