The Greatest Books of All Time on Journalists

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This list represents a comprehensive and trusted collection of the greatest books. Developed through a specialized algorithm, it brings together 759 'best of' book lists to form a definitive guide to the world's most acclaimed books. For those interested in how these books are chosen, additional details can be found on the rankings page.

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Rank Book Authors Year Country Language Actions
223 A House for Mr. Biswas V. S. Naipaul 1961 Trinidadian English
370 The Year of Magical Thinking Joan Didion 2005 American English
435 Scoop Evelyn Waugh 1938 British English
2075 Snow Falling on Cedars David Guterson 1994 American English
2413 The Americanization of Edward Bok Edward Bok 1920 American English
2531 The Mystery Of The Yellow Room Gaston Leroux 1907 French French
3311 Growing Up Russell Baker 1982 American English
3508 The Journalist and the Murderer Janet Malcolm 1990 American English
4445 Chronicles of Wasted Time Malcolm Muggeridge 1972 British English
5119 North Toward Home Willie Morris 1967 American English
7616 Dirty Havana Trilogy Pedro Juan Gutierrez 1998 Cuban Spanish
10452 Luce and His Empire W. A. Swanberg 1972 American English
10747 Farm Hands Tom Rivers 2012 American English
11940 The Autobiography of William Allen White William Allen White 1946 American English
11940 Mr. Clemens and Mark Twain Justin Kaplan 1966 American English
14985 A Drinking Life Pete Hamill 1994 American English
17161 Dusk James Salter 1988 American English
17161 Walter Lippmann and the American Century Ronald Steel 1980 American English
17161 Metaphor and Memory Cynthia Ozick 1989 American English