Best Books on World Affairs & Investigations

Reporting that changed minds, and the stories behind the headlines. The top-rated non-fiction to read alongside the world affairs & investigations documentaries.

1. The Looming Tower by Lawrence Wright (4.3/5) - View on Amazon
2. Prisoners of Geography by Tim Marshall (3.8/5) - View on Amazon
3. The Shock Doctrine by Naomi Klein (4.5/5) - View on Amazon
4. Factfulness by Hans Rosling (4.4/5) - View on Amazon
5. Kleptopia by Tom Burgis - View on Amazon
6. Moneyland by Oliver Bullough - View on Amazon
7. Dark Money by Jane Mayer - View on Amazon
8. Bad Blood by John Carreyrou (4.3/5) - View on Amazon
9. The Spy and the Traitor by Ben Macintyre (4.5/5) - View on Amazon
10. Manufacturing Consent by Edward S. Herman (4.2/5) - View on Amazon
11. Amusing Ourselves to Death by Neil Postman (4.2/5) - View on Amazon
12. She Said by Jodi Kantor (4.4/5) - View on Amazon
13. All the President's Men by Carl Bernstein (3.7/5) - View on Amazon
14. Permanent Record by Edward Snowden (4.5/5) - View on Amazon
15. The Age of Surveillance Capitalism by Shoshana Zuboff (4.1/5) - View on Amazon
16. No Place to Hide by Glenn Greenwald (4.1/5) - View on Amazon
17. Pegasus by Laurent Richard - View on Amazon
18. Fear by Bob Woodward (3.9/5) - View on Amazon
19. Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin (3.9/5) - View on Amazon
20. How Democracies Die by Steven Levitsky (3.9/5) - View on Amazon
21. Long Walk to Freedom by Nelson Mandela (4.6/5) - View on Amazon
22. The Last Lion by William Manchester - View on Amazon
23. Leadership by Henry Kissinger - View on Amazon
24. A Promised Land by Barack Obama (4.5/5) - View on Amazon

Best Books on Investigations & Exposes

1. Kleptopia by Tom Burgis - View on Amazon
2. Moneyland by Oliver Bullough - View on Amazon
3. Dark Money by Jane Mayer - View on Amazon
4. Bad Blood by John Carreyrou (4.3/5) - View on Amazon
5. The Spy and the Traitor by Ben Macintyre (4.5/5) - View on Amazon
6. Manufacturing Consent by Edward S. Herman (4.2/5) - View on Amazon
7. Amusing Ourselves to Death by Neil Postman (4.2/5) - View on Amazon
8. She Said by Jodi Kantor (4.4/5) - View on Amazon

Best Books on Politics & Power

1. Fear by Bob Woodward (3.9/5) - View on Amazon
2. Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin (3.9/5) - View on Amazon
3. How Democracies Die by Steven Levitsky (3.9/5) - View on Amazon
4. Dark Money by Jane Mayer - View on Amazon
5. Long Walk to Freedom by Nelson Mandela (4.6/5) - View on Amazon
6. The Last Lion by William Manchester - View on Amazon
7. Leadership by Henry Kissinger - View on Amazon
8. A Promised Land by Barack Obama (4.5/5) - View on Amazon

Best Books on Human Rights & Migration

1. Enrique's Journey by Sonia Nazario (4.2/5) - View on Amazon
2. The Displaced by Viet Thanh Nguyen - View on Amazon
3. Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson (4.3/5) - View on Amazon
4. I Am Malala by Malala Yousafzai (4.3/5) - View on Amazon
5. Half the Sky by Nicholas D. Kristof (4.4/5) - View on Amazon
6. The Last Girl by Nadia Murad - View on Amazon
7. The Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir (4.1/5) - View on Amazon
8. Invisible Women by Caroline Criado Perez (4.5/5) - View on Amazon

Best Books on Around the World

1. The Party by Richard McGregor - View on Amazon
2. Factory Girls by Leslie T. Chang - View on Amazon
3. Age of Ambition by Evan Osnos - View on Amazon
4. River Town by Peter Hessler - View on Amazon
5. Wild Swans by Jung Chang (4.5/5) - View on Amazon
6. Nothing to Envy by Barbara Demick (4.1/5) - View on Amazon
7. In Order to Live by Yeonmi Park (4/5) - View on Amazon
8. Escape from Camp 14 by Blaine Harden (4.1/5) - View on Amazon