31 Best nonfiction books like The Assault on Truth: Boris Johnson, Donald Trump and the Emergence of a New Moral Barbarism by Peter Oborne

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The Assault on Truth: Boris Johnson, Donald Trump and the Emergence of a New Moral Barbarism

By: Peter Oborne

4.01

Format: None pages, Audiobook

* THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER * 'A clinical and merciless account of Johnson's mendacity...…

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1. The Places in Between

By: Rory Stewart

3.89

Format: 7 pages, Paperback

In January 2002 Rory Stewart walked across Afghanistan-surviving by his wits, his knowledge of Pers… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
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2. Politics On the Edge: A Memoir From Within

By: Rory Stewart

4.36

Format: 434 pages, Kindle Edition

A searing insider's account of ten extraordinary years in Parliament from Rory Stewart, former Cabi… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Proper searching could stop drugs being carried through the gates. In the US and Sweden, where there was proper searching, I had discovered, the drug rates were far lower. But when I shared these sug…"

-Rory Stewart, Politics On the Edge: A Memoir From Within

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3. How They Broke Britain

By: James O'Brien

4.29

Format: 404 pages, Kindle Edition

The revealing, defining account of the dark network that broke out country. Something has gone r… read more

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  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • journalism
  • audiobook
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4. Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens

By: David Mitchell

4.16

Format: 433 pages, ebook

A rollicking history of England's earliest kings and queens, a story of narcissists, excessive behe… read more

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  • history
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"The defeat of the Armada in 1588 was Elizabeth's high point. Things went downhill after that. Militarily the triumph against Spain was rather undermined the following year when Elizabeth sent her own…"

-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens

"There were a couple of positives: in 1554, the Queen Regent's Prerogative Act was passed which made explicit, for the first time, that when a woman inherited the throne - became the sovereign, queen …"

-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens

"Standing jaggedly on Senlac Hill, where Harold Godwinson died, possibly as a result of having taken an arrow to the eye - though possibly more boringly than that, some historians have felt constraine…"

-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens

"Queen Mary was known as Bloody Mary because of the large number of people she killed. And also because of misogyny. She was the first properly crowned woman to rule as queen regnant, not just queen c…"

-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens

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5. Empireland: How Imperialism has Shaped Modern Britain

By: Sathnam Sanghera

4.10

Format: 306 pages, Hardcover

In his brilliantly illuminating new book Sathnam Sanghera demonstrates how so much of what we consi… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"It is puerile to reduce imperial history to a matter of 'good' and 'bad'; trying to weigh up the positive and negative in this way is like defending the morality of kicking a random old man in the sh…"

-Sathnam Sanghera, Empireland: How Imperialism has Shaped Modern Britain

"After the First World War, the man in charge of recruitment at the Colonial Office was Major Ralph Dolignon Furse, a decorated war hero, a keen rugby and cricket player and, crucially, holder of a po…"

-Sathnam Sanghera, Empireland: How Imperialism has Shaped Modern Britain

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6. How Westminster Works . . . and Why It Doesn't

By: Ian Dunt

4.45

Format: 417 pages, Kindle Edition

THE NO.2 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERWhy do some prime ministers manage to get things done, while others… read more

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  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • journalism
  • audiobook
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7. Football and How to Survive It

By: Pat Nevin

4.37

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

'The good news for those who loved THE ACCIDENTAL this new book is even better. There were times a… read more

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  • nonfiction
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8. There Will Be Fire: Margaret Thatcher, the IRA, and Two Minutes That Changed History

By: Rory Carroll

4.38

Format: 397 pages, Hardcover

Killing Thatcher is the gripping account of how the IRA came astonishingly close to killing Margar… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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9. Code of Conduct: Why We Need to Fix Parliament – and How to Do It

By: Chris Bryant

4.01

Format: 257 pages, Kindle Edition

THE INSTANT TOP TWO SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERSHORTLISTED FOR THE PARLIAMENTARY BOOK AWARDSCronyism, n… read more

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  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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10. Nothing But The Truth

By: The Secret Barrister

4.09

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Just how do you become a barrister? Why do only 1 per cent of those who study law succeed in joinin… read more

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  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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11. Why is this Lying Bastard Lying to Me?: Searching for the Truth on Political TV

By: Rob Burley

4.23

Format: 446 pages, Kindle Edition

A deliciously irreverent and humorous insider account of 25 years working at the very top of Britis… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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12. But What Can I Do?

By: Alastair Campbell

3.87

Format: 321 pages, Hardcover

'Your country needs you. Your world needs you. Your time is now.'Our politics is a mess. Leaders wh… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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13. Johnson at 10: The Inside Story

By: Anthony Seldon

4.22

Format: 662 pages, Hardcover

***Chosen as a non-fiction highlight of 2023 in The Times and the Observer *** After his dramatic … read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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14. Chums: How A Tiny Caste of Oxford Tories Took Over The UK

By: Simon Kuper

3.98

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Boris Johnson, Michael Gove, David Cameron, George Osborne, Theresa May, Dominic Cummings, Daniel H… read more

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  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • journalism
  • audiobook
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15. What Just Happened?!: Dispatches from Turbulent Times

By: Marina Hyde

4.10

Format: 516 pages, Kindle Edition

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERNow includes ELEVEN new columns and a whole THREE new prime ministers.Re… read more

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  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • journalism
  • audiobook
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16. Sad Little Men: Private Schools and the Ruin of England

By: Richard Beard

3.58

Format: 278 pages, Hardcover

In 1975, as a child, Richard Beard was sent away from his home to sleep in a dormitory. So were Dav… read more

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  • politics
  • history
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  • audiobook
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17. Keir Starmer: The Biography

By: Tom Baldwin

4.06

Format: 428 pages, Kindle Edition

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'This will be the most important political book of the year’ MATTHEW… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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18. Follow The Money: How much does Britain cost?

By: Paul Johnson

4.29

Format: 313 pages, Hardcover

What is the truth about Britain's finances? Paul Johnson and the enormously respected Institute … read more

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  • history
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19. Adventures in Modern Recording: From ABC to ZZT

By: Trevor Horn

4.15

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

As a renowned recording-studio maven, Trevor Horn has been dubbed 'the man who invented the '80s'. … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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20. How To Be Right… in a World Gone Wrong

By: James O'Brien

4.13

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Every day, James O’Brien listens to people blaming benefits scroungers, the EU, Muslims, feminists … read more

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"Theresa May took this aversion to thinking to its apotheosis when she declared that ‘Brexit means Brexit’ shortly after becoming prime minister in July 2016. Even by the standards of modern British p…"

-James O'Brien, How To Be Right… in a World Gone Wrong

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21. Killer in the Kremlin: The Explosive Account of Putin's Reign of Terror

By: John Sweeney

4.24

Format: 338 pages, Paperback

A gripping and explosive account of Vladimir Putin's tyranny, charting his rise from spy to tsar, e… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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22. The Decade in Tory: An Inventory of Idiocy from the Coalition to COVID

By: Russell Jones

4.64

Format: 680 pages, Hardcover

In 2020 the United Kingdom reached a bewildering milestone: ten successive years of Conservative ru… read more

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  • politics
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  • nonfiction
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23. No Way Out: Brexit: From the Backstop to Boris

By: Tim Shipman

4.03

Format: 711 pages, Kindle Edition

The unmissable next instalment of Tim Shipman’s #1 bestselling Brexit quartet. To follow his bestse… read more

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  • politics
  • history
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24. The Assault on Truth: Boris Johnson, Donald Trump and the Emergence of a New Moral Barbarism

By: Peter Oborne

4.01

Format: None pages, Audiobook

* THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER * 'A clinical and merciless account of Johnson's mendacity...… read more

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25. The Fall of Boris Johnson: The Full Story

By: Sebastian Payne

3.72

Format: 282 pages, ebook

Boris Johnson was touted as the saviour of the country and the Conservative Party, obtaining a huge… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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26. Everything You Really Need to Know About Politics: My Life as an MP

By: Jess Phillips

4.21

Format: None pages, Audiobook

‘This book is here to take you inside the daily realities of Westminster. I don’t mean that it’s go… read more

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27. How Not to Be Wrong: The Art of Changing Your Mind

By: James O'Brien

3.98

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

There’s no point having a mind if you never change it In his bestselling How To Be Right , James pr… read more

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  • politics
  • journalism
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  • audiobook
Cover of Abolish the Monarchy: Why We Should and How We Will by Graham Smith

28. Abolish the Monarchy: Why We Should and How We Will

By: Graham Smith

4.28

Format: 267 pages, Kindle Edition

We're constantly told the same things about the monarchy... But the monarchy is good for tourism… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Blue Murder: The Rise and Fall of the Conservative Government, 2010–2024 by Ben Riley-Smith

29. Blue Murder: The Rise and Fall of the Conservative Government, 2010–2024

By: Ben Riley-Smith

4.01

Format: 426 pages, Kindle Edition

The explosive full story of the past dozen years of Tory rule, from coalition to self-destruction. … read more

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  • politics
  • nonfiction
Cover of Democracy for Sale: Dark Money and Dirty Politics by Peter Geoghegan

30. Democracy for Sale: Dark Money and Dirty Politics

By: Peter Geoghegan

4.18

Format: 416 pages, Kindle Edition

'If you're concerned about the health of British democracy, read this book – it is thorough, grippi… read more

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  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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31. Tory Nation: The Dark Legacy of the World's Most Successful Political Party

By: Samuel Earle

4.32

Format: 303 pages, Kindle Edition

'A witty, lucid investigation into one of the great mysteries of our time' JONATHAN COE‘Should be r… read more

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  • politics
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25 Best audiobook books like The Assault on Truth: Boris Johnson, Donald Trump and the Emergence of a New Moral Barbarism by Peter Oborne

Transform Your Habits

Politics On the Edge: A Memoir From Within

Rory Stewart

4.36

Transform Your Habits

How They Broke Britain

James O'Brien

4.29

Transform Your Habits

Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens

David Mitchell

4.16

Transform Your Habits

Empireland: How Imperialism has Shaped Modern Britain

Sathnam Sanghera

4.10

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14 Top audiobook books like Johnson at 10: The Inside Story by Anthony Seldon

Transform Your Habits

Politics On the Edge: A Memoir From Within

Rory Stewart

4.36

Transform Your Habits

How They Broke Britain

James O'Brien

4.29

Transform Your Habits

How Westminster Works . . . and Why It Doesn't

Ian Dunt

4.45

Transform Your Habits

There Will Be Fire: Margaret Thatcher, the IRA, and Two Minutes That Changed History

Rory Carroll

4.38

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