Reading list

From our tracking of party leaders’ promises to our analysis of the economy at large, here’s your study sheet for Thursday’s leaders debate

…These are the books I generally recommend to students considering a career in journalism, or to young journalists. They’re all American. Boo, shame on me. They’re not the result of a systematic search; they’re just books that struck me , when I had been a reporter for a few years and was looking around for examples to look up to, as extraordinary exploits of reporting and writing.