So many journalists end up trying their hand at authoring books, whether it’s memoirs, investigative non-fiction, or branching out into the world of fiction. To celebrate World Press Freedom Day (3 May), we’re comparing notes on our fave books by journos from around the world.

FEATURED BOOKS:

The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History by Elizabeth Kolbert

Who Gets to Be Smart: Privilege, Power and Knowledge by Bri Lee

Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup by John Carreyrou

She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story That Helped Ignite a Movement by Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey

OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS:

• Empireland: How Imperialism has Shaped Modern Britain by Sathnam Sanghera
• Betrayal: Crisis in the Catholic Church by Boston Globe Investigative Staff
• Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies, and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators by Ronan Farrow
• The Diana Chronicles by Tina Brown
• Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don’t Know by Malcolm Gladwell
• The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America’s Great Migration by Isabel Wilkerson
• Slouching Towards Bethlehem by Joan Didion
• Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty by Patrick Radden Keefe
• Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors and the Drug Company that Addicted America by Beth Macy
• Dopesick TV show
• The Dropout podcast
• The Dropout TV show
• Heartstopper TV show

Happy Reading!