Tuesday, May 5, 2026

Twenty-eight top investigative journalism titles

At the Waterstones blog Anna Orhanen tagged twenty-eight "investigative journalism books as page-turning as any thriller," including:
Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty by Patrick Radden Keefe

The award-winning author of Say Nothing turns his penetrating gaze to the stupendously wealthy and influential Sackler family, probing the dark and murky methods they have employed to amass their fortune.
Read about the other entries on the list.

Empire of Pain is among Lit Hub's ten best books for understanding the opioid crisis.

--Marshal Zeringue