New Journalism books
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Lillian RossA close, scene-based account of a Hollywood studio making a film, an early model for the method.
Hell's Angels
Hunter S. ThompsonThompson's immersive reporting on a motorcycle gang, written from inside its world.
In Cold Blood
Truman CapoteA reconstruction of a 1959 Kansas murder, built with the structure and detail of a novel.
Frank Sinatra Has a Cold
Gay TaleseA profile built from observed scenes rather than interview quotes, published in Esquire.
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test
Tom WolfeAn account of Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters, told with typographic experiments and dense scene.
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Slouching Towards BethlehemJoan Didion - The Armies of the Night
The Armies of the NightNorman Mailer - The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight
The Gang That Couldn't Shoot StraightJimmy Breslin - Honor Thy Father
Honor Thy FatherGay Talese - Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Fear and Loathing in Las VegasHunter S. Thompson - Dispatches
DispatchesMichael Herr - The Right Stuff
The Right StuffTom Wolfe - The Orchid Thief
The Orchid ThiefSusan Orlean - The new new journalism
The new new journalismRobert S. Boynton2005