- _Great Parliamentary Scandals_ (1982)
- _Anatomy of an Election: The 1983 General Election_ (co-authored with David Lipsey, 1983)
- _The Great Tax Robbery: How Britain Became the Taxation Capital of Europe_ (1985)
- _Why Vote Conservative?_ (1987)
- _The Power of the Press: How Newspapers Control Our Lives_ (1989)
- _The Party Line: An Insider's Guide to the British Political System_ (1991)
- _The Sin of the Cities: London and the Shadow of Sin_ (1993)
- _The Future of the European Union_ (1995)
- _The Life of John Stuart Mill_ (1997)
- _The Right Honorable Gentleman: Michael Heseltine in a World of His Own_ (2000)
- _Scoundrels, Dreamers, and Messiahs: The Lives of Three 19th-Century Visionaries who Forged the Modern Age_ (2004)
- _From The Terrace: The Way We Live Now_ (2007)
- _Downhill All the Way: In Pursuit of the Meaning of Sport_ (2011)
- _Chance Encounters: A Memoir of People I've Known_ (2013)
- _Empire: What Ruling the World Did to the British_ (2015)
- _Losing My Way: An Intimate Portrait of a Friendship in Politics_ (2018)
- _Game of Lies: The Dirty Tactics that Put Brexit on the Ballot_ (2019)
Newspapers:
- The Times (1982-1986)
- The Sunday Times (1986-1994)
- The Spectator (1995-2012)
- The Daily Telegraph (2012-present)