This now-famous book is one of those rare creatures - a real-life thriller that's actually interesting for the average person to read. Starting with a simple break-in at the Democratic headquarters in the Watergate Hotel, two reporters from the Washington Post followed the trail of money and corruption back to its source. If you haven't been living under a rock, you know exactly how this story turns out, but watching Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward …showed first 75 words of 462 total…

…showed last 75 words of 462 total…President. Ignore the latter camp. Woodward and Bernstein produced one of the most readable accounts of the entire affair and while the story is not necessarily a pleasant one to read (unless you like reading about how corrupt America has become as a country), it is important, intense and gripping. For anyone who is considering journalism or politics, it is a must read. This is one of those books that everyone in America should read