List of autobiographies of Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom

The following is a list of autobiographies written by Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom. The i calls political memoir a genre that can be "illuminating, funny and surprising".[1]

Autobiographies covering the period of their premiership

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Title Prime Minister Publisher Date ISBN
As It Happened Clement Atlee 1954
Time and Chance James Callaghan Collins 1987 ISBN 978-0-00-216515-0
The Downing Street Years Margaret Thatcher HarperCollins 1993 ISBN 978-0-00-745663-5
The Course of My Life Edward Heath Hodder & Stoughton 1998 ISBN 978-0-34-070852-1
John Major: The Autobiography John Major HarperCollins 1999 ISBN 978-0-00-257004-6
A Journey Tony Blair Random House 2010 ISBN 978-0-09-952509-7
My Life, Our Times Gordon Brown The Bodley Head 2017 ISBN 978-1-78-470746-0
For the Record David Cameron William Collins 2019 ISBN 978-0-00-823928-2
Ten Years to Save the West Liz Truss Biteback Publishing (United Kingdom)
Regnery Publishing (United States)
2024 ISBN 978-1-78-590857-6
Unleashed Boris Johnson William Collins 2024 ISBN 978-0-00-861820-9

Autobiographies not covering the period of their premiership

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Title Prime Minister Publisher Date ISBN
My Early Life Winston Churchill Thornton Butterworth 1930 ISBN 978-0-907871-62-0
War Memoirs of David Lloyd George David Lloyd George 1933–1937
Memoirs: The Making of a Prime Minister 1916–1964 Harold Wilson Weidenfeld & Nicolson and Michael Joseph 1986 ISBN 978-0-71-812775-6
The Path to Power Margaret Thatcher HarperCollins 1995 ISBN 978-0-00-255050-5
Friends, Voters, Countrymen Boris Johnson HarperCollins 2002 ISBN 978-0-00-711914-1

See also

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References

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