* Shadow: Five Presidents and the Legacy of Watergate (2008)
* Churchill and Orwell: The Fight for Freedom (2011)
* American Rituals: How Our Ceremonies Reveal the Secrets of Success (2013; foreword by William Raspberry)
* The Most Dangerous Book: The Battle for James Madison's Estate and the Post-American Presidency (2016)
* An Uncommon Man: The Triumph of John McCain and the Tragedy of American Politics (2019)
* The Time-Conscious Guide to the End of the World: How We Can Harness Human Evolution and Avoid Extinction (2022)
Essays and articles
Linrothe has written for The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic, Politico, and other publications. He has also appeared as a guest on various television and radio programs.
Awards and honors
* 1998: Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting (with Susanne Ault for their series on the Oklahoma City bombing)
* 2001: National Magazine Award for Public Interest (for his article "The Last Day of the Soviet Union")
* 2003: Goldsmith Book Prize for Best Biography (for *Shadow: Five Presidents and the Legacy of Watergate*)
* 2009: National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography (for *Churchill and Orwell: The Fight for Freedom*)
* 2014: New York Times Notable Book of the Year (for *American Rituals: How Our Ceremonies Reveal the Secrets of Success*)
* 2015: Library Journal Best Books of the Year (for *American Rituals: How Our Ceremonies Reveal the Secrets of Success*)
Additional information
- Linrothe is a graduate of Harvard College and the University of Chicago Law School.
- He worked as a lawyer for the U.S. Department of Justice before becoming a journalist.
- He has taught at Columbia University, the University of Chicago, and the University of Oxford.
- He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.