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There have been a number of books written about John Major and his Government.

John Major's own auto-biography was released in one volume in October 2000, retailing at 25 pounds. The book was subsequently released in paperback in September 2000 with a new final chapter, retailing at 9.99 pounds. The auto-biography was widely recognised as a fair and open account of his time in Government, with little or no re-writing of history to serve his cause.

In his auto-biography, Major wrote:

"Of course there are regrets. I shall regret always that I found my own authentic voice in politics. I was too conservative, too conventional. Too safe, too often. Too defensive. Too reactive. Later, too often on the back foot. I inherited a sick economy and passed on a sound one. But one abiding regret for me is that, in between, I did not have the resources to put in place the educational and social changes about which I cared to much; I made only a begining, and it was not enough".

Further quotes from the speeches of John Major, and from his auto-biography, can be found elsewhere on this web-site.

A substantial biography of John Major, released just after the 1997 General Election, was written by Anthony Seldon. You can read the conclusion of the Major Government in this book here. Seldon is an academic who has also written other works on the Thatcher and Major years. The book contains a large number of interviews with colleagues and other interested parties, which will not be revealed until 2027. The conclusion of this book can be found here.

One of the earlier biographies of John Major, published in 1991, was written by Bruce Anderson, a former journalist at the Sunday Telegraph and television producer. You can read the conclusion of this book here.

Penny Junor has also written a biography of both Margaret Thatcher and John Major, the conclusion of the latter book is available here.

Nesta Wyn Ellis wrote a more personal biography of John Major, the conclusion of which is available here.

The Seldon, Anderson, Junor and Ellis books were all written with the co-operation of John Major, and all were published during his period as Prime Minister, other than the Seldon biography, which was released in late 1997.

John Major's administration is covered by two chapters in the book, "The Thatcher Revolution - Margaret Thatcher, John Major, Tony Blair and the Transformation of Modern Britain 1979-2001" by Earl Aaron Reitan, published by Rowman and Littlefield of London in 2003, ISBN 0742522032.

The style of leadership between John Major and Tony Blair is covered in the book, "John Major, Tony Blair and the Conflict of Leadership - Collision Course" by Michael Foley. Published by Manchester University Press in 2002, the ISBN is 0719063175.

In 2006 a series of books were published by Haus Publishing covering 20th century Prime Ministers. The John Major edition was written by Robert Taylor and the ISBN is 1904950728 (ISBN 13 is 9781904950721) and is 176 pages long.