Wake Up

Why the world has gone nuts

By: Piers Morgan

Narrated by: Piers Morgan

The Sunday Times Number One Bestseller

It’s time we get back to common sense.
It’s time to cancel the cancel culture.
It’s time to Wake Up.

If, like me, you’re sick and tired of being told how to think, speak, eat and behave, then this book is for you.

If, like me, you think the world’s going absolutely nuts, then this book is for you.

If, like me, you think NHS heroes and Captain Tom are the real stars of our society, not self-obsessed tone-deaf celebrities (and royal renegades!), then this book is for you. If, like me, you’re sickened by the cancel culture bullies destroying people’s careers and lives, then this book is for you. From feminism to masculinity, racism to gender, body image to veganism, mental health to competitiveness at school, the right to free speech and expressing an honestly held opinion is being crushed at the altar of ‘woke’ political correctness.

In 2020, the world faced its biggest crisis in a generation: a global pandemic. In the UK, it exposed deep divisions within society and laid bare a toxic culture war that had been raging beneath the surface. From the outset, Piers Morgan urged the nation to come to its senses, once and for all, and held the Government to often ferocious account over its handling of the crisis.

COVID-19 shed shocking light on the problems that plague our country. Stockpilers and lockdown-cheats revealed our grotesque levels of self-interest and the virtue-signalling woke brigade continued their furious assault on free speech, shutting down debate on important issues like gender, racism and feminism. Yet just as coronavirus exposed our flaws, it also showcased our strengths. We saw selfless bravery in the heroic efforts of our healthcare staff. A greater appreciation of migrant workers. A return of local community spirit. And inspiring, noble acts from members of the public such as Captain Sir Tom Moore.

Wake Up is Piers’ rallying cry for a united future in which we reconsider what really matters in life. It is a plea for the return of true liberalism, where freedom of speech is king. Most of all, it is a powerful account of how the world finally started to wake up, and why it mustn’t go back to sleep again.

©2020 Piers Morgan (P)2020 HarperCollins Publishers Limited

Critic reviews

"A fast, entertaining read." (The Guardian)

"A very timely trumpet blast." (Saga)

A fantastic read

10/10 I was facinated by the themes of the book. So glad that Piers narrated his book. It felt really personal, like having a nice debate with an old friend. Well done!

Beyond excellent…

I couldn’t agree more with anyone on the planet than Piers Morgan. I’m not a leftie far from it, not a righty, far from it. I’ve been enormously frustrated with the division of today. Listening to Piers talk is pure therapy and his POV could not be more balanced. Kudos to you Piers Morgan.

Changed my opinion of Piers

I wish there were future diary editions. Sad it stopped when things continued to beg his narrative.

Very good book

I do not always agree with the author but the book is well written and in general he makes very good points. I recommend this book.

Enjoyable listen

I throughly enjoyed listening to this -trying to get my very woke daughter to give it a go. I thought it offered a good perspective of liberalism as it stands today and gave me much to think about. I hope Piers makes peace with vegan sausages :-)

Common sense

I’m just trying to understand why “woke” is a thing at all.

Piers speaks his mind and makes great sense to me.

Many surprise facts that I will be researching.

Agree to disagree

I enjoyed most of the book and learned some things, disagreed with others but it boils down to freedom of speaks and the right to disagree and not be attacked for thinking the opposite. WHY should one side be better then the other? this is where a health debate should happen. Not all issues are on even ground but both sides should have the right to strive for what is best for humanity.

The Transgender issue has cross the line when it comes to WOMEN sports and women's sports only. It is not fair and will never be fair for biological men to compete against biological women's even if they are transgender. If MONEY, titles, awards and/or SCHOLORAHIPS are at stake then transgender females should be excluded. A transgender who was born male and gone though puberty has developed different the females and all the hormone therapist will not change that FACT. Develop the Transgender games and stop taking away from biologicals women.

The bottom line is we as society needs to think about humanity instead of who is better then who but that will never happen because money and power are the rule makes and normal humans can not change this fact. No matter what country politicians are only out for who gives them more money and not for the people.

Good book

Good book and worth the listen. I am a republican now after 2020 and how our country handled most of the topics discussed in this book. I would love for him to write a book and the facts about what we’ve learned about COVID and how he feels about where the USA is now. Trump2024🇺🇸

Eh, it's all right

As a left-of-center American, I would say I agreed with about 80% of this book, while about 20% of it seemed to go too far in the other direction against things that I more or less find to be quite reasonable. But an 80% agreement rate's not bad.

That said, there wasn't anything to take away from this book. It was just a hubristic journo's self-righteous diatribe against other hubristic people's self-righteous diatribes. There are other books on the subject that take a deeper dive, offer food for thought, and genuinely leave the reader with something to contemplate and take into the world with them.

This book isn't that. This book is the ESPN version of books on "Cancel Culture." Which is fine. I'm not complaining. I was entertained, but not particularly stricken.

Surprised how much I enjoyed this book

If you’re looking for a book discussing political correctness taking over the western world then definitely check this book out! I’ve read a few books on this subject and this was by far my favorite.

I really enjoyed listening to Morgan’s personal experiences dealing with various issues related to censorship or “wholeness”. Morgan also has some very intelligent and smart opinions Witt regards to these issues.