Editing Yes Minister (section)

===Books===
The series spawned several books. The scripts were edited and transformed into prose, and published by BBC Books in the form of diaries. Scenes that did not involve Hacker took the form of private memos between civil servants, or 'interviews' and written correspondence from other characters. In some instances, the novelizations added extra details, while padding-out some existing details. For example, in the novelization for 'The Official Visit', Sir Humphrey manages to confuse Hacker, by reeling-off a plethora of acronyms—without explaining them, leaving Hacker with nonsense to fathom.

The three series of ''Yes Minister'' were published as paperbacks in 1981, 1982 and 1983 respectively before being combined into a revised hardback omnibus edition, ''The Complete Yes Minister: The Diaries of a Cabinet Minister'', in 1984. Two volumes of ''Yes, Prime Minister: The Diaries of the Right Hon. James Hacker'' were published in 1986 and 1987, before being made available as an omnibus edition in 1988. Both series were published as omnibus paperback editions in 1989:
* ''The Complete Yes Minister'' {{ISBN|978-0-563-20665-1}}
* ''The Complete Yes, Prime Minister'' {{ISBN|0-563-20773-6}}

Sir Antony Jay's ''How to Beat Sir Humphrey: Every Citizen's Guide to Fighting Officialdom'' ({{ISBN|0-9528285-1-0}}) was published in April 1997. It was illustrated by Gerald Scarfe and Shaun Williams. It was read by Derek Fowlds on Radio 4 later that year.

''The "Yes Minister" Miscellany'' was released in October 2009.

The script of the play, ''Yes, Prime Minister'', was published in paperback by [[Faber & Faber]] in 2010 ({{ISBN|978-0-571-26070-6}}).

Graham McCann's 'A Very Courageous Decision: The Inside Story of Yes Minister,' was published by Aurum Books in October 2014 ({{ISBN|978-1781311899}}).