After the end of the war, Fingleton divided his time between Canberra, where until his retirement in 1978 he was political correspondent for Radio Australia, and cricket journalism. He forged close relationships with several Prime Ministers. In particular, Sir Robert Menzies, Australia's longest serving Prime Minister, provided him with a laudatory foreword in his book, "Masters of Cricket". Fingleton's Test coverage resulted in a number of books that placed him at the forefront of Australian cricket writers. The books included "Cricket Crisis" (mainly an account of the 1932–33 Bodyline series), "Brightly Fades the Don" (the 1948 Invincibles tour), "Brown & Company: The Tour in Australia" (the English tour of Australia in 1950–51), "The Ashes Crown the Year" (the Australian tour of England in 1953), "Masters of Cricket, Four Chukkas to Australia" (the English tour of Australia in 1958–59), "The Greatest Test of All" (the Tied Test of 1960), "Fingleton on Cricket" and "The Immortal Victor Trumper". His final book, the autobiographical "Batting From Memory", was to have its Australian launch during the week in which he died of a heart attack. His cricket writing, regarded as one of the most stylish by an Australian, often left a sour taste with observers because of the persistent anti-Bradman jibes.