For Esquire Charles P. Pierce tagged fifteen of the best political nonfiction books ever, including:
The Passage of Power: The Years of Lyndon Johnson, Vol. IV, by Robert CaroRead about another entry on the list.
Monumental already, you can feel the calamity coming like a great freight train through almost every page.
Caro's Johnson biographies are among Jeff Somers's best presidential biographies and Steve Richards and Gaby Hinsliff's fifteen best political biographies and diaries. Master of the Senate (vol. 3) is among Jonathan Alter's six favorite books. The Passage of Power (vol. 4) is among five top books about the civil rights movement.
--Marshal Zeringue