While I primarily read fiction, I've been reading through the first book in Robert A. Caro's The Years of Lyndon Johnson (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Years_of_Lyndon_Johnson) and have been quite engaged given the interest I have in the topic (history as a whole isn't generally the genre I leap for, but Caro has a way to make it interesting).
I am currently ~400 pages into the Power Broker. I was motivated to pick it up again by a "read along" with Roman Mars from the 99% Invisible podcast. He's spacing out the book over the course of a year and interviewing fellow Caro fans and recapping major portions of the book. Never been a better time to tackle the beast! I am not sure I'll ever read a better biography in my life. At least, not until I read the Lyndon Johnson books.
The 99% Invisible podcast is doing a book club on The Power Broker that is absolutely delightful, even (and maybe especially?) if you haven't read the book.
https://99percentinvisible.org/club/
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While I primarily read fiction, I've been reading through the first book in Robert A. Caro's The Years of Lyndon Johnson (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Years_of_Lyndon_Johnson) and have been quite engaged given the interest I have in the topic (history as a whole isn't generally the genre I leap for, but Caro has a way to make it interesting).
I personally love history, especially the 60's, so definitely added to the list!
You may find The Power Broker (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Power_Broker) by him interesting as well :)
I am currently ~400 pages into the Power Broker. I was motivated to pick it up again by a "read along" with Roman Mars from the 99% Invisible podcast. He's spacing out the book over the course of a year and interviewing fellow Caro fans and recapping major portions of the book. Never been a better time to tackle the beast! I am not sure I'll ever read a better biography in my life. At least, not until I read the Lyndon Johnson books.
The 99% Invisible podcast is doing a book club on The Power Broker that is absolutely delightful, even (and maybe especially?) if you haven't read the book. https://99percentinvisible.org/club/
Another vote for The Power Broker. A fascinating, if daunting, book.
all of Caros books are life changing, if you can get through them!