The NYT’s Jess Bidgood, formerly of the Globe, WBUR and WGBH, has an excellent list of the all-time best books about politics, as suggested by readers. Among others, it’s prompted me to order Wolf Hall. And I’m tempted to add The Sympathizer. … Though the list includes the works of Robert Caro and Doris Kearns Goodwin, I’m surprised it doesn’t include Caro’s classic LBJ series (starting with Path to Power ) and Goodwin’s Team of Rivals.

Other books I would have recommended: Primary Colors, Long Walk to Freedom, March of Folly and Stalin: The Court of the Red Tzar, a book whose ending prompted me to watch The Death of Stalin, one of the most hilariously sick movies ever produced and a strong candidate for inclusion on a future best-movies-about-politics list.