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The Master and Margarita by Mikhail BulgakovOne Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr SolzhenitsynWe by Yevgeny ZamyatinDoctor Zhivago by Boris PasternakHeart of a Dog by Mikhail Bulgakov
Best Russian (Soviet 1917-1991) Literature
199 books — 268 voters
A Spy Among Friends by Ben MacintyreIron Curtain by Anne ApplebaumThe Triumph of Improvisation by James Graham WilsonThe Billion Dollar Spy by David E. HoffmanThe Spy and the Traitor by Ben Macintyre
The Cold War (nonfiction)
357 books — 104 voters

Child 44 by Tom Rob SmithCity of Thieves by David BenioffLove Is Never Past Tense... by Janna YeshanovaDoctor Zhivago by Boris PasternakThe Bronze Horseman by Paullina Simons
Russian/Soviet Historical Fiction
63 books — 95 voters
Stasiland by Anna FunderThe Spy Who Came In from the Cold by John le CarréThe Valley of Unknowing by Philip SingtonThe Triumph of Improvisation by James Graham WilsonIron Curtain by Anne Applebaum
The Former East Germany, GDR, DDR
177 books — 84 voters

The Master and Margarita by Mikhail BulgakovOne Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr SolzhenitsynRoadside Picnic by Arkady StrugatskyLife and Fate by Vasily GrossmanCancer Ward by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Best Post WWII Soviet Lit
57 books — 74 voters
Anastasia by Carolyn MeyerBetween Shades of Gray by Ruta SepetysTsarina by J. Nelle PatrickThe Lost Crown by Sarah MillerThe Gathering Storm by Robin Bridges
Russia in YA & Middle Grade Historical Fiction
122 books — 72 voters

The Spy Who Came In from the Cold by John le CarréTinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John le CarréSmiley's People by John le CarréThe Quiet American by Graham GreeneThe Honourable Schoolboy by John le Carré
Best Cold War Spy Books
46 books — 59 voters
The Eagle Unbowed by Halik KochanskiNo Greater Ally by Kenneth K. KoskodanRising 44 by Norman DaviesSurviving The Forest by Adiva GeffenThe Pianist by Władysław Szpilman
Poland in World War 2
102 books — 44 voters

Приключения Незнайки by Nikolay NosovДядя Фёдор, пёс и кот by Eduard UspenskyKonik Garbusek by Pyotr YershovThe Tale of Tsar Saltan by Alexander PushkinRuslan and Ludmila by Alexander Pushkin
Best Russian Children Books
106 books — 42 voters
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyWar and Peace by Leo TolstoyThe Master and Margarita by Mikhail BulgakovWe by Yevgeny ZamyatinThe Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky
My Top Ten of Russian Literature
23 books — 25 voters

Into Siberia by Gregory J. WallanceBaboushka and the Three Kings by Ruth RobbinsThe Endless Steppe by Esther HautzigThe Tale of Tsar Saltan by Alexander PushkinThe Fool of the World and the Flying Ship by Arthur Ransome
Tour of Russia
94 books — 24 voters
The Bronze Horseman by Paullina SimonsLeningrad by Anna ReidCity of Thieves by David BenioffThe 900 Days by Harrison E. SalisburyThe Madonnas of Leningrad by Debra Dean
Siege of Leningrad
16 books — 17 voters

One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr SolzhenitsynBetween Shades of Gray by Ruta SepetysJourney into the Whirlwind by Eugenia GinzburgThe Gulag Archipelago 1918–1956 by Aleksandr SolzhenitsynThe Endless Steppe by Esther Hautzig
Gulags in fiction & memoir: Soviet forced labor camps
38 books — 15 voters
From Russia with Love by Ian FlemingSource*Forged Armor by Paul J. BartusiakThe Russia House by John le CarréFirewall by Andy McNabNeed to Know by Karen Cleveland
Best Russian Espionage Books (fiction)
36 books — 13 voters

Before I Croak by Anna BabiashkinaUnfinished Flight by Vladimir VysotskyFebruary by Boris PasternakMy Poems... by Marina TsvetaevaThe Stranger by Alexander Blok
Translations from the Russian
145 books — 12 voters
1984 by George OrwellBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyCrime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyThe Gulag Archipelago 1918–1956 by Aleksandr SolzhenitsynThe Road to Wigan Pier by George Orwell
Jordan B Peterson's Most Terrifying Books
20 books — 10 voters

Rising '44 by Norman DaviesThe Bravest Battle by Dan KurzmanI Remember Nothing More by Adina Blady SzwajgerThe Eagle Unbowed by Halik KochanskiThe Mermaid of Warsaw by R.M. Romero
Warsaw Uprising 1944
29 books — 6 voters
গল্প আর ছবি by Vladimir Suteevঅকম্মা by Yakov Akimআজেরবাইজানের গল্প-সংগ্রহ by Purnima Mitraউভচর মানুষ by Alexander Belyaevগল্প ও ছোটো উপন্যাস by Anton Chekhov
সোভিয়েত ইউনিয়নে প্রকাশিত বাংলা বইসমূহ
100 books — 4 voters

The Hunger Between Us by Marina ScottThe Silent Unseen by Amanda McCrinaDancer, Daughter, Traitor, Spy by Elizabeth KiemThis Rebel Heart by Katherine LockeSekret by Lindsay Smith
The Soviet Union in YA & Middle Grade Fiction
36 books — 4 voters
Standing Together by Leah SokolYosef Mendelevich by Leah SokolA Visit to Moscow by Anna OlswangerThe Genius Under the Table by Eugene YelchinNatan Sharansky by Blake Hoena
Children's Books About Soviet Jewry
14 books — 3 voters

Cinderella Goes to Market by Barbara EinhornWomen without Men by Jennifer UtrataWomen and Socialism - Socialism and Women by Helmut GruberEconomies of Violence by Jennifer SuchlandWomen and Gender in Central and Eastern Europe, Russia, and E... by Mary Zirin
Women in (post)socialist Europe
18 books — 2 voters
The Ugly Swans by Arkady StrugatskyFraud, Famine and Fascism by Douglas TottleThis is Moscow Speaking and Other Stories by Yuli DanielThe Purges of the CPSU in the 1930s by Mario SousaA Voice from the Chorus by Andrei Sinyavsky
Samizdat
20 books — 2 voters

Конструктивизм by Aleksei GanBetween Worlds by Timothy O. BensonConstructivism by Aleksei GanCentral European Avant-Gardes by Timothy O. BensonThe Realistic Manifesto by Naum Gabo
Constructivism Reading List
37 books — 2 voters
Mastering the Art of Soviet Cooking by Anya von BremzenPlease to the Table by Anya von BremzenA Taste of Russia by Darra GoldsteinThe Food & Cooking of Russia by Elena MakhonkoRussian Cooking by Helen Waite Papashvily
Best Russian Cookbooks
20 books — 2 voters

Brutalist Britain by Elain HarwoodRedefining Brutalism by Simon HenleyBrutalism by Alexander ClementChinese Brutalism Today by Alberto BolognaThe Art of Brutalism by Ben Highmore
Brutalist Architecture
61 books — 1 voter
The Lacuna by Barbara KingsolverGalápagos by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.The End of the World News by Anthony BurgessThe Man Who Loved Dogs by Leonardo PaduraThe Great Prince Died by Bernard Wolfe
Trotsky in Fiction
10 books — 1 voter

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