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The Bronze Horseman by Paullina SimonsAnna Karenina by Leo TolstoyWar and Peace by Leo TolstoyDoctor Zhivago by Boris PasternakTatiana and Alexander by Paullina Simons
Historical Fiction: Russia
317 books — 491 voters
Nicholas and Alexandra by Robert K. MassieThe Gulag Archipelago 1918–1956 by Aleksandr SolzhenitsynCatherine the Great by Robert K. MassiePeter the Great by Frederick DavidsonA People's Tragedy by Orlando Figes
Best Russian History Books
581 books — 420 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)
369 books — 111 voters
Night by Elie WieselThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankWhen Secrets Bloom by Patricia FurstenbergNumber the Stars by Lois LowryMan's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl
Honoring Jews From All Over Europe
116 books — 88 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
118 books — 71 voters
Corrections in Ink by Keri BlakingerOrange Is the New Black by Piper KermanLeaving Isn't the Hardest Thing by Lauren Hough30 Years Behind Bars by Karen GedneyPrejudice, Racism, and Tribalism by Anthony M. D'Agostino MD
Women's prison memoirs
70 books — 58 voters

Animal Farm by George OrwellStalin by Simon Sebag MontefioreThe Gulag Archipelago 1918–1956 by Aleksandr SolzhenitsynOne Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr SolzhenitsynThe Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
Stalinist Russia
155 books — 51 voters
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck1984 by George OrwellThe Jungle by Upton SinclairLes Misérables by Victor HugoThe Iron Heel by Jack London
Novels with Socialist undertones
63 books — 29 voters

Countdown by Deborah WilesA Night Divided by Jennifer A. NielsenThe Boy on the Bridge by Natalie StandifordFallout by Todd StrasserSuspect Red by L.M. Elliott
Cold War Literature for Young Adults
46 books — 22 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 McNab
Best Russian Espionage Books (fiction)
36 books — 13 voters
When Secrets Bloom by Patricia FurstenbergA History of Eastern Europe by Vejas Gabriel LiuleviciusThe Troika of Osip Teitelbaum by Grant PattersonCome to This Court and Cry by Linda KinstlerMen As Friends by Irwin Epstein
A History of Eastern Europe Suggested Readings
57 books — 13 voters

A Spy Among Friends by Ben MacintyreThe Ghost by Jefferson MorleyA Spy Named Orphan by Roland PhilippsStalin's Englishman by Andrew LownieTreason in the Blood by Anthony Cave Brown
Cambridge Spy Ring (nonfiction)
30 books — 11 voters
The New Tsar by Steven Lee MyersRed Nations by Jeremy SmithSale of the Century by Chrystia FreelandMoscow, December 25th, 1991 by Conor O'CleryAll the Kremlin's Men by Михаил Зыгарь
Collapse & Aftermath of the Soviet Union
116 books — 10 voters

With God in Russia, by Walter J. CiszekOne Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr SolzhenitsynAlexander Dolgun's Story by Alexander DolgunComing Out of the Ice by Victor HermanTransit Point Moscow by Gerald Amster
Gulag, 1918-1991 (Soviet History)
107 books — 6 voters
Atomic Anna by Rachel BarenbaumA Visit to Moscow by Anna OlswangerPanic in a Suitcase by Yelena AkhtiorskayaThe Rush for Black Diamonds, Volume One by George Walters-SleyonViewpoint Diversity by John Tomasi
Novels About Soviet Jewry
22 books — 5 voters

Terror by Quota by Paul R. GregoryMoscow, 1937 by Karl SchlögelStalin and the Struggle for Democratic Reform by Grover FurrYezhov by J. Arch GettyMoscow, the Fourth Rome by Katerina Clark
The Great Terror, 1936-1938
29 books — 4 voters
Fraud, Famine and Fascism by Douglas TottleAnother View of Stalin by Ludo MartensThe Ukrainian famine-genocide myth by John PuntisPure Soldiers or Sinister Legion by Sol LittmanI Married a Russian by Lucie Street
Ukrainophobic Books - Українофобські книги
49 books — 4 voters

The Hunger Between Us by Marina ScottDancer, Daughter, Traitor, Spy by Elizabeth KiemThis Rebel Heart by Katherine LockeSekret by Lindsay SmithA Night Divided by Jennifer A. Nielsen
The Soviet Union in YA & Middle Grade Fiction
34 books — 3 voters
Sovietistan by Erika FatlandThe Invention of Russia by Arkady OstrovskyThe Third Rome by Mikhail AgurskyNo Place for Russia by William H. HillZhirinovsky by Vladimir I. Solovyov
Understanding contemporary Russia
31 books — 3 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
Selling the Korean War by Steven CaseyWriting IT - Novel, Plot, Characters by Ed AdamsKorea's Place in the Sun by Bruce CumingsGeneral Dean's Story by William F. DeanAmerican Caesar by William Manchester
Blowback Season 3 Bibliography
55 books — 2 voters

Socialism with Chinese Characteristics. A Guide for Foreigners by Roland BoerManifesto of the Communist Party, and Principles of Communism by Karl MarxThe Collapse of the Soviet Union by International Communist Sem...Perestroika by Harpal BrarThe East is Still Red - Chinese Socialism in the 21st Century by Carlos Martínez
Market Socialisms - Transition Periods
13 books — 1 voter
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
75 books — 1 voter

Eurocommunism Is Anti-Communism by Enver HoxhaThe Titoites by Enver HoxhaThe Soviet White Paper on the North Atlantic Pact by Soviet Foreign MinistryThe Revisionist Theory of the “Liberation” of Science From Id... by M.D. Kammari
Marxist-Leninism - Hoxhaism
4 books — 1 voter
Perestroika by Harpal BrarUSSR by Ludo MartensTROTSKYISM IN THE SERVICE OF THE CIA AGAINST THE SOCIALIST CO... by Ludo MartensRevisionism and the Demise of the USSR by Harpal Brar
Marxism - Trotskyism
4 books — 1 voter

Manifesto of the Communist Party, and Principles of Communism by Karl MarxConstitution of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics by Kremlin, MoscowAnti-Dühring by Friedrich EngelsEconomic Problems of Socialism in the U.S.S.R. by Joseph StalinSocialism by Friedrich Engels
Planned Economies - Socialism
17 books — 1 voter
The Economic Reconstruction of Northeast China by Gao GangAnother View of Stalin by Ludo MartensManifesto of the Communist Party, and Principles of Communism by Karl MarxThe Tax in Kind by Vladimir LeninTHE MERITS OF STALIN by Ludo Martens
State Capitalism/Planned Capitalism to Socialism
6 books — 1 voter

Anti-Dühring by Friedrich EngelsThe Revisionist Theory of the “Liberation” of Science From Id... by M.D. Kammari
Marxism - Scientific Atheism
2 books — 1 voter
The Polar Bear Expedition by James Carl NelsonDarkness at Noon by Arthur KoestlerBlack Earth by Andrew MeierThe Shaman's Coat by Anna ReidThe Crimean War by Orlando Figes
Great books on Russia and the Soviet Union
28 books — 1 voter

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