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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
307 books — 476 voters
Nicholas and Alexandra by Robert K. MassieThe Gulag Archipelago 1918–1956 by Aleksandr SolzhenitsynCatherine the Great by Robert K. MassiePeter the Great by Robert K. MassieGulag by Anne Applebaum
Best Russian History Books
550 books — 385 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)
358 books — 105 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
115 books — 87 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
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
154 books — 50 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 GedneyPrisoner of Tehran by Marina Nemat
Women's prison memoirs
68 books — 50 voters
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck1984 by George OrwellThe Iron Heel by Jack LondonThe Jungle by Upton SinclairLes Misérables by Victor Hugo
Novels with Socialist undertones
62 books — 27 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 — 23 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
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
51 books — 12 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

I Love My Doctor, But... by Lawrence W. GoldPerestroika by Harpal BrarAnother View of Stalin by Ludo MartensEconomic Problems of Socialism in the U.S.S.R. by Joseph StalinSoviet Democracy by Pat Sloan
The Stalin Society
14 books — 8 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

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
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

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
48 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

Atomic Anna by Rachel BarenbaumA Visit to Moscow by Anna OlswangerPanic in a Suitcase by Yelena AkhtiorskayaThe Girl From Moscow by Julia LevitinaThe Dissident by Paul Goldberg
Novels About Soviet Jewry
18 books — 3 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
61 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 Invention of Russia by Arkady OstrovskyNo Place for Russia by William H. HillNot One Inch by Mary Elise SarotteSovietistan by Erika FatlandThe Road to Unfreedom by Timothy Snyder
Understanding contemporary Russia
24 books — 1 voter
Selling the Korean War by Steven CaseyKorea's Place in the Sun by Bruce CumingsGeneral Dean's Story by William F. DeanAmerican Caesar by William ManchesterKorea's Grievous War by Su-Kyoung Hwang
Blowback Season 3 Bibliography
54 books — 1 voter

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