Best Russian History and Literature Books

1.
The Master and Margarita
The Master and Margarita 4.28 avg rating β€” 401,150 ratings
2.
Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar
Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar 4.14 avg rating β€” 12,631 ratings
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Nicholas and Alexandra: The Classic Account of the Fall of the Romanov Dynasty
Nicholas and Alexandra: The Classic Account of the Fall of the Romanov Dynasty 4.23 avg rating β€” 29,465 ratings
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Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster
Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster 4.40 avg rating β€” 62,928 ratings
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The Gulag Archipelago 1918–1956
The Gulag Archipelago 1918–1956 4.33 avg rating β€” 33,411 ratings
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Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman
Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman 3.94 avg rating β€” 107,268 ratings
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The White Guard
The White Guard really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 15,740 ratings
8.
My Childhood
My Childhood 4.09 avg rating β€” 8,823 ratings
9.
Borderland: A Journey through the History of Ukraine
Borderland: A Journey through the History of Ukraine
by: Anna Reid
4.01 avg rating β€” 1,852 ratings
10.
Execution by Hunger: The Hidden Holocaust
Execution by Hunger: The Hidden Holocaust 4.29 avg rating β€” 505 ratings
11.
Revolutionary Russia, 1891 - 1991: A History
Revolutionary Russia, 1891 - 1991: A History 4.04 avg rating β€” 3,028 ratings
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Gulag: A History
Gulag: A History 4.28 avg rating β€” 12,842 ratings
13.
The Brothers Karamazov
The Brothers Karamazov 4.38 avg rating β€” 369,585 ratings
14.
Stalingrad: The Fateful Siege, 1942–1943
Stalingrad: The Fateful Siege, 1942–1943 4.32 avg rating β€” 40,058 ratings
15.
The Whisperers: Private Life in Stalin's Russia
The Whisperers: Private Life in Stalin's Russia 4.26 avg rating β€” 3,108 ratings
16.
Peter the Great: His Life and World
Peter the Great: His Life and World 4.15 avg rating β€” 22,819 ratings
17.
The Crimean War: A History
The Crimean War: A History 4.07 avg rating β€” 4,041 ratings
18.
The Icon and the Axe: An Interpretive History of Russian Culture
The Icon and the Axe: An Interpretive History of Russian Culture 4.09 avg rating β€” 391 ratings
19.
Stalin and His Hangmen: The Tyrant and Those Who Killed for Him
Stalin and His Hangmen: The Tyrant and Those Who Killed for Him 4.02 avg rating β€” 447 ratings
19.
Four Sisters:The Lost Lives of the Romanov Grand Duchesses
Four Sisters:The Lost Lives of the Romanov Grand Duchesses 3.88 avg rating β€” 24,078 ratings
21.
The Rasputin File
The Rasputin File 3.85 avg rating β€” 1,850 ratings
22.
Rasputin and The Jews: A Reversal of History
Rasputin and The Jews: A Reversal of History 3.92 avg rating β€” 84 ratings
23.
The Harvest of Sorrow: Soviet Collectivization and the Terror-Famine
The Harvest of Sorrow: Soviet Collectivization and the Terror-Famine 4.15 avg rating β€” 875 ratings
24.
Lenin's Tomb: The Last Days of the Soviet Empire
Lenin's Tomb: The Last Days of the Soviet Empire 4.26 avg rating β€” 5,209 ratings
25.
Peasant Rebels Under Stalin: Collectivization and the Culture of Peasant Resistance
Peasant Rebels Under Stalin: Collectivization and the Culture of Peasant Resistance 3.85 avg rating β€” 60 ratings
26.
Natasha's Dance: A Cultural History of Russia
Natasha's Dance: A Cultural History of Russia 4.24 avg rating β€” 4,282 ratings
26.
The Long Walk: The True Story of a Trek to Freedom
The Long Walk: The True Story of a Trek to Freedom 4.24 avg rating β€” 21,396 ratings
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A People's Tragedy: The Russian Revolution, 1891 - 1924
A People's Tragedy: The Russian Revolution, 1891 - 1924 4.37 avg rating β€” 5,696 ratings
29.
Breaking with Moscow
Breaking with Moscow 3.83 avg rating β€” 121 ratings
30.
Catherine the Great
Catherine the Great 4.09 avg rating β€” 3,034 ratings
31.
Catherine the Great : Life and Legend
Catherine the Great : Life and Legend 3.58 avg rating β€” 273 ratings
32.
Coming Out of the Ice: An Unexpected Life by Victor Herman
Coming Out of the Ice: An Unexpected Life by Victor Herman 4.58 avg rating β€” 566 ratings
33.
Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin
Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin 4.39 avg rating β€” 18,867 ratings
34.
Young Stalin
Young Stalin 3.97 avg rating β€” 7,509 ratings
34.
The Forsaken: An American Tragedy in Stalin's Russia
The Forsaken: An American Tragedy in Stalin's Russia 4.36 avg rating β€” 1,110 ratings
36.
Night, Rain and the City
Night, Rain and the City 3.45 avg rating β€” 11 ratings
36.
The Horses of War
The Horses of War 3.90 avg rating β€” 10 ratings
36.
РСйс
РСйс 3.91 avg rating β€” 110 ratings
36.
Forty Autumns: A Family's Story of Courage and Survival on Both Sides of the Berlin Wall
Forty Autumns: A Family's Story of Courage and Survival on Both Sides of the Berlin Wall 4.37 avg rating β€” 12,281 ratings
36.
NOT A BOOK
NOT A BOOK liked it 3.00 avg rating β€” 4 ratings
36.
Wind of Change: An American Journey in Post-Soviet Russia
Wind of Change: An American Journey in Post-Soviet Russia really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 33 ratings
36.
Russia's War: A History of the Soviet Effort, 1941-1945
Russia's War: A History of the Soviet Effort, 1941-1945 4.21 avg rating β€” 2,548 ratings
43.
Moskau
Moskau
by: Zotov*
3.75 avg rating β€” 32 ratings
43.
The Amber Room
The Amber Room 3.87 avg rating β€” 26,143 ratings
43.
The Last Tsar: The Life And Death Of Nicholas II
The Last Tsar: The Life And Death Of Nicholas II 4.07 avg rating β€” 4,472 ratings
43.
Putin's World: Russia Against the West and with the Rest
Putin's World: Russia Against the West and with the Rest 4.18 avg rating β€” 841 ratings
43.
The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion, and the Fall of Imperial Russia
The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion, and the Fall of Imperial Russia 4.16 avg rating β€” 13,135 ratings
48.
A Brief History of 1917: Russia's Year of Revolution
A Brief History of 1917: Russia's Year of Revolution 3.51 avg rating β€” 283 ratings
48.
Kolyma (Leo Dimidov, #2)
Kolyma (Leo Dimidov, #2) 3.81 avg rating β€” 19,919 ratings
48.
Alix and Nicky: The Passion of the Last Tsar and Tsarina
Alix and Nicky: The Passion of the Last Tsar and Tsarina 3.82 avg rating β€” 722 ratings
48.
Russian Roulette: The Inside Story of Putin's War on America and the Election of Donald Trump
Russian Roulette: The Inside Story of Putin's War on America and the Election of Donald Trump 4.20 avg rating β€” 6,660 ratings
48.
Doctor Zhivago
Doctor Zhivago 4.01 avg rating β€” 101,117 ratings
53.
Bitter Waters: Life And Work In Stalin's Russia
Bitter Waters: Life And Work In Stalin's Russia 3.93 avg rating β€” 46 ratings
53.
Little Mother of Russia: A Biography of the Empress Marie Feodorovna (1847-1928)
Little Mother of Russia: A Biography of the Empress Marie Feodorovna (1847-1928) 4.26 avg rating β€” 194 ratings
53.
The Russia House
The Russia House 3.91 avg rating β€” 25,659 ratings
53.
Anna Karenina
Anna Karenina 4.10 avg rating β€” 906,382 ratings
57.
Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001
Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001 4.31 avg rating β€” 18,331 ratings
57.
Shadow State: Murder, Mayhem, and Russia's Attack on the West
Shadow State: Murder, Mayhem, and Russia's Attack on the West 3.91 avg rating β€” 1,280 ratings
57.
A Gentleman in Moscow
A Gentleman in Moscow 4.32 avg rating β€” 637,028 ratings
60.
Marie: A Story of Russian Love
Marie: A Story of Russian Love 3.76 avg rating β€” 138 ratings
60.
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich 3.98 avg rating β€” 122,143 ratings
60.
Crime and Punishment
Crime and Punishment 4.28 avg rating β€” 1,024,806 ratings
60.
Rasputin's Killer and his Romanov Princess
Rasputin's Killer and his Romanov Princess 4.18 avg rating β€” 33 ratings
64.
Stalin and the Kirov Murder
Stalin and the Kirov Murder 3.87 avg rating β€” 79 ratings
64.
The Return of Munchausen
The Return of Munchausen 3.59 avg rating β€” 291 ratings
64.
A Spy Among Friends: Kim Philby and the Great Betrayal
A Spy Among Friends: Kim Philby and the Great Betrayal 4.19 avg rating β€” 28,145 ratings
67.
The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War
The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War 4.52 avg rating β€” 83,086 ratings
67.
I Speak For The Silent Prisoners Of The Soviets
I Speak For The Silent Prisoners Of The Soviets 4.19 avg rating β€” 166 ratings
69.
Stalin: Breaker of Nations
Stalin: Breaker of Nations 3.67 avg rating β€” 584 ratings
69.
Writer, Sailor, Soldier, Spy: Ernest Hemingway's Secret Adventures, 1935-1961
Writer, Sailor, Soldier, Spy: Ernest Hemingway's Secret Adventures, 1935-1961 3.67 avg rating β€” 1,798 ratings
71.
The Great Terror: A Reassessment
The Great Terror: A Reassessment 4.13 avg rating β€” 1,187 ratings
71.
The Quiet Americans: Four CIA Spies at the Dawn of the Cold Warβ€”A Tragedy in Three Acts
The Quiet Americans: Four CIA Spies at the Dawn of the Cold Warβ€”A Tragedy in Three Acts 4.13 avg rating β€” 2,857 ratings
73.
Intelligence Wars: American Secret History from Hitler to Al-Qaeda
Intelligence Wars: American Secret History from Hitler to Al-Qaeda 3.61 avg rating β€” 118 ratings
74.
Crimea: The Last Crusade
Crimea: The Last Crusade 4.07 avg rating β€” 4,041 ratings
75.
The Romanovs, 1613-1918
The Romanovs, 1613-1918 4.02 avg rating β€” 15,676 ratings
76.
The Billion Dollar Spy: A True Story of Cold War Espionage and Betrayal
The Billion Dollar Spy: A True Story of Cold War Espionage and Betrayal 4.23 avg rating β€” 15,409 ratings
77.
Red Notice: A True Story of High Finance, Murder, and One Man's Fight for Justice
Red Notice: A True Story of High Finance, Murder, and One Man's Fight for Justice 4.44 avg rating β€” 104,288 ratings
78.
The Zhivago Affair: The Kremlin, the CIA, and the Battle over a Forbidden Book
The Zhivago Affair: The Kremlin, the CIA, and the Battle over a Forbidden Book 3.74 avg rating β€” 1,472 ratings
79.
The Man Without a Face: The Unlikely Rise of Vladimir Putin
The Man Without a Face: The Unlikely Rise of Vladimir Putin 3.82 avg rating β€” 11,845 ratings
80.
Inside the Stalin Archives: Discovering the New Russia
Inside the Stalin Archives: Discovering the New Russia 3.70 avg rating β€” 138 ratings
81.
Man Without a Face: The Autobiography of Communism's Greatest Spymaster
Man Without a Face: The Autobiography of Communism's Greatest Spymaster 3.96 avg rating β€” 463 ratings
82.
A Writer at War: Vasily Grossman with the Red Army
A Writer at War: Vasily Grossman with the Red Army 4.19 avg rating β€” 3,621 ratings
83.
Tsar: The Lost World of Nicholas and Alexandra
Tsar: The Lost World of Nicholas and Alexandra 4.27 avg rating β€” 1,866 ratings
84.
Lenin's Brother: The Origins of the October Revolution
Lenin's Brother: The Origins of the October Revolution 3.64 avg rating β€” 76 ratings
85.
The Reconstruction of Nations: Poland, Ukraine, Lithuania, Belarus, 1569 - 1999
The Reconstruction of Nations: Poland, Ukraine, Lithuania, Belarus, 1569 - 1999 4.29 avg rating β€” 1,057 ratings