Russian Reading

Welcome to a list of (mostly) books about Russia that is designed to help people navigate the jungle of books about Russia that have been published over the years, with the goal of getting more people to nerd out about everything Eastern Europe. If you're interested in learning more about the "why" for this page, please read this blogpost which talks about it.

One important thing: I read the majority of the books I mention / recommend on this list. The few exceptions - which made it on the list because they were recommended to me by people or sources that I trust - are marked with an Asterisk right next to their title.

To keep it somewhat readable the list is separated into several categories: