books
a register of what made an impression on me
2025
- Bertrand Russell. 1945. A History of Western Philosophy
- Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson. 2012. Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty
- Stefan Zweig. 1941. Die Welt von Gestern (in Russian)
- Jostein Gaarder. 1991. Sophie’s World (continue to love Scandinavian literature)
- attempted Genki Kawamura’s If Cats Disappeared from the World (2016)
- attempted Marcel Proust’s Swann’s Way and Laurent Gounelle’s The Gods Always Travel Incognito (dropped both, not a fan of the French literature)
- Khaled Hosseini. 2003. The Kite Runner (in Russian translation)
- Oleg Dorman, Lilianna Lungina. 2019. Word for Word: A Translator’s Memoir of Literature, Politics, and Survival in Soviet Russia (in Russian).
- Arthur Golden. 1997. Memoirs of a Geisha (in Russian translation)
- Hermann Hesse. 1927. Steppenwolf (in Russian translation)
- Boris Akunin. 2012. Aristonomia (in Russian, again)
- John Fowles. 1963. The Collector.
- Mel Robbins. 2024. The Let Them Theory: A Life-Changing Tool That Millions of People Can’t Stop Talking About
- Yuval Harari. 2024. Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI
- Johannes Fried and Peter Lewis, et al. 2016. Charlemagne
- Stefan Zweig. Short stories collection. 24 hours in a Women’s Life.
- Sarotte, M.E. and Schnaubelt, Teri et al. 2021. Not One Inch: America, Russia, and the Making of Post-Cold War Stalemate
- Rosenberg, Marshall B. and Chopra, Deepak, 2015. Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life (Nonviolent Communication Guides)
2024
- James Hawes. 2019. The Shortest History of Germany: From Julius Caesar to Angela Merkel: A Retelling for Our Times
- Schafler, Katherine Morgan and Spring, Orion. 2023. The Perfectionist’s Guide to Losing Control
- Густав Майринк. 1927. Ангел западного окна (again)
- Devon Price, Em Grosland, et al. 2021. Laziness Does Not Exist
- Дэниел Ергин. 2009. Добыча: Всемирная история борьбы за нефть, деньги и власть
- Roger Zelazny. 1993. A Night in the Lonesome October (again)
- Владимир Пропп. 1928. Морфология волшебной сказки
- Helmut Walser Smith. 2020. Germany: A Nation in Its Time: Before, During, and After Nationalism
2023
- Маркес. Сто лет одиночества. 1967. пер. Валерий Столбов, Нина Бутырина. (again and again)
- Набоков. Дар. 1938.
- Александр Баунов. Конец режима: Как закончились три европейские диктатуры. 2023
- Ernest Hemingway. Fiesta: The Sun Also Rises. 1926 (Do I want to try and live a few years in Spain?)
- Harper Lee. To Kill a Mockingbird. 1960
- Steven Pinker. Enlightenment Now. 2019
- Дмитрий Быков. Лекции по русской литературе 20-го века (еще раз)
2022
- Isaak Asimov. The Gods Themselves. 1972 + attempt at Foundation.
- Ernest Hemingway. For whom the bell tolls. 1940
- Walter Scott. Ivanhoe. 1819 (inspired by a trip to Edinburgh)
- Дина Рубина. Русская канарейка. Трилогия. 2014
- Alexej Ivanov. The Gold of the revolt /Золото бунта/. 2007
2021
- Tim Marshall. Prisoners of Geography. 2019
- Ernest Hemingway. A Moveable Feast. 1964
- Борис Акунин. После тяжелой продолжительной болезни. Время Николая II. 2021
- Михаил Зыгарь. Вся кремлёвская рать: Краткая история современной России. 2015
- Михаил Зыгарь. The Empire Must Die: Russia’s Revolutionary Collapse, 1900-1917. 2017
- Эдвард Радзинский. Наполеон. 2021
- Артуро Перес-Реверте. Тень орла. 2004
- Алексей Иванов. Тени тевтонов. 2021 (inspired by a trip to Kaliningrad)
- Алексей Иванов. Географ глобус пропил. 2016
2020
- Ernest Hemingway. The old man and the sea. 1951
- Anatoliy Rybakov. Children of the Arbat (trilogy). 1987
- Yuri Trifonov. House on the embankment. 1975
- Neil Gaiman. Norse Mythology. 2017
2019
- Stephen Fry. Mythos: The myths of the Ancient Greek heroes retold. 2017
- Stephen Fry. Heroes: The myths of the Ancient Greek heroes retold. 2018
- Isaak Babel. Red Cavalry. 1923—1925
- Margaret Atwood. Alias Grace. 2001
- Mike Savage. Social Class in Great Britain. 2015
