Recs if you like Secondhand Time: The Last of the Soviets...
NYT Top 100 Books of the 21st Century
In order from #1 (My Brilliant Friend) to 100 (Tree of Smoke)
Lili's & Aleksandr's Bookshelf
For when you want to live inside the brain wrinkle that Anna Maria Volkova folded for you while you read her novel, Games.
NYT’s The 100 Best Books of the 21st Century
A list published in 2024 by the New York Times, as voted on by 503 novelists, poets, critics, and other book lovers—with a little help from the staff of The New York Times Book Review
100 Best of the 21st Century
according to the New York Times
New York Times Best Books of the 21st Century
The list of the 100 best books of the 21st century from the New York Times
R/Truelit's 100 Best Books of the Quarter Century
Reddit's R/Truelit user voted best books of 2000-2026. They included a full series as one pick, like the Neopolitan novels. I only include the first to keep it at 100.
Guardian 100
Top 100 books of the 21st century
Comrade, does the Soviet Union interest you?
Books that explore the history of the USSR, its origins, its triumphs, the people it oppressed, and its collapse. (Includes fiction books based on real-life Soviet experiences)
Read Around the World - the B’s
A list inspired by (and copied from) @cortneyhenningnovak, including (mainly) fiction reads from every country in alphabetical order! Any suggestions and add-ons welcome to expand the list🫶
17 countries include:
the Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso & Burundi
Reading the World: Belarus
Enjoy my newest lit series, ‘Reading the World’, in an attempt to diversify your own reading and broaden horizons, I have included a mix of genres. Sensitive topics often lie ahead as history, social and political issues are usually the centre of this writing. Enjoy!
Soviet Union History, Culture, & Art (nonfiction)
Leave me some recs in the comments if this is your thing! I just added whatever seemed interesting to me insofar. I'd love to add some later Soviet Union stuff!
Russian, processing
Trying to process the current moment in Russia and what went wrong, as a liberal Russian who loves and hates her country
Read around the world 🌎
One book from every country in the world. 🗺️
NYT top 100 Books of the 21st century
A goal to read the 100 books rated in the 21st century (so far) as published by the New York times in 2024, list in order from 100-1 but you can find the original list on the NYT website.
