Recommendations from our site
“If you’re reading this, you probably like books and may be disappointed to learn that Stalin was also a voracious reader. Stalin’s Library: A Dictator and His Books is by British historian Geoffrey Roberts, author of several books on the Russian leader (plus one on Zhukov). Stalin had more than 20,000 books in his library and they weren’t just for show.” Read more...
Notable Nonfiction of Early 2022
Sophie Roell, Journalist
Our most recommended books
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Traders in Men: Merchants and the Transformation of the Transatlantic Slave Trade
by Nicholas Radburn -
Our NHS: A History of Britain's Best Loved Institution
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Winnie and Nelson: Portrait of a Marriage
by Jonny Steinberg -
Out of the Darkness: The Germans, 1942-2022
by Frank Trentmann -
Shadows at Noon: The South Asian Twentieth Century
by Joya Chatterji -
Courting India: England, Mughal India and the Origins of Empire
by Nandini Das
