Books by Alexei Navalny
“One unmissable book is Patriot by Alexei Navalny (1976-2024), the memoir of the Russian opposition leader and anti-corruption campaigner who was poisoned while campaigning in Siberia, made it to Germany for medical treatment and recovered, returned to Russia, was arrested, and was likely killed in a prison in the Arctic Circle. Navalny was a brave man, and despite the tragic end of his challenge to Putin, the memoir is very funny—in a dark, Russian humour kind of way. The tone is colloquial, as if he’s talking and joking with you. He makes fun of everything, including himself.” Read more...
Notable Nonfiction Books of Fall 2024
Sophie Roell, Journalist
Interviews where books by Alexei Navalny were recommended
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Third Millennium Thinking: Creating Sense in a World of Nonsense
Saul Perlmutter, Robert MacCoun and John Campbell -
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The River We Remember
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The Mountain in the Sea
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Nuclear War: A Scenario
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Patriot: A Memoir
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World Atlas of Wine
by Hugh Johnson and Jancis Robinson
Popular Books of the Last Month
Popular Books of the Last Month
From an excellent book on critical thinking to the memoir of late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny—and also including a book on wine: the books Five Books readers bought after visiting our site in November 2024
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Patriot: A Memoir
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Punishing Putin: Inside the Global Economic War to Bring Down Russia
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Hitler's People: The Faces of the Third Reich
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The Golden Road
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The Peepshow: The Murders at Rillington Place
by Kate Summerscale
Notable Nonfiction Books of Fall 2024, recommended by Sophie Roell
Notable Nonfiction Books of Fall 2024, recommended by Sophie Roell
From the memoir of the brave politician who opposed Putin, to how the culture of ancient and early medieval India transformed the world, from a book about the people who surrounded Hitler, to a serial killer in 1950s London, Sophie Roell, editor of Five Books, introduces some of her favourite nonfiction books published in the last three months.
