Books by Alexei Navalny
Patriot: A Memoir
by Alexei Navalny, translated by Arch Tait with Stephen Dalziel
“Alexei Navalny’s Patriot is the whole package: it tells a compelling story of a man whose life was important and impactful and it’s a very literary book. The writing is beautiful! It’s not just a journalistic account of Navalny’s struggles under Putin’s authoritarianism, but it also showcases Navalny’s talent as a writer. Bravo to the translators because the writing flows very well in English.” Read more...
The Best Memoirs: The 2025 NBCC Autobiography Shortlist
May-lee Chai, Short Story Writer
Interviews where books by Alexei Navalny were recommended
The Best Memoirs: The 2025 NBCC Autobiography Shortlist, recommended by May-lee Chai
The last year has been one of the best for autobiography and memoir in recent memory, says May-lee Chai, chair of the judging committee for the National Book Critic Circle Prize for Autobiography. Their 2025 shortlist includes a posthumous memoir by Alexei Navalny, former leader of the opposition in Russia, and a travel memoir with a surrealist twist.
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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
by Ray Nayler -
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Nuclear War: A Scenario
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Patriot: A Memoir
by Alexei Navalny, translated by Arch Tait with Stephen Dalziel -
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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
by Stephanie Baker -
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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.
