Books by Andrey Kurkov
“In a series of moving and compelling essays, Andrey Kurkov describes life in wartime Kyiv, full of illuminating observations on how Ukrainians have adapted to the dangers and sorrows of a conflict without apparent end, combined with informed political analysis. This volume includes the return of Trump to the White House and the attempted humiliation of Zelenskyy in the Oval Office in late February 2025. Throughout, Kurkov tells the story of a people facing aggression with grace and humour, never allowing us to forget Putin’s responsibility.” Read more...
The Best Politics Books of 2026: The Orwell Prize for Political Writing
The Silver Bone
by Andrey Kurkov
Longlisted for the 2024 International Booker Prize
The Silver Bone is by Andrey Kurkov, one of Ukraine's best-known writers. It's a historical novel set in Kyiv in 1919, and (apparently) the first in a series of detective novels. This was a period of fighting between various factions—and is also the setting for The White Guard (1915) by Mikhail Bulgakov. Kurkov apparently took inspiration "from the real-life archives of crime enforcement agencies in Kyiv"–though there's also comedy and magical realism.
Diary of an Invasion
by Andrey Kurkov
One of Ukraine's best-known novelists, Andrey Kurkov, shares his dispatches from Kyiv as Russia's full-scale invasion of the Ukraine unfolds.
Interviews where books by Andrey Kurkov were recommended
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Stalin's Apostles: The Cambridge Five and the Making of the Soviet Empire
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The Elements of Power
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Israel: What Went Wrong?
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Shattered Lands: Five Partitions and the Making of Modern Asia
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The Wall Dancers: Searching for Freedom and Connection on the Chinese Internet
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The Escape from Kabul
by Karen Bartlett
The Best Politics Books of 2026: The Orwell Prize for Political Writing, recommended by The judges of the 2026 Orwell Prize for Political Writing
The Best Politics Books of 2026: The Orwell Prize for Political Writing, recommended by The judges of the 2026 Orwell Prize for Political Writing
The books shortlisted for the 2026 Orwell Prizes, the UK’s most prestigious awards for writing about politics, have been announced. “As judges, we returned again and again to what George Orwell means to us: clarity of prose and unflinching intellectual bravery,” said Rohan Silva, chair of the judges for the Orwell Prize for Political Writing, awarded annually for a nonfiction book. We’ve listed the brilliant books they chose below, from Cold War betrayals and the partition of India to the conflicts still going on in the world today.
