Books by Geoffrey Roberts
“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
Interviews where books by Geoffrey Roberts were recommended
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1
The Last Emperor of Mexico
by Edward Shawcross -
2
Stalin's Library: A Dictator and his Books
by Geoffrey Roberts -
3
Atomic Steppe: How Kazakhstan Gave Up the Bomb
by Togzhan Kassenova -
4
This Mortal Coil: A History of Death
by Andrew Doig -
5
The Nowhere Office: Reinventing Work and the Workplace of the Future
by Julia Hobsbawm
Notable Nonfiction of Early 2022, recommended by Sophie Roell
Notable Nonfiction of Early 2022, recommended by Sophie Roell
Even though we’re still in the first couple of months of 2022, there are already lots of really interesting nonfiction books either out or just about to be published. Five Books editor Sophie Roell surveys the flood of books that cover everything from Neolithic archaeology to the latest insights of neuroscience and genetics, as well as books that explore where we work, what we feel, and how we die.
