A Ukraine Reading List
- Beschrijving
- Ukraine is on the minds of many readers right now, given current events, so we're dedicating our March List of the Month to the history of this country and its people. Please add history (nonfiction) and historical fiction titles to this list, and only downvote titles if they do not fall into this category. Unlike many of our List of the Month lists, you may add ten titles, so feel free to include those that look interesting, but which you may not yet have had the chance to read.
1
door Anne Applebaum
833 leden
20 besprekingen
½ 4.4
Score 73.22
Toegevoegd 2022-03-16, 12:45 PM
2
door Andrij Kurkow
1,999 leden
81 besprekingen
½ 3.7
Score 60.93
Toegevoegd 2022-03-16, 04:09 PM
- 17 Members
- SharonGoforth, kaixo, jwhenderson, charl08, VivienneR, soffitta1, hildretha, alanteder, elkiedee, noveltea, bcrowl399, arch.barc, giucav, ViktoriiaL, -pilgrim-, skid0612, JJordan3122
- Verklaringen
- skid0612: A wonderful satire set in early 1990s, right after independence. Often compared to Bulgakov, any of Kurkovs novels are worth a try
3
door Mikhail Bulgakov
1,448 leden
23 besprekingen
3.8
Score 52.25
Toegevoegd 2022-03-16, 02:51 PM
- 16 Members
- SharonGoforth, szarka, kaixo, davidgn, VivienneR, ezettler, WordMaven, spiphany, giucav, ShelleyAlberta, ViktoriiaL, brandonskillen, ManWithAnAgenda, CharlesTheB, skid0612, meldiva2, ,
- Verklaringen
- skid0612: Written in the early 20s by a medical doctor who was on the front lines, this is an excellent oiece of historical fiction set in 1918 Kiev/Kyiv.
4
door Serhii Plokhy
622 leden
12 besprekingen
4.2
Score 51.25
Toegevoegd 2022-03-16, 12:47 PM
5
door Svetlana Alexievich
2,333 leden
78 besprekingen
½ 4.3
Score 47.73
Toegevoegd 2022-03-16, 12:58 PM
- 15 Members
- jwhenderson, oregonobsessionz, charl08, WordMaven, nagel175, Tanglewood, elkiedee, vrixton.phillips, ahef1963, AbigailAdams26, -pilgrim-, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707, KMeyreles, monicamoody20
- Verklaringen
- elkiedee: TBR
6
door Anna Reid
358 leden
10 besprekingen
3.9
Score 41.12
Toegevoegd 2022-03-16, 12:51 PM
- 14 Members
- SharonGoforth, oregonobsessionz, jeffbailey, elkiedee, AbigailAdams26, bcrowl399, giucav, ShelleyAlberta, -pilgrim-, ManWithAnAgenda, ProAlbo, KMeyreles, skid0612, KWChris
- Verklaringen
- elkiedee: TBR
7
door Marina Lewycka
5,720 leden
239 besprekingen
½ 3.4
Score 35.41
Toegevoegd 2022-03-18, 02:26 PM
- 12 Members
- starfishian, charl08, guyalice, bearette24, norabelle414, soffitta1, alanteder, elkiedee, gypsysmom, giucav, colinindublin, KMeyreles,languagehat , ,
- Verklaringen
- elkiedee: I think it's about a Ukrainian immigrant to the UK and his family.
8
- 11 Members
- SharonGoforth, kaixo, holly_golightly, hahehei, Tinwara, soffitta1, spiphany, fountainoverflows, ViktoriiaL, aspirit, CharlesTheB
9
door Timothy Snyder
2,024 leden
69 besprekingen
½ 4.3
Score 25.69
Toegevoegd 2022-03-25, 05:41 PM
- 9 Members
- languagehat, jwhenderson, oregonobsessionz, vrixton.phillips, giucav, ProAlbo, KMeyreles, skid0612, dhaxton
10
door Andrij Kurkow
467 leden
15 besprekingen
½ 3.7
Score 23.36
Toegevoegd 2022-03-16, 06:45 PM
11
door Jonathan Safran Foer
14,225 leden
266 besprekingen
3.9
Score 22.88
Toegevoegd 2022-03-17, 08:44 AM
12
door Andrew Wilson
106 leden
1 bespreking
3.8
Score 22.38
Toegevoegd 2022-03-16, 12:52 PM
- 8 Members
- GigiHunter, fountainoverflows, AbigailAdams26, cdwentworth, giucav, ShelleyAlberta, ProAlbo, KMeyreles
13
door Isaac Babel
285 leden
11 besprekingen
4
Score 22.2
Toegevoegd 2022-03-16, 04:15 PM
- 8 Members
- languagehat, sthitha_pragjna, hahehei, nagel175, fountainoverflows, ViktoriiaL, brandonskillen, CharlesTheB
- Verklaringen
- sthitha_pragjna: same comment Red Cavalry
14
door Isaac Babel
761 leden
23 besprekingen
3.8
Score 21.83
Toegevoegd 2022-03-16, 04:15 PM
- 7 Members
- SharonGoforth, sthitha_pragjna, nagel175, gypsysmom, ViktoriiaL, -pilgrim-, CharlesTheB
- Verklaringen
- sthitha_pragjna: A jew's view of Cossacks and the Red Army in another tumultuous time. Hardship and violence by a great writer
15
door Bruno Schulz
1,384 leden
42 besprekingen
4.1
Score 21.05
Toegevoegd 2022-03-17, 01:36 PM
- 7 Members
- TheDivineOomba, guyalice, soffitta1, nagel175, ViktoriiaL, CharlesTheB, meldiva2
- Verklaringen
- TheDivineOomba: Bruno Schulz is from Drohobycz, Ukraine. However, when he was writing, it was a Polish City and Schulz is considered to be a Polish Author.
16
1,008 leden
11 besprekingen
½ 3.7
Score 20.03
Toegevoegd 2022-03-17, 01:03 AM
- 7 Members
- jwhenderson, olgakm, nagel175, alanteder, spiphany, brandonskillen, CharlesTheB
17
- 7 Members
- kaixo, hahehei, Tinwara, spiphany, fountainoverflows, ViktoriiaL, KWChris
18
door Mikhail Bulgakov
868 leden
21 besprekingen
4.2
Score 18.33
Toegevoegd 2022-03-16, 05:44 PM
- 7 Members
- SharonGoforth, kaixo, VivienneR, nagel175, fountainoverflows, brandonskillen, CharlesTheB
19
door Philippe Sands
800 leden
20 besprekingen
½ 4.4
Score 18.09
Toegevoegd 2022-03-20, 04:28 PM
- 6 Members
- charl08, bugaderes39, elkiedee, fountainoverflows, GingerCrinkle, ViktoriiaL
- Verklaringen
- elkiedee: East West Street is in the city of Lviv and now in Ukraine (I think it's been in several countries over the last century)GingerCrinkle: How Ukraine (or more specifically two Ukrainian Jews) contributed to the origins of international law at the Nuremberg Trial.
20
door Timothy Snyder
247 leden
3 besprekingen
4
Score 14.07
Toegevoegd 2022-03-16, 04:17 PM
- 5 Members
- GigiHunter, nagel175, CharlesTheB, skid0612, KWChris
- Verklaringen
- skid0612: The story of a Habsburg prince who wanted to be the king of Ukraine.
21
door Żanna Słoniowska
48 leden
1 bespreking
½ 3.5
Score 13.42
Toegevoegd 2022-03-16, 02:50 PM
- 4 Members
- elkiedee, fountainoverflows, aspirit, ManWithAnAgenda
- Verklaringen
- elkiedee: TBR
22
door Adam Higginbotham
1,901 leden
76 besprekingen
½ 4.4
Score 13.4
Toegevoegd 2022-03-17, 11:07 PM
- 5 Members
- timspalding, SharonGoforth, oregonobsessionz, CharlesTheB, KMeyreles
23
door Michael F. Hamm
53 leden
1 bespreking
½ 3.5
Score 13.39
Toegevoegd 2022-03-16, 12:56 PM
- 5 Members
- languagehat, fountainoverflows, AbigailAdams26, ShelleyAlberta, skid0612
24
door Alan Warwick Palmer
15 leden
1 bespreking
4
Score 12.92
Toegevoegd 2022-03-16, 06:23 PM
- 4 Members
- proximity1, GigiHunter, waltzmn, ProAlbo
- Verklaringen
- waltzmn: The region that is now Ukraine was long divided between the Habsburg Empire, Poland, the Lithuanian Empire, Russia, and others. This book helps explain why.
25
door William Kurelek
11 leden
1 bespreking
½ 4.5
Score 11.36
Toegevoegd 2022-03-16, 05:35 PM
- 3 Members
- VivienneR, Tanglewood, fountainoverflows
26
door Oksana Zabuzhko
156 leden
3 besprekingen
½ 4.3
Score 10.9
Toegevoegd 2022-03-17, 11:11 AM
- 4 Members
- languagehat, Tinwara, alanteder, fountainoverflows
27
door Anatoly Kuznetsov
545 leden
13 besprekingen
4.2
Score 10.37
Toegevoegd 2022-03-16, 02:55 PM
- 4 Members
- hahehei, nagel175, aspirit, ManWithAnAgenda
28
door Agnia Grigas
24 leden
1 bespreking
4.8
Score 9.29
Toegevoegd 2022-03-18, 10:46 AM
- 3 Members
- proximity1, cdwentworth, giucav
- Verklaringen
- proximity1: "Since the early 2000s Russia has consistently sought to maintain and regain influence as well as reinvigorate its efforts to expand its territory in the former Soviet Union republics." ... "This book will demonstrate that Moscow's hold on (the Russian-speaking diaspora or what it calls "Russian compatriots"--ethnic Russians and Russian speakers rresiding abroad) serves as an effect pretext for and instrument of much of Russian's expansionist foreign policy. ... the territorial implications of Moscow's policies toward its compatriots have been demonstrated in Ukraine's Crimea and eastern territories, in Georgia's South Ossetia and Abkhazia, and Moldova's Transnistria." ... "While neo-imperialism has been a prominent trend in Putin's era, it is in fact rooted in the history of the Russian Empire. There is an undeniable historical continuity between present Russian imperial projects and past projects of the Romanovss and the Soviets. The Russian Federation has in many respects followed in the footsteps of its historical predecessors and will continue to do so because of the similar ideological, cultural, security and geopolitical drivers that have been rooted in the centuries-long imperial experience of the three empires—the Russian Federation, the Soviet Union, and the Russian Empire—that have occupied the same Russian political space and territories.” … “Russia's policies toward the inhabitants of its imperial space have also been consistent for centuries.” … “Nonetheless, Russia's imperial revival appeared like a marginal idea in the broader context of Russian foreign policy for most of the 1990s and 2000s. … Some suggested that the rising nationalism and aggression was Putin's response to his weakening popularity and growing opposition at home and an attempt to rally the country behind the Russian flag. But few took the rising signs of Russia's vaulting ambitions seriously.” ... “Simply put, this book will argue that reimperialization—either by regaining lost territories or by maintaining influence and sometimes regaining it where it has been lost—is the end-goal of Moscow's policies.” -- Agnia Grigas, from Chapter 1: The Return to Empire
29
door Robert Conquest
514 leden
4 besprekingen
4.1
Score 9.02
Toegevoegd 2022-03-24, 07:39 AM
30
door Andrij Kurkow
99 leden
4 besprekingen
½ 3.7
Score 7.6
Toegevoegd 2022-03-23, 05:29 PM
- 3 Members
- charl08, brandonskillen, -pilgrim-
31
door Ilya Kaminsky
424 leden
11 besprekingen
½ 4.5
Score 7.36
Toegevoegd 2022-04-08, 08:19 AM
- 2 Members
- steller0707, dianelouise100
32
door Bernard Malamud
2,275 leden
34 besprekingen
3.9
Score 6.83
Toegevoegd 2022-03-30, 10:42 PM
- 2 Members
- oregonobsessionz, NoPlanetB
33
34
door Tanja Maljartschuk
17 leden
4
Score 6.31
Toegevoegd 2022-03-18, 09:45 AM
35
door Timothy Snyder
229 leden
1 bespreking
4.2
Score 6.08
Toegevoegd 2022-03-16, 04:17 PM
- 2 Members
- languagehat, skid0612
- Verklaringen
- skid0612: An outstanding history of the region 1569-1999
36
door Serhiy Zhadan
125 leden
6 besprekingen
3.8
Score 5.82
Toegevoegd 2022-03-17, 11:10 AM
37
38
door Kalani Pickhart
117 leden
9 besprekingen
3.9
Score 5.71
Toegevoegd 2022-03-16, 02:54 PM
- 2 Members
- ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707
39
door Dmitrij Kapitelman
21 leden
3 besprekingen
3.9
Score 5.6
Toegevoegd 2022-03-18, 10:26 AM
40
door Serhiy Zhadan
128 leden
5 besprekingen
½ 4.4
Score 5.35
Toegevoegd 2022-03-17, 11:12 AM
41
door Mikail Bulgakov
2 leden
1 bespreking
4
Score 5.35
Toegevoegd 2022-03-16, 06:10 PM
42
door Andrij Kurkow
206 leden
6 besprekingen
3.2
Score 5.29
Toegevoegd 2022-03-16, 06:45 PM
43
door Oksana Zabuzhko
113 leden
3 besprekingen
½ 3.4
Score 5.05
Toegevoegd 2022-03-21, 11:15 AM
44
- 2 Members
- languagehat, spiphany
45
door Michael Moorcock
317 leden
6 besprekingen
3.8
Score 4
Toegevoegd 2022-04-02, 08:19 AM
- Member
- unapersson
46
door Sarah Sundin
158 leden
48 besprekingen
½ 4.4
Score 4
Toegevoegd 2022-03-22, 05:05 PM
- Member
- Lindz2012
47
door Maria Reva
121 leden
5 besprekingen
3.8
Score 4
Toegevoegd 2022-12-07, 11:05 PM
- Member
- EerierIdyllMeme
48
- Member
- DefinitelyUnlikely
49
door Paul Robert Magocsi
100 leden
1 bespreking
4.1
Score 4
Toegevoegd 2022-03-29, 10:20 AM
- Member
- languagehat
- Verklaringen
- languagehat: Not only is it comprehensive (784 pages) and well written, it has a wide scope: “While this book also traces the evolution of ethnic Ukrainians, it tries as well to give judicious treatment to the many other peoples who developed within the borders of Ukraine, including the Greeks, the Crimean Tatars, the Poles, the Russians, the Jews, the Germans, and the Romanians”.
52
- Member
- editorplough
54
door Nina Murray
15 leden
6 besprekingen
½ 4.3
Score 4
Toegevoegd 2022-04-20, 09:49 AM
- Member
- CirclingRivers
57
door Teri M. Brown
4 leden
2 besprekingen
5
Score 4
Toegevoegd 2022-04-02, 05:49 PM
- Member
- scottjpearson
59
door Anton Shebetko
2 leden
Score 4
Toegevoegd 2022-10-22, 09:04 PM
- Member
- johninvienna
- Verklaringen
- johninvienna: An Ukrainian artist and photographer gives a subjective history of homosexuality in his country. Many interviews and photographs.
60
door Vasily Grossman
3,428 leden
88 besprekingen
½ 4.4
Score 3.36
Toegevoegd 2022-08-18, 03:12 PM
- Member
- elkiedee
61
door Sandra Birdsell
232 leden
4 besprekingen
3.9
Score 3.36
Toegevoegd 2022-03-22, 12:42 AM
- Member
- starfishian
62
door Alan Sked
83 leden
1 bespreking
2.8
Score 3.36
Toegevoegd 2022-03-16, 06:26 PM
63
- Member
- johninvienna
64
- Member
- aspirit
65
door Vasily Grossman
397 leden
15 besprekingen
½ 4.3
Score 3.04
Toegevoegd 2022-08-18, 03:12 PM
66
door Robert A. Kann
301 leden
5 besprekingen
½ 3.4
Score 3.04
Toegevoegd 2022-03-16, 06:30 PM
67
door Oksana Zabuzhko
32 leden
1 bespreking
½ 3.6
Score 3.04
Toegevoegd 2022-03-17, 11:10 AM
- Member
- Tinwara
69
- Member
- johninvienna
73
door Charles King
146 leden
5 besprekingen
3.8
Score 2.68
Toegevoegd 2022-03-30, 09:34 AM
- Member
- languagehat
74
door Orest Subtelny
132 leden
1 bespreking
½ 3.7
Score 2.68
Toegevoegd 2022-04-06, 07:39 PM
- Member
- aspirit
75
door Petr Arshinov
103 leden
1 bespreking
½ 4.6
Score 2.68
Toegevoegd 2022-03-16, 04:35 PM
76
door Oksana Maksymchuk
19 leden
1 bespreking
½ 4.3
Score 2.68
Toegevoegd 2022-03-26, 10:58 PM
- Member
- alanteder
77
door Erich Beck
1 lid
Score 2.68
Toegevoegd 2022-10-22, 09:18 PM
- Member
- johninvienna
- Verklaringen
- johninvienna: Bukovina, "the Duchy of Bukovina" belonged to Austria since 1775 and was a crown land of the Austro-Hungarian Empire from 1867 until 1918. It is located half in Ukraine and half in Romania. Since its capital was Czernowitz ( Černivci ) and this now lies in Ukraine, it is filed under Ukraine. A good deal of the book also deals with the Romanian part with the capital of Suceava.
78
- Member
- VivienneR
80
door Witold Szablowski
157 leden
6 besprekingen
½ 3.6
Score 2.56
Toegevoegd 2022-03-23, 05:30 PM
- Member
- charl08
81
- Member
- hahehei
83
- Member
- johninvienna
84
door Rachel Seiffert
205 leden
12 besprekingen
3.9
Score 2.46
Toegevoegd 2022-03-23, 05:48 PM
- Member
- charl08
85
door Andrij Kurkow
180 leden
6 besprekingen
3.9
Score 2.46
Toegevoegd 2022-03-21, 12:42 PM
- Member
- -pilgrim-
94
door Vladimir Jabotinsky
76 leden
1 bespreking
4
Score 2.31
Toegevoegd 2022-04-03, 03:49 AM
- Member
- languagehat
98
- Member
- VivienneR
99
- Member
- johninvienna
100
door Richard Sakwa
63 leden
2 besprekingen
4.2
Score 1.36
Toegevoegd 2022-03-26, 11:55 AM
- Member
- davidgn,