18 must-read history books like Putin: Prisoner of Power by Russell Finch

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Putin: Prisoner of Power

By: Russell Finch

3.72

Format: 3 pages, Audible Audio

Listening Length: 2 hours and 43 minutes On New Year's Eve 1999, a young Vladimir Putin appeared…

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1. My Man Jeeves (Jeeves, #1)

By: P.G. Wodehouse

4.06

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Who can forget our beloved gentleman's personal gentleman, Jeeves, who ever comes to the rescue whe… read more

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  • audiobook
"Come on," he said. "Bring the poker." I brought the tongs as well. I felt like it."

-P.G. Wodehouse, My Man Jeeves (Jeeves, #1)

"I had one of those ideas I do sometimes get, though admittedly a chump of the premier class."

-P.G. Wodehouse, My Man Jeeves (Jeeves, #1)

"What a queer thing Life is! So unlike anything else, don't you know, if you see what I mean."

-P.G. Wodehouse, My Man Jeeves (Jeeves, #1)

"It was one of those jolly, peaceful mornings that make a chappie wish he'd got a soul or something"

-P.G. Wodehouse, My Man Jeeves (Jeeves, #1)

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2. Nothing Is True and Everything Is Possible: The Surreal Heart of the New Russia

By: Peter Pomerantsev

3.97

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A journey into the glittering, surreal heart of 21st century Russia, where even dictatorship is a r… read more

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  • politics
  • russia
  • history
  • nonfiction
"We used to have this self-centred idea that Western democracies were the end-point of evolution, and we're dealing from a position of strength, and people are becoming like us. It's not that way. Bec…"

-Peter Pomerantsev, Nothing Is True and Everything Is Possible: The Surreal Heart of the New Russia

"So you were dissidents? You believed in finishing the USSR?''No. It's not like that. You just speak several languages at the same time, all the time. There's like several "you"s.' Seen from this pers…"

-Peter Pomerantsev, Nothing Is True and Everything Is Possible: The Surreal Heart of the New Russia

"That unique Moscow mix of tackiness and menace. One time I see a poster advertising a new property development that captures the tone nicely. Got up in the style of Nazi propaganda, it shows two Germ…"

-Peter Pomerantsev, Nothing Is True and Everything Is Possible: The Surreal Heart of the New Russia

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3. The Death and Life of Great American Cities

By: Jane Jacobs

4.30

Format: 472 pages, Hardcover

A direct and fundamentally optimistic indictment of the short-sightedness and intellectual arroganc… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
"We expect too much of new buildings, and too little of ourselves."

-Jane Jacobs, The Death and Life of Great American Cities

"Traffic congestion is caused by vehicles, not by people in themselves."

-Jane Jacobs, The Death and Life of Great American Cities

"Most sentimental ideas imply, at bottom, a deep if unacknowledged disrespect."

-Jane Jacobs, The Death and Life of Great American Cities

"When distance and convenience sets in; the small, the various and the personal wither away."

-Jane Jacobs, The Death and Life of Great American Cities

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4. Ponzi Supernova

By: Steve Fishman

3.86

Format: 445 pages, Audible Audio

Ponzi Supernova is an original audio series that profiles Bernie Madoff, the Wall Street financier … read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • business
  • audiobook
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5. The Inimitable Jeeves (Jeeves, #2)

By: P.G. Wodehouse

4.20

Format: 225 pages, Paperback

When Bingo Little falls in love at a Camberwell subscription dance and Bertie Wooster drops into th… read more

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  • audiobook
"Warm-hearted! I should think he has to wear asbestos vests!"

-P.G. Wodehouse, The Inimitable Jeeves (Jeeves, #2)

"The kid is a pest, a wart, and a pot of poison, and should be strangled!"

-P.G. Wodehouse, The Inimitable Jeeves (Jeeves, #2)

"My God, man!" I gargled. "The cravat! The gent's neckwear! Why? For what reason?"

-P.G. Wodehouse, The Inimitable Jeeves (Jeeves, #2)

"I thought Eustace *was* a horrible accident, and Claude about the same, but I didn't say so."

-P.G. Wodehouse, The Inimitable Jeeves (Jeeves, #2)

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6. Propaganda

By: Edward L. Bernays

3.41

Format: 549 pages, Paperback

"Bernays' honest and practical manual provides much insight into some of the most powerful and infl… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • business
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7. Understanding Michael Porter: The Essential Guide to Competition and Strategy

By: Joan Magretta

3.91

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Competitive advantage. The value chain. Five forces. Industry structure. Differentiation. Relative … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • business

8. Fingerprints of the Gods: The Evidence of Earth's Lost Civilization

By: Graham Hancock , Santha Faiia

4.32

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

The bestselling author of The Sign and the Seal reveals the true origins of civilization. Connectin… read more

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9. The Butterfly Effect

By: Jon Ronson

3.71

Format: 436 pages, Audible Audio

From best-selling writer Jon Ronson and the executive producer behind the TED Radio Hour and Invisi… read more

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10. If I Did It: Confessions of the Killer

By: Dominick Dunne , O.J. Simpson , The Goldman Family , Pablo F. Fenjves

3.30

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

In 1994, Ron Goldman and Nicole Brown Simpson were brutally murdered at her home in Brentwood, Cali… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • history
  • audiobook
"Jesus Christ, O.J.—what have you done?"

-Dominick Dunne, If I Did It: Confessions of the Killer

"You don`t get mood swings from eating cornflakes"

-Dominick Dunne, If I Did It: Confessions of the Killer

"Still, I've heard it said that all stories are basically love stories, and my story is no exception. This is a love story, too. And, like a lot of love stories, it doesn't have a happy ending."

-Dominick Dunne, If I Did It: Confessions of the Killer

11. 1066: The Year That Changed Everything

By: Jennifer Paxton

3.57

Format: 432 pages, Audio CD

If you were to look back at hundreds of years of history in search of the one critical moment after… read more

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12. A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian

By: Marina Lewycka

3.93

Format: None pages,

A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainianwas bestselling author Marina Lewycka's bestselling debut n… read more

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13. At Home: A Short History of Private Life

By: Bill Bryson

3.99

Format: 497 pages, Hardcover

“Houses aren’t refuges from history. They are where history ends up.” Bill Bryson and his family… read more

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  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
"That's really what history mostly is, masses of people doing ordinary things."

-Bill Bryson, At Home: A Short History of Private Life

"It is perhaps little wonder that the end of Victorianism almost exactly coincided with the invention of psychoanalysis."

-Bill Bryson, At Home: A Short History of Private Life

"It is always quietly thrilling to find yourself looking at a world you know well but have never seen from such an angle before."

-Bill Bryson, At Home: A Short History of Private Life

"At one time he [Cornelius Vanderbilt] personally controlled some 10 percent of all the money in circulation in the United States."

-Bill Bryson, At Home: A Short History of Private Life

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14. The Secret History of Christmas

By: Bill Bryson

3.84

Format: 4 pages, Audible Audio

A cornucopia of Christmas delights from the bestselling author of A Short History of Nearly Everyth… read more

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  • biography
  • history
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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15. The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness

By: Eric Jorgenson

4.44

Format: 244 pages, Kindle Edition

Getting rich is not just about luck; Happiness is not just a trait we are born with. These aspirati… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • business
"No one in the world is going to beat you at being you."

-Eric Jorgenson, The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness

"Intentions don’t matter. Actions do. That’s why being ethical is hard."

-Eric Jorgenson, The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness

"An old boss once warned: “You’ll never be rich since you’re obviously smart, and someone will always offer you a job that’s just good enough."

-Eric Jorgenson, The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness

"I don’t buy the everlasting afterlife answers because it’s insane to me, with absolutely no evidence, to believe because of how you live seventy years here on this planet, you’re going to spend etern…"

-Eric Jorgenson, The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness

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16. Medieval Myths & Mysteries (The Great Courses)

By: Dorsey Armstrong

4.14

Format: 6 pages, Audible Audio

Listening Length: 5 hours and 6 minutes Was King Arthur a real person? What about Robin Hood? Is… read more

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  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
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17. Aftermath: Life in the Fallout of the Third Reich, 1945–1955

By: Harald Jähner

4.09

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Germany, 1945: a country in ruins. Cities have been reduced to rubble and more than half of the pop… read more

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  • history
  • historical
  • politics
  • war
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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18. Let's Talk Money

By: Monika Halan

4.44

Format: 204 pages, Paperback

We work hard to earn our money. But regardless of how much we earn, the money worry never goes away… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • business
  • audiobook
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19. The Neil Gaiman at the End of the Universe

By: Arvind Ethan David

3.87

Format: 1 pages, Audible Audio

A man awakens, adrift in deep space, with little memory of who he is – only to discover that he is … read more

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  • audiobook
"things that look like miracles prove the existence of God"

-Arvind Ethan David, The Neil Gaiman at the End of the Universe

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20. Fail State (End of Days, #2)

By: John Birmingham

3.99

Format: None pages, Audible Audio

On Zero Day of the first and last cyberwar in human history the internet went dark, transport and p… read more

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  • audiobook
Cover of Origin Story: A Big History of Everything by David Christian

21. Origin Story: A Big History of Everything

By: David Christian

4.09

Format: 357 pages, Hardcover

** A 2018 GoodReads Choice Award Nominee in the History & Biography category** A captivating his… read more

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  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
"Деякі види настільки зневажають мозок, що ставляться до нього, як до одноразової розкоші. В одного виду морських слимаків замолоду є якийсь невеликий мозок. Вони користуються ним, поки плавають по мо…"

-David Christian, Origin Story: A Big History of Everything

"In the past two hundred years, human numbers grew to over seven billion, and our species began to transform the oceans, the land, and the air. Human-built roads, canals, and railways snaked across th…"

-David Christian, Origin Story: A Big History of Everything

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22. The Didomenico Fragment

By: Amor Towles

4.17

Format: 2 pages, Audible Audio

1 hour, 47 minutes From the New York Times best-selling author of A Gentleman in Moscow and Rul… read more

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  • audiobook
Cover of Conspiracies & Conspiracy Theories: What We Should and Shouldn't Believe - and Why by Michael Shermer

23. Conspiracies & Conspiracy Theories: What We Should and Shouldn't Believe - and Why

By: Michael Shermer

3.81

Format: 7 pages, Audible Audio

Listening Length: 6 hours and 30 minutes The stuff of conspiracy theories makes for great, enter… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Evil Has a Name: The Untold Story of the Golden State Killer Investigation by Paul Holes

24. Evil Has a Name: The Untold Story of the Golden State Killer Investigation

By: Paul Holes

4.44

Format: 6 pages, Audible Audio

The Golden State Killer. The East Area Rapist. The Original Night Stalker. The Visalia Ransacker. … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • history
  • audiobook
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25. Putin: Prisoner of Power

By: Russell Finch

3.72

Format: 3 pages, Audible Audio

Listening Length: 2 hours and 43 minutes On New Year's Eve 1999, a young Vladimir Putin appeared… read more

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  • russia
  • biography
  • history
  • historical
  • politics
  • war
  • nonfiction
  • history and politics
  • business
  • audiobook
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26. The Dark Web: Introduction

By: Geoff White

3.73

Format: 4 pages, Audible Audio

Listening length: 4 hours & 20 minutes; read by the author Introduction to a 10-episode exposé o… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Downfall: Prigozhin, Putin, and the new fight for the future of Russia by Mark Galeotti

27. Downfall: Prigozhin, Putin, and the new fight for the future of Russia

By: Mark Galeotti

4.04

Format: 262 pages, Kindle Edition

‘Absolutely gripping, deeply authoritative, hugely important and lethally lurid’Simon Sebag Montefi… read more

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  • russia
  • history
  • biography
  • politics
  • war
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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28. The Rise of the Iron Men

By: Misha Glenny

3.84

Format: None pages, Audiobook

The future of democracy is uncertain. Populist world leaders are dominating headlines and creati… read more

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  • russia
  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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29. We Need To Talk About The British Empire

By: Afua Hirsch

4.16

Format: None pages, None

Making sense of the British Empire's legacy... through the stories of people who lived through it..… read more

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  • history
  • historical
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Soldiers of Science: An Interview with Dr. Anthony Fauci by Alan Alda

30. Soldiers of Science: An Interview with Dr. Anthony Fauci

By: Alan Alda

4.15

Format: None pages, Audiobook

Before the COVID-19 pandemic made Dr. Anthony Fauci a household name, he played a pivotal role in A… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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31. The Sun King

By: David Dimbleby

4.23

Format: None pages, Audiobook

Murdoch is an innovator who has re-shaped a media industry across continents, from Australia to the… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook

22 best-selling audiobook books like Putin: Prisoner of Power by Russell Finch

Transform Your Habits

My Man Jeeves (Jeeves, #1)

P.G. Wodehouse

4.06

Transform Your Habits

Ponzi Supernova

Steve Fishman

3.86

Transform Your Habits

The Inimitable Jeeves (Jeeves, #2)

P.G. Wodehouse

4.20

Transform Your Habits

If I Did It: Confessions of the Killer

Dominick Dunne , O.J. Simpson , The Goldman Family , Pablo F. Fenjves

3.30

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9 must-read audiobook books like Let's Talk Money by Monika Halan

Transform Your Habits

The Dhandho Investor: The Low-Risk Value Method to High Returns

Mohnish Pabrai

4.23

Transform Your Habits

Same as Ever: A Guide to What Never Changes

Morgan Housel

4.19

Transform Your Habits

The Psychology of Money

Morgan Housel

4.30

Transform Your Habits

Do Epic Shit

Ankur Warikoo

3.76

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