10 must-read history books like Ukraine: A Nation on the Borderland by Karl Schlögel

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Ukraine: A Nation on the Borderland

By: Karl Schlögel

3.92

Format: 293 pages, Kindle Edition

The Euromaidan uprising in Kiev, followed by radical regime change, the annexation of the Crimea an…

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1. Transit

By: Anna Seghers

3.70

Format: 290 pages, Paperback

Marseille im Sommer 1940: Am Rande Europas versammeln sich die von den Nazis Verfolgten und Bedroht… read more

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"Such lies were a lot better, less hurtful than the truth would have been."

-Anna Seghers, Transit

"For the first time back then, I thought about everything seriously. The past and the future, both equally unknowable, and also this ongoing situation that the consulates call "transitory" but that we…"

-Anna Seghers, Transit

"What can I expect here? You know the fairy tale about the man who died, don’t you? He was waiting in Eternity to find out what the Lord had decided to do with him. He waited and waited, for one year,…"

-Anna Seghers, Transit

"Then I walked down the Cours Belsunce. The nets were stretched out to dry. A couple of women mending them looked quite lost in the huge square. I had never seen them doing this before. I'm sure that …"

-Anna Seghers, Transit

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2. Altered Pasts: Counterfactuals in History

By: Richard J. Evans

5.00

Format: None pages, Unknown Binding

A bullet misses its target in Sarajevo, a would-be Austrian painter gets into the Viennese academy,… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
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3. The Beautiful Mrs. Seidenman

By: Klara Glowczewska , Andrzej Szczypiorski

4.33

Format: None pages, Paperback

In the Nazi-occupied Warsaw of 1943, Irma Seidenman, a young Jewish widow, possesses two attributes… read more

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4. Life A User's Manual

By: Georges Perec , David Bellos

3.81

Format: 320 pages,

Life is an unclassified masterpiece, a sprawling compendium as encyclopedic as Dante's Commedia and… read more

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5. 1913 - Der Sommer des Jahrhunderts

By: Florian Illies

4.38

Format: None pages, Hardcover

1913 Die Geschichte eines ungeheuren Jahres Virtuos entfaltet Florian Illies das Panorama eines unv… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history

6. Between East and West: Across the Borderlands of Europe

By: Anne Applebaum

3.67

Format: 348 pages, Hardcover

An extraordinary journey into the past and present of the lands east of Poland and west of Russia. … read more

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7. The World of Yesterday

By: Stefan Zweig , Harry Zohn

3.72

Format: 640 pages, Paperback

Stefan Zweig (1881-1942) was a poet, novelist, and dramatist, but it was his biographies that expre… read more

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8. The Russo-Ukrainian War: The Return of History

By: Serhii Plokhy

4.30

Format: 376 pages, Hardcover

An authoritative history of Europe’s largest military conflict since World War II, from the New Yor… read more

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  • russia
  • history
  • ukraine
  • nonfiction
  • european history
"Despite its imperial roots, the current war is being waged in a new international environment defined by the proliferation of nuclear weapons, the disintegration of the post–Cold War international or…"

-Serhii Plokhy, The Russo-Ukrainian War: The Return of History

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9. Every Man for Himself and God Against All: A Memoir

By: Werner Herzog

4.25

Format: 367 pages, Kindle Edition

Legendary filmmaker and celebrated author Werner Herzog tells in his inimitable voice the story of … read more

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  • nonfiction
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10. Echtzeitalter

By: Tonio Schachinger

3.96

Format: 365 pages, Hardcover

Ein elitäres Wiener Internat, untergebracht in der ehemaligen Sommerresidenz der Habsburger, der Kl… read more

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11. L'Arabe du futur 5 : Une jeunesse au Moyen-Orient, 1992-1994

By: Riad Sattouf

4.44

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

Riad a 14 ans, ses cheveux blonds ont disparu, et il a un physique difficile. À la fin du tome préc… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
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12. Der letzte Satz

By: Robert Seethaler

3.46

Format: 126 pages, Hardcover

An Deck eines Schiffes auf dem Weg von New York nach Europa sitzt Gustav Mahler. Er ist berühmt, de… read more

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13. The Silver Bone (The Kyiv Mysteries, #1)

By: Andrey Kurkov

3.43

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From the Ukrainian Andrey Kurkov, a perplexing mystery from a world-renowned literary master that i… read more

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  • russia
  • ukraine
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14. Vida contemplativa: Elogio de la inactividad

By: Byung-Chul Han

3.72

Format: 110 pages, Kindle Edition

Estamos perdiendo nuestra capacidad de no hacer nada. Nuestra existencia está completamente absorbi… read more

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  • nonfiction
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15. Lichtspiel

By: Daniel Kehlmann

4.28

Format: 464 pages, Kindle Edition

Einer der Größten des Kinos, vielleicht der größte Regisseur seiner Epoche: Zur Machtergreifung dre… read more

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16. Grey Bees

By: Andrey Kurkov

4.07

Format: 349 pages, Paperback

49-year-old safety inspector-turned-beekeeper Sergey Sergeich, wants little more than to help his b… read more

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  • russia
  • ukraine
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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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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • european history
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18. Spy×Family 12

By: Tatsuya Endo

4.40

Format: 202 pages, Paperback

バスジャック事件の波乱も過ぎ去り、平穏な生活を取り戻したフォージャー家。だが、“普通の夫婦”は相手に不満があるものとヨルが思い込み…!? さらに東国の諜報員がWISEの機密情報を持ち出して──…!! read more

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19. Das Philosophenschiff

By: Michael Köhlmeier

3.53

Format: 194 pages, Kindle Edition

Mit diesem großen Werk schließt Michael Köhlmeier an seinen Bestseller „Zwei Herren am Strand“ an. … read more

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20. Herkunft

By: Saša Stanišić

4.17

Format: 365 pages, Hardcover

HERKUNFT ist ein Buch über den ersten Zufall unserer Biografie: irgendwo geboren werden. Und was da… read more

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"Träume sind etwas Lebendiges - und als solche vergänglich wie das Gedächtnis."

-Saša Stanišić, Herkunft

"Zoki walks into the classroom, puts a piece of paper down on the teacher’s desk, and shouts: “Everyone write your name."

-Saša Stanišić, Herkunft

"Otec tancoval a už nebol nazúrený, napokon to ani nejde dohromady, všetko ostatné sa dá robiť aj s hnevom, ale toto nie, nie objímanie."

-Saša Stanišić, Herkunft

"Ich verstehe nicht, dass Herkunft Eigenschaften mit sich bringen soll, und verstehe nicht, dass manche bereit sind, in ihrem Namen in Schlachten zu ziehen."

-Saša Stanišić, Herkunft

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21. Far from the Light of Heaven

By: Tade Thompson

3.51

Format: None pages, Audiobook

The colony ship Ragtime docks in the Lagos system, having traveled light-years to bring one thousan… read more

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"Nobody like everybody," says Fin. "Some people are shitty." She sucks her teeth. "Some people are just more difficult to accept than others, and you shouldn't dislike someone because of their weaknes…"

-Tade Thompson, Far from the Light of Heaven

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22. Red Pyramid: Selected Stories

By: Vladimir Sorokin

4.04

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Provocative, hilarious, and tender stories about sex, violence, politics from one of the greatest R… read more

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  • russia
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23. Hoe migratie echt werkt

By: Hein de Haas

4.43

Format: 520 pages, Paperback

Migratie-expert Hein de Haas vertelt het ware verhaal over migratie en de effecten ervan. Al jar… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
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24. Material de construcción

By: Eider Rodríguez

4.12

Format: 218 pages, Kindle Edition

«Una poética implacable contra el dolor, una mirada al mundo que redefine el pasado, un modo de ent… read more

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25. Pfoten vom Tisch! Meine Katzen, andere Katzen und ich

By: Hape Kerkeling

3.81

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Seit seiner Kindheit ist Hape Kerkeling katzenverrückt. Als er acht war, schlich Peterle auf sanfte… read more

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  • nonfiction
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26. 1913: Was ich unbedingt noch erzählen wollte (1913, #2)

By: Florian Illies

4.13

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Sie hätten sich gewünscht, dass das Buch ›1913‹ von Florian Illies noch lange nicht zu Ende ist? De… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • russia
  • history
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27. Die karierten Mädchen

By: Alexa Hennig von Lange

4.11

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Eine Frau und ein jüdisches Mädchen Blind und mit über neunzig Jahren beginnt Klara, ihre Erinneru… read more

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  • history
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28. A History of the Grandparents I Never Had (Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture)

By: Ivan Jablonka

4.23

Format: 353 pages, Hardcover

Ivan Jablonka's grandparents' lives ended long before his began: although Matès and Idesa Jablonka … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
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29. Como el aire que respiramos. El sentido de la cultura

By: Antonio Monegal

3.77

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

¿Qué es y para qué sirve la cultura? Más allá de definiciones simplistas e inveteradas que hacen de… read more

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30. Ukraine: A Nation on the Borderland

By: Karl Schlögel

3.92

Format: 293 pages, Kindle Edition

The Euromaidan uprising in Kiev, followed by radical regime change, the annexation of the Crimea an… read more

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  • russia
  • history
  • travel
  • ukraine
  • nonfiction
  • european history
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31. Das Moor: Über eine faszinierende Welt zwischen Wasser und Land – und warum sie für unser Klima so wichtig ist

By: Franziska Tanneberger

4.36

Format: 497 pages, Kindle Edition

Natur pur – Einblicke in das Leben im und mit dem Moor Das schmatzende, nasse Sumpflandschaften, … read more

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  • nonfiction

13 Best nonfiction books like Ukraine: A Nation on the Borderland by Karl Schlögel

Transform Your Habits

Altered Pasts: Counterfactuals in History

Richard J. Evans

5.00

Transform Your Habits

1913 - Der Sommer des Jahrhunderts

Florian Illies

4.38

Transform Your Habits

The Russo-Ukrainian War: The Return of History

Serhii Plokhy

4.30

Transform Your Habits

Every Man for Himself and God Against All: A Memoir

Werner Herzog

4.25

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Stephan Schäfer

3.68

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Echtzeitalter

Tonio Schachinger

3.96

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Bernhard Schlink

3.77

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Daniel Kehlmann

4.28

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