Books

A riveting history and maritime adventure about priceless masterpieces originally destined for Catherine the Great.

A groundbreaking and gripping literary detective novel set in Soviet-era Russia, from the award-winning author of Laurus and The Aviator

A startling and revelatory examination of Nabokov’s life and works—notably Pale Fire and Lolita—bringing new insight into one of the twentieth century’s most enigmatic authors.

The acclaimed author of Sovietistan travels along the seemingly endless Russian border and reveals the deep and pervasive influence it has had across half the globe.

In the deft hands of Eugene Vodolazkin, The Aviator paints a vivid, panoramic picture of life in Russia at the beginning of the 20th century, richly evoking the sights, sounds and political turmoil of those days.

Petrograd tells the untold tale of the international conspiracy behind the 1916 murder of Grigori Rasputin.

A Volga Tale recounts the story of a people, a republic, a nation, a tale that begins in quietude, flows and grows mighty, crosses space and time, like the Volga River itself.

The Story of Russia is a fresh approach to the thousand years of Russia’s history, concerned as much with the ideas that have shaped how Russians think about their past as it is with the events and personalities comprising it.

An inspiring and beautifully produced series of photo-portraits of LGBTQ Russians living in an increasingly homophobic Russia.

Supra shares over 100 of the dishes that come together to make Georgian cuisine a true celebration of its country's unique climate, history and culture.

Beautiful verse and stunning illustrations full of woodland creatures and playfully painted matryoshka dolls explore a tale of heartache, hope, and love.

Ferociously funny and deeply moving, Mother Doll forces us to look at how painful secrets stamp themselves from one generation to the next. Katya Apekina’s second novel is a family epic and a meditation on motherhood, immigration, identity, and war.