2026 Reading Challenge

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Jerôme (16 Lists)



In Gurkha Company by J.P. CrossBugles and a Tiger by John MastersThe Gurkhas by Byron Farwell
Gurkhas
3 books — 1 voter
The Polish Officer by Alan FurstThe Spies of Warsaw by Alan FurstThe Silent Unseen by Amanda McCrinaNo Greater Ally by Kenneth K. KoskodanThe Eagle Unbowed by Halik Kochanski
Poland in World War 2
102 books — 44 voters

Nicholas And Alexandra by Robert K. MassieThe Making of the Atomic Bomb by Richard RhodesThe Guns of August by Barbara W. TuchmanOn Tyranny by Timothy Snyder
Best Books About Twentieth Century History
283 books — 22 voters
Bridge of Spies by Giles WhittellIntelligence in War by John KeeganThe Black Door by Richard Aldrich
Great Books on Espionage (nonfiction)
175 books — 35 voters

Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondThe German Genius by Peter WatsonThe Guns of August by Barbara W. Tuchman
Learn About History
461 books — 187 voters
The Realities Behind Diplomacy, Background Influences on Brit... by Paul KennedyThe Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
Eton's List - the books every 16-year-old should read
40 books — 13 voters

Countdown to Pearl Harbor by Steve Twomey
The Smithsonian Top History Books of 2016
10 books — 3 voters
Gorky Park by Martin Cruz SmithRussia's War by Richard OveryDe Geschiedenis van Rusland by Jaap ter HaarVerre jaren by Konstantin Paustovsky
Books about Russia
139 books — 74 voters

Winter Fire by William R. TrotterA Frozen Hell by William R. TrotterDe zeven broers by Aleksis KiviKalevala by Elias Lönnrot
Finnish history and literature
5 books — 2 voters
The Leopard by Giuseppe Tomasi di LampedusaIl Principe Di Niccolo Macchiavelli Cittadino E Segretario Fi... by Niccolò Macchiavelli
Best Italian Novels
144 books — 74 voters

Prisoners of Geography by Tim MarshallGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondThe Decline of the West by Oswald SpenglerRules for Radicals by Saul D. AlinskyA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
Best Books To Frame Thinking
1,280 books — 1,421 voters
Wrath of God by Edward PaiceA Small Death in Lisbon by Robert Wilson
Best on History of Portugal: fiction and non-fiction
133 books — 43 voters

The Greeks by H.D.F. Kitto
Best Books About Ancient History
458 books — 136 voters
1453 by Roger Crowley
Medieval Roman Empire
251 books — 30 voters

The Sun Over Breda by Arturo Pérez-Reverte
Spain
513 books — 244 voters
The Broken Road by Patrick Leigh FermorSpies of the Balkans by Alan FurstThe Histories by HerodotusLa lunga estate calda del commissario Charitos by Petros MarkarisΠαλιά, πολύ παλιά by Petros Markaris
Books Set in Greece
348 books — 148 voters