Global Reads: Books Set in Eastern Europe

Description
Includes Russia.
1
The Historian
by Elizabeth Kostova
21,505 members
759 reviews
½ 3.7
2 Members
sturlington, ahef1963
2
The Silver Sword
by Ian Serraillier
2,697 members
42 reviews
3.9
2 Members
dara85, Rusty37
3
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
by John Boyne
15,114 members
854 reviews
4
2 Members
dara85, ahef1963
4
Everything Is Illuminated
by Jonathan Safran Foer
14,304 members
268 reviews
3.9
2 Members
sipthereader, ahef1963
5
The Keep
by Jennifer Egan
2,000 members
96 reviews
½ 3.4
2 Members
sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations
sturlington: unnamed Eastern European village
6
I Served the King of England
by Bohumil Hrabal
1,412 members
29 reviews
4
2 Members
sipthereader, thorold
7
We
by Yevgeny Zamyatin
8,516 members
215 reviews
3.8
2 Members
sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations
sturlington: Russia
8
People of the Book
by Geraldine Brooks
10,019 members
499 reviews
3.9
2 Members
KimarieBee, ManWithAnAgenda
9
The Good Soldier Svejk
by Jaroslav Hašek
3,538 members
62 reviews
4
Member
thorold
10
The Painted Bird
by Jerzy Kosiński
2,990 members
74 reviews
3.8
Member
aulsmith
11
The Bronze Horseman
by Paullina Simons
2,134 members
104 reviews
4.2
Member
KimarieBee
12
Too Loud a Solitude
by Bohumil Hrabal
1,657 members
47 reviews
4
Member
sipthereader
13
The Lost Shtetl
by Max Gross
190 members
7 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
14
Cyclops
by Ranko Marinković
84 members
1 review
½ 4.3
Member
bluepiano
15
Zlata's Diary: A Child's Life in Sarajevo
by Zlata Filipović
2,396 members
27 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
Rusty37
16
Utz
by Bruce Chatwin
1,300 members
27 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
thorold
17
Melmoth
by Sarah Perry
951 members
72 reviews
½ 3.4
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
18
The Black Mountain
by Rex Stout
736 members
27 reviews
3.8
Member
aulsmith
19
Sunflower
by Gyula Krúdy
299 members
5 reviews
½ 3.4
Member
bluepiano
20
Lunch with the Stationmaster
by Derek Hansen
39 members
½ 4.5
Member
KimarieBee
21
The Charm School
by Nelson DeMille
2,168 members
52 reviews
4.1
Member
KimarieBee
22
Once
by Morris Gleitzman
1,059 members
54 reviews
4.1
Member
Rusty37
23
The Kommandant's Girl
by Pam Jenoff
1,045 members
49 reviews
3.8
Member
dara85
24
The Return of Philip Latinowicz
by Miroslav Krleža
211 members
3 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
thorold
25
Lights All Night Long
by Lydia Fitzpatrick
208 members
5 reviews
3.9
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
26
Szkice Węglem
by Henryk Sienkiewicz
24 members
3.1
Member
bluepiano
27
The Idiot
by Elif Batuman
1,675 members
70 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
sipthereader
28
Closely Watched Trains
by Bohumil Hrabal
1,057 members
27 reviews
3.9
Member
thorold
29
Far North
by Marcel Theroux
620 members
52 reviews
3.8
Member
sturlington
Explanations
sturlington: Siberia
30
The Things We Cherished
by Pam Jenoff
293 members
38 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
dara85
31
The Half Life of Valery K
by Natasha Pulley
245 members
16 reviews
4.1
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
32
The Veil of Gold
by Kim Wilkins
178 members
8 reviews
3.9
Member
KimarieBee
33
The Seven Churches
by Miloš Urban
97 members
4 reviews
½ 2.7
Member
bluepiano
34
Murder on the Orient Express
by Agatha Christie
17,282 members
424 reviews
4.1
Member
sturlington
Explanations
sturlington: Turkey
35
In the Darkroom
by Susan Faludi
434 members
16 reviews
4
Member
sipthereader
36
I Am Fifteen--and I Don't Want To Die
by Christine Arnothy
396 members
6 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
dara85
37
The Collected Stories
by Isaac Bashevis Singer
1,073 members
8 reviews
½ 4.3
Member
thorold
38
The Night Ferry
by Michael Robotham
562 members
34 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
dara85
39
The Devil Aspect
by Craig Russell
273 members
13 reviews
4.1
Member
sturlington
40
The Marmara Contract
by Alan Gold
11 members
1 review
Member
KimarieBee
41
Into the Blue
by Robert Goddard
580 members
19 reviews
3.8
Member
KimarieBee
42
Day Watch
by Sergei Lukyanenko
2,627 members
49 reviews
4
Member
KimarieBee
43
Orsinian Tales
by Ursula K. Le Guin
1,577 members
22 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
44
Night Watch
by Sergei Lukyanenko
4,707 members
140 reviews
3.9
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
45
Goat Song
by Frank Yerby
163 members
1 review
3.2
Member
KimarieBee
46
Poland
by James A. Michener
2,385 members
25 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
47
Solaris
by Stanisław Lem
6,609 members
158 reviews
3.9
Explanations
bluepiano : It's set in outer space, not Eastern Europe