srm's current reads
14 books

Hard by a Great Forest by Leo Vardiashvili

Hard by a Great Forest

Leo Vardiashvili

336 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction historical literary medium-paced
Young Queens: Three Renaissance Women and the Price of Power by Leah Redmond Chang

Young Queens: Three Renaissance Women and the Price of Power

Leah Redmond Chang

18 hours, 28 minutes • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction history informative sad slow-paced
The Silver Bone by Andrey Kurkov

The Silver Bone

Andrey Kurkov

304 pages • missing pub info (editions)

fiction historical mystery
Into Siberia: George Kennan's Epic Journey Through the Brutal, Frozen Heart of Russia by Gregory Wallance

Into Siberia: George Kennan's Epic Journey Through the Brutal, Frozen Heart of Russia

Gregory Wallance

304 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction biography history adventurous informative sad medium-paced
The Extinction of Irena Rey by Jennifer Croft

The Extinction of Irena Rey

Jennifer Croft

288 pages • missing pub info (editions)

fiction
All Our Yesterdays by Joel H. Morris

All Our Yesterdays

Joel H. Morris

368 pages • missing pub info (editions)

fiction historical
Sing, Memory: The Remarkable Story of the Man Who Saved the Music of the Nazi Camps by Makana Eyre

Sing, Memory: The Remarkable Story of the Man Who Saved the Music of the Nazi Camps

Makana Eyre

12 hours, 12 minutes • first pub 2023 (editions) user-added

nonfiction history
Stalingrad by Vasily Grossman, Robert Chandler, Elizabeth Chandler

Stalingrad

Stalingrad #1

Vasily Grossman, Robert Chandler, Elizabeth Chandler

1088 pages • first pub 1954 (editions)

fiction historical challenging emotional sad slow-paced
The Orphanage by Serhiy Zhadan

The Orphanage

Serhiy Zhadan

336 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction contemporary dark reflective tense slow-paced
Something New by P.G. Wodehouse

Something New

Blandings Castle #1

P.G. Wodehouse

192 pages • missing pub info (editions)

fiction classics adventurous medium-paced