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Put Down Your Phone! Non-Fiction Books to Be Read

Random to-be-read volumes gracing my 2023 shelves. Selections from popular science, Cold War history, memoirs, travel essays, World War II history, Anglophilia, dogs, horses, books about books, social science, hard science, and fun stuff.
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Return From Siberia (John Shallman)
Return From Siberia
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John Shallman
Comrade Pavlik (Catriona Kelly)
Comrade Pavlik
2
Catriona Kelly
Informer 001 the Myth of Pavlik Morozov (Yuri Druzhnikov)
Informer 001 the Myth of Pavlik Morozov
3
Yuri Druzhnikov
Everyday Stalinism (Shelia Fitzpatrick)
Everyday Stalinism
4
Shelia Fitzpatrick
Gulag: A History (Anne Applebaum)
Gulag: A History
5
Anne Applebaum
Journey Into the Whirlwind
Journey Into the Whirlwind
6
The Forsaken an American Tragedy in Stalin's Russia (Tim Tzouliadis)
The Forsaken an American Tragedy in Stalin's Russia
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Tim Tzouliadis
The Sword and the Shield (Christopher Andrew)
The Sword and the Shield
8
Christopher Andrew
Stalin and the Kirov Murder (Robert Conquest)
Stalin and the Kirov Murder
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Robert Conquest
The Whisperers: Private Life in Stalin's Russia (Orlando Figes)
The Whisperers: Private Life in Stalin's Russia
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Orlando Figes
A Spy Among Friends
A Spy Among Friends
11
The Haunted Wood (Allen Weistein and Alexander Vassiliev)
The Haunted Wood
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Allen Weistein and Alexander Vassiliev
Red Scare: Memories of the American Inquisition (Griffin Fariello)
Red Scare: Memories of the American Inquisition
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Griffin Fariello
Russians Among Us (Gordon Corera)
Russians Among Us
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Gordon Corera
Red Notice (Browder)
Red Notice
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Browder
The Terminal Spy: A True Story of Espionage, Betrayal and Murder (Alan S. Cowell)
The Terminal Spy: A True Story of Espionage, Betrayal and Murder
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Alan S. Cowell
Spy Sites of Washington, DC (Robert Wallace and H. Keith Melton)
Spy Sites of Washington, DC
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Robert Wallace and H. Keith Melton
The Billion Dollar Spy (David E. Hoffman)
The Billion Dollar Spy
18
David E. Hoffman
Full Body Burden (Iversen)
Full Body Burden
19
Iversen
The Dead Hand (David E. Hoffm)
The Dead Hand
20
David E. Hoffm
The Zhivago Affair (Peter Finn)
The Zhivago Affair
21
Peter Finn
Voices From Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster (Svetlana Alexievich)
Voices From Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster
22
Svetlana Alexievich
K Blows Top (Peter Carlson)
K Blows Top
23
Peter Carlson
Midnight in Chernobyl (Adam Higginbotham)
Midnight in Chernobyl
24
Adam Higginbotham
Wild Swans (Jung Chang)
Wild Swans
25
Jung Chang
Secondhand Time: The Last of the Soviets (Svetlana Alexievich,)
Secondhand Time: The Last of the Soviets
26
Svetlana Alexievich,
Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution (Ji-Li Jiang)
Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution
27
Ji-Li Jiang
Aquariums of Pyongyang (Kang Chol-Hwan)
Aquariums of Pyongyang
28
Kang Chol-Hwan
Under the Loving Care of the Fatherly Leader (Bradley K. Martin)
Under the Loving Care of the Fatherly Leader
29
Bradley K. Martin
The Red Orchestra (Gilles Perrault)
The Red Orchestra
30
Gilles Perrault
After Long Silence (Helen Fremont)
After Long Silence
31
Helen Fremont
The Guns of August (Barbara W. Tuchman)
The Guns of August
32
Barbara W. Tuchman
The Arms of Krupp (William Manchester)
The Arms of Krupp
33
William Manchester
Citizen 865: The Hunt for Hitler's Hidden Soldier's in America (Debbie Cenziper)
Citizen 865: The Hunt for Hitler's Hidden Soldier's in America
34
Debbie Cenziper
On Hitler's Mountain (Irmgard A. Hunt)
On Hitler's Mountain
35
Irmgard A. Hunt
Stalingrad (Antony Beevor)
Stalingrad
36
Antony Beevor
Symphony for the City of the Dead: Dmitri Shostakovich and the Siege of Leningrad (Margarita Engle)
Symphony for the City of the Dead: Dmitri Shostakovich and the Siege of Leningrad
37
Margarita Engle
An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa, 1942-1943 (Rick Atkinson)
An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa, 1942-1943
38
Rick Atkinson
With Wings Like Eagles (Michael Korda)
With Wings Like Eagles
39
Michael Korda
Flyboys (James Bradley)
Flyboys
40
James Bradley
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