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Political Fiction
26 reading guides and book lists curated by the Editors Reads team.
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Where to Start with Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Solzhenitsyn — whether to begin with One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, The Gulag Archipelago, or The First Circle. A complete guide.
Where to Start with Anna Burns: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Anna Burns — whether to begin with Milkman or No Bones. A complete reading guide to the Booker Prize-winning Northern Irish novelist.
Where to Start with Arthur Koestler: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Arthur Koestler — how to approach Darkness at Noon, his essential novel about Stalinist show trials. A complete reading guide to the Hungarian-British author.
Where to Start with Casey McQuiston: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Casey McQuiston — whether to begin with Red, White & Royal Blue or One Last Stop. A complete reading guide to the romance author.
Where to Start with George R.R. Martin: A Reading Guide
Where to start with George R.R. Martin — how to approach A Game of Thrones and the Song of Ice and Fire series, and which book is the high point of the sequence. A complete reading guide.
Where to Start with Herta Müller: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Herta Müller — whether to begin with The Land of Green Plums, The Hunger Angel, or The Appointment. A complete reading guide to the Nobel Prize-winner.
Where to Start with Nadine Gordimer: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Nadine Gordimer — whether to begin with Burger's Daughter, July's People, or The Conservationist. A complete guide to the Nobel laureate.
Where to Start with Sinclair Lewis: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Sinclair Lewis — whether to begin with Main Street, Babbitt, or Elmer Gantry. A complete guide to the first American Nobel laureate.
Where to Start with Viet Thanh Nguyen: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Viet Thanh Nguyen — whether to begin with The Sympathizer, The Refugees, or The Committed. A complete reading guide to the Pulitzer Prize-winning author.
Best Books About Colonialism and Empire: Essential Reading
The best books about colonialism and empire — from Heart of Darkness and Things Fall Apart to A Passage to India and Half of a Yellow Sun. Essential postcolonial reading.
Best Books About Democracy and Tyranny: Essential Political Reading
The best books about democracy and tyranny — from 1984 and Darkness at Noon to It Can't Happen Here and Brave New World. Essential political fiction and non-fiction.
Best Cold War Books: Essential Fiction and Non-Fiction
The best Cold War books — from The Spy Who Came In from the Cold and Doctor Zhivago to Darkness at Noon and Animal Farm. Essential Cold War reading.
Best Eastern European Literature: Essential Novels from Central and Eastern Europe
The best Eastern European literature — from The Master and Margarita and The Trial to The Unbearable Lightness of Being and Drive Your Plow. Essential fiction.
George Orwell Books in Order: Complete Bibliography & Best Starting Points
George Orwell wrote six novels and a body of non-fiction that shaped the political language of the twentieth century. This guide covers his complete bibliography, the best books to start with, and how to read his work in context.
Graham Greene Books in Order: Complete Reading Guide
Graham Greene books in order — from Brighton Rock and The Power and the Glory to The Quiet American and The End of the Affair. Complete reading guide.
Mario Vargas Llosa Books in Order: Complete Bibliography & Best Starting Points
Mario Vargas Llosa's complete bibliography in order — from Conversation in the Cathedral and The War of the End of the World to The Feast of the Goat. Best starting points.
Where to Start with Arundhati Roy: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Arundhati Roy — whether to begin with The God of Small Things or The Ministry of Utmost Happiness. A complete reading guide.
Where to Start with Doris Lessing: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Doris Lessing — whether to begin with The Golden Notebook, The Grass Is Singing, or Martha Quest. A complete reading guide to the Nobel laureate.
Where to Start with Frank Herbert: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Frank Herbert — how to begin with Dune, whether to continue into the sequels, and what to read in the Dune series. A complete reading guide.
Where to Start with George Orwell: A Reading Guide
Where to start with George Orwell — whether to begin with 1984, Animal Farm, Homage to Catalonia, or Down and Out in Paris and London. A complete reading guide.
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