Svetlana Alexievich's most recommended books

We've asked 12,000+ authors and super readers for their favorite books. Here are their favorite books by Svetlana Alexievich.

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Books like The Unwomanly Face of War

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Books like Secondhand Time

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Books like Chernobyl Prayer

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Books like Voices from Chernobyl

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Books like Zinky Boys

Book lists with Svetlana Alexievich's books

13 authors created a book list with a book by Svetlana Alexievich as one of their picks.

• Brutal reality of life in war-torn Soviet Union
• Dealing with a world unexpectedly coming apart
• Villainous heroines
• Women in combat
• Giving human faces to history
• Psychological enquiry in alternative formats

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241 authors created a book list connected to Svetlana Alexievich's books by genre, topic, theme, and mood.

• Russia and USSR in the 20th Century
• Stalinism from every angle
• The Soviet Union under Brezhnev
• Intelligence history
• Russian espionage
• Soviet espionage

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