Why Join?

  • Add New Books

  • Write a Review

  • Backpack Reading Lists

  • Newsletter Updates

Join Now

Filter:

The Russian Interpreter

The Russian Interpreter
  • Author(s): Michael Frayn
  • Location(s): Moscow
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): Mid 20th Century

‘A love affair through an interpreter,’ said Raya. ‘That’s a very cultured prospect.’ Raya is a mercurial Moscow blonde who speaks no English, and the affair she is embarking upon is with Gordon Proctor-Gould, a visiting British businessman who...

Mayday

Mayday
  • Author(s): Grethe Bøe
  • Location(s): Norway, Russia
  • Genre(s): Crime, Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

In Norway’s frozen north, tension is escalating across the border with Russia. One false move could trigger a major political crisis, or even a war … When an F-16 N.A.T.O. plane goes down on Russian territory, the danger of...

The Postcard

The Postcard
  • Author(s): Anne Berest, Tina Kover (Translator)
  • Location(s): Auschwitz/Birkenau, Europe, Russia
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 2003 looking back

In January 2003, the Berest family receive a mysterious, unsigned postcard. On one side was an image of the Opéra Garnier; on the other, the names of their relatives who were killed in Auschwitz: Ephraïm, Emma, Noémie and Jacques....

The City of Stardust

The City of Stardust
  • Author(s): Georgia Summers
  • Location(s): Europe, Moscow
  • Genre(s): Fantasy, Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Filled with magic, stardust, and a shockingly dark heart, this is a stunning standalone fantasy perfect for fans of The Ten Thousand Doors of January, The Starless Sea and The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue. For centuries, Everlys have...

I Love Russia

I Love Russia
  • Author(s): Elena Kostyuchenko, Bela Shayevich (Translator), Ilona Chavasse (Translator)
  • Location(s): Russia
  • Genre(s): Nonfiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

To be a journalist is to tell the truth. To be patriotic is to be critical, honest, and fearless. I Love Russia takes us to places that non-Russians have never seen and brings us voices we have never heard....

The Witch’s Daughter

The Witch’s Daughter
  • Author(s): Imogen Edwards Jones
  • Location(s): St Petersburg (Leningrad)
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): 1910s

A city in flames. A revolution raging. A woman on the run. Nadezhda has never wanted to be a witch. But the occult is in her blood. Her mother, Militza, conjured Rasputin and introduced him into the Romanov court,...

No Lemons in Moscow

No Lemons in Moscow
  • Author(s): Helen Whitten
  • Location(s): Moscow, Russia
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Romance
  • Era(s): 1990

Will Kate risk everything for love and a good cause? It’s Moscow, 1990. Gorbachev is initiating dramatic change in Russia. On a literary tour, London-based Kate Chisholm meets the young and passionate investigative journalist Valentin Kotov. Over the next...

The Story Orchestra: The Nutcracker

The Story Orchestra: The Nutcracker
  • Author(s): Jessica Courtney-Tickle
  • Location(s): Russia
  • Genre(s): Music

Follow Clara on a magical Christmas adventure in this musical retelling of The Nutcracker ballet – push the button on each beautiful scene to hear the vivid sound of an orchestra playing from Tchaikovsky’s original score. It is Christmas...

Arctic Sun

Arctic Sun
  • Author(s): Jack Grimwood
  • Location(s): Kola Peninsula, Russia
  • Genre(s): Political, Thriller
  • Era(s): 1980s

Kola Peninsula, 1987. High in the Soviet Arctic, a tiny village houses an apocalyptic secret . . . When research zoologist Dr Amelia Blackburn ventures north to investigate the ravages of the Chernobyl reactor meltdown, she stumbles on the...

The Cautious Traveller’s Guide to The Wastelands

The Cautious Traveller’s Guide to The Wastelands
  • Author(s): Sarah Brooks
  • Location(s): China, Russia
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): Later 19th Century

Welcome aboard The Great Trans-Siberian Express. It is the end of the 19th Century and the world is awash with marvels. But there is nothing so marvellous as the Wastelands: a terrain of terrible miracles that lies between Beijing...

Would you like to add a book or a review or create a reading list? Join Today – It's FREE

Register Now