18 books like City of thieves

What to read after City of thieves — books similar to it, matched on shared themes.

The Ship With No Name Christopher Nicole · 1987 · 384p · ≈ 12h · Moderate The Dolittle Raid of April 1942 demonstrated to the world that the Japanese mainland, Tokyo itself, could be successfully attacked by a determined enemy, thus the cry went up for retaliation. The obvious solution is the destruction of that portion of the U.S. Navy that survived Pearl Harbor. But one man, flying ace and national hero Keiko Hatatsune, dreams of something even more dramatic, more… Shares: War Fiction, Historical Fiction

A Gentleman in Moscow Amor Towles · 2016 · ★ 4.5 · 472p · ≈ 15h · Moderate A Gentleman in Moscow is a 2016 novel by Amor Towles. It is his second novel, published five years after his New York Times best seller, Rules of Civility (2011). Shares: Saint petersburg, Historical Fiction, History

Emma's secret Barbara Taylor Bradford · 2003 · ★ 4.0 · 536p · ≈ 17h · Moderate The book the fans have been waiting for: the much-anticipated sequel to the phenomenally successful A WOMAN OF SUBSTANCE.The legendary Emma Harte, the heroine of A Woman of Substance, returns in this sweeping saga of power, corruption, love and secrets...Paula O'Neill, beloved granddaughter of Emma Harte and the guardian of her vast business empire, believes all that Emma left to the family is… Shares: Grandparent and child, Grandparents

Death in St. Petersburg Tasha Alexander · 2017 · ★ 3.9 · 304p · ≈ 10h · Moderate "After the final curtain of Swan Lake, an animated crowd exits the Mariinsky theatre brimming with excitement from the night's performance. But outside the scene is somber. A ballerina's body lies face down in the snow, blood splattered like rose petals over the costume of the Swan Queen. The crowd is silenced by a single cry-- "Nemetseva is dead!" Amongst the theatergoers is Lady Emily,… Shares: Saint petersburg, History

The inheritance of loss Kiran Desai · 2005 · ★ 3.5 · 336p · ≈ 11h · Moderate In a crumbling, isolated house at the foot of Mount Kanchenjunga in the Himalayas lives an embittered judge who wants only to retire in peace, when his orphaned granddaughter, Sai, arrives on his doorstep. The judgeʼs cook watches over her distractedly, for his thoughts are often on his son, Biju, who is hopscotching from one gritty New York restaurant to another. Kiran Desaiʼs brilliant novel,… Shares: Grandparent and child, Grandparents

Gilead Marilynne Robinson · 2004 · ★ 3.6 · 257p · ≈ 8h · Moderate WINNER OF THE 2005 PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTION In 1956, toward the end of Reverend John Ames’s life, he begins a letter to his young son, an account of himself and his forebears. Ames is the son of an Iowan preacher and the grandson of a minister who, as a young man in Maine, saw a vision of Christ bound in chains and came west to Kansas to fight for abolition: He “preached men into the Civil… Shares: Reminiscing in old age, Grandparents

The thunder and the shouting Christopher Nicole · 1969 · ★ 4.0 · 289p · ≈ 9h · Moderate A Novel of War-Ravaged Poland. Shares: War Fiction

Zoya Danielle Steel · 1980 · ★ 4.1 · 448p · ≈ 14h · Moderate Against the backdrop of the Russian Revolution and World War I Europe, Zoya, young cousin to the Tsar, flees St. Petersburg to Paris to find safety. Her entire world forever changed, she faces hard times and joins the Ballet Russe in Paris. And then, when life is kind to her, Zoya moves on to a new and glittering life in New York. The days of ease are all too brief as the Depression strikes, and… Shares: Saint petersburg, Historical Fiction, History

Psychology John B. Watson · 1913 · 450p · ≈ 15h · Challenging While this volume is written as a series of lectures and in a somewhat free and easy style, every effort has been made to present facts in unmutilated form and to state theoretical positions with accuracy. In approaching subjective psychology for the first time, the reader meets with one great difficulty. He comes in from the world of things-a world which he can manipulate, hold up, examine and… Shares: Psychology, History

Pan Michael An historical novel Henryk Sienkiewicz · 1893 · ★ 4.2 · 542p · ≈ 18h · Challenging The third and final book of Henryk Sienkiewicz’s Trilogy takes a closer and more intimate look at one of the series’ protagonists: Pan Michael Volodyovski. The Polish Commonwealth has been through intense periods of war, and the peace that follows leaves one of its greatest heroes, Pan Michael, finally free to marry his beloved Panna Anusia. But in a twist of fate, she falls ill and dies, leaving… Shares: Historical Fiction, History

St. George and St. Michael George MacDonald · 1876 · 450p · ≈ 15h · Challenging It was the middle of autumn, and had rained all day. Through the lozenge-panes of the wide oriel window the world appeared in the slowly gathering dusk not a little dismal. The drops that clung trickling to the dim glass added rain and gloom to the landscape beyond, whither the eye passed, as if vaguely seeking that help in the distance, which the dripping hollyhocks and sodden sunflowers… Shares: Historical Fiction, History

Short stories Louis L'Amour · 2003 · ★ 2.7 · 839p · ≈ 27h · Moderate The fourth volume of Louis L'Amour's collected short stories features more than forty of the master's greatest adventure tales in a keepsake edition to cherish for generations. This unique collection gathers stories guaranteed to thrill and delight readers again and again, establishing why Louis L'Amour is truly America's favorite storyteller. Shares: Survival after airplane accidents, Historical Fiction, History

Dom Casmurro Machado de Assis · 1900 · ★ 4.3 · 321p · ≈ 10h · Challenging Dom Casmurro, publicado pela primeira vez em 1899, é um dos romances realistas mais importantes de Machado de Assis, considerado por alguns sua obra-prima. O livro narra a história de Bento Gonçalves desde sua juventude, abordando temas como religião, adultério e ambiguidade moral. Shares: Reminiscing in old age, Historical Fiction

The Terror Dan Simmons · 2007 · ★ 4.1 · 768p · ≈ 25h · Moderate The bestselling author of Ilium transforms the story of the ill-fated Franklin Expedition into a devastating historical adventure that will chill you to your core.The men on board Her Britannic Majesty's Ships Terror and Erebus had every expectation of triumph. They were part of Sir John Franklin's 1845 expedition – as scientifically advanced an enterprise as had ever set forth – and theirs were… Shares: Survival after airplane accidents, Survival, Historical Fiction

The dark forest Hugh Walpole · 1916 · 324p · ≈ 10h · Challenging John Durward and John Trenchard are two Englishmen who join a company of Russian doctors, nurses, and orderlies working on the Russian side of the Eastern Front at the height of World War I. Durward, the primary narrator, is a detached and seemingly-objective observer of events; his friend Trenchard is a dreamy, clumsy, and naive man whose fiancee, Marie Ivanova, is serving alongside him as a… Shares: World War, Historical Fiction

Advances in Psychology Research Alexandra M. Columbus · 2008 · 199p · ≈ 6h · Moderate "Advances in Psychology Research" presents original research results on the leading edge of psychology research. Each article has been carefully selected in an attempt to present substantial psychology advances across a broad spectrum. Shares: Psychology

Voices Staroba · 2015 Young Memer takes on a pivotal role in freeing her war-torn homeland from its oppressive captors. Shares: Psychology

The principles of psychology William James · 1890 · ★ 3.9 · 897p · ≈ 29h · Demanding The Principles of Psychology is a monumental text in the history of psychology, written by William James and published in 1890. There were four methods in James' psychology: analysis (i.e. the logical criticism of precursor and contemporary views of the mind), introspection (i.e. the psychologist's study of his own states of mind), experiment (e.g. in hypnosis or neurology), and comparison (the… Shares: Psychology

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