Books Recommended by Garry Kasparov
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Burn-In
A Novel of the Real Robotic Revolution
P. W. Singer
Source: "Sometimes you just want to read a book to enjoy, and other times you want to book to make you think. Every once in while you get to do both!" - Garry Kasparov
Red Famine
Stalin's War on Ukraine
Anne Applebaum
Source: "It would be nice if people were reading it for history instead of current events!" - Garry Kasparov
A Very Expensive Poison
The Assassination of Alexander Litvinenko and Putin's War with the West
Luke Harding
Source: "I recently recommended. To Trump!" - Garry Kasparov
Red Notice
A True Story of High Finance, Murder, and One Man's Fight for Justice
Bill Browder
Source: Garry Kasparov recommended this book on Twitter.
The Less You Know, the Better You Sleep
Russia's Road to Terror and Dictatorship under Yeltsin and Putin
David Satter
Source: Garry Kasparov recommended this book on Twitter.
The Reformer
How One Liberal Fought to Preempt the Russian Revolution
Stephen F. Williams
Source: "A very interesting book." - Garry Kasparov
The Man Without a Face
The Unlikely Rise of Vladimir Putin
Masha Gessen
Source: "On Putin." - Garry Kasparov
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