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Books recommended by Boris Akunin

Russian writer, translation, and historian

Russian writer, translation, and historian. Their picks here come from a Five Books interview, on Five Mysteries Set in Russia.

5 books from 1 source · 2 also picked by others

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This is a selection of sourced recommendations, not a complete list of everything Boris Akunin has read or praised. How we choose.

Written by Boris Akunin

Books Boris Akunin wrote

Their most-published books, from Open Library. These are books they wrote, not recommendations.

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Picks others agree on

2 books Boris recommends that at least one other person in the directory also recommends, each from their own source.

Cross-recommendations

Who agrees with Boris

People in the directory who recommended at least one of the same books.

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