A Gentleman in Moscow
Ranked #4 in Recursion, Ranked #5 in 2019 — see more rankings.
He can't leave his hotel. You won't want to.
From the New York Times bestselling author of Rules of Civility--a transporting novel about a man who is ordered to spend the rest of his life inside a luxury hotel.
In 1922, Count Alexander Rostov is deemed an unrepentant aristocrat by a Bolshevik tribunal, and is sentenced to house arrest in the Metropol, a grand hotel across the street from the Kremlin. Rostov, an indomitable man of... more
Reviews and Recommendations
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Bill Gates CEO/MicrosoftIt seems like everyone I know has read this book. I finally joined the club after my brother-in-law sent me a copy, and I’m glad I did. Towles’s novel about a count sentenced to life under house arrest in a Moscow hotel is fun, clever, and surprisingly upbeat. Even if you don’t enjoy reading about Russia as much as I do (I’ve read every book by Dostoyevsky), A Gentleman in Moscow is an amazing story that anyone can enjoy. (Source)
Henry Medine I promote range and diversity. Thus, I recommend readers to expose themselves to as many different topics as possible. I usually have 2-4 books I refer back to at any given time. They range in topics from management, art, spirituality and philosophy. Trying to get the engineering thing going but don't much of a mind for science. (Source)
Rankings by Category
A Gentleman in Moscow is ranked in the following categories:
- #20 in 1920S
- #6 in 2016
- #90 in Audible
- #81 in Audio
- #76 in Beautiful
- #27 in Book Club
- #8 in Breakup
- #10 in Cheese
- #10 in Communism
- #92 in Current
- #69 in Dad
- #67 in Feel-Good
- #87 in Good Read
- #13 in Historical Fiction
- #46 in Holiday Reading
- #99 in Literary
- #84 in Men
- #46 in New York Times Bestseller
- #40 in Political Thriller
- #43 in Quarantine
- #96 in Recent
- #91 in Recommended
- #95 in Revolution
- #25 in Russian
- #16 in Russian History
- #66 in Spy
- #50 in The Cold War
- #60 in Thriller
- #47 in Top Ten
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