A Gentleman in Moscow

Why it’s on the list: Amor Towles’ novel of Count Alexander Rostov, sentenced to house arrest in a grand Moscow hotel in 1922, who finds a whole life within its walls across decades of Soviet history.

Where I heard about it

• A colleague — recommended it on a work call, December 2021.
• The replies to @moseskagan — named in his thread asking “What historical fiction should I read next?” (April 2025); the full list of replies is on What historical fiction should I… (tweet).

Connections

• The Lincoln Highway — same author (Amor Towles), also recommended that day.
• Recommended in a December 2021 work call (private meeting note in the wiki).
• What historical fiction should I… (tweet) — recommendation #2: named in this crowd-sourced thread.