Literature & Fiction 2000 The Feast of the Goat Mario Vargas Llosa The Feast of the Goat 《公羊的节日》 Mario Vargas Llosa The grotesque spectacle and collapse of a dictator's rule. Literature & Fiction AZM's list
Society & Civilization 2011 The Dictator's Handbook Bruce Bueno de Mesquita The Dictator's Handbook 《独裁者手册》 Bruce Bueno de Mesquita How rulers stay in power by rewarding a winning coalition rather than the public. Society & Civilization AZM's list
Literature & Fiction 1951 The Conformist Alberto Moravia The Conformist 《同流者》 Alberto Moravia An ordinary man drifts into complicity with tyranny. Literature & Fiction AZM's list
Literature & Fiction 2009 The Hunger Angel Herta Müller The Hunger Angel 《呼吸秋千》 Herta Müller A Nobel laureate's account of survival in a wartime labour camp. Literature & Fiction AZM's list
World History 1974 Russia Under the Old Regime Richard Pipes Russia Under the Old Regime 《旧制度下的俄国》 Richard Pipes The history of tsarist rule and the making of totalitarian institutions. World History AZM's list
World History 2018 Rise and Kill First Ronen Bergman Rise and Kill First 《先发制人》 Ronen Bergman The history of Mossad assassinations and the Middle East they shaped. World History AZM's list
World History 2021 February 1933 Uwe Wittstock February 1933 《文学之冬》 Uwe Wittstock Artists exiled and silenced after the Nazis came to power. World History AZM's list
World History 2003 The Coming of the Third Reich Richard J. Evans The Coming of the Third Reich 《第三帝国的到来》 Richard J. Evans The collapse of the Weimar Republic and the Nazi seizure of power. World History AZM's list
Society & Civilization The Book of Lord Shang Shang Yang The Book of Lord Shang 《商君书》 Shang Yang The Legalist art of weakening, impoverishing, and dulling the people to rule them. Society & Civilization XMS's list