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BOOK OF THE MONTH

A Gentleman in Moscow: A Novel

A New York Times "Readers' Choice: Best Books of the 21st Century" Pick

The mega-bestseller with more than 2 million readers--Now a Paramount+ with Showtime series starring Ewan McGregor as Count Alexander Rostov

From the #1 New York Times-bestselling author of The Lincoln Highway and Table for Two, a beautifully 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 erudition and wit, has never worked a day in his life, and must now live in an attic room while some of the most tumultuous decades in Russian history are unfolding outside the hotel's doors. Unexpectedly, his reduced circumstances provide him entry into a much larger world of emotional discovery.

Brimming with humor, a glittering cast of characters, and one beautifully rendered scene after another, this singular novel casts a spell as it relates the count's endeavor to gain a deeper understanding of what it means to be a man of purpose.

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496 pages

Average rating: 7.98

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Community Reviews

JustBethWV
Oct 27, 2023
10/10 stars
I used to read all the time. Then life got in the way. I joined a bookclub with my classmates from 1972. Our 1st book was A Gentleman in Moscow and my love of reading has been restored!
Fnatwick
Feb 03, 2022
Good but difficult read.
Anonymous
Jan 14, 2025
8/10 stars
I’m not even sure how to rate this beautifully written historical novel. The first half dragged and I really almost gave up on it. Once the character Sophie appears the novel picked up and the last third of the book was brilliant. I definitely missed parts having never watched Casablanca. The historical side notes add a lot to the book.
JCL
Jan 05, 2025
9/10 stars
Listened to the audiobook, just wonderful.
qjohn
Dec 22, 2024
10/10 stars
Fabulous. The novel has everything. Sad, heartwarming, romance, honor, humor. "A gentleman does not do what he wants. He does what he should."

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