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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: 8

1,631 RATINGS

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Community Reviews

Anonymous
Mar 26, 2025
10/10 stars
My favorite Amor Towles book to date. Also highly recommend Rules of Civility (which is the first book I read).
Anonymous
Mar 26, 2025
8/10 stars
Got 3/4 through and got bored.
Mimi216
Jan 31, 2025
My favorite Amor Towles book…what a great character and unique situation!
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.

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