Recommended Ukrainian books
A selection of Ukrainian books with short reviews — what is worth reading.
The Witch of Konotop
Hryhorii Kvitka-Osnovianenko
A classic satire about Cossack Konotop, where people hunt for a "witch" to explain a drought. Witty about superstition and power, and the basis of a modern graphic-novel bestseller.
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I See You're Interested in Darkness
Illarion Pavliuk
A psychological thriller: an investigator in a remote village probes the murder of a child — and his own darkness. Ukrainian noir that won't let go.
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The Orphanage
Serhiy Zhadan
A few days in the life of a teacher who travels to a frontline town to pick up his nephew — quiet, cinematic prose about war and responsibility.
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