Ian Buruma

47 books

Anglomania: A European Love Affair by Ian Buruma

Anglomania: A European Love Affair

Ian Buruma

304 pages • first pub 1999 (editions)

nonfiction history adventurous informative slow-paced
Bad Elements: Chinese Rebels from Los Angeles to Beijing by Ian Buruma

Bad Elements: Chinese Rebels from Los Angeles to Beijing

Ian Buruma

400 pages • first pub 2001 (editions)

nonfiction history informative medium-paced
The Churchill Complex: The Curse of Being Special, from Winston and FDR to Trump and Brexit by Ian Buruma

The Churchill Complex: The Curse of Being Special, from Winston and FDR to Trump and Brexit

Ian Buruma

320 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction history informative medium-paced
Geisha: The Life, the Voices, the Art by Ian Buruma, Jodi Cobb

Geisha: The Life, the Voices, the Art

Ian Buruma, Jodi Cobb

128 pages • first pub 1995 (editions)

nonfiction history emotional tense medium-paced
Glitter and Doom: German Portraits from the 1920s by Matthias Eberle, Ian Buruma, Sabine Rewald

Glitter and Doom: German Portraits from the 1920s

Matthias Eberle, Ian Buruma, Sabine Rewald

304 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

nonfiction art history informative medium-paced
God's Dust: A Modern Asian Journey by Ian Buruma

God's Dust: A Modern Asian Journey

Ian Buruma

288 pages • first pub 1989 (editions)

nonfiction history travel adventurous informative medium-paced
Granta 26: Travel by Bill Buford

Granta 26: Travel

Bill Buford

256 pages • first pub 1989 (editions)

nonfiction essays literary travel adventurous medium-paced
A House for Mr. Biswas by V.S. Naipaul

A House for Mr. Biswas

V.S. Naipaul

576 pages • first pub 1961 (editions)

fiction literary challenging reflective slow-paced
Inventing Japan: 1853-1964 by Ian Buruma

Inventing Japan: 1853-1964

Modern Library Chronicles #11

Ian Buruma

194 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative slow-paced
A Japanese Mirror: Heroes and Villains in Japanese Culture by Ian Buruma

A Japanese Mirror: Heroes and Villains in Japanese Culture

Ian Buruma

242 pages • first pub 1984 (editions)

nonfiction history informative relaxing medium-paced