So would like some recommendations on books on these topics:
20th Century / Communist / Cold War Russia/Europe, fiction or non fiction (I loved the book Child 44 and the film The Lives of Others, so anything similar to those might be good! :) )
Asylums / treatment of "madness", fiction or non fiction (especially historical). What do people think of "The Quickening Maze" by Adam Foulds, is it good?
20th Century Eastern European history, fiction or non fiction, but especially looking for recommendations of good non-fiction books on the 20th century history of Romania.
Historical crime / thrillers.
Anything you think is fantastically amazing and I won't be able to put it down :) I don't really like supernatural, sci-fi, fantasy or specific romance (although its ok as part of a story).
thanks for all the recommendations so far! I didnt expect to get so many so quickly...now I have lots of books I want to read :D (but keep them coming if you think of any more :D )