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A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles

Every year there is that one book that really moves you—this is that book. It is set in 1922 Russia, and Count Alexander Rostov has been sentenced to house arrest in the famed Moscow Hotel Metropol, and must live out the rest of his life in a small hotel room. He is availed of the interesting hotel clientele, as well as the hotel restaurant, the Boyarsky, while all of Russia and its bourgeois class system is collapsing outside its doors. Humorous, brilliantly written, utterly heartfelt, intellectually fascinating—you will love the count as he continues to live purposefully under incredible circumstances.

Christine, Griswold Inn Store, Essex