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Garry Kasparov

Former World Chess Champion · Renew Democracy Initiative

Garry Kasparov is a former World Chess Champion, widely regarded as one of the greatest players in the history of the game. Since retiring from professional chess in 2005 he has become a prominent writer and pro-democracy activist, chairing the Renew Democracy Initiative and speaking out on Russian politics, authoritarianism, and the future of technology.

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Garry Kasparov wrote 3 books →

10 books · Updated July 2026 As an Amazon Associate, we earn from qualifying purchases.

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The Man Without a Face

The Unlikely Rise of Vladimir Putin

by Masha Gessen · 2012 · Biography

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Mr. Putin

by Fiona Hill, Clifford G. Gaddy · 2012 · Biography

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Cover of The Less You Know, the Better You Sleep

The Less You Know, the Better You Sleep

Russia's road to terror and dictatorship under Yeltsin and Putin

by David Satter · 2016 · History

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Red Notice

How I Became Putin's No. 1 Enemy

by Bill Browder · 2015 · Memoir

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A Very Expensive Poison

the definitive story of the murder of Litvinenko and Russia's war with the West

by Luke Harding · 2016 · True Crime

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Dvoretsky’s Endgame Manual

by Mark Dvoretsky · 2003 · Games

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The Reformer

how one liberal fought to preempt the Russian Revolution

by Stephen F. Williams · 2017 · Biography

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All the King’s Men

by Robert Penn Warren · 1946 · Fiction

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Burn-In

A Novel of the Real Robotic Revolution

by P.W. Singer, August Cole · 2020 · Fiction

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Red Famine

Stalin's War on Ukraine

by Anne Applebaum · 2017 · History

Books by Garry Kasparov

Cover of Deep Thinking

Deep Thinking 2017

Cover of How Life Imitates Chess

How Life Imitates Chess 2007

Cover of Winter Is Coming

Winter Is Coming 2015