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The Corvina History of Hungary
by Péter Hanák

Hungarian historical accounts include this worthy but rather dull tome.

Hungary and the Soviet Bloc
by Charles Gati

If your passion is politics, try this dry but definitive treatise on Hungarian foreign policy from 1944-86.

In the Name of the Working Class
by Sándor Kopácsi

A thoroughly readable account of the events leading to the 1956 uprising.

Between the Woods and the Water
by Patrick Leigh Fermor

Traces the author's 1933 walk through Hungary, including central Europe, en route to Constantinople.

Stealing from a Deep Place
by Brian Hall

A classic travelogue, detailing Hall's tempered love affair with the still-Communist Budapest of the 1980s.

The Story of My Wife
by Milan Füst

Recently translated and complex tale of obsession.

Under the Frog
by Tibor Fischer

This British-based writer has created an immensely readable black comedy about basketball and the 1956 revolution.