1.
The Brothers Karamozov by Fyodor Dostoevsky
23 points - added 3 years ago by JDBLists - 1 comment
Comments:
Dostoevsky's masterpiece is recognized as one of the best works in literature ever. You owe it to yourself to check it out.
Added 3 years ago by JDBLists, 2 points
2.
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
13 points - added 3 years ago by JDBLists -
3.
The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
10 points - added 3 years ago by JDBLists - 1 comment
Comments:
Bulgakov's work is one of the best novels of the 20th century, detailing a visit by the Devil to the Soviet Union.
Added 3 years ago by JDBLists, 1 point
4.
Dead Souls by Nikolai Gogol
9 points - added 3 years ago by JDBLists -
5.
The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoevsky
6 points - added 3 years ago by JDBLists -
6.
Fathers and Sons by Ivan Turgenev
5 points - added 3 years ago by JDBLists - 1 comment
Comments:
Dealing with inter-generational strife, Fathers and Sons is Turgenev's best-known work. It's a quick and brilliant read.
Added 3 years ago by JDBLists, 0 points
7.
The Real Life if Sebastian Knight by Vladimir Nabokov
4 points - added 3 years ago by JDBLists -
8.
Stories of Anton Chekhov by Anton Chekhov
3 points - added 3 years ago by JDBLists -
9.
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
3 points - added 3 years ago by JDBLists - 1 comment
Comments:
A novel for the financially insolvent (or maybe not,) this Dostoevsky work was originally published in serial form.
Added 3 years ago by JDBLists, 0 points
10.
Generations of Winter by Vassily Aksyonov
0 points - added 3 years ago by JDBLists -
11.
Taras Bulba by Nikolai Gogol
0 points - added 3 years ago by JDBLists -
12.
War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
0 points - added 3 years ago by JDBLists - 1 comment
Comments:
War and Peace is one of those novels you can brag about having read. It is one of the greatest works in literature, and also one of the most famously long.
Added 3 years ago by JDBLists, 0 points
13.
Oblomov by Ivan Goncharov
-2 points - added 3 years ago by JDBLists -
14.
Heart of a Dog by Mikhail Bulgakov
-2 points - added 3 years ago by JDBLists -
15.
Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak
-3 points - added 3 years ago by JDBLists -
16.
The Same Old Story by Ivan Goncharov
-4 points - added 3 years ago by JDBLists -
17.
Pushkin House by Andrei Bitov
-5 points - added 3 years ago by JDBLists -
18.
The Diary of a Madman by Nikolai Gogol
-5 points - added 3 years ago by JDBLists -
19.
Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
-6 points - added 3 years ago by JDBLists -
20.
A Russian Gentleman by Serghei Aksakoff
-6 points - added 3 years ago by JDBLists -
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