Best Russian (Soviet 1917-1991) Literature

1.
The Master and Margarita
The Master and Margarita 4.28 avg rating — 401,092 ratings
2.
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich 3.98 avg rating — 122,138 ratings
3.
We
We 3.88 avg rating — 107,861 ratings
4.
Doctor Zhivago
Doctor Zhivago 4.01 avg rating — 101,115 ratings
5.
Heart of a Dog
Heart of a Dog 4.09 avg rating — 68,438 ratings
6.
The Twelve Chairs
The Twelve Chairs
by: Ilya Ilf
4.39 avg rating — 24,133 ratings
7.
And Quiet Flows the Don
And Quiet Flows the Don 4.11 avg rating — 12,975 ratings
8.
Life and Fate
Life and Fate 4.45 avg rating — 14,759 ratings
9.
The Gulag Archipelago 1918–1956
The Gulag Archipelago 1918–1956 4.33 avg rating — 33,407 ratings
10.
Cancer Ward
Cancer Ward 4.26 avg rating — 17,573 ratings
11.
The Complete Poems of Anna Akhmatova
The Complete Poems of Anna Akhmatova 4.42 avg rating — 7,511 ratings
12.
The White Guard
The White Guard really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 15,741 ratings
13.
A Country Doctor's Notebook
A Country Doctor's Notebook 4.29 avg rating — 23,475 ratings
14.
Moscow to the End of the Line
Moscow to the End of the Line 4.03 avg rating — 12,691 ratings
15.
The First Circle
The First Circle 4.24 avg rating — 8,254 ratings
16.
Roadside Picnic
Roadside Picnic 4.13 avg rating — 81,989 ratings
17.
The Day Lasts More than a Hundred Years
The Day Lasts More than a Hundred Years 4.33 avg rating — 7,899 ratings
18.
Red Cavalry
Red Cavalry 3.98 avg rating — 4,334 ratings
19.
Children of the Arbat (Arbat Tetralogy, #1)
Children of the Arbat (Arbat Tetralogy, #1) 4.22 avg rating — 4,614 ratings
20.
The Luzhin Defense
The Luzhin Defense 3.94 avg rating — 15,462 ratings
21.
Selected Poems
Selected Poems 4.32 avg rating — 7,025 ratings
22.
The Amphibian
The Amphibian 4.12 avg rating — 6,435 ratings
23.
The Selected Poems
The Selected Poems 4.25 avg rating — 2,313 ratings
24.
Today I Wrote Nothing: The Selected Writings
Today I Wrote Nothing: The Selected Writings 4.28 avg rating — 2,399 ratings
25.
The Fate of a Man and Early Stories
The Fate of a Man and Early Stories 4.11 avg rating — 1,405 ratings
26.
Kolyma Tales
Kolyma Tales 4.36 avg rating — 8,309 ratings
27.
The Foundation Pit
The Foundation Pit 3.78 avg rating — 6,237 ratings
28.
Listen!
Listen! 4.29 avg rating — 695 ratings
29.
The Three Fat Men
The Three Fat Men 4.01 avg rating — 2,992 ratings
30.
Sofia Petrovna
Sofia Petrovna 4.06 avg rating — 2,754 ratings
31.
Конармия. Одесские Рассказы.
Конармия. Одесские Рассказы. 4.11 avg rating — 1,037 ratings
32.
The Fatal Eggs
The Fatal Eggs 3.75 avg rating — 11,698 ratings
33.
Moscow 2042
Moscow 2042 3.94 avg rating — 1,941 ratings
34.
Professor Dowell's Head
Professor Dowell's Head 4.06 avg rating — 3,577 ratings
35.
Peter the First
Peter the First 4.17 avg rating — 2,354 ratings
36.
Black Snow
Black Snow 3.72 avg rating — 4,655 ratings
37.
Sandro of Chegem
Sandro of Chegem 4.28 avg rating — 497 ratings
38.
Collected Poems in English
Collected Poems in English 4.38 avg rating — 1,073 ratings
39.
Het gouden kalf
Het gouden kalf
by: Ilya Ilf
4.43 avg rating — 9,132 ratings
40.
Journey into the Whirlwind
Journey into the Whirlwind 4.33 avg rating — 3,854 ratings
41.
Золотой Ключик, или Приключения Буратино
Золотой Ключик, или Приключения Буратино 4.05 avg rating — 5,242 ratings
42.
Selected Poems
Selected Poems 4.22 avg rating — 859 ratings
43.
Nervous People and Other Satires
Nervous People and Other Satires 4.20 avg rating — 740 ratings
44.
The Young Guard
The Young Guard 3.62 avg rating — 360 ratings
45.
Collected Stories
Collected Stories 4.22 avg rating — 704 ratings
46.
The Zone: A Prison Camp Guard's Story
The Zone: A Prison Camp Guard's Story 4.07 avg rating — 2,660 ratings
47.
Cursed Days: Diary of a Revolution
Cursed Days: Diary of a Revolution 4.19 avg rating — 1,460 ratings
48.
Envy
Envy 3.70 avg rating — 3,908 ratings
49.
Soul
Soul 4.08 avg rating — 2,187 ratings
50.
Requiem
Requiem 4.36 avg rating — 896 ratings
51.
August 1914 (The Red Wheel, #1)
August 1914 (The Red Wheel, #1) 3.94 avg rating — 2,770 ratings
52.
Two Captains
Two Captains 4.34 avg rating — 4,086 ratings
53.
Plays 1: The Lower Depths / Summerfolk / Children of the Sun / Barbarians / Enemies
Plays 1: The Lower Depths / Summerfolk / Children of the Sun / Barbarians / Enemies 3.68 avg rating — 60 ratings
53.
Het zware zand
Het zware zand 4.47 avg rating — 610 ratings
55.
Rabelais and His World
Rabelais and His World 4.25 avg rating — 1,521 ratings
55.
The Noise of Time: Selected Prose
The Noise of Time: Selected Prose 4.04 avg rating — 502 ratings
57.
Farewell to Matyora
Farewell to Matyora 3.79 avg rating — 807 ratings
58.
A Story about a Real Man
A Story about a Real Man 4.31 avg rating — 1,654 ratings
59.
The Bedbug and Selected Poetry
The Bedbug and Selected Poetry 4.20 avg rating — 3,079 ratings
60.
Backbone Flute: Selected Poetry
Backbone Flute: Selected Poetry 4.23 avg rating — 330 ratings
60.
The Gulag Archipelago, 1918-1956: An Experiment in Literary Investigation III - IV
The Gulag Archipelago, 1918-1956: An Experiment in Literary Investigation III - IV 4.49 avg rating — 3,305 ratings
62.
The Case of Comrade Tulayev
The Case of Comrade Tulayev 4.12 avg rating — 1,549 ratings
63.
The Snail on the Slope
The Snail on the Slope 3.89 avg rating — 4,519 ratings
64.
Harvest on the Don
Harvest on the Don 3.99 avg rating — 561 ratings
65.
The Semiotics of Russian Culture (Michigan Slavic Contributions, #11)
The Semiotics of Russian Culture (Michigan Slavic Contributions, #11) 4.33 avg rating — 21 ratings
66.
The Living and the Dead (Живые и мёртвые #1)
The Living and the Dead (Живые и мёртвые #1) 4.34 avg rating — 382 ratings
67.
Pushkin House
Pushkin House 3.79 avg rating — 391 ratings
68.
Incidences
Incidences 4.19 avg rating — 2,083 ratings
69.
В окопах Сталинграда
В окопах Сталинграда 4.19 avg rating — 329 ratings
70.
Poem Without a Hero & Selected Poems
Poem Without a Hero & Selected Poems 4.25 avg rating — 227 ratings
71.
Evening
Evening 3.92 avg rating — 355 ratings
72.
Unforgiving Years
Unforgiving Years 4.06 avg rating — 544 ratings
72.
Novel with Cocaine
Novel with Cocaine
by: M. Agueev
3.84 avg rating — 3,508 ratings
74.
Обитаемый остров
Обитаемый остров 4.27 avg rating — 6,868 ratings
75.
The Elagin Affair: And Other Stories
The Elagin Affair: And Other Stories 4.17 avg rating — 66 ratings
76.
The Dead Mountaineer's Inn
The Dead Mountaineer's Inn 3.81 avg rating — 5,426 ratings
77.
A Part of Speech
A Part of Speech 4.44 avg rating — 650 ratings
78.
Mary
Mary 3.71 avg rating — 8,656 ratings
79.
The Gulag Archipelago
The Gulag Archipelago 4.37 avg rating — 11,714 ratings
80.
Summer in Baden-Baden
Summer in Baden-Baden 3.66 avg rating — 1,363 ratings
81.
Duck Hunting
Duck Hunting 3.92 avg rating — 168 ratings
81.
The River Potudan
The River Potudan 4.25 avg rating — 275 ratings
81.
Hard to Be a God
Hard to Be a God 4.12 avg rating — 17,730 ratings
84.
November 1916 (The Red Wheel, #2)
November 1916 (The Red Wheel, #2) 4.14 avg rating — 316 ratings
85.
The Faculty of Useless Knowledge
The Faculty of Useless Knowledge 4.23 avg rating — 376 ratings
86.
The dingo: A story of first love
The dingo: A story of first love 3.80 avg rating — 559 ratings
87.
Мартиролог
Мартиролог 4.34 avg rating — 693 ratings
88.
Кладовая солнца. Рассказы о природе.
Кладовая солнца. Рассказы о природе. 3.94 avg rating — 240 ratings
89.
How the Steel Was Tempered
How the Steel Was Tempered 3.87 avg rating — 4,846 ratings
90.
The Akhmatova Journals, Volume I: 1938-1941
The Akhmatova Journals, Volume I: 1938-1941 4.39 avg rating — 92 ratings
91.
Days and Nights
Days and Nights 4.17 avg rating — 149 ratings
92.
Sculpting in Time
Sculpting in Time 4.50 avg rating — 6,302 ratings
93.
The Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin
The Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin 4.02 avg rating — 2,630 ratings
94.
Faithful Ruslan
Faithful Ruslan 4.05 avg rating — 1,152 ratings
95.
February: Selected Poetry
February: Selected Poetry 4.10 avg rating — 105 ratings
96.
Memoirs
Memoirs 4.21 avg rating — 118 ratings
97.
Por una causa justa (Estalingrado, #1)
Por una causa justa (Estalingrado, #1) 4.28 avg rating — 3,492 ratings
98.
Град обреченный
Град обреченный 4.18 avg rating — 5,988 ratings
98.
A School for Fools
A School for Fools 4.08 avg rating — 2,021 ratings
100.
From Two to Five
From Two to Five 4.35 avg rating — 247 ratings
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