Crime and Punishment – Fyodor Dostoevsky (1866)
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky follows Rodion Raskolnikov, a student grappling with guilt and morality after committing murder in St. Petersburg.
Psychological
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Romance
Satire
Anna Karenina – Leo Tolstoy (1878)
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy follows Anna’s passionate but doomed affair with Count Vronsky, exploring themes of love, family, and societal expectations in 19th-century Russia.
Psychological
The Brothers Karamazov – Fyodor Dostoevsky (1880)
The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky explores faith, free will, and morality through the troubled relationships of Fyodor Karamazov and his sons Dmitri, Ivan, and Alyosha.
Classics
Historical
War and Peace – Leo Tolstoy (1869)
War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy follows Pierre Bezukhov, Prince Andrei, and Natasha Rostova as they navigate love, war, and destiny during Napoleon’s invasion of Russia.
Psychological
The Idiot – Fyodor Dostoevsky (1869)
The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoevsky follows Prince Myshkin, whose pure-hearted innocence clashes with the corruption and cynicism of Russian society.
Psychological
Notes from the Underground – Fyodor Dostoevsky (1864)
Notes from the Underground by Fyodor Dostoevsky is an existential monologue exploring the bitterness, contradictions, and self-destructive impulses of its isolated narrator.
Classics
Psychological
The Death of Ivan Ilych – Leo Tolstoy (1886)
The Death of Ivan Ilych by Leo Tolstoy explores the existential crisis of Ivan Ilych, a judge confronting mortality and the superficiality of his life.
Psychological
Satire
The Gambler – Fyodor Dostoevsky (1866)
The Gambler by Fyodor Dostoevsky follows Alexei Ivanovich, a tutor who becomes entangled in love and financial turmoil, leading him into a gambling obsession.
Classics
Satire
Dead Souls – Nikolai Gogol (1842)
Dead Souls by Nikolai Gogol follows Pavel Chichikov’s scheme to buy deceased serfs from landowners, exposing the corruption and absurdity of Russian society.
Classics
Psychological
The Double – Fyodor Dostoevsky (1846)
The Double by Fyodor Dostoevsky follows Yakov Golyadkin, a government clerk whose life unravels when he encounters a cunning doppelgänger seeking to replace him.
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