🏛️ Classic Literature · Russia
Best Classic Literature Books from Russia
Classic literature is the body of work that time has tested and culture has kept. Russia has produced some of the most internationally recognised works in classic literature, with titles that have appeared on major prize lists and critical surveys worldwide. This page ranks the best classic literature from Russia by editorial consensus.
#1
literary-fiction
Anna Karenina
Leo Tolstoy· 1877
★Nobel Prize in Literature
Editorial Score76/100
#2
literary-fiction
Crime and Punishment
Fyodor Dostoevsky· 1866
★Nobel Prize in Literature
Editorial Score76/100
#3
literary-fiction
War and Peace
Leo Tolstoy· 1869
★Nobel Prize in Literature
Editorial Score70/100
#4
literary-fiction
The Brothers Karamazov
Fyodor Dostoevsky· 1880
★Nobel Prize in Literature
Editorial Score70/100
#5
literary-fiction
The Master and Margarita
Mikhail Bulgakov· 1967
★Nobel Prize in Literature
Editorial Score69/100
#6
literary-fiction
Doctor Zhivago
Boris Pasternak· 1958
★Nobel Prize in Literature
Editorial Score64/100
#7
literary-fiction
Pale Fire
Vladimir Nabokov· 1962
TIME 100 Best Novels
Editorial Score45/100
#8
literary-fiction
Lolita
Vladimir Nabokov· 1955
TIME 100 Best Novels
Editorial Score44/100
#9
literary-fiction
Resurrection
Leo Tolstoy· 1899
Times Literary Supplement
Editorial Score43/100
#10
literary-fiction
The Possessed
Fyodor Dostoevsky· 1872
Times Literary Supplement
Editorial Score42/100
#11
literary-fiction
The Idiot
Fyodor Dostoevsky· 1869
Times Literary Supplement
Editorial Score41/100
#12
literary-fiction
The Death of Ivan Ilyich
Leo Tolstoy· 1886
Times Literary Supplement
Editorial Score40/100
#13
literary-fiction
Отцы и дети
Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev· 1867
Library Journal
Editorial Score40/100
#14
literary-fiction
Rudin
Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev· 1894
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score40/100
#15
classic-literature
Taras Bulba
Nikolaĭ Vasilʹevich Gogolʹ· 1991
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score40/100
#16
literary-fiction
Fathers and Sons
Ivan Turgenev· 1862
Times Literary Supplement
Editorial Score39/100
#17
classic-literature
The Inspector General
Nikolai Gogol· 1836
Times Literary Supplement
Editorial Score35/100
#18
classic-literature
Dimitri Roudine
Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev· 1873
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score35/100
#19
classic-literature
Dead Souls
Nikolaĭ Vasilʹevich Gogolʹ· 1998
Library Journal
Editorial Score30/100
#20
classic-literature
The Inspector-General
Nikolaĭ Vasilʹevich Gogolʹ· 2005
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score30/100
#21
classic-literature
A Calendar of Wisdom
Leo Tolstoy· 2025
Library Journal
Editorial Score30/100
#22
classic-literature
Almas Muertas (Biblioteca Edaf)
Nikolaĭ Vasilʹevich Gogolʹ· 2001
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score30/100
#23
literary-fiction
Dead Souls
Nikolai Gogol· 1842
Times Literary Supplement
Editorial Score12/100
