The Greatest Russian Books of All Time on Memory

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This list represents a comprehensive and trusted collection of the greatest books. Developed through a specialized algorithm, it brings together 759 'best of' book lists to form a definitive guide to the world's most acclaimed books. For those interested in how these books are chosen, additional details can be found on the rankings page.

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Rank Book Authors Year Country Language Actions
206 The Gulag Archipelago Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn 1973 Russian Russian
610 Requiem Anna Akhmatova 1963 Russian Russian
617 Pnin Vladimir Nabokov 1957 Russian English
798 The Life Of Arseniev Ivan Bunin 1930 Russian Russian
877 The Cherry Orchard Anton Chekhov 1904 Russian Russian
960 The Gift Vladimir Nabokov 1938 Russian Russian
1138 The Unwomanly Face Of War Svetlana Alexievich 1985 Russian Russian
1454 Pushkin House Andrey Bitov 1978 Russian Russian
1492 The Real Life of Sebastian Knight Vladimir Nabokov 1941 Russian English
2004 A School For Fools Sasha Sokolov 1976 Russian Russian
2112 House On The Embankment Yuri Trifonov 1976 Russian Russian
2134 Farewell To Matyora Valentin Rasputin 1976 Russian Russian
2439 Poems Of Anna Akhmatova Anna Akhmatova 1912 Russian Russian
2959 A Poem Without A Hero Anna Akhmatova 1960 Russian Russian
2970 The Steppe Anton Chekhov 1888 Russian Russian
2996 Childhood Leo Tolstoy 1852 Russian Russian
3086 Summer in Baden-Baden Leonid Tsypkin 1980 Russian Russian
3224 Forever Flowing Vasily Grossman 1970 Russian Russian
3637 Notes From The Blockade Lydia Ginzburg 1960 Russian Russian
3833 Повесть о жизни Konstantin Paustovsky 1956 Russian Russian
4131 Dark Avenues Ivan Bunin 1943 Russian Russian
4263 The Town Of N Leonid Dobychin 1935 Russian Russian
4271 The Noise Of Time Osip Mandelstam 1925 Russian Russian
4279 Poem Of The Mountain Marina Tsvetayeva 1924 Russian Russian
5387 In Memory Of Memory Maria Stepanova 2017 Russian Russian
5667 Medea And Her Children Lyudmila Ulitskaya 1996 Russian Russian
5938 Hurramabad Andrei Volos 1998 Russian Russian
6004 Poem Of The End Marina Tsvetaeva 1923 Russian Russian
6361 Во сне ты горько плакал Yuri Kazakov 1995 Russian Russian
7040 Hope Against Hope Nadezhda Mandelstam 1970 Russian Russian
7086 Klotsvog Margarita Khemlin 2009 Russian Russian
7215 A Family Chronicle Sergei Aksakov 1856 Russian Russian
8444 The Natashas Yelena Moskovich 2016 Russian English
9135 The Dream Life Of Sukhanov Olga Grushin 2005 Russian English
9315 Russia Is Burning Maria Bloshteyn 2020 Russian English
9356 Selected Poems Marina Tsvetayeva 1971 Russian Russian
9645 Selected Poems Osip Mandelstam 1973 Russian Russian
10971 Jacob’s Ladder Ludmila Ulitskaya 2015 Russian Russian
11811 On The Golden Porch Tatyana Tolstaya 1987 Russian Russian
12575 My Half Century Anna Akhmatova 1997 Russian Russian
12755 Maidenhair Mikhail Shishkin 2005 Russian Russian
14826 The Story Of A Life Konstantin Paustovsky 1945 Russian Russian
17125 A Volga Tale Guzel Yakhina 2023 Russian Russian
17125 The Body Of The Soul Lyudmila Ulitskaya 2023 Russian Russian
17125 Wound Oksana Vasyakina 2023 Russian Russian
17125 Complete Critical Prose And Letters Osip Mandelstam 1997 Russian Russian