The Greatest Books of All Time Set in Siberia

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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
148 One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn 1962 Russian Russian
628 Nights At The Circus Angela Carter 1984 British English
955 Moravagine Blaise Cendrars 1926 Swiss French
1962 The Prose Of The Trans Siberian Blaise Cendrars 1913 French French
2032 Cosmos Alexander von Humboldt 1845 German German
2135 Farewell To Matyora Valentin Rasputin 1976 Russian Russian
2234 Resurrection Leo Tolstoy 1899 Russian Russian
4615 Gulag Anne Applebaum 2003 American English
4846 The Last Quarter Of The Moon Chi Zijian 2005 Chinese English
5009 Against the Day Thomas Pynchon 2006 American English
5613 Zuleikha Guzel Yakhina 2015 Russian Russian
5753 Shadows On The Tundra Dalia Grinkevičiutė 1997 Lithuanian Lithuanian
6206 Kolymsky Heights Lionel Davidson 1994 British English
6548 Children Of The Arbat Anatoli Rybakov 1988 Russian Russian
6661 Mendeleyev's Dream Paul Strathern 2000 British English
7993 A World Apart Gustaw Herling 1951 Polish Polish
9537 The Tiger John Vaillant 2010 Canadian English
9689 In Siberia Colin Thubron 1999 British English
10091 The Ends Of The World Peter Brannen 2017 American English
10926 Fear No Evil Natan Sharansky 1988 Israeli English
10977 Stalin's Meteorologist Olivier Rolin 2014 French French
11202 The Lost Pianos Of Siberia Sophy Roberts 2020 British English
13600 Dreams Of My Russian Summers Andreï Makine 1995 French French
13924 The Cowboy And The Cossack Clair Huffaker 1973 American English
14899 The Long Walk Slavomir Rawicz 1956 Polish English
14892 Nicholas And Alexandra Robert K. Massie 1967 American English
14985 Salt Mark Kurlansky 2002 American English
15781 Crime And Punishment Dostoyevsky 1866 Russian Russian
16648 The Time Traders Andre Norton 1958 American English
17161 The House Of The Dead Daniel Beer 2017 British English
17161 Travels In Siberia Ian Frazier 2010 American English
17161 In Times Of Fading Light Eugen Ruge 2011 German German
17161 Between Two Fires Joshua Yaffa 2020 Unknown English
17161 The Invention Of Russia Aleksandr Ostrovsky 2016 Unknown English
17161 Of Wolves And Men Barry Lopez 1978 American English
17161 Genghis Khan And The Making Of The Modern World Jack Weatherford 2004 American English
17161 I Love Russia Elena Kostyuchenko 2023 Russian Russian
17056 Dostoevsky Joseph Frank 1864 American English
17161 Katherine Carlyle Rupert Thomson 2015 British English
17161 The Romanovs Simon Sebag Montefiore 2016 British English
17161 I Love Russia Elena Kostyuchenko 2023 Unknown Russian
17161 The Scythian Empire Christopher I. Beckwith 2023 Unknown English
17161 The Blood Gospel James Rollins 2013 American English
17161 Secret History Of The Mongols Paul Kahn 1984 Unknown English
17161 Last Of The Breed Louis L'Amour 1987 American English
17161 Russka Edward Rutherfurd 1991 British English