Europe
Russia
7 authors in the ranking·11 rated books·12 books set here
Russian authors in the reader ranking include Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Leo Tolstoy and Mikhail Bulgakov. Among the books set in Russia are Dostoyevsky’s “Crime and Punishment”, published in monthly parts in 1866 and set in Saint Petersburg, Tolstoy’s “War and Peace” (1869) and Bulgakov’s “The Master and Margarita”, which was first published in 1966–1967, long after the author’s death in 1940.
The most-read authors and their best books
Authors 7
- Fyodor Dostoyevsky3 ranked booksCrime and Punishment8.5
- Vladimir Nabokov1 ranked bookLolita7.8
- Leo Tolstoy2 ranked booksWar and Peace8.2
- Arkady Strugatsky1 ranked bookRoadside Picnic8.1
- Dmitry Glukhovsky2 ranked booksMetro 20337.7
- Boris Pasternak1 ranked bookDoctor Zhivago7.7
- Mikhail Bulgakov1 ranked bookThe Master and Margarita8.0
The story is set here 12
Books whose story is set in this country, according to Wikidata and our own additions.
- War and PeaceLeo Tolstoy8.2
- Anna KareninaLeo Tolstoy8.0
- The Master and MargaritaMikhail Bulgakov8.0
- DeathlessCatherynne M. Valente8.0
- Metro 2033Dmitry Glukhovsky7.7
- Doctor ZhivagoBoris Pasternak7.7
- Metro 2035Dmitry Glukhovsky7.7
- Metro 2034Dmitry Glukhovsky7.2
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