Vappu Orlov

7 books

Dead Souls by Nikolai Gogol

Dead Souls

Nikolai Gogol

512 pages • first pub 1842 (editions)

fiction classics literary funny reflective slow-paced
Invitation to a Beheading by Vladimir Nabokov

Invitation to a Beheading

Vladimir Nabokov

192 pages • first pub 1938 (editions)

fiction classics challenging dark reflective slow-paced
The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov

The Master and Margarita

Mikhail Bulgakov

373 pages • first pub 1966 (editions)

fiction classics literary magical realism adventurous funny mysterious medium-paced
Secondhand Time: The Last of the Soviets by Svetlana Alexiévich

Secondhand Time: The Last of the Soviets

Voices of Utopia #5

Svetlana Alexiévich

470 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction history politics dark informative reflective slow-paced
The Whisperers: Private Life in Stalin's Russia by Orlando Figes

The Whisperers: Private Life in Stalin's Russia

Orlando Figes

739 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

nonfiction history dark tense slow-paced
Calligraphy Lesson: The Collected Stories by Mikhail Shishkin

Calligraphy Lesson: The Collected Stories

Mikhail Shishkin

180 pages • first pub 1993 (editions)

fiction short stories funny reflective slow-paced
Classic Origami by Paul Jackson

Classic Origami

Paul Jackson

80 pages • first pub 1990 (editions)

nonfiction medium-paced