Soviet Literature
Explore our curated selection of Soviet literature, a vital and fascinating period of Russian writing from 1917 to 1991. This collection features works by influential Russian authors who chronicled the dramatic social and political changes of the 20th century.
From the early avant-garde to the later period of Socialist Realism, this section offers a look into a unique historical era. You’ll find everything from essential Cold War books to profound commentary on the Soviet experience, all presented in high-quality English translation.
We carefully select titles for their historical significance, literary merit, and authentic representation of Soviet culture.
Browse our compelling list of Soviet-era books in English below and find an unforgettable perspective on history. Simply select your chosen title and click through to Amazon to complete your purchase safely and securely.
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Professor Dowell’s Head by Alexander Belyaev
Page Count: 208Year: 1925READ FREEThe story takes place in Paris, where a young doctor, Marie Laurent, takes a job at Professor Kern’s clinic. She discovers that Kern is conducting experiments on organ reanimation and that he has kept the head of his teacher, Professor Dowell, alive. Marie begins to communicate with Dowell’s head and learns about his fate and […]
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A Foreign Woman by Sergei Dovlatov
Page Count: 113Year: 1986The plot focuses on the young Russian émigré Marusya Tartakovskaya in New York. Marusya grows tired of the Russian émigré community in Queens. She impulsively marries a simple, Latino bartender named Rafael. This marriage causes a scandal and condemnation among the Russian émigrés. The love line between Marusya and Rafael becomes a test of the […]
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A School for Fools by Sasha Sokolov
Page Count: 248Year: 1976The text immediately plunges the reader into the chaotic stream of consciousness of an unnamed teenager who lives in a boarding school for the mentally disabled and whose personality is split. He desperately attempts to fix the images of his family and his late teacher Norvegov in his memory, engaging in a constant, unresolved dialogue […]
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A Story about a Real Man by Boris Polevoi
Page Count: 344Year: 1946Pilot Alexei Meresyev is shot down in an air battle and severely wounds his legs. Miraculously surviving, he begins his 18-day subhuman journey: wounded and starving, he crawls hundreds of kilometers through the forest, driven by one goal alone—to return to his own unit and fly again. This is an epic struggle against pain, frostbite, […]
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Ada, or Ardor: A Family Chronicle by Vladimir Nabokov
Page Count: 624Year: 1969The novel is presented as the extensive, richly detailed memoir of Van Veen, who chronicles his lifelong, passionate, and forbidden love for his sister, Ada. The story is set on an alternate planet called Antiterra in the 19th century, where Russia, America, and France have somehow merged into one geopolitical space. Van and Ada first […]
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Anarchists Never Surrender by Victor Serge
Page Count: 320Year: 1938This anthology of essays defends the principles of anarchism against all forms of state oppression, including the Soviet bureaucracy. Serge critiques centralized power, arguing that it inevitably leads to tyranny. The book calls for a constant ethical rebellion and the fight for freedom, which must be protected not only from capitalists but also from revolutionaries […]
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And Quiet Flows the Don by Mikhail Sholokhov
Page Count: 576Year: 1928Set on the turbulent banks of the Don River, this epic follows Grigory Melekhov, a young Cossack whose life is torn apart by forbidden love and ideological chaos. Handsome, proud, and fiercely independent, Grigory is trapped between his passionate, scandal-ridden affair with the married Aksinya, his dutiful marriage to Natalya, and the brutal political demands […]
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Another Life by Yury Trifonov
Page Count: 148Year: 1975Following the sudden death of her husband, the scientist Sergey, the historian Olga begins her own investigation into his “other life,” attempting to understand his secrets, fears, and the reasons for his deep alienation. She reads his diaries, reconstructs his conflicts at work and his personal dramas, realizing that she lived with him for years […]
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Aquarium: The Career and Defection of a Soviet Military Spy by Viktor Suvorov
Page Count: 289Year: 1985This shocking autobiographical account plunges the reader into the darkest and most secretive corner of the Soviet military machine: the GRU, the Chief Intelligence Directorate. Viktor Suvorov, a former officer, describes his journey in vivid and sharp detail: from an idealistic Komsomol member to a trained intelligence officer expected to be ready to kill abroad. […]
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Autobiography of a Corpse by Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky
Page Count: 272Year: 1989The protagonist writes his autobiography after his physical death. In this unique philosophical state, the “corpse” observes life from the outside — outside the body, outside passions and desires. This chilling process of “writing one’s own death” becomes a cold report on the absurdity of his former existence and the universe’s ultimate indifference to his […]
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