Best Russian Literature
Best Russian Literature is a structured books dataset with 20 entries. Its fields include Title, Author, Year. Community voting appears as a separate signal beside eligible rows and does not replace the source values.
Every row is shown below and is also available as CSV, JSON, or Excel.
Dataset details
- Table scope
- All 20 rows
- Fields
- 5 columns
- Data updated
- Apr 9, 2026
Included fields: Title, Author, Year, Genre, Pages (approx).
The table contains every record in this dataset; the same records are available in each download format.
Preview observations
- Year span
- 1833 to 1980
- Across 20 preview rows
- Pages (approx) range
- 30 to 1,225
- Across 20 preview rows
Useful for
- Comparing Title, Author, and Year across books entries
- Building reference tables, charts, or analyses from 20 downloadable records
Title↕ | Author↕ | Year↕ | Genre↕ | Pages (approx)↕ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
War and Peace | Leo Tolstoy | 1869 | Historical Novel | 1,225 |
Anna Karenina | Leo Tolstoy | 1877 | Realist Novel | 864 |
Crime and Punishment | Fyodor Dostoevsky | 1866 | Psychological Novel | 671 |
The Brothers Karamazov | Fyodor Dostoevsky | 1880 | Philosophical Novel | 796 |
The Idiot | Fyodor Dostoevsky | 1869 | Psychological Novel | 656 |
Notes from Underground | Fyodor Dostoevsky | 1864 | Novella | 136 |
Demons | Fyodor Dostoevsky | 1872 | Political Novel | 768 |
Dead Souls | Nikolai Gogol | 1842 | Satire | 464 |
The Overcoat | Nikolai Gogol | 1842 | Short Story | 48 |
Fathers and Sons | Ivan Turgenev | 1862 | Realist Novel | 226 |
Eugene Onegin | Alexander Pushkin | 1833 | Novel in Verse | 240 |
The Master and Margarita | Mikhail Bulgakov | 1967 | Magical Realism | 384 |
Doctor Zhivago | Boris Pasternak | 1957 | Historical Novel | 592 |
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich | Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn | 1962 | Novella | 182 |
The Cherry Orchard | Anton Chekhov | 1904 | Play | 96 |
Lady with the Dog | Anton Chekhov | 1899 | Short Story | 30 |
A Hero of Our Time | Mikhail Lermontov | 1840 | Novel | 224 |
Oblomov | Ivan Goncharov | 1859 | Realist Novel | 576 |
We | Yevgeny Zamyatin | 1924 | Dystopia | 226 |
Life and Fate | Vasily Grossman | 1980 | War Novel | 896 |
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Frequently asked questions
How is Best Russian Literature organized?
The table starts in the source data's order. Community voting is enabled as a separate approval signal beside eligible rows; votes do not replace the source values.
How much data is available on this page?
This dataset contains 20 entries, and every row is available in the table and in the downloadable files.
Can I download the complete dataset?
Yes. CSV, JSON, and Excel downloads contain all 20 rows. Before republishing the data, review the source and any usage terms listed on this page; dtbse does not replace the original source's licensing terms.
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