16 must-read classics books like Demons by Fyodor Dostoevsky, Richard Pevear, Larissa Volokhonsky

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Demons

By: Fyodor Dostoevsky , Richard Pevear , Larissa Volokhonsky

4.30

Format: 733 pages, Paperback

Alternate Cover Edition ISBN 0679734511. (ISBN13: 9780679734512) Inspired by the true story of a…

"God is the pain of the fear of death"

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, Demons

"Man is unhappy because he doesn't know he's happy. It's only that."

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, Demons

"Marriage is the moral death of every proud soul, of all independence."

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, Demons

"...and in fact I've noticed that faith always seems to be less in the daytime"

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, Demons

If you liked the classics plot in Demons by Fyodor Dostoevsky, Richard Pevear, Larissa Volokhonsky , here is a list of 16 books like this:

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1. Heart of a Dog

By: Mikhail Bulgakov , Mirra Ginsburg , Michail Bulgakov

4.10

Format: 123 pages, Paperback

This satirical novel tells the story of the surgical transformation of a dog into a man, and is an … read more

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"A dog's spirit dies hard."

-Mikhail Bulgakov, Heart of a Dog

"One can find time for everything if one is never in a hurry."

-Mikhail Bulgakov, Heart of a Dog

"Why bother to learn to read when you can smell meat a mile away?"

-Mikhail Bulgakov, Heart of a Dog

"İki ayağını bir pabuca sokmayan herkes, her şey için zaman bulabilir."

-Mikhail Bulgakov, Heart of a Dog

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2. Nausea

By: Jean-Paul Sartre , Lloyd Alexander , Hayden Carruth

3.94

Format: 178 pages, Hardcover

Nausea is the story of Antoine Roquentin, a French writer who is horrified at his own existence. In… read more

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"It was true, I had always realized it—I hadn’t any “right"

-Jean-Paul Sartre, Nausea

"Then time started flowing again and the emptiness grew larger."

-Jean-Paul Sartre, Nausea

"I see the insipid flesh blossoming and palpitating with abandon."

-Jean-Paul Sartre, Nausea

"My existence began to worry me seriously. Was I not a simple spectre?"

-Jean-Paul Sartre, Nausea

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3. The Kreutzer Sonata

By: Doris Lessing , Leo Tolstoy , Isai Kamen

3.87

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

When Marshal of the Nobility Pozdnyshev suspects his wife of having an affair with her music partne… read more

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"In a large city the unhappy feel their sadness less acutely."

-Doris Lessing, The Kreutzer Sonata

"It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness."

-Doris Lessing, The Kreutzer Sonata

"Yes, man is much worse than the animal when he does not live like a man."

-Doris Lessing, The Kreutzer Sonata

"Удивительное дело, какая полная бывает иллюзия того, что красота есть добро."

-Doris Lessing, The Kreutzer Sonata

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4. Dead Souls

By: Nikolai Gogol , Robert A. Maguire

3.98

Format: 464 pages, Paperback

Chichikov, a mysterious stranger, arrives in a provincial town and visits a succession of landowner… read more

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"Keep not money, but keep good people's company."

-Nikolai Gogol, Dead Souls

"Also, though not over-elderly, he was not over-young."

-Nikolai Gogol, Dead Souls

"A word aptly uttered or written cannot be cut away by an axe."

-Nikolai Gogol, Dead Souls

"A Russian peasant scratching the back of his head means many different things."

-Nikolai Gogol, Dead Souls

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5. The Myth of Sisyphus

By: Albert Camus , Justin O'Brien , James Wood , Justin Obrien

4.18

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselv… read more

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"A fate is not a punishment."

-Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus

"there are truths but no truth"

-Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus

"To will is to stir up paradoxes"

-Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus

"Le suicide est une solution à l'absurde."

-Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus

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6. Demons

By: Fyodor Dostoevsky , Richard Pevear , Larissa Volokhonsky

4.30

Format: 733 pages, Paperback

Alternate Cover Edition ISBN 0679734511. (ISBN13: 9780679734512) Inspired by the true story of a… read more

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"God is the pain of the fear of death"

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, Demons

"Man is unhappy because he doesn't know he's happy. It's only that."

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, Demons

"Marriage is the moral death of every proud soul, of all independence."

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, Demons

"...and in fact I've noticed that faith always seems to be less in the daytime"

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, Demons

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7. The Plague

By: Albert Camus , Stuart Gilbert

4.02

Format: 308 pages, Paperback

The Plague is a novel by Albert Camus, published in 1947. It tells the story from the point of … read more

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"Who taught you all this, doctor?" The reply came promptly: "Suffering."

-Albert Camus, The Plague

"The truth is that everyone is bored, and devotes himself to cultivating habits."

-Albert Camus, The Plague

"They knew now that if there is one thing one can always yearn for, and sometimes attain, it is human love."

-Albert Camus, The Plague

"I know that man is capable of great deeds. But if he isn't capable of great emotion, well, he leaves me cold."

-Albert Camus, The Plague

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8. The Insulted and Humiliated

By: Fyodor Dostoevsky

3.09

Format: None pages, Paperback

The Insulted & Injured, published soon after Dostoevsky's political imprisonment, clearly foreshado… read more

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9. The Castle

By: Franz Kafka , Mark Harman , Regaip Minareci , None

3.90

Format: 49 pages, Paperback

Translated and with a preface by Mark Harman Left unfinished by Kafka in 1922 and not published unt… read more

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10. The Death of Ivan Ilych

By: Leo Tolstoy , Aylmer Maude

4.13

Format: 86 pages, Paperback

Hailed as one of the world's supreme masterpieces on the subject of death and dying, The Death of I… read more

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"If you look for the working classes in fiction, and especially English fiction, all you find is a hole."

-Leo Tolstoy, The Death of Ivan Ilych

"And the further he departed from childhood and the nearer he came to the present the more worthless and doubtful were the joys."

-Leo Tolstoy, The Death of Ivan Ilych

"In the depths of his heart he knew that he was dying but, so far from growing used to the idea, he simply did not and could not grasp it."

-Leo Tolstoy, The Death of Ivan Ilych

"It can't be that life is so senseless and horrible. But if it really has been so horrible and senseless, why must I die and die in agony? There is something wrong!"

-Leo Tolstoy, The Death of Ivan Ilych

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11. The Trial

By: Franz Kafka , Max Brod , Edwin Muir , Willa Muir

3.95

Format: 255 pages, Paperback

Written in 1914 but not published until 1925, a year after Kafka’s death, The Trial is the terrifyi… read more

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"But I’m not guilty,"

-Franz Kafka, The Trial

"Asking questions were the most important thing."

-Franz Kafka, The Trial

"It was very learned, but it didn't actually say anything."

-Franz Kafka, The Trial

"The way she sits on my lap as if it were her proper place!"

-Franz Kafka, The Trial

12. Resurrection

By: Leo Tolstoy , Louise Maude , Aylmer Maude

4.00

Format: None pages,

Resurrection (1899) is the last of Tolstoy's major novels. It tells the story of a nobleman's attem… read more

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13. Fathers and Sons

By: Ivan Turgenev , None , None

3.99

Format: 244 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Bazarov—a gifted, impatient, and caustic young man—has journeyed from school to the home of his fri… read more

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"He has no faith in principles, only in frogs."

-Ivan Turgenev, Fathers and Sons

"Death's an old story, but new for each person."

-Ivan Turgenev, Fathers and Sons

"I look up to heaven only when I want to sneeze."

-Ivan Turgenev, Fathers and Sons

"However, I know myself as a very unhappy person."

-Ivan Turgenev, Fathers and Sons

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14. The Gentle Spirit

By: Fyodor Dostoevsky

3.89

Format: 86 pages, Paperback

In this compelling study of despair, based on a real-life incident, a pawnbroker mourns the loss of… read more

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"I'm a master of speaking silently—all my life I've spoken silently and I've lived through entire tragedies in silence."

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Gentle Spirit

"Oh, I have always been proud, I always wanted all or nothing! You see it was just because I am not one who will accept half a happiness, but always wanted all"

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Gentle Spirit

"I worked it through with pride,I almost spoke without words, and i'm masterly at speaking without words.All my life I have spoken without words, and I have passed through whole tragedies on my own ac…"

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Gentle Spirit

"Listen! This is where it began but I keep getting muddled... The fact of the matter is that I now want to recall everything, every trifle, every little detail. I still want to collect my thoughts and…"

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Gentle Spirit

15. A Hero of Our Time

By: Mikhail Lermontov , Paul Foote

3.60

Format: None pages, Paperback

In its adventurous happenings, its abductions, duels, and sexual intrigues, A Hero of Our Timelooks… read more

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16. The Red and the Black

By: Stendhal , None

3.86

Format: 577 pages, Paperback

Handsome, ambitious Julien Sorel is determined to rise above his humble provincial origins. Soon re… read more

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"A good book is an event in my life."

-Stendhal, The Red and the Black

"Toute vraie passion ne songe qu'a elle."

-Stendhal, The Red and the Black

"It seems that my destiny is to die dreaming."

-Stendhal, The Red and the Black

"A novel is a mirror walking along a main road."

-Stendhal, The Red and the Black

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17. Eugene Onegin

By: Alexander Pushkin , James E. Falen

4.10

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Eugene Onegin is the master work of the poet whom Russians regard as the fountainhead of their lite… read more

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"He's happy now, he's almost sane."

-Alexander Pushkin, Eugene Onegin

"Habit is heaven's gift to us: a substitute for happiness."

-Alexander Pushkin, Eugene Onegin

"My whole life has been pledged to this meeting with you..."

-Alexander Pushkin, Eugene Onegin

"I'm only writing this to show That I stopped sinning long ago."

-Alexander Pushkin, Eugene Onegin

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18. War and Peace

By: Leo Tolstoy , Louise Maude , Aylmer Maude , Henry Gifford

4.16

Format: 1392 pages, Paperback

In Russia's struggle with Napoleon, Tolstoy saw a tragedy that involved all mankind. War and Pe… read more

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"God is the same everywhere."

-Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace

"Kings are the slaves of history."

-Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace

"Everything depends on upbringing. "

-Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace

"We are asleep until we fall in Love!"

-Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace

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19. Anna Karenina

By: Leo Tolstoy , Louise Maude , Aylmer Maude

4.09

Format: 964 pages, Paperback

Acclaimed by many as the world's greatest novel, Anna Karenina provides a vast panorama of contempo… read more

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"Love those you hate you."

-Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina

"And where love ends, hate begins"

-Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina

"Everything intelligent is so boring."

-Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina

"Anything is better than lies and deceit!"

-Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina

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20. The Master and Margarita

By: Mikhail Bulgakov , None , Katherine Tiernan O'Connor , None

4.29

Format: 372 pages, Paperback

The first complete, annotated English Translation of Mikhail Bulgakov's comic masterpiece. An au… read more

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"Cowardice is the most terrible of vices."

-Mikhail Bulgakov, The Master and Margarita

"manuscripts don't burn" - "(рукописи не горят)"

-Mikhail Bulgakov, The Master and Margarita

"The tongue may hide the truth but the eyes—never!"

-Mikhail Bulgakov, The Master and Margarita

"Злых людей нет на свете, есть только люди несчастливые."

-Mikhail Bulgakov, The Master and Margarita

21. The Fall

By: Albert Camus , Justin O'Brien

4.01

Format: 0 pages, Paperback

Elegantly styled, Camus' profoundly disturbing novel of a Parisian lawyer's confessions is a searin… read more

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17 best-selling fiction books like Demons by Fyodor Dostoevsky, Richard Pevear, Larissa Volokhonsky

Transform Your Habits

Heart of a Dog

Mikhail Bulgakov , Mirra Ginsburg , Michail Bulgakov

4.10

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Nausea

Jean-Paul Sartre , Lloyd Alexander , Hayden Carruth

3.94

Transform Your Habits

The Kreutzer Sonata

Doris Lessing , Leo Tolstoy , Isai Kamen

3.87

Transform Your Habits

Dead Souls

Nikolai Gogol , Robert A. Maguire

3.98

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Nausea

Jean-Paul Sartre , Lloyd Alexander , Hayden Carruth

3.94

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The Unbearable Lightness of Being

Milan Kundera , Michael Henry Heim

4.11

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The Stranger

Albert Camus , Matthew Ward , Stuart Gilbert , None

4.02

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Fyodor Dostoevsky

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