Crime and Punishment (Signet Classics)5 reviews
Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Signet Classics, 2006

A Hard Read

+ This book is amazing,
+ I also found it marvelously entertaining
+ One of my favorite books so far
  
  











  



  
War and Peace: Original Version8 reviews
Leo Tolstoy

Ecco, 2007

Why this version of War and Peace rocks

+ Excellent.

I have tried War and Peace several times since I was a teenager, and each time I have enjoyed it UNTIL I get to the same bit. This is the bit where Tolstoy decides it's time to give us all a little lecture (say, a mere hundred and fifty pages) on his theory of history. I think this is in an ...
  
  











  



  
The Idiot24 reviews
Fyodor Dostoevsky

Vintage, 2003

is it ironic, or pragmatic?

+ Good
+ Was prince Myshkin really a positively beautiful individual?????
+ Personal Favorite Dostoevsky
  
  











  



  
Anna Karenina (Oprah's Book Club)173 reviews
Leo Tolstoy

Penguin Classics, 2004

Indifference? NOT HERE!

+ A classic worth reading
+ Masterful

I haven't had/made time to read other translations of this Great work, but IMHO, Anna Karenina 'Must Be' in the top five list of all-time Greatest Romances... (trying NOT to be selfish): Reading Anna Karenina has enriched my life; It has INCREASED my love, devotion, & respect for-to my wife, my ...
  
  











  



  
Lolita449 reviews
Vladimir Nabokov

Vintage, 1989

A road movie of the mind

+ Beautiful writing confronts crude subject matter--A masterpiece
+ Upends your preconceptions and prejudices
+ Which book did you read?
+ The Most Beautiful Novel Ever Written
  
  











  



  
Demons31 reviews
Fyodor Dostoevsky

Vintage, 1995

Demons is a devil of a read on Russian angst/nihilism by the master Dostoevsky

+ Evil defined
+ great
+ Dostoyevsky's toughest nut to crack
+ Not for casual reading...
  
  











  



  
Absurdistan: A Novel106 reviews
Gary Shteyngart

Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2007

Slow start, finishes with a bang.

+ Another fascinating tale
+ Prophetic!
+ Not a book to leave around for your teenage sons to read
  
  











  



  
The Brothers Karamazov111 reviews
Fyodor Dostoevsky

Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2002

Perhaps the best novel ever written in the history of mankind

+ The Brothers Karamazov by Dostoyevsky
+ A Literary Masterpiece
+ Bothers Karamazov
+ Dark and Beautiful
  
  











  



  
War and Peace: Original Version8 reviews
Leo Tolstoy

Ecco, 2007

Why this version of War and Peace rocks

+ Excellent.

I have tried War and Peace several times since I was a teenager, and each time I have enjoyed it UNTIL I get to the same bit. This is the bit where Tolstoy decides it's time to give us all a little lecture (say, a mere hundred and fifty pages) on his theory of history. I think this is in an ...
  
  











  



  
Anna Karenina (Oprah's Book Club)173 reviews
Leo Tolstoy

Penguin Classics, 2004

Indifference? NOT HERE!

+ A classic worth reading
+ Masterful

I haven't had/made time to read other translations of this Great work, but IMHO, Anna Karenina 'Must Be' in the top five list of all-time Greatest Romances... (trying NOT to be selfish): Reading Anna Karenina has enriched my life; It has INCREASED my love, devotion, & respect for-to my wife, my ...
  
  











  



  
Demons31 reviews
Fyodor Dostoevsky

Vintage, 1995

Demons is a devil of a read on Russian angst/nihilism by the master Dostoevsky

+ Evil defined
+ great
+ Dostoyevsky's toughest nut to crack
+ Not for casual reading...
  
  











  



  
The Idiot24 reviews
Fyodor Dostoevsky

Vintage, 2003

is it ironic, or pragmatic?

+ Good
+ Was prince Myshkin really a positively beautiful individual?????
+ Personal Favorite Dostoevsky
  
  











  



  
Absurdistan: A Novel106 reviews
Gary Shteyngart

Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2007

Slow start, finishes with a bang.

+ Another fascinating tale
+ Prophetic!
+ Not a book to leave around for your teenage sons to read
  
  











  



  
The Brothers Karamazov111 reviews
Fyodor Dostoevsky

Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2002

Perhaps the best novel ever written in the history of mankind

+ The Brothers Karamazov by Dostoyevsky
+ A Literary Masterpiece
+ Bothers Karamazov
+ Dark and Beautiful
  
  











  



  
Crime and Punishment (Signet Classics)5 reviews
Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Signet Classics, 2006

A Hard Read

+ This book is amazing,
+ I also found it marvelously entertaining
+ One of my favorite books so far
  
  











  



  
Lolita449 reviews
Vladimir Nabokov

Vintage, 1989

A road movie of the mind

+ Beautiful writing confronts crude subject matter--A masterpiece
+ Upends your preconceptions and prejudices
+ Which book did you read?
+ The Most Beautiful Novel Ever Written