List of Russian-language novelists

This is a list of authors who have written works of fiction in the Russian language. The list encompasses novelists and writers of short fiction.

Alphabetical list

A Portrait Author Notable works Illustration Illustration Narine Abgaryan(b.1971)Three Apples Fell From the Sky ManyunyaFyodor Abramov(1920–1983)The New LifeWooden HorsesTwo Winters and Three SummersM. Ageyev(1898–1973)Novel with CocaineChinghiz Aitmatov(1928–2008)JamilyaThe White ShipThe Day Lasts More Than a Hundred YearsDavid Aizman(1869–1922)The CountrymenSergey Aksakov(1791–1859)The Scarlet FlowerThe Family ChronicleYears of ChildhoodA Russian SchoolboyVasily Aksyonov(1932–2009)The BurnColleaguesGenerations of WinterThe Winter's HeroBoris Akunin(born 1956)Erast Fandorin seriesNicholas Fandorin seriesSister Pelagia series Mikhail Albov(1851–1911)On the New RoadYuz Aleshkovsky(1929–2022)The HandKangarooAlexander Amfiteatrov(1862–1938)Napoleonder The Fire FlowerDaniil Andreyev(1906–1959)Roza MiraLeonid Andreyev(1871–1919)DarknessThe AbyssThe Red LaughThe Seven Who Were HangedYury Annenkov(1889–1974)A Tale of TriviaAleksey Apukhtin(1840–1893)From Death to LifeThe Archive of Countess DMaria Arbatova(born 1957)My name is Woman Mikhail Artsybashev(1878–1927)SaninIvan LandeBreaking PointTales of the RevolutionViktor Astafyev(1924–2001)Queen FishSad DetectiveTo Live Your Life The Cursed and the Slain Arkady Averchenko(1881–1925)Ninochka

B Portrait Author Notable works Illustration Illustration Isaak Babel(1894–1940)Red CavalryThe Odessa TalesGrigory Baklanov(1923–2009)The FootholdForever NineteenSouth of the Main Offensive Natalya Baranskaya(1908–2004)A Week Like Any OtherPavel Bazhov(1879–1950)The Malachite BoxDmitry Begichev(1786–1855)The Kholmsky FamilyAlexander Bek(1903–1972)And Not to DieThe Story of an Inventor The New AppointmentAndrei Bely(1880–1934)PetersburgKotik LetaevThe Silver Dove MoscowAlexander Belyaev(1884–1942)Professor Dowell's HeadArielAmphibian ManNina Berberova(1901–1993)The AccompanistThe Tattered CloakThe Italics are MineThe Book of Happiness Alexander Bestuzhev(1797–1837)The TestOn BivouacVitaly Bianki(1894–1959)Whose Nose is Better?Aleksei Bibik(1878–1976)Andrei Bitov(1937–2018)Pushkin HouseThe Monkey LinkLife in Windy WeatherA Captive of the CaucasusNikolai Blagoveshchensky(1837–1889)Before the Dawn Pyotr Boborykin(1836–1921)China TownAlexander Bogdanov(1873–1928)Red StarVladimir Bogomolov(1926–2003)IvanThe Moment of TruthYuri Bondarev(1924–2020)SilenceThe ShoreThe Hot SnowLeonid Borodin(1938–2011)PartingsThe Third TruthThe Story of a Strange TimeThe Year of Miracle and Grief Valery Bryusov(1873–1924)The Fiery AngelThe Republic of the Southern Cross Yury Buida(born 1954)The Zero TrainThe Prussian BrideSinbad the SailorMikhail Bulgakov(1891–1940)The White GuardThe Master and MargaritaHeart of a DogThe Fatal EggsKir Bulychev(1934–2003)Half a LifeGreat GusliarEarth and ElsewhereAlisa SeleznevaIvan Bunin(1870–1953)Dry ValleyThe VillageDark AvenuesThe Life of Arseniev

C Portrait Author Notable works Illustration Illustration Aleksey Chapygin(1870–1937)Stepan RazinSergei Charchoun(1888–1975)DolgolikovLidia Charskaya(1875–1938)Princess DzhavakhaAlexander Chekhov(1855–1913)Anton Chekhov(1860–1904)A Dreary StoryWard No. 6The DuelPeasantsNikolay Chernyshevsky(1828–1889)What Is to Be Done?Evgeny Chirikov(1864–1932)The MagicianStrained RelationsMarka of the PitsLydia Chukovskaya(1907–1996)Sofia PetrovnaGeorgy Chulkov(1879–1939)

D Portrait Author Notable works Illustration Illustration Yuli Daniel(1925–1988)This is Moscow SpeakingGrigory Danilevsky(1829–1890)Moscow in FlamesThe Princess TarakanovaGrigoriy Demidovtsev(born 1960) Valentina Dmitryeva(1859–1947)Hveska, The Doctor's Watchman Leonid Dobychin(1894–1936)The Town of NEncounters with LiseYury Dombrovsky(1909–1978)The Faculty of Useless KnowledgeThe Keeper of Antiquities Vlas Doroshevich(1864–1922)Legends and Stories of the East Lyubov Dostoyevskaya(1869–1926)The Emigrant Fyodor Dostoyevsky(1821–1881)Notes from UndergroundCrime and PunishmentThe IdiotDemonsThe Brothers KaramazovThe House of the DeadThe Gambler"White Nights""A Gentle Creature""The Dream of a Ridiculous Man" Mikhail Dostoyevsky(1820–1864)Sergei Dovlatov(1941–1990)The ZoneAffiliateAlexander Druzhinin(1824–1864)Polinka SaksThe Story of Aleksei DmitrichVladimir Dudintsev(1918–1998)White GarmentsA New Year's TaleNot by Bread Alone

E Portrait Author Notable works Illustration Illustration Ilya Ehrenburg(1891–1967)Julio JurenitoThe ThawSergey Elpatyevsky(1854–1933)Pity Me!The Homeless OnesAsar Eppel(1935–2012)The Grassy StreetRed Caviar SandwichesVictor Erofeyev(born 1947)Russian BeautyLife with an IdiotAlexander Ertel(1855–1908)The SpecialistA Greedy PeasantMikhail Evstafiev(born 1963)Two Steps from Heaven

F Portrait Author Notable works Illustration Illustration Alexander Fadeyev(1901–1956)The RoutThe Young GuardKonstantin Fedin(1892–1977)Early JoysThe ConflagrationCities and YearsNo Ordinary Summer Olga Forsh(1873–1961)Palace and PrisonPioneers of FreedomDmitry Furmanov(1891–1926)Chapayev

G Portrait Author Notable works Illustration Illustration Arkady Gaidar(1904–1941)Chuk and GekThe Blue CupTimur and his GangNikolai Garin-Mikhailovsky(1852–1906)Practical Training Vsevolod Garshin(1855–1888)Four DaysThe Red FlowerGaito Gazdanov(1903–1971)An Evening with ClaireNight RoadsThe Spectre of Alexander WolfYuri German(1910–1967)Ivan LapshinThe Cause You Serve Zinaida Gippius(1869–1945)The Devil's DollRoman-Tzarevich Anatoly Gladilin(1935–2018)Moscow Racetrack Fyodor Gladkov(1883–1958)CementRestless YouthAvdotia Glinka (1795–1863)Countess PolinaLeonid Stepanovich and Liudmilla SergeevaDmitry Glukhovsky(born 1979)Metro 2033Pyotr Gnedich(1855–1925)The Burden of this World Nikolai Gogol(1809–1852)DikankaTaras BulbaThe OvercoatDead SoulsIvan Goncharov(1812–1891)A Common StoryOblomovThe Precipice Maxim Gorky(1868–1936)MotherThrough RussiaStories of 1922–1924The Artamonov BusinessThe Life of Klim SamginNina Gorlanova(born 1947)Daniil Granin(1919–2017)Into the StormThose Who SeekDmitry Grigorovich(1822–1900)The FishermenAlexander Grin(1880–1932)Scarlet SailsThe Seeker of AdventureIsabella Grinevskaya(1864–1944) Vasily Grossman(1905–1964)StalingradLife and FateForever FlowingElena Guro(1887–1913)Autumnal DreamThe Hurdy-GurdyThe Little Camels of the Sky Andrei Gusev(born 1952)With Chronos' Permit On the Edge of Magellanic Clouds The World According to Novikoff Sergey Gusev-Orenburgsky(1867–1963)The Land of the FathersThe Land of the Children

H Portrait Author Notable works Illustration Illustration Alexander Herzen(1812–1870)Who is to Blame?

I Portrait Author Notable works Illustration Illustration Ilf and PetrovIlf (1897–1937)Petrov (1903–1942)The Twelve ChairsThe Little Golden Calf Fazil Iskander(1929–2016)Chik and His FriendsSandro of ChegemThe Gospel According to ChegemThe Thirteenth Labour of HerculesAlexei Ivanov(born 1969)Vsevolod Ivanov(1895–1963)Armoured Train 14-69UThe KremlinThe Secret of Secrets

K Portrait Author Notable works Illustration Illustration Nikolay Karamzin(1766–1826)Poor LizaNikolay Karazin(1842–1908)The Two-Legged WolfFrom North to SouthNikolay Karonin-Petropavlovsky(1853–1892)First StormVladimir Karpov(1922–2010)The CommanderAnna KashinaIn the Name of the QueenIvan Kataev(1902–1937)The WifeImmortalityValentin Kataev(1897–1986)Time Forward!The EmbezzlersA White Sail GleamsThe Cottage in the SteppeVeniamin Kaverin(1902–1989)Open BookThe Two CaptainsThe Unknown ArtistEmmanuil Kazakevich(1913–1962)Star: A StoryThe Blue NotebookYury Kazakov(1927–1982)Going To TownAdam and EveYuri Khanon(born 1965)Skryabin As a FaceAntedate MemoriesAlphonse, who didn't wasDaniil Kharms(1905–1942)The Old Woman Nadezhda Khvoshchinskaya(1824–1889)The Boarding School GirlSofia Khvoshchinskaya(1824–1865)City Folk and Country Folk Marusya Klimova(born 1961)Vsevolod Kochetov(1912–1973)The Zhurbin FamilyWhat Do You Want Then?Ivan Kokorev(1825–1853)Alexandra Kollontai(1872–1952)Red LoveA Great LoveLove of Worker BeesVladimir Korolenko(1853–1921)Bad CompanyMakar's DreamThe Blind MusicianSofia Kovalevskaya(1859–1891)Nihilist Girl Vadim Kozhevnikov(1909–1984)Shield and SwordNadezhda Kozhevnikova(born 1949)Attorney Alexandra TikhonovnaEugene Kozlovsky(1946–2023)Vsevolod Krestovsky(1840–1895)Knights of IndustrySigizmund Krzhizhanovsky(1887–1950)QuadraturinAnatoly Kudryavitsky(born 1954)Aleksandr Kuprin(1870–1938)The DuelYama: The PitThe Bracelet of GarnetsAndrey Kurkov(born 1961)Death and the PenguinPenguin LostIvan Kushchevsky(1847–1876)Nikolai NegorevMikhail Kuzmin (1872–1936)WingsAnatoly Kuznetsov(1929–1979)Babi Yar

L Portrait Author Notable works Illustration Illustration Lazar Lagin(1903–1979)The Old Genie HottabychYulia Latynina(born 1966)The InsiderBoris Lavrenyov(1891–1953)The Forty-FirstThe Heavenly CapSuch a Simple ThingThe Courageous HeartIvan Lazhechnikov(1792–1869)The HereticLeonid Leonov(1899–1995)The BadgersSoviet RiverThe ThiefThe PyramidMikhail Lermontov(1814–1841)A Hero of Our TimeNikolai Leskov(1831–1895)The Cathedral FolkThe Sealed AngelThe Enchanted WandererLady Macbeth of MtsenskAlexander Levitov(1835–1877)Leatherhide the CobblerNikolay Leykin(1841–1906)Our Folk AbroadVladimir Lichutin(born 1940)Eduard Limonov(1943–2020)It's Me, EddieHis Butler's StoryMemoir of a Russian PunkDmitri Lipskerov(born 1964)Sergey Lukyanenko(born 1968)Night WatchDay WatchTwilight WatchLast WatchLev Lunts(1901–1924)Native Land

M Portrait Author Notable works Illustration Illustration Grigori Machtet(1852–1901)Vladimir Makanin(1937–2017)Baize-Covered Table With DecanterOsip Mandelstam(1891–1938)The Egyptian StampDmitry Mamin-Sibiryak(1852–1912)Verotchka's TalesA Gold NuggetThe Privalov FortuneAnatoly Marienhof(1897–1962)CynicsAlexandra Marinina(born 1957)Boleslav Markevich(1822–1884)The Turning PointVladilen Mashkovtsev(1929–1997)Pavel Melnikov(1818–1883)Dmitry Merezhkovsky(1865–1941)Christ and Antichrist (trilogy)Daniil Mordovtsev(1830–1905)The Tsar and the Hetman Viktor Muyzhel(1880–1924)The YearViktor Muravin(born 1929)The Diary of Vikenty Angarov

N Portrait Author Notable works Illustration Illustration Vladimir Nabokov(1899–1977)MaryThe DefenseThe GiftLolita Yuri Nagibin(1920–1994)The PipeArise and WalkVasily Narezhny(1780–1825)A Russian Gil Blas Nikolay Naumov(1838–1901)Strength Breaks the StrawAndrei Navrozov(born 1956)Viktor Nekrasov(1911–1987)Front-line StalingradKira Georgievna Vasily Nemirovich-Danchenko(1845–1936)Peasant Tales of RussiaAlexander Neverov(1886–1923)City of Bread Friedrich Neznansky(1932–2013)Red SquareNight Wolves Nikolay Nosov(1908–1976)NeznaikaAlexey Novikov-Priboy(1877–1944)TsushimaThe CaptainThe Sea Beckons

O Portrait Author Notable works Illustration Illustration Vladimir Obruchev(1863–1956)PlutoniaSannikov LandVladimir Odoevsky(1803–1869)Two PrincessesThe Living CorpseThe Year 4338: Petersburg Letters Bulat Okudzhava(1924–1997)A Taste of LibertyGood-bye, Schoolboy!The Art of Needles and SinsYury Olesha(1899–1960)EnvyThree Fat MenThe Cherry PitVladimir Orlov(1936–2014)Danilov, the ViolistNikolai Ostrovsky(1904–1936)Born of the StormHow the Steel Was TemperedMikhail Osorgin(1878–1942)Quiet StreetMy Sister's StoryValentin Ovechkin(1904–1968)Greetings from the Front

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