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I have read so far by Tolstoy:
War and Peace
Anna Karenina
Resurrection

Just finished reading:
Nikolai Chernyshevsky's What is to be Done
Did you like anything?
Yes. War and Peace. It was a hard read for me, as prior to this I read more "fluff" than anything. I did that because I wanted to "escape" for a little while and books are like movies to me, just richer and more vibrant.

So when reading War and Peace, it was a way to get "out of the box" or reading "rut" that I was in. I actually had to re-read and go over passages and look back several chapters to understand and make sense of some things.

Anna Karenina was alright. I did not find the book so much about her though. I found it to be more about 2 other characters and thus it created a bit of confusion for me. (to be more honest, having seen the movie (long time ago) really ruined what I "thought" the book was about. The book so so much more, IMHO)

Resurrection - mmmmm - still holding my thoughts on that. May have to give it a re-read.

I actually really liked What Is To Be Done. I liked the way this author wrote and how he kept me interested. I read the book through in one day. I could not put it down. It was interesting how the author would "narrate" or talk to his reading public, then switch back to the story and bring you "into" it.

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Any other recommendations on reading Russian literature/
Strugatsky brothers
Mikhail Bulgakov
Thank You!