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Yet another suggestion: В стране невыученных уроков ("In the Land of Unfinished Homework"), by Liya Geraskina. A 1965 children's novel with a not-too-completed plot, and lots of natural, idiomatic...

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I might recommend starting with Роковые яйца ("The Fateful Eggs"), even though it's not Bulgakov's most famous work. But since it's a novella rather than a full-length novel, as a...