The best Dostoevsky novels
The top 3 according to 54 votes from people: Crime and Punishment · Demons · Poor Folk. (Updated Oct 1, 2025.)
Fyodor Dostoevsky's novels and novellas in order of reader ratings, with the "great five" in front.
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Top 15
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1
Crime and Punishment
1866. Raskolnikov and his theory.
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Demons
1871-1872. A novel about nihilists and revolutionaries.
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Poor Folk
1846. His first novel, told in letters.
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4
The Idiot
1868-1869. Prince Myshkin, a "positively beautiful man".
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The Brothers Karamazov
1880. His last novel: faith, freedom and parricide.
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Humiliated and Insulted
1861. A St Petersburg melodrama about poverty.
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7
The Adolescent
1875. The coming of age of an illegitimate son.
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The House of the Dead
1860-1862. Penal servitude seen from the inside.
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A Gentle Creature
1876. A husband by his wife's body tries to understand what happened.
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10
Notes from Underground
1864. The confession of a bitter man.
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11
The Gambler
1866. Written in 26 days, about roulette and passion.
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12
Netochka Nezvanova
1849. An unfinished novel about a girl.
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13
White Nights
1848. A sentimental novella about a dreamer.
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14
The Village of Stepanchikovo
1859. A comic novella about the hanger-on Foma Opiskin.
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15
The Double
1846. A clerk meets his double.
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Братья Карамазовы на первом месте — справедливо. Глава про Великого инквизитора стоит всего романа
А я бы поставил Идиота выше Преступления и наказания