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Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Books in Order

38 books are credited to Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, published between 1960 and 2025; 8 of them appeared after Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's death in 2008. The first book is Candle in the Wind (1960) and the newest is April 1917: The Red Wheel, Node IV, Book 1 (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
38
Published
1960–2025
Pages on record
11,961 in 33 of 38 books
Reading time
199–299 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 11,961 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 33 of 38 titles with a page count on record.

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Photo of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, author

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (1918-2008) was a Soviet and Russian writer and dissident whose work forced global attention onto political repression and the Gulag prison system. One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich (1962), Cancer Ward (1967) and In the First Circle (1968) sit early in a catalogue of 38 titles that opens with Candle in the Wind (1960). Two cycles anchor the later work, The Gulag Archipelago 1918-1956 and the Red Wheel, which reached April 1917: The Red Wheel, Node IV, Book 1 in 2025. Solzhenitsyn took the 1970 Nobel Prize in Literature.

How many Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn books are there?

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn has 38 books, released between 1960 and 2025. 8 of them were published after Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's death in 2008. They include 2 series and 28 titles listed outside any series.

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 38 Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.

  1. Cover of Matryona's House and Other Stories by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (1963)
  2. Cover of Cancer Ward by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (1967)
  3. Cover of In the First Circle by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (1968)
  4. Cover of The Love-Girl and The Innocent: A Play by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (1969)
  5. Cover of Victory Celebrations, Prisoners & The Love-Girl & The Innocent by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (1969)
  6. Cover of An Experiment in Literary Investigation, Volume 1 by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (1973)
  7. Cover of Prussian Nights: A Poem by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (1974)
  8. Cover of From Under the Rubble by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (1975)
  9. Cover of Détente, Democracy and Dictatorship by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (1976)
  10. Cover of Warning to the West by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (1976)
  11. Cover of A World Split Apart: Commencement Address Delivered At Harvard University, June 8, 1978 by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
  12. Cover of Victory Celebrations: A Comedy in Four Acts by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (1983)
  13. Cover of November 1916 by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, book 2 of the Red Wheel series (1985)
  14. Cover of Rebuilding Russia: Reflections and Tentative Proposals by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (1990)
  15. Cover of The Russian Question at the End of the Twentieth Century by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (1994)
  16. Cover of Invisible Allies by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (1995)
  17. Cover of We Never Make Mistakes by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (2004)
  18. Cover of Apricot Jam: And Other Stories by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (2008)
  19. Cover of March 1917: The Red Wheel, Node III, Book 1 by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, book 3 of the Red Wheel series (2017)
  1. 1
    Candle in the Wind1960 · 141 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1960141
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  2. 2
    One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich1962 · 208 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1962208
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  3. 4
    Stories and Prose Poems1963 · 288 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1963288
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  4. 5
    For The Good Of The Cause1964 · 142 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1964142
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  5. 6
    Cancer Ward1967 · 576 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1967576
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  6. 7
    In the First Circle1968 · 741 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1968741
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  7. 8
    The Love-Girl and The Innocent: A Play1969 · 131 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1969131
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  8. 9
    Victory Celebrations, Prisoners & The Love-Girl & The Innocent1969 · 365 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1969365
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  9. 10
    August 1914Red Wheel #11971 · 832 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1971832
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  10. 11
    Nobel Lecture1971 · 69 pages · confirmed 2/4
    197169
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  11. 12
    An Experiment in Literary Investigation, Volume 1Gulag Archipelago 1918-1956 #11973 · 704 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1973704
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  12. 13
    An Experiment in Literary Investigation, Volume 2Gulag Archipelago 1918-1956 #21973 · confirmed 2/4
    1973–
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  13. 14
    Letter to the Soviet Leaders1974 · 59 pages · confirmed 2/4
    197459
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  14. 15
    An Experiment in Literary Investigation, Volume 3Gulag Archipelago 1918-1956 #31974 · confirmed 2/4
    1974–
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  15. 16
    Prussian Nights: A Poem1974 · 124 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1974124
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  16. 17
    The Oak And The Calf: Sketches Of Literary Life In The Soviet Union1975 · 576 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1975576
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  17. 18
    From Under the Rubble1975 · 308 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1975308
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  18. 19
    Lenin in Zürich1975 · 296 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1975296
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  19. 20
    Détente, Democracy and Dictatorship1976 · 132 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1976132
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  20. 21
    Warning to the West1976 · 156 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1976156
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  21. 22
    A World Split Apart: Commencement Address Delivered At Harvard University, June 8, 19781978 · 61 pages · confirmed 2/4
    197861
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  22. 23
    Victory Celebrations: A Comedy in Four Acts1983 · 85 pages · confirmed 2/4
    198385
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  23. 24
    November 1916Red Wheel #21985 · 1040 pages · confirmed 2/4
    19851040
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  24. 25
    Rebuilding Russia: Reflections and Tentative Proposals1990 · 103 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1990103
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  25. 26
    The Russian Question at the End of the Twentieth Century1994 · 135 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1994135
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  26. 27
    Invisible Allies1995 · 344 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1995344
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  27. 28
    We Never Make Mistakes2004 · 144 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2004144
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  28. 29
    Between Two Millstones, Book 1: Sketches of Exile, 1974-19782006 · 451 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2006451
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  29. 31
    Voices from the Gulag2009 · 414 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2009414
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  30. 32
    March 1917: The Red Wheel, Node III, Book 1Red Wheel #32017 · 688 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2017688
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  31. 33
    March 1917: The Red Wheel, Node III, Book 2Red Wheel #42017 · 700 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2017700
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  32. 34
    March 1917: The Red Wheel, Node III, Book 3Red Wheel #52017 · 688 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2017688
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  33. 35
    Between Two Millstones, Book 2: Exile in America, 1978-19942020 · 680 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2020680
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  34. 36
    The Gulag Archipelago: Complete Edition2021 · confirmed 2/4
    2021–
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  35. 37
    March 1917: The Red Wheel, Node III, Book 4Red Wheel #62024 · confirmed 2/4
    2024–
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  36. 38
    April 1917: The Red Wheel, Node IV, Book 1Red Wheel #72025 · confirmed 2/4
    2025–
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Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn books grouped by series

Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. None of these groups has a reading-order page of its own on this site.

Red Wheel in order

7 books
  1. 1. August 1914
  2. 2. November 1916
  3. 3. March 1917: The Red Wheel, Node III, Book 1
  4. 4. March 1917: The Red Wheel, Node III, Book 2
  5. 5. March 1917: The Red Wheel, Node III, Book 3
  6. 6. March 1917: The Red Wheel, Node III, Book 4
  7. 7. April 1917: The Red Wheel, Node IV, Book 1

Gulag Archipelago 1918-1956 in order

3 books
  1. 1. An Experiment in Literary Investigation, Volume 1
  2. 2. An Experiment in Literary Investigation, Volume 2
  3. 3. An Experiment in Literary Investigation, Volume 3

Standalone books

28 books

28 Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn books in order?

You only need to read Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn books in order within each series: the books listed here span 2 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Start with Candle in the Wind (1960), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn book?

April 1917: The Red Wheel, Node IV, Book 1 (2025) is the newest Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn book released so far.

Is there a new Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn book coming?

No next Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Awards Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn has won

Wikidata records 2 awards for Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

  • The Hillman Prize for Book Journalism1974Won
  • Nobel Prize in Literature1970Won

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn at a glance

Died
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn died in 2008, according to Wikidata.
After death
Books credited to Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn are still being published after Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's death in 2008; the newest appeared in 2025.
Release pace
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
11,961 pages across the 33 of 38 books with a recorded length, a median of 296 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn books, 13 of 38, were published in the 1970s.

What the Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn books are about

33 of the 38 Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: history is tagged on 7 of 33. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

  • History 7 of 33 books
  • Politics and government 6 of 33 books
  • Russian fiction 6 of 33 books
  • Slavic philology 6 of 33 books
  • Biography 5 of 33 books
  • Political fiction 5 of 33 books
  • Soviet Union 5 of 33 books
  • Modern Civilization 4 of 33 books
  • Political prisoners 4 of 33 books
  • Russian Authors 4 of 33 books
  • Addresses, essays, lectures 3 of 33 books
  • Authors, Russian 3 of 33 books