Fyodor Dostoevsky Books in Order
38 books are credited to Fyodor Dostoevsky, published between 1845 and 2022; 15 of them appeared after Fyodor Dostoevsky's death in 1881. The first book is Poor Folk and Other Stories (1845) and the newest is A Bad Business (2022). Publication order is the reading order below.
Fyodor Dostoevsky also publishes as N.N..
- Books
- 38
- Published
- 1845–2022
- Confirmed
- 38 of 38 titles
- Pages on record
- 9,788 in 28 of 38 books
- Reading time
- 163–245 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 9,788 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 28 of 38 titles with a page count on record.
Fyodor Dostoevsky (1821-1881) was a Russian novelist, short-story writer, essayist, journalist and philosopher. Dostoevsky's fiction engages philosophical and religious themes within the political, social and spiritual conditions of 19th-century Russia. The most acclaimed of the novels are The Brothers Karamazov (1880), Crime and Punishment (1866), Demons (1872), The Idiot (1869) and The Adolescent (1875). This catalogue lists 38 titles dated from Poor Folk and Other Stories (1845) to a 2022 edition of A Bad Business, among them The Double (1846), White Nights (1848), Netochka Nezvanova (1849) and The House of the Dead (1862). Translations into English and Russian fiction lead the catalogue subjects.
How many Fyodor Dostoevsky books are there?
Fyodor Dostoevsky has 38 books, released between 1845 and 2022. 15 of them were published after Fyodor Dostoevsky's death in 1881. 2 of them belong to the Writer's Diary series.
Fyodor Dostoevsky Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 38 Fyodor Dostoevsky books in the order they were released, 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.
- 118452713/4
- 21846–3/4
- 318461123/4
- 418471213/4
- 518484163/4
- 61848–3/4
- 71849–3/4
- 81859923/4
- 9The Insulted and Injured / Humiliated and InsultedFyodor Dostoevsky Standalone Novels #71861 · 338 pages · confirmed 3/418613383/4
- 10The House of the Dead / Notes from a Dead HouseFyodor Dostoevsky Standalone Novels #81862 · confirmed 3/41862–3/4
- 111863783/4
- 121864913/4
- 131866–3/4
- 1418661763/4
- 1518696563/4
- 1618702023/4
- 17Demons / The Devils / The PossessedFyodor Dostoevsky Standalone Novels #141872 · 842 pages · confirmed 3/418728423/4
- 181873483/4
- 1918756083/4
- 2018761323/4
- 211877–3/4
- 221879803/4
- 2318798243/4
- 2418868223/4
- 2518866443/4
- 26The Eternal Husband and Other StoriesFyodor Dostoevsky Short Story #51890 · 329 pages · confirmed 3/418903293/4
- 2719143863/4
- 28Dostoevsky: Letters and ReminiscencesFyodor Dostoevsky Non-Fiction #21923 · 126 pages · confirmed 3/419231263/4
- 29Great Short Works of Fyodor DostoevskyFyodor Dostoevsky Short Story #71968 · 741 pages · confirmed 3/419687413/4
- 3019731843/4
- 31Selected Letters of Fyodor DostoyevskyFyodor Dostoevsky Non-Fiction #31987 · 543 pages · confirmed 3/419875433/4
- 321989–3/4
- 3319893003/4
- 3419973343/4
- 35The Best Short Stories of Fyodor DostoevskyFyodor Dostoevsky Short Story #102007 · 292 pages · confirmed 3/420072923/4
- 36An Unpleasant Predicament: A Nasty StoryFyodor Dostoevsky Short Stories/Novellas #22015 · confirmed 3/42015–3/4
- 37The Fyodor Dostoevsky BBC Radio Drama CollectionFyodor Dostoevsky Short Story #112021 · confirmed 3/42021–3/4
- 382022–3/4
Fyodor Dostoevsky 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.
Fyodor Dostoevsky Standalone Novels
17 books17 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Fyodor Dostoevsky Short Story
12 books12 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Fyodor Dostoevsky Non-Fiction
5 books5 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Fyodor Dostoevsky Short Stories/Novellas
2 books2 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Writer's Diary in order
2 booksFyodor Dostoevsky Books in Chronological Order
By publication date, the Fyodor Dostoevsky books run from Poor Folk and Other Stories (1845) to A Bad Business (2022), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Fyodor Dostoevsky in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.
Do you have to read Fyodor Dostoevsky books in order?
You only need to read Fyodor Dostoevsky books in order within the Writer's Diary series, which holds 2 of the 38 Fyodor Dostoevsky books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.
What order should you read Fyodor Dostoevsky books in?
Read them in publication order, starting with Poor Folk and Other Stories (1845), the earliest published title. After it come The Double (1846), Poor Folk / Poor People (1846), The Landlady (1847) and An Honest Thief and Other Stories (1848); the numbered table above continues from there.
What is the newest Fyodor Dostoevsky book?
A Bad Business (2022) is the newest Fyodor Dostoevsky book released so far.
Is there a new Fyodor Dostoevsky book coming?
No next Fyodor Dostoevsky book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Fyodor Dostoevsky at a glance
- Died
- Fyodor Dostoevsky died in 1881, according to Wikidata.
- After death
- Books credited to Fyodor Dostoevsky are still being published after Fyodor Dostoevsky's death in 1881; the newest appeared in 2022.
- Release pace
- Fyodor Dostoevsky books have appeared about one every 5 years on average.
- Length
- 9,788 pages across the 28 of 38 books with a recorded length, a median of 296 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Fyodor Dostoevsky books, 8 of 38, were published in the 1870s.
What the Fyodor Dostoevsky books are about
25 of the 38 Fyodor Dostoevsky books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: social life and customs is tagged on 9 of 25. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Social life and customs 9 of 25 books
- Dostoyevsky, fyodor, 1821-1881 6 of 25 books
- Russian fiction 6 of 25 books
- Short stories 6 of 25 books
- Russia (federation) 3 of 25 books
- Russia in fiction 3 of 25 books
- 19th century 2 of 25 books
- History 2 of 25 books
- Literature - Classics / Criticism 2 of 25 books
- Russian Authors 2 of 25 books
- Russian Short stories 2 of 25 books