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Vladimir Sorokin Books in Order

Vladimir Sorokin has written 10 books, published between 1984 and 2025. The first book is The Queue (1984) and the newest is Dispatches from the District Committee (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
10
Published
1984–2025
Pages on record
1,357 in 6 of 10 books
Reading time
23–34 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,357 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 6 of 10 titles with a page count on record.

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Photo of Vladimir Sorokin, author of the Ice series

Vladimir Sorokin, born in 1955, is a postmodern Russian writer of novels, short stories and plays. Sorokin's work is satirical and provocative, mixing dystopia, alternative history, science fiction and the grotesque, and a signature method is stylistic mimicry: imitating everything from socialist realism to classical Russian prose. Books by Sorokin have repeatedly drawn public argument in Russia, lawsuits included. The catalogue lists 10 titles from The Queue (1984) to Dispatches from the District Committee (2025), including Ice (2002), Day of the Oprichnik (2006), The Blizzard (2010), Telluria (2022), Their Four Hearts (2022), Blue Lard (2024) and Red Pyramid (2024). Catalogue subjects record Russian fiction in English translation, Soviet social conditions, consumer behaviour and eugenics.

How many Vladimir Sorokin books are there?

Vladimir Sorokin has 10 books, released between 1984 and 2025. 1 of them belong to the Ice series.

Vladimir Sorokin Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 10 Vladimir Sorokin 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 The Queue by Vladimir Sorokin (1984)
  2. Cover of Day of the Oprichnik by Vladimir Sorokin (2006)
  3. Cover of The Blizzard by Vladimir Sorokin (2010)
  4. Cover of Their Four Hearts by Vladimir Sorokin (2022)
  5. Cover of Telluria by Vladimir Sorokin (2022)
  6. Cover of Dispatches from the District Committee by Vladimir Sorokin (2025)
  1. 1
    The Queue1984 · 280 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1984280
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  2. 2
    IceIce #12002 · 321 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2002321
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  3. 3
    Day of the Oprichnik2006 · 191 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2006191
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  4. 4
    The Blizzard2010 · 181 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2010181
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  5. 5
    Доктор Гарин2021 · confirmed 1/4
    2021–
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  6. 6
    Their Four Hearts2022 · 204 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2022204
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  7. 7
    Telluria2022 · confirmed 1/4
    2022–
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  8. 8
    Red Pyramid2024 · confirmed 1/4
    2024–
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  9. 9
    Blue Lard2024 · confirmed 1/4
    2024–
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  10. 10
    Dispatches from the District Committee2025 · 180 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2025180
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Vladimir Sorokin 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.

Ice in order

1 book
  1. 1. Ice

Standalone books

9 books

9 Vladimir Sorokin titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Vladimir Sorokin books in order?

You only need to read Vladimir Sorokin books in order within the Ice series, which holds 1 of the 10 Vladimir Sorokin books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Vladimir Sorokin

Start with The Queue (1984), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Vladimir Sorokin book?

Dispatches from the District Committee (2025) is the newest Vladimir Sorokin book released so far.

Is there a new Vladimir Sorokin book coming?

No next Vladimir Sorokin 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 Vladimir Sorokin has won

Wikidata records 3 awards and 6 nominations for Vladimir Sorokin. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

  • Gregor von Rezzori Award2015Wonfor Day of the Oprichnik
  • Premio Gorky2010Wonfor Ice
  • Andrei Bely Prize2001Won
  • National Bestseller Prize2014Shortlistedfor Telluria
  • International Booker Prize2013Shortlisted
  • National Bestseller Prize2007Shortlistedfor Day of the Oprichnik
  • Russian Booker Prize2002Shortlistedfor Ice
  • National Bestseller Prize2001Shortlisted
  • Russian Booker Prize1992Shortlistedfor Their Four Hearts

Vladimir Sorokin at a glance

Still publishing
Vladimir Sorokin published a book as recently as 2025.
Release pace
Vladimir Sorokin books have appeared about one every 5 years on average.
Length
1,357 pages across the 6 of 10 books with a recorded length, a median of 198 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Vladimir Sorokin books, 6 of 10, were published in the 2020s.

What the Vladimir Sorokin books are about

5 of the 10 Vladimir Sorokin books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: humor is tagged on 2 of 5. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.