Братья Карамазовы vs Анна Каренина: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Russian literature, Classics, History, Fiction
Братья Карамазовы
The Brothers Karamazov, Dostoevsky’s crowning achievement, is a tale of patricide and family rivalry that embodies the moral and spiritual dissolution of an entire society (Russia in the 1870s). It created a national…
1 film adaptation
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Анна Каренина
“KARENIN and his wife continued to live under the same roof, to meet every day, and yet to remain entire strangers to each other.”
Described by William Faulkner as the best novel ever written and by Fyodor Dostoevsky as “flawless,” Anna Karenina tells of the doomed love affair between the sensuous and rebellious Anna and the dashing officer, Count…
1 film adaptation
The verdict
- Readers rate Братья Карамазовы highest: Братья Карамазовы 4.4 · Анна Каренина 4.1.
- Братья Карамазовы is the quickest read — about 9 hours vs 12 for Анна Каренина.
- Анна Каренина has the widest readership — 964080 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| Братья Карамазовы | Анна Каренина | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.4 (411948) | 4.1 (964080) |
| Hardcover | — | 4.5 (2) |
| Google Books | — | 4.0 (2) |
| Apple Books | — | 4.5 (26) |
Reception
| Братья Карамазовы | Анна Каренина | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 411948 | 964080 |
| Editions | 313 | 1315 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 4883 | 2 |
| Written reviews | 369 | 3 |
| Wikipedia attention | 60646 | 57730 |
| Pages | 534 | 651 |