Sometimes you want to read in Russian. Sometimes you want to read in English.
There’s a great option: bilingual books!
Bilingual, or dual-language books, are books in which text appears side-by-side in both the target language and English. These are some of the Russian books to enjoy since you can practice your Russian without being in over your head.
Plus, there are plenty of different types of bilingual books, so there’s something out there for any learner at any level. You can read children’s books, Russian short stories and beginner and intermediate Russian books, all with the support of the helpful English-language text.
Try these English - Russian bilingual books from Russian and Foreign authors.
Aleksandr Kuprin - Bilingual Edition: English - Russian
-THE PIT
Anton Chekhov - Bilingual Edition: English - Russian
-MY LIFE
-THE CLOAK
-THE DUEL
-THE STEPPE
-THREE YEARS
Fyodor Dostoyevsky - Bilingual Edition: English - Russian
-CRIME AND PUNISHMENT
-THE CROCODILE
-A RAW YOUTH
-THE BROTHERS KARAMAZOV
-THE GAMBLER
-THE INSULTED AND THE INJURED
-THE POSSESSED
-WHITE NIGHTS
Ivan Turgenev - Bilingual Edition: English - Russian
-MUMU
-FATHERS AND SONS
-SMOKE
-A HOUSE OF GENTLEFOLK
-RUDIN
-THE DIARY OF A SUPERFLUOUS MAN
-ON THE EVE
-FIRST LOVE
-A DESPERATE CHARACTER
Leo Tolstoy - Bilingual Edition: English - Russian
-HADJI MURAD
-WAR AND PEACE
-ANNA KARENINA
-THE DEATH OF IVAN IL'ICH
-TWO HUSSARS
-ALBERT
-A MORNING OF A LANDED PROPRIETOR
-THE COSSACKS
-RESURRECTION
Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin - Bilingual Edition: English - Russian
-A FAMILY OF NOBLEMEN
Nikolai Gogol - Bilingual Edition: English - Russian
-DEAD SOULS
-TARAS BULBA
-INSPECTOR GENERAL
-THE NOSE
-MEMOIRS OF A MADMAN
Vsevolod Garshin - Bilingual Edition: English - Russian
-THE SIGNAL
Arthur Conan Doyle - Bilingual Edition: English - Russian
-A STUDY IN SCARLET
-THE ADVENTURE OF CHARLES AUGUSTUS MILVERTON
Brothers Grimm - Bilingual Edition: English - Russian
-FAIRY TALES BY BROTHERS GRIMM
Charles Dickens - Bilingual Edition: English - Russian
-A CHRISTMAS CAROL
Charles Perrault - Bilingual Edition: English - Russian
-THE TALES OF MOTHER GOOSE
Edgar Allan Poe - Bilingual Edition: English - Russian
-THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER
-THE PIT AND THE PENDULUM
Hans Christian Andersen - Bilingual Edition: English - Russian
-THE SNOW QUEEN
-FAIRY TALES
Harriet Beecher Stowe - Bilingual Edition: English - Russian
-UNCLE TOM'S CABIN
Henry Rider Haggard - Bilingual Edition: English - Russian
-KING SOLOMON'S MINES
Mark Twain - Bilingual Edition: English - Russian
-PUDD'NHEAD WILSON
-THE AMERICAN CLAIMANT
-THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER
-THE ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN
-THE PRINCE AND THE PAUPER
Oscar Wilde - Bilingual Edition: English - Russian
-SALOME
William Shakespeare - Bilingual Edition: English - Russian
-HAMLET
-THE TRAGEDY OF ROMEO AND JULIET
Leonard Arthur Magnus - Bilingual Edition: English - Russian
-THE TALE OF THE ARMAMENT OF IGOR
Octave Mirbeau - Bilingual Edition: English - Russian
-A CHAMBERMAID'S DIARY