Anton Chekhov & Aleksandr Kuprin 
Learn Russian with Bilingual Books 
(English – Russian)

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