Books Like Crime and Punishment

10 books for fans of Crime and Punishment

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   [Demons] [By: Dostoyevsky, Fyodor] [September, 1994]

   by Fyodor Dostoevsky

   Dostoyevsky's prophetic novel follows Russian revolutionaries whose ideological extremism leads them to consider murdering their own comrades to protect their cause.

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   Dostoyevsky's prophetic novel follows Russian revolutionaries whose ideological extremism leads them to consider murdering their own comrades to protect their cause.

   ★ 4.31 Goodreads (64.3K ratings)

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   The Idiot

   by Fyodor Dostoevsky

   Epileptic Prince Myshkin returns from Swiss treatment to St. Petersburg, where his Christ-like innocence attracts fortune-hunters and destroys lives.

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   Epileptic Prince Myshkin returns from Swiss treatment to St. Petersburg, where his Christ-like innocence attracts fortune-hunters and destroys lives.

   ★ 4.21 Goodreads (221.5K ratings)

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   Russian Classics in Russian and English: Notes from Underground

   by Fyodor Dostoevsky, Alexander Vassiliev

   The unnamed underground man's rambling confessions reveal Dostoevsky's exploration of free will, rational egoism, and the perverse human need to act against one's own interests.

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   The unnamed underground man's rambling confessions reveal Dostoevsky's exploration of free will, rational egoism, and the perverse human need to act against one's own interests.

   ★ 4.17 Goodreads (237.7K ratings)

   196 pages • 1864

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   White Nights

   by Fyodor Dostoevsky, TAZIRI, Constance Garnett

   Set during St. Petersburg's ethereal white nights, Dostoevsky's novella follows a solitary dreamer who befriends a young woman waiting for her absent lover. Brief but emotionally devastating, it explores loneliness and the cruel hope of connection.

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   Set during St. Petersburg's ethereal white nights, Dostoevsky's novella follows a solitary dreamer who befriends a young woman waiting for her absent lover. Brief but emotionally devastating, it explores loneliness and the cruel hope of connection.

   ★ 4.07 Goodreads (370.9K ratings)

   80 pages • 1848

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   The Gambler

   by Fyodor Dostoevsky, Charles James Hogarth

   ★ 3.91 Goodreads (124.0K ratings)

   185 pages • 1866

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   Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

   Harry Potter • Book 4

   by J.K. Rowling

   ★ 4.57 Goodreads (4.2M ratings)

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   Demon Copperhead

   by Barbara Kingsolver

   Kingsolver transposes David Copperfield to modern Appalachia, following Demon through foster care, addiction, and systemic poverty. A Pulitzer-winning portrait of America's forgotten communities.

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   Kingsolver transposes David Copperfield to modern Appalachia, following Demon through foster care, addiction, and systemic poverty. A Pulitzer-winning portrait of America's forgotten communities.

   ★ 4.46 Goodreads (824.6K ratings)

   560 pages • 2022

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   The Godfather

   The Godfather • Book 1

   by Mario Puzo

   Both audiobooks deliver morally complex narratives centered on protagonists grappling with guilt and corruption, featuring richly layered psychological depth that rewards careful listening. Joe Mantegna's commanding narration captures the same brooding intensity that Anthony Heald brings to Dostoevsky's classic, creating an immersive exploration of power, redemption, and the consequences of transgression.

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   Both audiobooks deliver morally complex narratives centered on protagonists grappling with guilt and corruption, featuring richly layered psychological depth that rewards careful listening. Joe Mantegna's commanding narration captures the same brooding intensity that Anthony Heald brings to Dostoevsky's classic, creating an immersive exploration of power, redemption, and the consequences of transgression.

   ★ 4.40 Goodreads (468.0K ratings)

   428 pages • 1969

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   Cutting for Stone

   by Abraham Verghese

   ★ 4.34 Goodreads (431.3K ratings)

   560 pages • 2009

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    The House of the Spirits

    Trilogía Involuntaria • Book 3

    by Isabel Allende, Magda Bogin

    Patriarch Esteban Trueba's political ambitions and wild desires shape three generations of his family against the backdrop of Latin American political turmoil. Allende blends magical realism with political history, following women who possess otherworldly gifts and the men who both love and oppress them.

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    Patriarch Esteban Trueba's political ambitions and wild desires shape three generations of his family against the backdrop of Latin American political turmoil. Allende blends magical realism with political history, following women who possess otherworldly gifts and the men who both love and oppress them.

    ★ 4.30 Goodreads (325.3K ratings)

    448 pages • 1982

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