- Lermontov
- A Hero of Our Time (1841), Dec 21
- (is just several pages) Kavkasets, Dec 21
- (reread since Sept) Leo Tolstoy - The Death of Ivan Ilyich, Dec 9
- (tr) Jorge Luis Borges - short stories/novellas from multiple collections (Nov+)
- (tr) Adolfo Bioy Casares - 3 short stories/novellas (Nov 19, Nov 21): the one about Carmen ("[Wonders don't repead themselves]"), the one where donya Rechina is the protagonist' aunt ("[Youth is attracted by the unknown]"), The Perjury of the Snow/The Snow's Perjury (1944)
- Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
- Cancer Ward (1968), Oct 25
- One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich (1962), Oct 17
- Matryona's Home (1965), Oct 17
- Ostrovsky (plays)
- Family Picture (1847), somewhere between Oct 9-11?
- Enough Stupidity in Every Wise Man (1868), Oct 3
- (tr) Gerald Durrell - Rosy is My Relative (1968, UK), Oct 7
- (REPEATED reread, since Apr) (tr) George Bernard Shaw
- (tr) Hearbreak House (1919), Sep 27
- (tr) Mrs. Warren's Profession (1894), Sep 29
- (reread) Leo Tolstoy - The Death of Ivan Ilyich, Sep 26
- (tr) Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - The Song of Hiawatha (1855), Jul 9. In Bunin' translation. Compared to the orgiginal and Bunin' version is more intelligent and well-written! He improved Longfello's motivational/wise-advice lines.
- (reread) Dostoyevsky - Crime and Punishment (1866), Jun 28. Reread for the 1st time since school (remembered NOTHING!)
- (reread) (tr) Dickens - The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (1838), vol 2, Jun 8. Reread for the 1st time in 14 years.
- (tr) Evelyn Waugh - A Handful of Dust (1934), May 28
- Patricia Highsmith - The Price of Salt (in a non-linear way, with some skimming, with rereading), May XX - early June
- (reread)(tr) Dickens - The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (1838), vol 1, May 25. Reread for the 1st time in 14 years.
- (tr) Voltaire - Candide (1759) , Apr 30?
- George Bernard Shaw
- (reread)(tr) Mrs. Warren's Profession (1894), Apr 11
- (reread)(tr) Hearbreak House (1919), Apr 11
- (tr) Kurt Vonnegut - Breakfast of Champions (1973), Mar 7
- (tr, somewhat condensed) Jonathan Swift - Gulliver's Travels (1726), Feb 26
- (tr) William Golding - Lord of the Flies (1954), Feb17
- (tr) Melville - Bartleby, the Scrivener (1853), Feb10 - a really cool thing, although the last lines of it aren't on par with the book.
- Thomas Hardy
- (tr) Jude the Obscure (1895), Feb 8
- (tr) Under the Greenwood Tree; Or, The Mellstock Quire (1872), Jan 31 (funny!)
- (tr) Far From The Madding Crowd (1874), Jan 25 (it was unexpectedly good!)
Best of:
- long:
- The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
- Cancer Ward
- short and shortish
- The Death of Ivan Ilyich
- Mrs. Warren's Profession
- Under the Greenwood Tree; Or, The Mellstock Quire (bc it was fun!)
- One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
jan 25 2015 ∞
apr 10 2016 +