DOSTOEVSKY - Where to Start? | Complete LIST + all books RANKED

Dostoevsky where to start + in which order should you read his books? In this video, you'll find out :)
0:00 Where do I start Dostoevsky?
0:10 Dostoevsky reading order
1:13 Dostoevsky's books ranked
2:10 Poor Folk
4:02 The Double
5:35 The Landlady
7:31 Uncle's Dream
8:30 The Village of Stepanchikovo
9:30 Humiliated and Insulted
11:00 The House of the Dead
12:00 Notes from Underground
13:35 What book of Dostoevsky should I read first?
13:45 Crime and Punishment
14:40 The Gambler
15:51 The Idiot
16:58 The Eternal Husband
17:45 Demons
18:48 The Adolescent
20:06 The Brothers Karamazov
21:35 What are Dostoevsky's 4 great novels?

[@willieluncheonette5843]

" I remember one anecdote about a British scientist, a Nobel prize winner, Dirac. A friend of Dirac's - another scientist, a Russian scientist, Kapitza - gave him one of the most highly praised novels of Dostoyevsky - "Crime and Punishment". Kapitza said to Dirac, "Go through this novel and then tell me your impression." When Dirac returned the book he said, "It is nice, but there is one fault, one error in the book. The writer says that the sun rises twice in the same day. On the same day the sun rises twice." In the story somewhere Dostoyevsky has made this error: the sun rises twice in the same day. So Dirac said, "That is the only error, and I have nothing more to say." And this was the only thing he said about Dostoyevsky's great novel "Crime and Punishment", and he is no ordinary man. But the approach, the approach of a mathematician, is not the approach of a poet, of an artist, of a lover. It is the approach of an impartial observer. It is mathematical. Only this he had to say - that there is one error: the sun cannot rise twice in the same day. About such a great piece of creation, such a great piece of art as "Crime and Punishment", only this struck his mind. Why? Because of the training of the mind for impartial observation, mathematical observation. No one had ever detected this error. He was the first. Many have felt in Dostoyevsky's book a deep insight, a depth-psychology, a great poetry, a great drama, but no one has detected this error. It depends on how you look at the world. A lover looks with different eyes. When the lover comes to the Ultimate experience, he knows that now everything has become one, but he says that if this oneness is simply oneness, just oneness, it is dead. It is an alive oneness. It is an alive, dynamic phenomenon. k is a constant movement between the two sources. It is a constant unity, a movement, a live process: it is not a dead unity."

[@sitting_nut]

demons is actually very psychological with complex characters, as well as philosophical and political ( in a currently relevant way in face of ongoing western decline and its causes )

[@OneBookWiser]

Thank you for the input, there has to be a reason why it's still considered to be one of his big 4 novels. You convinced me to have a second look at the book :)

[@barnred8887]

If we’re talking about which of Dostoevsky’s books should be read first, I feel that Notes from underground is a good starting point though. I feel that the Underground man is a largely relatable character, he makes me feel seen, and the way he thinks really made things click for me. His interpretation of the world around him was in many ways a revelation for me, be it his views on determinism, why even if humans were given utopia, it wouldn’t work, and his characteristic shameful consciousness so well encapsulates my life. It would also give readers a basis for what the author is like, making other book by Dostoevsky less of a culture shock.

[@ibnarasayoub5220]

I cannot believe I have found a person who is interested in both Dostoevsky and Orwell at the same time. SUBSCRIBED 🖤🌹

[@OneBookWiser]

It's hard not to like them both! 🙂 thank you for subscribing ❤

[@charlest1828]

I actually read C & P for the first time as a 17-year-old! The Brothers K crossed my path before my month-long trip to Yekaterinburg and Moscow in 2010. Informative video!

[@OneBookWiser]

That had to be perfect timing for reading it! 😊 and thank you! 😊

[@BigGov74]

Thanks for your insight I’m looking forward to starting my Dostoevsky journey

[@OneBookWiser]

Thank you as well, I hope you'll like it 😊

[@Dino_Medici]

Thanks for this bro

[@defp7891]

Thank you for putting together this comprehensive list, I haven’t found another video like this. I’m reading Demons right now so I was interested in your thoughts. Great video!

[@OneBookWiser]

Thank you! I was skeptical about Demons but everyone keeps saying how good it is! 😊How do you like it so far?

[@defp7891]

I’m really enjoying it! But I think you’re right, it might not be for everyone

[@ReligionOfSacrifice]

@@OneBookWiser, FAVORITE AUTHORS, I ran across this video and then bought a book which has become my favorite book and read it just lately. Thank you so much for this video, before I made my list of favorite books at the end of 2021 I would have said Fyodor Dostoevsky was my favorite author, but without your help he had fallen to #5 of my favorite authors. So thank you for getting him back on top due to this video. 1st) Fyodor Dostoevsky 1) “The Insulted and Humiliated” by Fyodor Dostoevsky 4) "The Idiot" by Fyodor Dostoevsky 19) "Crime and Punishment" by Fyodor Dostoevsky 30) "Demons" by Fyodor Dostoevsky 65) "My Uncle's Dream" by Fyodor Dostoevsky 80) "The Heavenly Christmas Tree" by Fyodor Dostoevsky 113) "Poor Folk" by Fyodor Dostoevsky 130) "The Gentle Spirit" by Fyodor Dostoevsky 141) "The Gambler" by Fyodor Dostoevsky 149) "White Nights" by Fyodor Dostoevsky 173) "Netochka Nezvanova" (nameless nobody) by Fyodor Dostoevsky 2nd) Leo Tolstoy 3) "Resurrection" by Leo Tolstoy 9) "War and Peace" by Leo Tolstoy 16) “Childhood, Boyhood” by Leo Tolstoy 62) "Anna Karenina" by Leo Tolstoy 91) "A Confession" by Leo Tolstoy 3rd) Ivan Turgenev 5) "Fathers and Sons" by Ivan Turgenev 11) "Smoke" by Ivan Turgenev 23) "Virgin Soil" by Ivan Turgenev 41) "Torrents of Spring" by Ivan Turgenev 64) "First Love" by Ivan Turgenev 101) "Acia" by Ivan Turgenev 107) "The Watch" by Ivan Turgenev 132) "Rudin" by Ivan Turgenev 141) "On the Eve" by Ivan Turgenev 152) "Home of the Gentry" by Ivan Turgenev 172) "Clara Militch" by Ivan Turgenev 177) "The Inn" by Ivan Turgenev 4th) James A. Michener 12) "Chesapeake" by James A. Michener 13) "Poland" by James A. Michener 36) "Caribbean" by James A. Michener 37) "Hawaii" by James A. Michener 197) “Mexico” by James A. Michener 5th) Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn 10) "A Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich" by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn 28) "Cancer Ward" by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn 44) "In the First Circle" by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn 78) "The Gulag Archipelago, 1918-1956: an Experiment in Literary Investigation" by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

[@stephenn3727]

Very nice reviews! Thank you

[@OneBookWiser]

Thank you! 🙂

[@mushroomsoupUwU]

holy I think I've found some hidden gem channel wanted a deep dig into Dostoevsky you just gained a subscriber girl!

[@OneBookWiser]

You're so kind! Thank you :) I wanted to deep dig as well, so I prepared 7 videos with Dostoevsky, such a great author :)

[@mushroomsoupUwU]

@@OneBookWiser I really liked your order and the details you made about his works, never found something similar on yt tysm! keep the hard work.

[@OneBookWiser]

@@mushroomsoupUwU I enjoy these deep dives, details, and meanings, so thank you for noticing! :)

[@stevendavis2122]

Just finished Brothers Karamazov, outstanding novel, either C&P or The idiot is next . Great channel, One Book Wiser👍🏼

[@OneBookWiser]

I read and loved both, you can't really go wrong! 😄 and thank you! 😊

[@nathank8019]

After having read Dostoevsky's big 4 masterpieces, i read Joseph Frank's voluminous biography of Dostoevsky. I am not sure if i would recommend reading the biography before reading Dostoevsky himself, but i will say that after reading the biography it makes me want to go back and read them again plus several that i hadnt. It is very good and provides so much context into the political environment in russia, dostoevsky's personal life, and everything that shaped the frame the novels. Its so long that i think it would be hard to read without any knowledge of the books, but if i could go back in time, i would probably have read the biography while reading his novels, and go chronologically. It really is excellent, and im not someone who typically reads biographies.

[@user-jv2fz3ws2l]

Thank. I read Poor Falk now, because bigger ones I read years ago

[@PublicGameDefender]

Demons foreshadows the Russian Revolution. Dostoyevsky likes to have very emotional and/or amoral characters in his books. Demons has Pyotr Verkhovensky, basically a sociopath who is amoral and simply will do whatever is necessary for the end goal of his cause. Everyone is expendable to him as a revolutionist. I’ve read most of his novels and found Demons to be an excellent one.

[@OneBookWiser]

I love the brilliant character descriptions in his novels, I will probably read Demons for the psychological aspect of it. What are your top 3 book from him? :)

[@PublicGameDefender]

@@OneBookWiser While Demons does have a bone to pick with Nihilism, I found the characters in it on par with Crime and Punishment. We all know someone just like every character in the book. I would say Crime and Punishment, Demons, and Brothers Karamazov, from third to first.

[@OneBookWiser]

@@PublicGameDefender Great choice :) yes, I agree, the psychological complexity of the characters is brilliant :)

[@willieluncheonette5843]

" Just a single man, Fyodor Dostoevsky, is enough to defeat all the creative novelists of the world. If one has to decide on 10 great novels in all the languages of the world, one will have to choose at least 3 novels of Dostoevsky in those 10. Dostoevsky’s insight into human beings and their problems is greater than your so-called psychoanalysts, and there are moments where he reaches the heights of great mystics. His book BROTHERS KARAMAZOV is so great in its insights that no BIBLE or KORAN or GITA comes close. In another masterpiece of Dostoevsky, THE IDIOT, the main character is called ‘idiot’ by the people because they can’t understand his simplicity, his humbleness, his purity, his trust, his love. You can cheat him, you can deceive him, and he will still trust you. He is really one of the most beautiful characters ever created by any novelist. The idiot is a sage. The novel could just as well have been called THE SAGE. Dostoevsky’s idiot is not an idiot; he is one of the sanest men amongst an insane humanity. If you can become the idiot of Fyodor Dostoevsky, it is perfectly beautiful. It is better than being cunning priest or politician. Humbleness has such a blessing. Simplicity has such benediction. THE IDIOT is only the name, but the person he calls the idiot in that great novel… That novel has to be considered one of the ten great novels in the whole world literature. There is no way to think that anything better than Fyodor Dostoevsky’s IDIOT can be created. He is really one of the most beautiful characters ever created by any novelist. The novel could just as well have been called THE SAGE. His trust is so much that it does not matter that you deceive. It does not matter that you cheat him; that is your problem, it is not his problem. His love, his trust will continue.

[@OneBookWiser]

I actually made the analysis of the idiot as well, if you'd ever feel like watching it the idiot was supposed to be the Jesus like figure, it's really interesting to see how Dostoevsky's mind worked :)

[@mtom2237]

Demons is not as well constructed as his masterpieces like Brothers K and C and P, but it is a prophetic work and deals with the demonic possession of bad ideas and ideologies and how they destroy lives. Thank you for this important review. You’ve filled a gap on KZbin.

[@OneBookWiser]

I think I will read Demons at some point, but I will research the context first, it seems to be quite complex 😊 and thank you! 😊

[@SanguineLemon]

I am currently reading Demons, its good

[@jjshepherd7670]

Notes from Underground and The Double were personally my least favorite books I've read by Dostoevsky. I loved all of the big four, though. Karamazov is my favorite of his novels, which I read earlier this year.

[@OneBookWiser]

Notes from Underground is definitely a challenging book to read! Karamazov is his last, so probably the best-crafted of his novels 😊

[@redouane-is9qk]

The first book that makes me aquaintance with Dostoyevsky is crime and punishment

[@mnemonicpie]

nice wife material here guys🥺 Notes from the underground is a very fascinating novel BTW, was my first from FD, I read it in one night and absolutely loved it and FD himself.

[@OneBookWiser]

Aww, thank you! Notes from the underground is fascinating indeed! 😊

[@user-sg1fq6wf4h]

heeeyy where is white nights

[@SanguineLemon]

Hello, what is your native language

[@OneBookWiser]

Hello, it's Czech 😊

[@LuciusQuinctiusCincinnatus111]

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[@OneBookWiser]

Thank you, you're so kind 😊❤

[@victorfries7727]

This was boring