Why You Should Read Dostoevsky?

Dostoyevsky beyond Crime and Punishment

For most of my life, I have not been much of a fiction reader. But in 2018, I gave it a serious try, particularly about Russian literature (I am lucky to be able to read these masterpieces in the original language), and I fell in love with it. Since then, I have read tens of thousands of pages of Russian literature and haven’t looked back since. You can find the article I wrote about my experiences and views on Russian literature here.

As I got into my reading quest, I often carried books with me. This led to some interesting conversations (it is amazing how popular Russian Literature is in Türkiye, where I live). One of the topics that came up time and again was Dostoevsky, particularly Crime and Punishment. One of the masterpieces of world literature. But while it was impressive to see how many people had read the novel, or knew about it, it was significantly fewer people who had read any other works by Dostoevsky. Beyond Crime and Punishment, there was typically very little to talk about.