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Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Complete Bibliography

Browse books by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn in publication order, including standalone books, complete series lists, reading order, and publication years.

Updated 2026-07-11 / 37 books / 7 series

Russian author best known for *The Gulag Archipelago* and *One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich*. Awarded the 1970 Nobel Prize in Literature, his works exposed Soviet repression and sold over 30 million copies worldwide. This page provides Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn’s books in order, including both chronological publication and series reading order.

Books by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn in Publication Order

1960 Candle in the Wind POoC / 1 Buy
1962 One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich POoSS / 1 Buy
1963 Matryona's House and Other Stories POoC / 2 Buy
1963 Stories and Prose Poems POoC / 3 Buy
1964 For The Good Of The Cause POoSN / 1 Buy
1967 Cancer Ward POoSN / 2 Buy
1968 In the First Circle POoSN / 3 Buy
1969 The Love-Girl and The Innocent: A Play POoP / 1 Buy
1969 Victory Celebrations, Prisoners & The Love-Girl & The Innocent POoC / 4 Buy
1971 August 1914 POoTRWB / 1 Buy
1971 Nobel Lecture POoNB / 1 Buy
1973 An Experiment in Literary Investigation, Volume 1 POoTGA1B / 1 Buy
1973 An Experiment in Literary Investigation, Volume 2 POoTGA1B / 2 Buy
1974 Letter to the Soviet Leaders POoNB / 2 Buy
1974 Prussian Nights: A Poem POoC / 5 Buy
1975 The Oak And The Calf: Sketches Of Literary Life In The Soviet Union POoNB / 3 Buy
1975 From Under the Rubble(With: Mikhail Agursky,Evgeny Barabanov,Vadim Borisov,F. Korsakov,Igor R. Shafarevich) POoNB / 4 Buy
1975 Lenin in Z’rich POoSN / 4 Buy
1976 D’tente, Democracy and Dictatorship POoNB / 5 Buy
1976 Warning to the West POoNB / 6 Buy
1978 A World Split Apart: Commencement Address Delivered At Harvard University, June 8, 1978 POoNB / 7 Buy
1983 Victory Celebrations: A Comedy in Four Acts POoP / 2 Buy
1985 November 1916 POoTRWB / 2 Buy
1990 Rebuilding Russia: Reflections and Tentative Proposals POoNB / 8 Buy
1994 The Russian Question at the End of the Twentieth Century POoNB / 9 Buy
1995 Invisible Allies POoNB / 10 Buy
2004 We Never Make Mistakes POoC / 6 Buy
2006 Between Two Millstones, Book 1: Sketches of Exile, 1974-1978 POoNB / 11 Buy
2008 Apricot Jam: And Other Stories POoC / 7 Buy
2009 Voices from the Gulag POoC / 8 Buy
2017 March 1917: The Red Wheel, Node III, Book 1 POoTRWB / 3 Buy
2017 March 1917: The Red Wheel, Node III, Book 2 POoTRWB / 4 Buy
2017 March 1917: The Red Wheel, Node III, Book 3 POoTRWB / 5 Buy
2020 Between Two Millstones, Book 2: Exile in America, 1978-1994 POoNB / 12 Buy
2021 The Gulag Archipelago: Complete Edition POoNB / 13 Buy
2024 March 1917: The Red Wheel, Node III, Book 4 POoTRWB / 6 Buy
2025 April 1917: The Red Wheel, Node IV, Book 1 POoTRWB / 7 Buy

Complete Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Series Reading Order / browse all ->

Non-Fiction Reading Order 13 books / 1971-2021
01 Nobel Lecture 1971 Buy
02 Letter to the Soviet Leaders 1974 Buy
03 The Oak And The Calf: Sketches Of Literary Life In The Soviet Union 1975 Buy
04 From Under the Rubble(With: Mikhail Agursky,Evgeny Barabanov,Vadim Borisov,F. Korsakov,Igor R. Shafarevich) 1975 Buy
05 D’tente, Democracy and Dictatorship 1976 Buy
06 Warning to the West 1976 Buy
07 A World Split Apart: Commencement Address Delivered At Harvard University, June 8, 1978 1978 Buy
08 Rebuilding Russia: Reflections and Tentative Proposals 1990 Buy
09 The Russian Question at the End of the Twentieth Century 1994 Buy
10 Invisible Allies 1995 Buy
11 Between Two Millstones, Book 1: Sketches of Exile, 1974-1978 2006 Buy
12 Between Two Millstones, Book 2: Exile in America, 1978-1994 2020 Buy
13 The Gulag Archipelago: Complete Edition 2021 Buy
Collections Reading Order 8 books / 1960-2009
01 Candle in the Wind 1960 Buy
02 Matryona's House and Other Stories 1963 Buy
03 Stories and Prose Poems 1963 Buy
04 Victory Celebrations, Prisoners & The Love-Girl & The Innocent 1969 Buy
05 Prussian Nights: A Poem 1974 Buy
06 We Never Make Mistakes 2004 Buy
07 Apricot Jam: And Other Stories 2008 Buy
08 Voices from the Gulag 2009 Buy
Standalone Reading Order 4 books / 1964-1975
01 For The Good Of The Cause 1964 Buy
02 Cancer Ward 1967 Buy
03 In the First Circle 1968 Buy
04 Lenin in Z’rich 1975 Buy
The Red Wheel Reading Order 7 books / 1971-2025
01 August 1914 1971 Buy
02 November 1916 1985 Buy
03 March 1917: The Red Wheel, Node III, Book 1 2017 Buy
04 March 1917: The Red Wheel, Node III, Book 2 2017 Buy
05 March 1917: The Red Wheel, Node III, Book 3 2017 Buy
06 March 1917: The Red Wheel, Node III, Book 4 2024 Buy
07 April 1917: The Red Wheel, Node IV, Book 1 2025 Buy
01 An Experiment in Literary Investigation, Volume 1 1973 Buy
02 An Experiment in Literary Investigation, Volume 2 1973 Buy
Plays Reading Order 2 books / 1969-1983
01 The Love-Girl and The Innocent: A Play 1969 Buy
02 Victory Celebrations: A Comedy in Four Acts 1983 Buy
01 One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich 1962 Buy

Where to start with Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

What is the best order to read Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn books?

Publication order is usually the safest place to start. If a book belongs to a series, follow the numbered series reading order shown on this page.

Are standalone books and series both included?

Yes. Standalone titles appear in the full chronological bibliography, and series are broken out separately with reading-order links when catalog data is available.

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