10 modern non-Russian writers that conquered Russia
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Nordic noir, self-development, pop-science: whatever the genre, Russian readers can’t get enough of it, even (or especially) in translation.
Over the past decade, the good old classics — George Orwell’s
1984 and Ray Bradbury’s
Fahrenheit 451 and
Dandelion Wine — have led book sales in Russia. Russian readers also adore J.K. Rowling and are still handcuffed to the erotic trilogy
50 Shades of Gray by E.L. James. But there are other modern authors whose latest translated offerings always get snapped up.
1. Stephen King
In 2020, King's