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24 alternatives to The Master and Margarita

Satirical novel set in Moscow in the 1920's

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. The Master and Margarita launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1
Dreams of My Russian Summers: A Novel▲55
Memory and Imagination of Coming of Age in France and Russia
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
2
The Swans of 5th Avenue▲60
Truman Capote’s greatest scandal
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
3
A Tale of Two Cities▲54
A classic that’s a fantastic read.
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
4
The End of Mr. Y▲53
A conscious tale of time-travel on a different scale.
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
5
The Good Soldier Svejk▲55
Jaroslav Hašek's black satire, the inspiration for such work
2016 · amazon.in · its alternatives →
6
Man's Search For Meaning▲65
Psychiatrist Viktor Frankl's Memoir
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
7
A Coffin for Dimitrios▲68
A page-turner written in the late 1930s that feels modern.
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
8
Don Quixote▲62
A Masterpiece of European Literature
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
9
The Man Without Qualities▲66
One of the greatest novels of the twentieth century.
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
10
Siddhartha▲112
Classic novel by Herman Hesse
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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"The Bird Market" By Anton Chekhov▲62
TFW You Learn More About Life From A Bird, Than From School
2016 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →
12
This Side of Paradise▲66
F. Scott Fitzgerald's First Novel
2015 · gutenberg.org · its alternatives →
13
The Count of Monte Cristo▲69
"On what slender threads do life and fortune hang"
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
14
The Knockoff▲124
Wickedly funny novel of fashion in the digital age
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
15
Then We Came to the End▲55
A satire about work, "the great American pastime."
2015 · its alternatives →
16
The Financial Lives of the Poets▲68
A Great Recession novel - clever, poignant, funny
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
17
The Brothers Karamazov▲69
Kanyi Maqubela's fave book on The Twenty Minute VC
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
18
The Wedding & Disaster of Felona Mabel▲60
A novel exploring means, matrimony and thoughts of matricide
2016 · its alternatives →
19
Pym: A Novel▲54
Mat Johnson = James Baldwin +Kurt Vonnegut + Jules Verne
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Morning Short - "The Judgment" By Franz Kafka▲61
A strange story you'll want (and need) to hear twice
2016 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →
21
PRAE: Vol.1 by Miklós Szentkuthy▲53
Modernist Hungarian masterpiece, remnisient of Musil, Proust
2016 · contramundum.net · its alternatives →
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Black Swan▲80
The impact of the highly improbable
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
23
The Alchemist▲97
Paulo Coelho's masterpiece tells the mystical story of Santi
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
24
The Monk and The Riddle▲56
Putting the Journey of Business Into Life's Perspective
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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