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ⓘ About Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
His earliest years coincided with the Russian Civil War. By the year 1930 the family property was turned into a collective farm. Later on, he recalled that his mom fought for survival and that they needed to keep his dad’s background in the old Imperial Army secret. His educated mom, who never remarried, encouraged his scientific and literary learnings and raised him in the Russian Orthodox faith. By as early as 1936, he began developing the concepts and characters for his planned epic work on the Russian Revolution and World War One. This eventually led to the novel “August 1914”, with some of the chapters that he wrote still surviving. He studied physics and mathematics at Rostov State University.
All Book Series by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
April 1917: The Red Wheel, Node IV, Book 1
Latest in the series · book 7 of 7 · published 2025
An Experiment in Literary Investigation, Volume 1
Series opener · book 1 of 3 · published 1973
An Experiment in Literary Investigation, Volume 3
Latest in the series · book 3 of 3 · published 1974
The Love-Girl and The Innocent: A Play
Series opener · book 1 of 2 · published 1969
Victory Celebrations: A Comedy in Four Acts
Latest in the series · book 2 of 2 · published 1983
Victory Celebrations, Prisoners & The Love-Girl & The Innocent
Book 4 of 8 · published 1969
The Oak And The Calf: Sketches Of Literary Life In The Soviet Union
Book 3 of 13 · published 1975
From Under the Rubble
Book 4 of 13 · published 1975 Co-authored · Mikhail Agursky,Evgeny Barabanov,Vadim Borisov,F. Korsakov,Igor R. Shafarevich
A World Split Apart: Commencement Address Delivered At Harvard University, June 8, 1978
Book 7 of 13 · published 1978
Rebuilding Russia: Reflections and Tentative Proposals
Book 8 of 13 · published 1990
The Russian Question at the End of the Twentieth Century
Book 9 of 13 · published 1994
Between Two Millstones, Book 1: Sketches of Exile, 1974-1978
Book 11 of 13 · published 2006
Between Two Millstones, Book 2: Exile in America, 1978-1994
Book 12 of 13 · published 2020
The Gulag Archipelago: Complete Edition
Latest in the series · book 13 of 13 · published 2021
You Can't Go Home Again
Series opener · book 1 of 29 · published 1940 Anthology · Thomas Wolfe
The Religions of Man / The World's Religions
Book 3 of 29 · published 1958 Anthology · Huston Smith
Great Short Works Of Jack London
Book 7 of 29 · published 1965 Anthology · Jack London
The Wrong Venus / Don't Just Stand There
Book 8 of 29 · published 1966 Anthology · Charles Williams
The Ecological Citizen
Book 9 of 29 · published 1971 Anthology · Dirck Van Sickle
R. D. Laing & Anti-psychiatry
Book 10 of 29 · published 1971 Anthology · Robert Boyers
Abortion, Baseball & Weed
Book 12 of 29 · published 1973 Anthology · Roger LeRoy Miller,Douglass C. North
Great Presidential Decisions
Book 13 of 29 · published 1973 Anthology · Richard B. Morris
They Came Here First
Book 14 of 29 · published 1975 Anthology · D'Arcy McNickle
The Gestalt Therapy Primer
Book 15 of 29 · published 1976 Anthology · Daniel Rosenblatt
Your Life Is A Mess: And What To Do About It
Book 16 of 29 · published 1976 Anthology · Daniel Rosenblatt
Dick Gregory's Bible Tales
Book 18 of 29 · published 1978 Anthology · Dick Gregory
Beyond A Reasonable Doubt
Book 21 of 29 · published 1980 Anthology · C.W. Grafton
The Other Side Of Silence
Book 22 of 29 · published 1981 Anthology · Ted Allbeury
An Unsuitable Attachment
Book 24 of 29 · published 1982 Anthology · Barbara Pym
The Dance of Anger: A Woman's Guide to Changing the Patterns of Intimate Relationships
Book 26 of 29 · published 1985 Anthology · Harriet Lerner
Chronology Of Boston Red Sox Records
Book 27 of 29 · published 1989 Anthology · John A. Mercurio
Scarne's Encyclopedia Of Card Games
Latest in the series · book 29 of 29 · published 1994 Anthology · John Scarne
Kontinent: The Alternative Voice of Russia & Eastern Europe, 1
Series opener · book 1 of 2 · published 1974
Writers: Their Lives and Works
Latest in the series · book 2 of 2 · published 2018
? Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn?
His earliest years coincided with the Russian Civil War. By the year 1930 the family property was turned into a collective farm. Later on, he recalled that his mom fought for survival and that they needed to keep his dad’s background in the old Imperial Army secret.
Which Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn series should I start with?
The best place to start is the Perennial Library series, the earliest of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's multi-book series: it opens with You Can't Go Home Again (1940) and runs to 29 books across 1940–1994, ending with Scarne's Encyclopedia Of Card Games (1994). Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.
How many books has Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn written?
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn has 69 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1940 and 2025. 39 of them belong to 3 named series — the largest being the Perennial Library series with 29 books — and 30 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.
In what order should Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's series be read?
Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Perennial Library (1940–1994, 29 books), The Red Wheel (1971–2025, 7 books) and The Gulag Archipelago 1918-1956 (1973–1974, 3 books).
How are Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's books organised into series?
This guide splits Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's 69 books into 3 named series and 30 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Perennial Library (29 books, 1940–1994); The Red Wheel (7 books, 1971–2025); The Gulag Archipelago 1918-1956 (3 books, 1973–1974).