The Master and Margarita vs The Gulag Archipelago
Which book? Pick one and see how the world splits.
- The Master and Margarita Mikhail Bulgakov · 1928 53% · #52 in the world
- The Gulag Archipelago Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn · 1973 47% · #82 in the world
What the votes say
Too close to call: the world picks The Master and Margarita over The Gulag Archipelago by just 53% to 47%. The Master and Margarita is #52 of the 547 books in the world ranking and The Gulag Archipelago #82; among the 273 from the 20th century, they are #16 and #33.
Side by side
| The Master and Margarita | The Gulag Archipelago | |
|---|---|---|
| World rank | #52 | #82 |
| Author | Mikhail Bulgakov | Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn |
| Written | 1928 | 1973 |
| Language | Russian | Russian |
| Genre | Fantastic Realism | — |