Roadside Picnic
The most accessible and internationally influential standalone novel.
Author guide
Arkady Strugatsky Books in Order
Arkady Natanovich Strugatsky (1925–1991) was a Soviet and Russian writer, translator from Japanese and English, and the elder half of the Strugatsky brothers. His major literary work was created in collaboration with his brother Boris. He also wrote independently under the pseudonym S. Yaroslavtsev and co-authored the novella Ash of Bikini with Lev Petrov.
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Hard to Be a God
A central social and moral science-fiction novel.
Monday Begins on Saturday
A comic fantasy novel that showcases the authors' satirical style.
Read in order
Books by series
shared-universe · completed
Noon Universe
The Strugatskys' shared future-history setting, including the early space-exploration stories and the later Maxim Kammerer cycle.
- 1 The Land of Crimson CloudsAmazon ↗
Book 1 · novella · 1959
- 2 The Way to AmaltheaAmazon ↗
Book 2 · novella · 1960
- 3
Noon, 22nd CenturyAmazon ↗Book 3 · short-story-cycle · 1961
- 4 The InternsAmazon ↗
Book 4 · novel · 1962
- 5
Escape AttemptAmazon ↗Book 5 · novella · 1962
- 6
The Far RainbowAmazon ↗Book 6 · novella · 1963
- 7 Hard to Be a GodAmazon ↗
Book 7 · novel · 1964
- 8
The Inhabited IslandAmazon ↗Book 8 · novel · 1969
- 9 The KidAmazon ↗
Book 9 · novella · 1971
- 10 The Guy from HellAmazon ↗
Book 10 · novella · 1973
- 11
The Beetle in the AnthillAmazon ↗Book 11 · novel · 1979
- 12
The Waves Extinguish the WindAmazon ↗Book 12 · novel · 1985
trilogy · completed
Maxim Kammerer Trilogy
The trilogy following Maxim Kammerer across the Noon Universe.
Outside the series
Bibliography by category
Novels (18)
- Ash of BikiniAmazon ↗
novella · 1956
- From the OutsideAmazon ↗
novella · 1958
- Monday Begins on SaturdayAmazon ↗
novel · 1965
- The Predatory Things of the AgeAmazon ↗
novel · 1965
- ConcernAmazon ↗
novel · 1990
- The Second Invasion of the MartiansAmazon ↗
novella · 1967
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The Snail on the SlopeAmazon ↗novel · 1972
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The Ugly SwansAmazon ↗novella · 1987
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The Tale of the TroikaAmazon ↗novella · 1968
- The Dead Mountaineer's HotelAmazon ↗
novella · 1970
- Roadside PicnicAmazon ↗
novel · 1972
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The Doomed CityAmazon ↗novel · 1988
- One Billion Years Before the End of the WorldAmazon ↗
novel · 1976
- The Story of Friendship and UnfriendshipAmazon ↗
novella · 1980
- Lame FateAmazon ↗
novel · 1986
- Burdened by Evil, or Forty Years LaterAmazon ↗
novel · 1988
- Expedition to the UnderworldAmazon ↗
novella · 1988
- The Devil Among PeopleAmazon ↗
novella · 1993
Nonfiction (1)
- Comments on the PastAmazon ↗
memoir · 1998
Short fiction (2)
Plays (3)
Other (1)
- The Ninth Planet of TayaAmazon ↗
graphic-work · 1964