100 Notable Books in Ukrainian

November 2024 The list of the 100 Notable Books in Ukrainian 'From Skovoroda to the Present Day' was compiled in 2019 by members of PEN Ukraine and the online magazine The Ukrainians to show the abundance and genre variety of Ukrainian literature and draw attention to significant works which, due to certain reasons, were forgotten or little known. All works are characterised by a particular authorial style, offer new ideas and meanings and influence the development of the Ukrainian language and the formation of Ukraine. The list includes works in Ukrainian written between the 18th and 21st centuries. The list includes poetry, prose, drama, essays and memoirs, but excludes academic editions. A work is a novel, story, novella, short story, poem, as well as collections of stories, novels and poems, established by an author as one complete work. Each author is represented on the list with only one work. The authors of the list emphasise that this list is not a canon of Ukrainian literature, as it does not represent a large and important layer of ancient literature, as well as works in other languages, which are an important part of Ukrainian literature. The list is sorted alphabetically by the author's surname in Ukrainian. List +No.AuthorTitleYearTranslation1Emma AndijewskaA Novel about Human Destiny / Роман про людське призначення19822Sofia AndrukhovychFelix Austria / Фелікс Австрія2014Felix Austria (2024) Harvard University Press, 978-0-674-29142-3.Felix Austria https://frankfurtrights.com/Books/Details/felix-austria-19049402 2024-09-21 frankfurtrights.com3Yurii AndrukhovychPerverzion / Перверзія1996Perversion (2005) Transl. by Michael M. Naydan, Northwestern University Press, 978-0-8101-1964-24Borys Antonenko-DavydovychSiberian novellas / Сибірські новели19895Bohdan Ihor AntonychThe Green Gospel / Зелена Євангелія19386Ivan BahrianyiGarden of Gethsemane / Сад Гетсиманський19507Mykola BazhanKarby / Карби19788Vasyl BarkaThe Yellow Prince / Жовтий князь19639Ivan Bilyk and Panas MyrnyiDo Oxen Low When Mangers are Full? / Хіба ревуть воли, як ясла повні? 1880Do Oxen Low When Mangers Are Full? (1990) Transl. by Oles Kovalenko, Dnipro publishers, 5-308-00763-210Natalka BilotserkivetsCentral Hotel / Готель Централь200411Volodymyr VynnychenkoNotes of a Pug-Nosed Mephistopheles / Записки кирпатого Мефістофеля191712Yuriy VynnychukTango of Death / Танґо смерті2012Tango of Death (2019) Transl. by Michael M. Naydan and Olha Tytarenko. Spuyten Duyvil, 978-1-949966-33-613Ostap VyshnyaThe Hunter's Smiles / Мисливські усмішки195614Iryna VildeThe Richynski Sisters / Сестри Річинські196415Mykola VinhranovskyiA Hundred Poems / Сто поезій196716Marko VovchokInstytutka / Інститутка1862After Finishing School (1983) Transl. by Oles Kovalenko. Dnipro Publishers, 198317Mykola VorobyovWithout Bark / Без кори196718Vasyl HerasumiukChildren of Thrills / Діти трепети199119Vasyl HoloborodkoFlying Window / Летюче віконце197020Ivan DziubaReminiscences and Deliberations at the Finish Line / Спогади і роздуми на фінішній прямій200821Alexander DovzhenkoThe Enchanted Desna / Зачарована Десна195622V. DomontovychDoctor Seraficus / Доктор Серафікус194723Mykhailo Drai-KhmaraSprout / Проростень192624Ivan DrachWeekday Ballades / Балади буднів196725Oksana ZabuzhkoFieldwork in Ukrainian Sex / Польові дослідження з українського сексу1996Fieldwork in Ukrainian Sex (2011) Transl. by Halyna Hryn, AmazonCrossing, 978-1-61109-008-6February 22 Rich Farrell says Am 2012 at 6:29 22 February 2012 We Are All From The Camps: A Review of Oksana Zabuzhko's Fieldwork in Ukrainian Sex --- Brianna Berbenuik http://numerocinqmagazine.com/2012/02/22/we-are-all-from-the-camps-a-review-of-oksana-zabuzhkos-fieldwork-in-ukrainian-sex-brianna-berbenuik/ 2024-09-21 Numéro Cinq en-US 26Pavlo ZahrebelnyiWonder / Дивo196827Mykola ZerovKamena / КаменаIryna Savyuk 12 April 2024 Mykola Zerov: the Myth https://chytomo.com/en/mykola-zerov-the-myth/ 2024-09-21 chytomo.com en-GB192428Roman IvanychukMallows / Мальви196829Yuriy IzdrykWozzeck / Воццек & воццекургія199730Serhiy ZhadanVoroshilovgrad / Ворошиловград2010Voroshilovgrad (2016) Transl. by Isaac Stackhouse Wheeler and Reilly Costigan-Humes, Deep Velum, 978-1-941920-30-5Saying Goodbye to the USSR: The Eastern Ukrainian Transit, by Tamara Hundorova https://krytyka.com/en/articles/saying-goodbye-to-the-ussr-the-eastern-ukrainian-transit 2024-09-21 Krytyka en31Iryna ZhylenkoGospel of the Swallow / Євангеліє від ластівки200632Maik YohansenDr. Leonardo's Journey to Sloboda Switzerland with his Future Lover, the Beautiful Alcesta / Подорож ученого доктора Леонардо і його майбутньої коханки прекрасної Альчести у Слобожанську Швайцарію1932The Journey of the Learned Doctor Leonardo and His Future Lover, the Beauteous Alceste, to the Switzerland of Slobozhanshchyna (2021) Transl. by Svitlana Yakovenko. Sova Books. 978-0-6489485-2-0 Dr. Leonardo's Journey to Sloboda Switzerland with His Future Lover, the Beautiful Alcesta (2025) Transl. by Uilleam Blacker, Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute, 978-0-674-29195-933Ihor KalynetsThe Awakened Muse. The Muse of Captives / Пробуджена муза. Невольнича муза199134Ivan Karpenko-KaryiThe Ill-Fated One / Безталанна188435Hryhorii Kvitka-OsnovianenkoThe Witch of Konotop / Конотопська відьма1833The Witch of Konotop (2023) Transl. by Michael M. Naydan Alla Perminova, GLAGOSLAV PUBLICATIONS B.V., 978-1-80484-117-436Leonid KyseliovYou Live Only Twice .../ Тільки двічі живемо...199137Marianna KiyanovskaThe Voices of Babyn Yar / Бабин Яр. Голосами2017The Voices of Babyn Yar (2022) Transl. by Oksana Maksymchuk and Max Rosochinsky, 978-0-674-26876-0Reimagining in poetry the victims of the Babyn Yar massacre https://www.the-tls.co.uk/literature/poetry-literature/voices-from-babyn-yar-marianna-kiyanovska-book-review-askold-melnyczuk 2024-09-21 TLS en-GB38Olha KobylianskaValse mélancholique / Меланхолі́йний ва́льс189839Vasyl KozheliankoDefilade in Moscow / Дефіляда в Москві199740Yuri KosachAeneas and Life of Others / Еней і життя інших194641Lina KostenkoOver the Banks of the Eternal River / Над берегами вічної ріки 197742Ivan KotliarevskyiEneida / Енеїда1842Aeneid (2004) Transl. by Bohdan Melnyk, The Basilian Press, 978-0-921537-66-3.43Mykhailyna KotsiubynskaBook of Memories / Книга споминів201444Mykhailo KotsiubynskyShadows of Forgotten Ancestors / Тіні забутих предків1911Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors (1981) Transl. by Marco Carynnyk. Ukrainian Academic Press. ISBN 0-87287-205-X45Ahatanhel KrymskyAndriy Lahovskyi / Андрій Лаговський190546Mykola KulishMyna Mazailo / Мина Мазайло192947Panteleimon KulishBlack Council / Чорна рада185748Oleh LyshehaFriend Li Po, Brother Tu Fu. / Друже Лі Бо, брате Ду Фу201049George S. N. LuckyjYears of hopes and Losses / Роки сподівань і втрат200450Arkadiy LiubchenkoDiary / Щоденник194551Yevhen MalaniukBook of Observations / Книга спостережень196652Ivan MalkovychAll is Near / Все поруч201053Tanya MalyarchukFrom Top to Bottom / Згори вниз200654Myroslav MarynovychThe Universe behind Barbed Wire: Memoirs of a Ukrainian Soviet Dissident / Всесвіт за колючим дротом2016The Universe behind Barbed Wire: Memoirs of a Ukrainian Soviet Dissident (2021) Transl. by Zoya Hayuk. University of Rochester Press. 978-1-58046-981-455Maria MatiosSweet Darusia / Солодка Даруся200456Taras Melnychuk Knight of Dew / Князь роси199057Attyla Mohylnyi Kyiv Contours / Київські контури201358Kostiantyn MoskaletsA Man on the Ice Floe / Людина на крижині199959Viktor Neborak Flying Head / Літаюча голова200560Vsevolod NestaykoToreadors from Vasiukivka / Тореадори з Васюківки197361Ivan Nechuy-LevytskyKaidash's Family / Кайдашева сім'я187962Oleksandr OlesJoy Embraced the Sorrow / З журбою радість обнялась190663Oleh OlzhychNear the Castle / Підзамче194664Todos OsmachkaThe Elder Boyar / Старший боярин194665Valerian PidmohylnyThe City / Місто1928The City, translated with introduction by Maxim Tarnawsky. Harvard University Press, Harvard Library of Ukrainian Literature, 2024, 978-0-674-29111-9.66Yevhen PluzhnykThree Collections / Три збірки197967Leonid PlyushchHistory's Carnival: a Dissident's Autobiography / У карнавалі історії1979History's Carnival: a Dissident's Autobiography (1980), HarperCollins, 978-0-00-262116-8 68Les PodervianskyiPavlik Morozov / Павлік Морозов200569Yurko PozaiakMasterpieces / Шедеври199770Taras ProkhaskoThe UnSimple / НепрОсті2002The UnSimple Transl. by Uilleam Blacker71Maksym RylskyUnder the Autumn Stars / Під осінніми зорями191872Ihor RymarukDiva Obyda / Діва Обида200073Bohdan RubchakMyths of Metamorphoses, or Search for a Good World / Міти метаморфоз, або Пошуки доброго світу201274Stepan RudanskySinging Rhymes / Співомовки192175Mykola RiabchukDilemma of Ukrainian Faust: Civil Society and "Statebuilding" / Дилема українського Фауста: громадянське суспільство і «розбудова держави»200076Ulas SamchukMaria / Марія1934Maria: A Chronicle of Life. (2011) Transl. by Roma Franko. Language Lanterns Publications. ISBN 978-0-9877750-0-977Yevhen SverstiukUkraine's Prodigal Sons / Блудні сини України199378Volodymyr SvidzinskyiHarvesting Honey / Медобір197579Ivan SvitlychnyiI Have Only Words / У мене тільки слово199480Mykhail SemenkoKobzar / Кобзар192481Hryhorii SkovorodaThe Garden of Divine Songs / Сад божественних пісень1861The Garden of Divine Songs and Collected Poetry of Hryhory Skovoroda (2016) Transl. by Michael M. Naydan, Glagoslav Publications B.V., 978-1-911414-04-982Vadym SkurativskiyHistory and Culture / Історія та культура199683Volodymyr SosiuraThe Third Company / Третя Рота198884Mykhailo StarytskyChasing Two Hares / За двома зайцями188385Vasyl StefanykBlue Book / Синя книжечка189986Vasyl StusPalimpsests / Палімпсести198687Pavlo TychynaClarinets of the Sun / Сонячні кларнети1918The Complete Early Poetry Collections (2016) Transl. by Michael M. Naydan, Glagoslav Publications, 978-1-911414-20-988Hryhir TiutiunnykThree Gowks with a Bow / Три зозулі з поклоном197689Hryhoriy TiutiunnykVortex / Вир196090Lesya UkrainkaThe Forest Song / Лісова пісня1911The Forest Song: A Fairy Play (2025) Transl. by Virlana Tkacz and Wanda Phipps, Harvard University Press, 978-0-674-29188-191Oles UlianenkoStalinka / Сталінка1994Stalinka Part I, Stalinka Part II Transl. by Olha Rudakevych92Ivan FrankoMoses / Мойсей1905Moses Transl. Vera Rich93Mykola Khvyliovyi I (Romance) / Я (Романтика)Chaplia Maria 20 January 2017 "I am (romance)": romantic struggle of an ardent communist for freedom https://medium.com/@mchapliaa/i-am-romance-romantic-struggle-of-an-ardent-communist-for-freedom-c968c8632982 2024-09-21 Medium enI am (romance) – Wikisource, the free online library https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/I_am_(romance) 2024-09-21 en.wikisource.org en192494Hnat KhotkevychStone Soul / Камінна душа 191195Hrytsko ChubaiPentateuch / П'ятикнижжяPentateuch https://frankfurtrights.com/Books/Details/pentateuch-19049579 2024-09-21 frankfurtrights.com201396Taras ShevchenkoKobzar / Кобзар1840Kobzar (2013) Transl. by Peter Fedynska, Glagoslav Publications, 978-1-909156-54-828 October 2013 First-ever English translation of Shevchenko's complete Kobzar presented at the Ukrainian Institute of America https://ukrainianinstitutenyc.wordpress.com/2013/10/28/first-ever-english-translation-of-shevchenkos-complete-kobzar-presented-at-the-ukrainian-institute-of-america/ 2024-09-21 Ukrainian Institute of America en97Valeriy ShevchukHouse on a Hill / Дім на горі198398George ShevelovI – Myself – Me (and surroundings) / Я – менe – мені (і довкруги)198799Geo ShkurupiiDoor in Daytime / Двері в день1929100Yuri YanovskyiMaster of the Ship / Майстер корабля1928 External links From Skovoroda to the Present Day: 100 Notable Books in Ukrainian (English) From Skovoroda to the Present Day: 100 Notable Books in Ukrainian (Ukrainian) References * Category:Ukrainian studies Category:Top book lists Category:Ukraine-related lists