
A boy dreams of the stars and enters the Soviet space program, where the heroism turns out to hide a strange and grim machinery. A sharp, sad satire on the myths of empire and the price paid by those who believe in them.

People on a southern resort coast turn out to be insects, and insects turn out to be people, each living out its own small drama. A witty book of transformations where every character looks for meaning in his own way of crawling or flying.

A man rides an endless train whose passengers have long stopped wondering where it is going. A short, clear parable about waking up inside a life you did not choose and looking for the way out.

Two stories braid together: the Civil War of 1919 and a Moscow psychiatric ward of the 1990s, with the same hero unsure which of them is the dream. Pelevin's cult novel about emptiness, identity and the borders of the mind.

A young man of the first post-Soviet generation drifts into advertising and learns how human desires are manufactured. A biting, funny portrait of Russia in the nineties, where money, myth and television quietly rewrite reality.

A businessman builds his whole life around a lucky number and wages a secret war against its opposite. A comic, sharp look at superstition, money and the private religions people invent to feel safe.

A were-fox who has lived for centuries and works in Moscow as an escort meets a young officer who is not quite human either. A tender and ironic love story wrapped in myth, philosophy and satire on modern Russia.

Strangers wake in identical locked rooms and can talk only through a chat on their screens, slowly circling the ancient myth of Theseus and the Minotaur. A novel built as an online conversation about labyrinths, real and mental.

A young man is chosen to join a hidden caste of vampires who secretly rule the human world through money and glamour. A dark, funny initiation story and a satire on power, advertising and what really feeds on people.

A nobleman named T. journeys toward a mysterious place while slowly realizing that an unseen author is writing his every step. A playful, layered novel about free will, faith and who really holds the pen of our lives.

In a future split between a wealthy floating city and the poor land below, wars are staged as entertainment for the cameras. A dystopian satire on media, love and the way spectacle replaces truth.

The vampire saga returns as its hero digs deeper into the machinery that turns human sadness into power. A sequel to Empire V, mixing metaphysics, satire and Pelevin's questions about who is really in charge.

An ordinary blogger's life becomes a doorway into a story about gods, birds and the digital worlds we are quietly building. A novel about the internet age, fear and paradise, told through very different lives.

In a parallel world spun off from our own by an eighteenth-century mystic, a young ruler comes into his inheritance and his doubts. A quieter, dreamlike novel in two books about power, reality and the soul.

Four linked stories send up conspiracies, stock markets, aliens and the eternal war of chekists and masons. A wild, freewheeling satire on money and power, subtitled the last battle of the secret orders.

An artificial intelligence that solves crimes and writes novels teams up with an art expert in a near-future Russia. A sharp, funny book about art, machines and love in the age of algorithms.

A burned-out oligarch and a former classmate chase happiness along very different spiritual shortcuts. A comic and pointed novel about money, enlightenment and the modern hunger for a quick fix.

Three loosely linked pieces play with conspiracy theories, ancient gods and the ideas that quietly steer whole societies. A satire on how myths and beliefs spread and take hold of the modern mind.

A young woman leaves Moscow on a birthday trip that turns into a journey across the world and into the machinery of history itself. A big, restless novel about fate, chaos and the hidden rhythm behind events.

In a future where the rich buy immortality by storing their minds in jars, a set of linked stories maps a strange new social order. A biting satire on inequality, technology and the old dream of living forever.

In the same jar-immortality world, a star performer broadcasts his art straight into the minds of a huge audience. A novel about fame, freedom and rebellion in a society wired for total attention.

The transhumanist saga continues as its heroes are drawn into an ancient mystery reaching back to Rome and Greece. A blend of detective story, myth and satire about power that outlives the centuries.

A new turn in the world of TRANSHUMANISM INC., where the story moves through layers of virtual reality and myth. Another of Pelevin's yearly novels, mixing satire, mysticism and questions about who really steers the plot.

Pelevin's 2025 novel, subtitled the left-hand path, is a fresh turn of his trademark blend of satire, mysticism and sharp play with reality and power. Another entry in the writer's near-annual cycle of books.

Pelevin's newest novel takes a fairy-tale name into his own world of satire and myth. The freshest turn in the writer's yearly cycle of sharp, playful books about power and illusion.