Essential books
| • | Tao Te Ching (russian) | |
| • | Zhuangzi (russian) | |
| • | Bhagavad Gita | |
| • | Upanishads (russian) | |
| • | The power of now | Eckhart Tolle |
| • | Lord of the rings | J. R. R. Tolkien (russian) |
| • | Chronicles of Earthsea (incl. Tales from Earthsea and the other wind) | Ursula Le Guin (russian) |
| • | Eternal champion cycle | Michael Moorcock (russian) |
| • | Stranger in the strange land | Robert Heinlein (russian) |
| • | The White Goddess | Robert Graves (russian) |
| • | Затоваренная бочкотара | Vasiliy Aksenov |
| • | Chronicles of Amber | Roger Zelasny (russian) |
| • | Last unicorn | Peter S. Beagle (russian) |
| • | The Master and Margarita | Mikhail Bulgakov |
| • | Magic and mystery in Tibet | Alexandra David-Neel (russian) |
| • | Smith of Wooton major | J. R. R. Tolkien (russian) |
| • | Jonathan Livingstone seagull | Richard Bach (russian) |
| • | The Yellow Arrow | Victor Pelevin |
| • | Prince of Gosplan | Victor Pelevin |
| • | The Tambourine of the Upper World | Victor Pelevin |
| • | The Mysticism of Sound | Inayat Khan |
| • | «Teachings of the Sufis» (collection) | Inayat Khan |
| • | Autobiography of the yogi | Paramhamsa Yogananda |
Extracurricular reading
Worth paying attention to
| • | Neuromancer | William Gibson (russian) |
| • | Count zero | William Gibson (russian) |
| • | Mona Lisa overdrive | William Gibson (russian) |
| • | Idoru | William Gibson (russian) |
| • | Virtual light | William Gibson (russian) |
| • | Pattern recognition | William Gibson (russian) |
| • | All tomorrow's parties | William Gibson (russian) |
| • | Blood | Michael Moorcock |
| • | Fabulous harbours | Michael Moorcock |
| • | The War between the angels | Michael Moorcock |
| • | 60-e. Mir sovetskogo cheloveka (The '60s. The World of Soviet People) | Pyotr Vail and Alexander Genis |
| • | Blandings castle | P.G. Wodehouse (russian) |
| • | Judge Dee | Robert Van Gulik (russian) |
For children's book lovers
| • | Chronicles of Narnia | C. S. Lewis (russian) |
| • | Wind in the willows | Kenneth Graham (russian) |
| • | Alice's adventures in wonderland | Lewis Carrol (russian) |
| • | Through the looking glass | Lewis Carrol (russian) |
| • | The hunting of the Snark | Lewis Carrol (russian) |
| • | Harry Potter | J. K. Rowling |