Book · 2021
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky (Illustrated)
Why people recommend it
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky is a psychological thriller examining guilt, morality, and redemption through the harrowing descent of a destitute former student in St. Petersburg. On The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast, Jordan Peterson strongly recommended the novel, describing it as an astonishing and profound work of fiction that functions like the world's greatest thriller and fundamentally transformed his worldview. Ronald Sullivan similarly praised Dostoevsky's classic on the Lex Fridman Podcast, calling it a deep meditation on the measure of human life and expressing a long-held desire to visit St. Petersburg to witness the book's vivid settings firsthand. Other podcast hosts and guests, including Shaan Puri on My First Million, Bridget Phetasy on The Joe Rogan Experience, Ezra Klein on The Ezra Klein Show, and Michael Orthofer on Conversations with Tyler, referenced the novel to discuss the incomparable insights gained from deep literature, regret, startup life, and the vast richness of Russian storytelling.
Who recommended it
- Jordan B. Peterson Recommended
- Shaan Puri Discussed
- Jordan Peterson Discussed
- Bridget Phetasy Discussed
- Ezra Klein Discussed
- Ronald Sullivan Recommended
- Michael Orthofer Discussed
Jordan B. Peterson — 2 mentions
“I've recommended to people frequently that if they're interested in fiction, they might consider reading Dossi. And I would say read Crime and Punishment because it's like the world's greatest thriller. It's an amazing book.”
“For me, Dostoevsky, the Russian novelist, sort of top of that list. His books, The Brothers Karamazov and Crime and Punishment and Notes from Underground, The Devils, are unbelievably compelling works of fiction and they're deep.”
Shaan Puri — 1 mention
“I was reading this quote by the guy I don't know how to say his last name but the guy who wrote Crime in punishment you know like this famous novel”
Jordan Peterson — 1 mention
“do you ever read the idiot no yeah well I'm probably half idiot and half rol nikov that's another way of looking at it”
Bridget Phetasy — 1 mention
“and the reason I always wanted to learn Russian was Crime and Punishment it's just so brilliant I think that was on his book list too for a week”
Ezra Klein — 1 mention
“of shifting you of giving you the ideas and insights that reading crime and punishment or or East of Eden would do”
Ronald Sullivan — 1 mention
“the other book i was going to say is dostoevsky's crime and punishment and uh i mean i've always wanted to go to saint pete's uh just to sort of see with my own eyes what the word pictures that dostoevsky created in crime and punishment”
Michael Orthofer — 1 mention
“and I mean we have these established books like Warren peace or Crime and Punishment but Russian literature goes so so much deeper”
Also mentioned in the same episodes
- Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
- Crime and Punishment
- The Brothers Karamazov
- War and Peace
- A Brief History of Seven Killings
- Animal Farm
Other mentions (3: passing, ad reads, own books)
“I lived in this tiny studio apartment, like... Raskolnikov, and crime and punishment. And I'm pacing the apartment back and forth, back and forth, I'm saying, I did it.”
“i think this life this world this our human civilization is beautiful and as dostoyevsky said beauty will save the world”
“when I was 19 I read crime and punishment right that was another that was another great one that talked me out of ever really doing crime”