Russian philology
Dontsova were published in millions of copies. In the next decade Boris Akunin who wrote
more sophisticated popular fiction, e.g. a series of novels about the 19th century sleuth Erast
Fandorin, was eagerly read across the country.
Science fiction was always well selling, albeit second to fantasy, that was relatively new to
Russian readers. These genres boomed in the late 1990s, with authors like Sergey
Lukyanenko, Nick Perumov, Maria Semenova, Vera Kamsha, Alexey Pekhov, Anton
Vilgotsky and Vadim Panov. A good share of modern Russian science fiction and fantasy is
written in Ukraine, especially in Kharkiv, home to H. L. Oldie, Alexander Zorich, Yuri Nikitin
and Andrey Valentinov. Many others hail from Kiev, including Marina and Sergey Dyachenko
and Vladimir Arenev. Significant contribution to Russian horror literature has been done by
Ukrainians Andrey Dashkov and Alexander Vargo.
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