White Nights
White Nights by Fyodor Dostoyevskyby Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Shares rank 6 of 8 novellas by recommenders
Recommended for its sharp view of primal human nature across varied settings, and as a read people thoroughly enjoyed.
Recommended for its sharp view of primal human nature across varied settings, and as a read people thoroughly enjoyed.
3 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 3
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 1 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 3 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 1 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
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Why people recommend it
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Sharp view of primal human nature
“Dostoyevsky has this acumen of rightly pointing out primal nature of a human in various settings”
Comment from 25 Jun 2026 in “Dostoyevsky Isn't Difficult” Thoroughly enjoyable read
“I thoroughly enjoyed Crime and Punishment, The Idiot, and White Nights”
Comment from 25 Jun 2026 in “Dostoyevsky Isn't Difficult”
Other novellas people recommend
The four most recommended other novellas, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Animal Farmby George Orwell | 22 | 5 | 81% | 10 | — | Approved |
| The Little Princeby Antoine de Saint-Exupéry | 18 | 4 | 82% | 3 | — | — |
| Flatlandby Edwin Abbott Abbott | 6 | 0 | 100% | 5 | — | — |
| Notes from Undergroundby Fyodor Dostoevsky | 6 | 0 | 100% | 3 | — | — |
| White Nightsby Fyodor DostoyevskyThis page | 3 | 0 | 100% | 1 | — | — |
What people said
2 of the 3 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“Dostoyevsky has this acumen of rightly pointing out primal nature of a human in various settings”
“I thoroughly enjoyed Crime and Punishment, The Idiot, and White Nights”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.