Instead of memorizing vocabulary words, work your way through an actual well-written novel. Even novices can follow along as each individual English paragraph is paired with the corresponding Russian paragraph. It won't be an easy project, but you'll learn a lot.
![8 Classic Russian Novels You Should Read [Newly Updated] (Golden Deer Classics), Nikolai Gogol, Leo Tolstoy, Maxim Gorky, Ivan Goncharov, Ivan Turgenev, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Golden Deer Classics](https://assets1.bmstatic.com/assets/books-covers/bf/dc/Ca1by7nA-ipad.jpeg?image_hash=05e9c91bf54b16e283d217a0e03d4cad&height=352)
