# Arkady Strugatsky

Below you'll find short reviews of Arkady Strugatsky's books:

## Standalone
- [_Monday Begins on Saturday_](/books/monday_begins_on_saturday/) by Arkady Strugatsky, Boris Strugatsky --- ★★☆☆☆: Monday Begins on Saturday, by brothers Arkady and Boris Strugatsky, is a Soviet sci-fi novel about scientist-magicians working at the National Institute for the Technology of Witchcraft and Thaumaturgy (NITWITT), where they study fairy-tale creatures and magic items.
- [_Roadside Picnic_](/books/roadside_picnic/) by Arkady Strugatsky, Boris Strugatsky --- ★★★★☆: Roadside Picnic, by brothers Arkady and Boris Strugatsky, is a Soviet sci-fi novel. It’s essentially four short stories—each presented as a chapter—about the life of Redrick “Red” Schuhart, a “stalker” who illegally enters an alien-contaminated Zone to retrieve items for the black market.