I always recommend challenging yourself with your reading, not every book but enough so that you expand what you’re comfortable with.

The biggest hang up some people have is the Russian naming system. And the writing itself is different than modern writing but by no means impossible.

His Notes from Underground is short and worth reading to get used to his writing. But I jumped right into Crime and Punishment and loved it without fully taking everything in. Dostoevsky is one of my favorites.