Reddit reviews The Master and Margarita (Penguin Classics)

Pevear and Volokhonsky are really excellent translators of Russian Lit.

I read their's, and it was excellent.

Try to avoid Constance Garnett.

Both of these books one and two are books I need for school this coming semester. So I would love either or both. :)

Gah...3 favorite books SO HARD. Ok i'm cheating a bit.

1. Harry Potter Series (can't break them up but I would say i liked the 4th book probably the most. I never read 6 and 7 til now so no spoilers!)
   
   
2. Kite Runner
   
   
3. Hunger Games series/Anything dystopian
   
   page-turner
   
   Edit: the amazing /u/jbs090020 gifted me the two books I initially picked so now I will say this and this for school. :)

I personally prefer the more recent translation from Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky. It's available in a Penguin Classics edition.

I read this one, but I don't know if that's good or bad, as I haven't read any others and don't speak Russian.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0141180145/ref=pd_lpo_sbs_dp_ss_2?pf_rd_p=1944687522&pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe-1&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=0679760806&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=09V8F9P9Y9Z9BNBKH270

Read this translation
http://www.amazon.com/The-Master-Margarita-Penguin-Classics/dp/0141180145

Pevear and Volokhonsky just edges out Burgin and Tiernan O'Connor for readability. The latter is great, and has a lot of good footnotes and commentary, but P&V is my preference.

As far as I know they are the only two English translations that include the complete text of the novel: Ginsburg and Glenny each used the older version of Bulgakov's text. Of those two, Glenny is significantly better than Ginsburg.

Try the Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky translation.

While I haven't read their translation of this book, I've read other books they've translated and I haven't been disappointed yet.