# The best works of Leo Tolstoy

Tolstoy's novels and novellas that LiveLib readers and "what to read" lists rate highest.

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- Sep 10, 2026 · Асхат Иванов
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## Top 14

1. **War and Peace** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1865-1869. The Napoleonic Wars and Russian society.
2. **Anna Karenina** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1875-1877. A novel to reread at every age.
3. **The Death of Ivan Ilyich** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1886. A civil servant face to face with death.
4. **Resurrection** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1899. His last novel: trial, prison and repentance.
5. **Hadji Murat** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Published in 1912. A Caucasus novella.
6. **The Kreutzer Sonata** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1889. A novella about jealousy that caused a scandal.
7. **Childhood, Boyhood, Youth** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1852-1857. An autobiographical trilogy.
8. **Father Sergius** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Published in 1911. Pride and holiness.
9. **The Cossacks** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1863. A young nobleman in the Caucasus.
10. **Sevastopol Sketches** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1855. War through an artillery officer's eyes.
11. **Master and Man** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1895. A snowstorm changes the master.
12. **How Much Land Does a Man Need?** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1886. A parable about greed.
13. **Family Happiness** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1859. Marriage through a young wife's eyes.
14. **The Living Corpse** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A play about a man who fakes his own death.

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