The best works of Leo Tolstoy
The top 3 according to 0 votes from people: War and Peace · Anna Karenina · The Death of Ivan Ilyich. (Updated Sep 10, 2026.)
Tolstoy's novels and novellas that LiveLib readers and "what to read" lists rate highest.
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Top 14
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War and Peace
1865-1869. The Napoleonic Wars and Russian society.
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Anna Karenina
1875-1877. A novel to reread at every age.
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The Death of Ivan Ilyich
1886. A civil servant face to face with death.
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Resurrection
1899. His last novel: trial, prison and repentance.
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Hadji Murat
Published in 1912. A Caucasus novella.
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The Kreutzer Sonata
1889. A novella about jealousy that caused a scandal.
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Childhood, Boyhood, Youth
1852-1857. An autobiographical trilogy.
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Father Sergius
Published in 1911. Pride and holiness.
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The Cossacks
1863. A young nobleman in the Caucasus.
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Sevastopol Sketches
1855. War through an artillery officer's eyes.
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Master and Man
1895. A snowstorm changes the master.
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How Much Land Does a Man Need?
1886. A parable about greed.
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Family Happiness
1859. Marriage through a young wife's eyes.
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The Living Corpse
A play about a man who fakes his own death.
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