Who recommended War and Peace?

9 people have recommended War and Peace in the interviews, articles and reading lists we track, including Jordan Peterson, Mark Manson, Susan J. Fowler and Ernest Hemingway. Each name links to their full reading list.

Is War and Peace worth reading?

9 people we track recommend it. It is best for: history professor preparing a graduate seminar on Napoleonic-era Russia who needs immersive period scenes and multiple social perspectives to assign passages for next week's classes — useful now because you need rich primary-text excerpts that spark discussion and illustrate military and civilian life.; novelist drafting a multi-POV historical novel who wants a model for sustaining psychological realism across an ensemble cast while working on a scene-by-scene outline — useful now if you are in the drafting phase and need examples of long-form pacing and character layering.; book-club organizer scheduling a months-long read who wants a single heavyweight title to carry several meetings and generate sustained conversation — useful now if you need a book that rewards slow reading and weekly discussion over a two- to three-month club cycle.. It may not suit: You’ll likely put it down when long philosophical essays on history interrupt the narrative—these asides can feel like cold stops in the middle of the story.; Annoying if you prefer fast-moving plots or light prose: long lists of characters, repeated thematic scenes, and detailed maneuvers slow the pace.; Lose interest if you dislike name-heavy casts and frequent viewpoint shifts; keeping track of families, ranks, and relationships requires sustained attention..

What books are like War and Peace?

Readers of War and Peace also turn to All Quiet on the Western Front, The Pillars of the Earth and 11/22/63, based on the lists and recommenders these books share.

War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy: Recommended by 9 People

Name: War and Peace
Author: Leo Tolstoy

This beautiful Penguin Classics clothbound edition of Tolstoy's great novel is translated with an introduction and notes by Anthony Briggs, and with an afterword by Orlando Figes.At a glittering society party in St Petersburg in 1805, conversations are dominated by the prospect of war. Terror swiftly engulfs the country as Napoleon's army marches o...