Books like War and Peace by Лев Толстой

Name: War and Peace
Rating: 4.5 (24 reviews)
Author: Лев Толстой

War and Peace follows five Russian aristocratic families—the Bezukhovs, Bolkonskys, Rostovs, Kuragins, and Drubetskoys—through the years 1805 to 1813, focusing on the 1812 French invasion of Russia. The novel presents the social conditions, customs, and military campaigns of the era, showing how the Napoleonic war shapes Tsarist society and the personal entanglements of its characters.

First publish date: April 1970

Genre: Literary Fiction/Classic Literature

Authors: Лев Толстой

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.5 (24 community ratings)

All books by Лев Толстой

How are these books recommended?

The books recommended for War and Peace by Лев Толстой are shaped by reader interaction. Votes on how closely books relate, user ratings, and community comments all help refine these recommendations and highlight books readers genuinely find similar in theme, ideas, and overall reading experience.

Have you read any of these books?
Your votes, ratings, and comments help improve recommendations and make it easier for other readers to discover books they’ll enjoy.

Books similar to War and Peace (8 similar books)

📘 Les Misérables

by Victor Hugo

Victor Hugo’s historical epic follows peasant Jean Valjean, unjustly imprisoned and pursued by the relentless inspector Javert, exploring themes of justice, redemption, and the social conditions of 19th-century France.

★★★★★★★★★★ 4.3 (44 ratings)

Similar?
✓ Yes 0 ✗ No 0

Books like Les Misérables

📘 Anna Karenina

by Лев Толстой

Anna Karenina follows the tragic love affair of a married Russian woman and an officer, set in nineteenth‑century Russia, and examines themes of marriage, society, and morality.

★★★★★★★★★★ 4.2 (41 ratings)

Similar?
✓ Yes 0 ✗ No 0

Books like Anna Karenina

📘 Amerika

by Franz Kafka

Franz Kafka’s unfinished novel, published posthumously as Amerika, follows the young Karl Rossmann’s ill‑fated journey to America in a blend of humor and existential yearning.

★★★★★★★★★★ 4.0 (15 ratings)

Similar?
✓ Yes 0 ✗ No 0

Books like Amerika

📘 Sonnenfinsternis

by Arthur Koestler

A harrowing portrait of an Old Bolshevik, Rubashov, who is arrested and tried during the Stalinist Great Purge, revealing the brutal mechanisms of totalitarian repression in 1939.

★★★★★★★★★★ 4.2 (13 ratings)

Similar?
✓ Yes 0 ✗ No 0

Books like Sonnenfinsternis