War and Peace (1865)
0.4150Canon Score · ranked #12 all time
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About the book
Resurrection (pre-reform Russian: Воскресеніе; post-reform Russian: Воскресение, romanized: Voskreséniye, also translated as The Awakening), first published in December 1899, was the last novel written by Leo Tolstoy. The book is the final of his major long fiction works published in his lifetime. Tolstoy intended the novel as a panoramic view of Russia at the end of the 19th century from the highest to the lowest le
Why it ranks #12
Every list on which War and Peace appears, with its position as published.
| List | Authority | Position |
|---|---|---|
| The Novel 100 (Burt) | Editorial list | #2 / 100 |
| BBC Big Read Top 200 (2003) | Editorial list | #20 / 200 |
| BBC 100 Stories That Shaped the World | Major international poll | #26 / 100 |
| PBS Great American Read (2018) | Editorial list | #95 / 100 |
| Bokklubben World Library (2002) | Major international poll | Selected |
| Guardian 1000 Novels (2009) | Critics' canon | Selected |
| 1001 Books You Must Read (union) | Critics' canon | Selected |
| Bloom, The Western Canon (1994) | Editorial list | Selected |