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Leo Tolstoy Books in Order

Find every Leo Tolstoy book in order, including standalone titles and complete series reading orders with publication years.

Updated 2026-07-11 / 73 books / 7 series

Russian author best known for the epic novels *War and Peace* and *Anna Karenina*. His works are celebrated as pinnacles of realist fiction and have sold tens of millions of copies worldwide. This page provides Leo Tolstoy’s books in order, including both chronological publication order and series reading order.

All Leo Tolstoy Books in Chronological Order

1391 What Then Must We Do? POoNB / 1 Buy
1852 Childhood POoAN / 1 Buy
1853 The Raid POoSS / 1 Buy
1854 Boyhood POoAN / 2 Buy
1855 The Sebastopol Sketches POoSSC / 1 Buy
1856 Two Hussars POoSS / 2 Buy
1856 Youth POoAN / 3 Buy
1858 Albert POoSS / 3 Buy
1859 Family Happiness POoSS / 4 Buy
1863 The Cossacks POoSS / 5 Buy
1867 War and Peace POoSN / 1 Buy
1872 God Sees the Truth, but Waits POoSS / 6 Buy
1872 A Prisoner in the Caucasus POoSS / 7 Buy
1877 Anna Karenina POoSN / 2 Buy
1880 A Confession POoNB / 2 Buy
1883 The Gospel in Brief POoNB / 3 Buy
1884 What I Believe POoNB / 4 Buy
1885 What Men Live by and Other Tales POoLTFB / 1 Buy
1886 The Power of Darkness POoSP / 1 Buy
1886 How Much Land Does a Man Need? and Other Stories POoLTFB / 2 Buy
1886 Ivan the Fool POoLTFB / 3 Buy
1886 The Death of Ivan Ilych POoSS / 8 Buy
1886 Kholstomer POoSS / 9 Buy
1887 On Life and Essays on Religion POoNB / 5 Buy
1889 The Kreutzer Sonata POoSS / 10 Buy
1892 The First Step: on vegetarianism POoNB / 6 Buy
1893 The Kingdom of God Is Within You POoNB / 7 Buy
1893 Walk in the Light While There is Light POoSS / 11 Buy
1895 Master and Man POoSS / 12 Buy
1899 The Resurrection POoSN / 3 Buy
1904 Bethink Yourselves! POoNB / 8 Buy
1906 A Calendar of Wisdom POoNB / 9 Buy
1906 Tolstoy on Shakespeare POoNB / 10 Buy
1907 Twenty-three Tales POoSSC / 2 Buy
1908 A Letter to a Hindu POoNB / 11 Buy
1909 The Law of Love and the Law of Violence POoNB / 12 Buy
1911 The Devil POoSS / 13 Buy
1911 Father Sergius POoSS / 14 Buy
1911 The Forged Coupon POoSS / 15 Buy
1912 Hadji Murat POoSS / 16 Buy
1955 Polikushka and Two Hussars POoSS / 17 Buy
1972 The Slavery of Our Times POoNB / 13 Buy
1974 Guy De Maupassant POoNB / 14 Buy
1975 Why Do Men Stupefy Themselves? POoNB / 15 Buy
1979 Short Novels POoSSC / 3 Buy
2000 The Candle POoLTFB / 4 Buy
2000 Divine and Human and Other Stories POoSS / 18 Buy
2000 A Lost Opportunity POoSS / 19 Buy
2001 The Light That Shines in the Darkness POoSP / 2 Buy
2001 The Godson POoLTFB / 5 Buy
2001 The Long Exile and Other Stories POoSS / 20 Buy
2002 Christianity and Patriotism POoNB / 16 Buy
2004 The Man Who Was Dead and the Cause of It All POoSP / 3 Buy
2004 The Decembrists POoSN / 4 Buy
2004 The Wisdom of Children POoLTFB / 6 Buy
2005 Two Old Men POoLTFB / 7 Buy
2007 What Is to Be Done? and Life POoNB / 17 Buy
2008 An Old Acquaintance POoSS / 21 Buy
2009 Leo Tolstoy's 20 Greatest Short Stories POoSSC / 4 Buy
2009 Church and State and Other Essays POoNB / 18 Buy
2010 Esarhaddon, And Other Tales POoLTFB / 8 Buy
2014 The Living Corpse POoSP / 4 Buy
2015 The Christian Teaching POoNB / 19 Buy
2015 The Four Gospels Harmonized and Translated by Leo Tolstoy POoNB / 20 Buy
2015 Three Questions / The Emperor's Three Questions POoSS / 22 Buy
2016 Religion and Morality POoNB / 21 Buy
2016 Diary of a Lunatic/Three Deaths POoSS / 23 Buy
2017 Selected Short Stories POoSSC / 5 Buy
2017 Work, Death, and Sickness POoSS / 24 Buy
2018 Where Love is There God is Also POoLTFB / 9 Buy
2019 The Fruits of Enlightenment POoSP / 5 Buy
2020 The Diaries Of Leo Tolstoy POoNB / 22 Buy
2020 What is Art? POoNB / 23 Buy

Leo Tolstoy Book Series Reading Orders / browse all ->

01 What Men Live by and Other Tales 1885 Buy
02 How Much Land Does a Man Need? and Other Stories 1886 Buy
03 Ivan the Fool 1886 Buy
04 The Candle 2000 Buy
05 The Godson 2001 Buy
06 The Wisdom of Children 2004 Buy
07 Two Old Men 2005 Buy
08 Esarhaddon, And Other Tales 2010 Buy
09 Where Love is There God is Also 2018 Buy
Non-Fiction Books in Reading Order 23 books / 1391-2020
01 What Then Must We Do? 1391 Buy
02 A Confession 1880 Buy
03 The Gospel in Brief 1883 Buy
04 What I Believe 1884 Buy
05 On Life and Essays on Religion 1887 Buy
06 The First Step: on vegetarianism 1892 Buy
07 The Kingdom of God Is Within You 1893 Buy
08 Bethink Yourselves! 1904 Buy
09 A Calendar of Wisdom 1906 Buy
10 Tolstoy on Shakespeare 1906 Buy
11 A Letter to a Hindu 1908 Buy
12 The Law of Love and the Law of Violence 1909 Buy
13 The Slavery of Our Times 1972 Buy
14 Guy De Maupassant 1974 Buy
15 Why Do Men Stupefy Themselves? 1975 Buy
16 Christianity and Patriotism 2002 Buy
17 What Is to Be Done? and Life 2007 Buy
18 Church and State and Other Essays 2009 Buy
19 The Christian Teaching 2015 Buy
20 The Four Gospels Harmonized and Translated by Leo Tolstoy 2015 Buy
21 Religion and Morality 2016 Buy
22 The Diaries Of Leo Tolstoy 2020 Buy
23 What is Art? 2020 Buy
Standalone Books in Reading Order 4 books / 1867-2004
01 War and Peace 1867 Buy
02 Anna Karenina 1877 Buy
03 The Resurrection 1899 Buy
04 The Decembrists 2004 Buy
01 The Sebastopol Sketches 1855 Buy
02 Twenty-three Tales 1907 Buy
03 Short Novels 1979 Buy
04 Leo Tolstoy's 20 Greatest Short Stories 2009 Buy
05 Selected Short Stories 2017 Buy
01 The Raid 1853 Buy
02 Two Hussars 1856 Buy
03 Albert 1858 Buy
04 Family Happiness 1859 Buy
05 The Cossacks 1863 Buy
06 God Sees the Truth, but Waits 1872 Buy
07 A Prisoner in the Caucasus 1872 Buy
08 The Death of Ivan Ilych 1886 Buy
09 Kholstomer 1886 Buy
10 The Kreutzer Sonata 1889 Buy
11 Walk in the Light While There is Light 1893 Buy
12 Master and Man 1895 Buy
13 The Devil 1911 Buy
14 Father Sergius 1911 Buy
15 The Forged Coupon 1911 Buy
16 Hadji Murat 1912 Buy
17 Polikushka and Two Hussars 1955 Buy
18 Divine and Human and Other Stories 2000 Buy
19 A Lost Opportunity 2000 Buy
20 The Long Exile and Other Stories 2001 Buy
21 An Old Acquaintance 2008 Buy
22 Three Questions / The Emperor's Three Questions 2015 Buy
23 Diary of a Lunatic/Three Deaths 2016 Buy
24 Work, Death, and Sickness 2017 Buy
01 Childhood 1852 Buy
02 Boyhood 1854 Buy
03 Youth 1856 Buy
01 The Power of Darkness 1886 Buy
02 The Light That Shines in the Darkness 2001 Buy
03 The Man Who Was Dead and the Cause of It All 2004 Buy
04 The Living Corpse 2014 Buy
05 The Fruits of Enlightenment 2019 Buy

Where to start with Leo Tolstoy

What is the best order to read Leo Tolstoy books?

Publication order is usually the safest place to start. If a book belongs to a series, follow the numbered series reading order shown on this page.

Are standalone books and series both included?

Yes. Standalone titles appear in the full chronological bibliography, and series are broken out separately with reading-order links when catalog data is available.

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