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Leo Tolstoy: books and prizes

Leo Tolstoy was a Russian writer of novels, stories, plays and essays born at Yasnaya Polyana. War and Peace appeared from 1865 to 1869 and Anna Karenina from 1875 to 1877. His later works include Resurrection, published in 1899.^1,2

Works, in order of first publication

1. 1852Childhood²Detstvonovel
2. 1854Boyhood²Otrochestvonovel
3. 1855Sevastopol Sketches²Sevastopolskie rasskazyPublished 1855 to 1856short stories
4. 1857Youth²Yunostnovel
5. 1859Family Happiness²Semeinoe schastienovel
6. 1863The Cossacks²Kazakinovel
7. 1869War and Peace^2,1Voina i mirBritannica gives 1865 to 1869, the period of serial and volume publicationnovel
8. 1877Anna Karenina^2,1Britannica gives 1875 to 1877, the period of serial publicationnovel
9. 1882A Confession²Ispovednon-fiction
10. 1884What I Believe²V chyom moya veranon-fiction
11. 1886The Death of Ivan Ilyich²Smert Ivana IlyichaNovellanovel
12. 1888The Power of Darkness²Vlast tmyplay
13. 1890The Kreutzer Sonata²Kreitserova sonataNovellanovel
14. 1895Master and Man²Khozyain i rabotnikshort stories
15. 1898What Is Art?²Chto takoe iskusstvoessays
16. 1899Resurrection²Voskresenienovel
17. 1911Hadji Murat²Khadzhi MuratPublished posthumouslynovel
18. 1911The Living Corpse²Zhivoy trupPublished posthumouslyplay

Sources

1. Encyclopaedia Britannica, Leo Tolstoy, Encyclopaedia Britannica (last updated 2026-09-05)
2. eNotes, Leo Tolstoy, Principal Works, eNotes literary criticism (accessed 2026-10-28)