Non-Fiction

Seriously. Tolstoy was a pacifist. He had a theory of history and he used Napoleon's invasion of Russia to expand on his ideas. The people he writes about are ordinary people swept up in the war. People make out that it's hard to read because of the names, but really it's about 3 families and the circles they move in; their marriages and money trouble; trying to figure out how they fit into the world. It's not a lot more complicated than reading Jane Austen, and like Austen, Tolstoy is a very great writer with a deep understanding of how people behave and why. it's one of those books that seems better each time you read it. I found a free copy for my e-reader at Project Gutenberg