"In 1891, a fan wrote Tolstoy asking him to make a list of 100 books that were most important to him. Ever fond of making lists, Tolstoy rose to the challenge.
Tolstoy rated the magnitude of influence these books had on him, using a scale of "enormous," "very great" and "great." He also thought it important to point out that different books were vital to him at different stages in his life and so he divided his list accordingly. Tolstoy came up with a list of around 50 books, but then gave up on the project."
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Books from Childhood

  • ​The Little Black Hen by Antony Pogorelsky (V. great)
  • Napoleon by Alexander Pushkin - poem (Great)
  • Traditional Russian oral epic poem - Bylina (ENORMOUS)
    • Dobrynya Nikitich (Fictional character)
    • Ilya Muromets
    • Alesha Popovich​

​Ages 14 to 20

​Ages 20 to 35

  1. Hermann and Dorotheaby Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (V. great)
  2. The Hunchback of Notre-Dameby Victor Hugo​​ (V. great)
  3. Fyodor Tyutchev poems (Great)
  4. Aleksey Vasilievich Koltsov poems (Great)
  5. The Odyssey and The Iliad by Homer (in Russian) (Great)
  6. Symposium and Phaedo by Plato (Great)

​Ages 35 to 50

​Ages 50 to 65

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  • Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy, usually referred to in English as Leo Tolstoy, was a Russian writer who is regarded as one of the greatest authors of all time. Wikipedia
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