He named his six best books for the Daily Express. One title on the list:
The CossacksRead about the other books on the list.
by Leo Tolstoy
This might be one of his lesser-known novels but I read it years ago and it had a profound influence on me. It’s about a Russian aristocrat who joins the army and is posted to the Caucasus where he falls in love with a local girl.
--Marshal Zeringue