War and Peace

"Less interest in novels, especially historical novels (“War and Peace” always excepted)."

"Every time I sit down to reread "War and Peace" — I've read it three times — I feel as though I've lived another life. The oak tree and spring! I'm about due for a fourth round."

"The last great books I've read are great books I've reread. "War and Peace," "Middlemarch," "To the Lighthouse.""