2025 War and Peace Reading Schedule
Notes
I am using the Oxford World Classic edition (translated by Louise and Aylmer Maude, edited by Amy Mandelker).
Each chapter is linked to a chat thread where you can discuss that chapter.
Most English translations are divided in the same way, but there are exceptions. The chapters in the original Maude & Maude are divided differently, and most free versions online will be the original Maude & Maude. To help readers, I have noted the difference below with an asterisk.
UPDATE:
has kindly created a page that links to today’s chat.JAN | FEB | MAR | APR | MAY | JUN | JUL | AUG | SEP | OCT | NOV | DEC
BOOK ONE
Part One
January
1 Jan: Chapter 1
2 Jan: Chapter 2
3 Jan: Chapter 3 * Ends with Prince Vasili: “Educate this bear”.
4 Jan: Chapter 4 * The rest of chapter 4 and all of 5 in Maude.
5 Jan: Chapter 5 * Chapter 6 in the original Maude.
6 Jan: Chapter 6 * Chapters 7, 8, 9 in the original Maude.
7 Jan: Chapter 7 | Week 1: An invitation to a soirée
8 Jan: Chapter 8 * Chapter 11 in the original Maude.
9 Jan: Chapter 9 * Chapter 12 in the original Maude.
10 Jan: Chapter 10 * Chapter 13 in the original Maude.
11 Jan: Chapter 11 * Ch 14 in Maude
12 Jan: Chapter 12 * Ch 15 in Maude
13 Jan: Chapter 13 * Ch 16 in Maude
14 Jan: Chapter 14 | Week 2: Life at both ends
15 Jan: Chapter 15 * Ch 18 in Maude
16 Jan: Chapter 16 * Ch 19 in Maude
17 Jan: Chapter 17 * Ch 20 in Maude
18 Jan: Chapter 18 * Ch 21 in Maude
19 Jan: Chapter 19 * Ch 22 in Maude
20 Jan: Chapter 20 * Ch 23 in Maude
21 Jan: Chapter 21 | Week 3: A heart needs a home
22 Jan: Chapter 22 * Ch 25 in Maude
23 Jan: Chapter 23 * Ch 26 in Maude
24 Jan: Chapter 24 * Ch 27 in Maude
25 Jan: Chapter 25 * Ch 28 in Maude
Part Two
26 Jan: Chapter 1
27 Jan: Chapter 2
28 Jan: Chapter 3 | Week 4: Fear and love at Bald Hills
29 Jan: Chapter 4
30 Jan: Chapter 5
31 Jan: Chapter 6
February
1 Feb: Chapter 7
2 Feb: Chapter 8
3 Feb: Chapter 9
4 Feb: Chapter 10 | Week 5: A beautiful world made ugly
5 Feb: Chapter 11
6 Feb: Chapter 12
7 Feb: Chapter 13
8 Feb: Chapter 14
9 Feb: Chapter 15
10 Feb: Chapter 16
11 Feb: Chapter 17 | Week 6: Waiting for history to happen
12 Feb: Chapter 18
13 Feb: Chapter 19
14 Feb: Chapter 20
15 Feb: Chapter 21
Part Three
16 Feb: Chapter 1
17 Feb: Chapter 2
18 Feb: Chapter 3 | Week 7: Daydreams and nightmares
19 Feb: Chapter 4
20 Feb: Chapter 5
21 Feb: Chapter 6
22 Feb: Chapter 7
23 Feb: Chapter 8
24 Feb: Chapter 9
25 Feb: Chapter 10 | Week 8: Young blood
26 Feb: Chapter 11
27 Feb: Chapter 12
28 Feb: Chapter 13
March
1 Mar: Chapter 14
2 Mar: Chapter 15
3 Mar: Chapter 16
4 Mar: Chapter 17 | Week 9: Infinite sky
5 Mar: Chapter 18
6 Mar: Chapter 19
7 Mar: No reading
BOOK TWO
Part One
8 Mar: Chapter 1
9 Mar: Chapter 2
10 Mar: Chapter 3
11 Mar: Chapter 4 | Week 10: Rostovaganza!
12 Mar: Chapter 5
13 Mar: Chapter 6
14 Mar: Chapter 7
15 Mar: Chapter 8
16 Mar: Chapter 9
17 Mar: Chapter 10
18 Mar: Chapter 11 | Week 11: The hazards of love
19 Mar: Chapter 12
20 Mar: Chapter 13
21 Mar: Chapter 14
22 Mar: Chapter 15
23 Mar: Chapter 16
Part Two
24 Mar: Chapter 1
25 Mar: Chapter 2 | Week 12: The house of love and ruin
26 Mar: Chapter 3
27 Mar: Chapter 4
28 Mar: Chapter 5
29 Mar: Chapter 6
30 Mar: Chapter 7
31 Mar: Chapter 8
April
1 Apr: Chapter 9 | Week 13: Regenerate me
2 Apr: Chapter 10
3 Apr: Chapter 11
4 Apr: Chapter 12
5 Apr: Chapter 13
6 Apr: Chapter 14
7 Apr: Chapter 15
8 Apr: Chapter 16 | Week 14: Two men in a boat
9 Apr: Chapter 17
10 Apr: Chapter 18
11 Apr: Chapter 19
12 Apr: Chapter 20
13 Apr: Chapter 21 * In the original Maude & Maude, this is followed by a short chapter 22, which is the first section of Part Three, Chapter One.
Part Three
14 Apr: Chapter 1 * Includes Part 2, Chapter 22 in the original Maude & Maude
15 Apr: Chapter 2 | Week 15: A hundred days of War and Peace
16 Apr: Chapter 3
17 Apr: Chapter 4
18 Apr: Chapter 5
19 Apr: Chapter 6
20 Apr: Chapter 7
21 Apr: Chapter 8 | Week 16: A semblance of life
22 Apr: Chapter 9
23 Apr: Chapter 10
24 Apr: Chapter 11
25 Apr: Chapter 12
26 Apr: Chapter 13
27 Apr: Chapter 14
28 Apr: Chapter 15
29 Apr: Chapter 16 | Week 17: The colour of the soul
30 Apr: Chapter 17
May
1 May: Chapter 18
2 May: Chapter 19
3 May: Chapter 20
4 May: Chapter 21
5 May: Chapter 22
6 May: Chapter 23 | Week 18: Lovers of light
7 May: Chapter 24
8 May: Chapter 25
9 May: Chapter 26
Part Four
10 May: Chapter 1
11 May: Chapter 2
12 May: Chapter 3
13 May: Chapter 4 | Week 19: Never Never Land
14 May: Chapter 5
15 May: Chapter 6
16 May: Chapter 7
17 May: Chapter 8
18 May: Chapter 9
19 May: Chapter 10
20 May: Chapter 11 | Week 20: The enchanted forest
21 May: Chapter 12
22 May: Chapter 13
Part Five
23 May: Chapter 1
24 May: Chapter 2
25 May: Chapter 3
26 May: Chapter 4
27 May: Chapter 5 | Week 21: If life could write
28 May: Chapter 6
29 May: Chapter 7
30 May: Chapter 8
31 May: Chapter 9
June
1 Jun: Chapter 10
2 Jun: Chapter 11
3 Jun: Chapter 12 | Week 22: Natasha’s battlefield
4 Jun: Chapter 13
5 Jun: Chapter 14
6 Jun: Chapter 15
7 Jun: Chapter 16
8 Jun: Chapter 17
9 Jun: Chapter 18
10 Jun: Chapter 19 | Week 23: A dramatic interlude
11 Jun: Chapter 20
12 Jun: Chapter 21
13 Jun: Chapter 22
14 Jun: No reading
BOOK THREE
Part One
15 Jun: Chapter 1
16 Jun: Chapter 2
17 Jun: Chapter 3 | Week 24: The Great Comet of 1812
18 Jun: Chapter 4
19 Jun: Chapter 5
20 Jun: Chapter 6
21 Jun: Chapter 7
22 Jun: Chapter 8
23 Jun: Chapter 9
24 Jun: Chapter 10 | Week 25: The Emperor’s New Clothes
25 Jun: Chapter 11
26 Jun: Chapter 12
27 Jun: Chapter 13
28 Jun: Chapter 14
29 Jun: Chapter 15
30 Jun: Chapter 16
July
1 July: Chapter 17 | Week 26: Growing Pains
2 July: Chapter 18
3 July: Chapter 19
4 July: Chapter 20
5 July: Chapter 21
6 July: Chapter 22
7 July: Chapter 23
Part Two
8 July: Chapter 1 | Week 27: The Madding Crowd
9 July: Chapter 2
10 July: Chapter 3
11 July: Chapter 4
12 July: Chapter 5
13 July: Chapter 6
14 July: Chapter 7
15 July: Chapter 8
16 July: Chapter 9
17 July: Chapter 10
18 July: Chapter 11
19 July: Chapter 12
20 July: Chapter 13
21 July: Chapter 14
22 July: Chapter 15
23 July: Chapter 16
24 July: Chapter 17
25 July: Chapter 18
26 July: Chapter 19
27 July: Chapter 20
28 July: Chapter 21
29 July: Chapter 22
30 July: Chapter 23
31 July: Chapter 24
August
1 Aug: Chapter 25
2 Aug: Chapter 26
3 Aug: Chapter 27
4 Aug: Chapter 28
5 Aug: Chapter 29
6 Aug: Chapter 30
7 Aug: Chapter 31
8 Aug: Chapter 32
9 Aug: Chapter 33
10 Aug: Chapter 34
11 Aug: Chapter 35
12 Aug: Chapter 36
13 Aug: Chapter 37
14 Aug: Chapter 38
15 Aug: Chapter 39
Part Three
16 Aug: Chapter 1
17 Aug: Chapter 2
18 Aug: Chapter 3
19 Aug: Chapter 4
20 Aug: Chapter 5
21 Aug: Chapter 6
22 Aug: Chapter 7
23 Aug: Chapter 8
24 Aug: Chapter 9
25 Aug: Chapter 10
26 Aug: Chapter 11
27 Aug: Chapter 12
28 Aug: Chapter 13
29 Aug: Chapter 14
30 Aug: Chapter 15
31 Aug: Chapter 16
September
1 Sep: Chapter 17
2 Sep: Chapter 18
3 Sep: Chapter 19
4 Sep: Chapter 20
5 Sep: Chapter 21
6 Sep: Chapter 22
7 Sep: Chapter 23
8 Sep: Chapter 24
9 Sep: Chapter 25
10 Sep: Chapter 26
11 Sep: Chapter 27
12 Sep: Chapter 28
13 Sep: Chapter 29
14 Sep: Chapter 30
15 Sep: Chapter 31
16 Sep: Chapter 32
17 Sep: Chapter 33
18 Sep: Chapter 34
19 Sep: No reading
BOOK FOUR
Part One
20 Sep: Chapter 1
21 Sep: Chapter 2
22 Sep: Chapter 3
23 Sep: Chapter 4
24 Sep: Chapter 5
25 Sep: Chapter 6
26 Sep: Chapter 7
27 Sep: Chapter 8
28 Sep: Chapter 9
29 Sep: Chapter 10
30 Sep: Chapter 11
October
1 Oct: Chapter 12
2 Oct: Chapter 13
3 Oct: Chapter 14
4 Oct: Chapter 15
5 Oct: Chapter 16
Part Two
6 Oct: Chapter 1
7 Oct: Chapter 2
8 Oct: Chapter 3
9 Oct: Chapter 4
10 Oct: Chapter 5
11 Oct: Chapter 6
12 Oct: Chapter 7
13 Oct: Chapter 8
14 Oct: Chapter 9
15 Oct: Chapter 10
16 Oct: Chapter 11
17 Oct: Chapter 12
18 Oct: Chapter 13
19 Oct: Chapter 14
20 Oct: Chapter 15
21 Oct: Chapter 16
22 Oct: Chapter 17
23 Oct: Chapter 18
24 Oct: Chapter 19
Part Three
25 Oct: Chapter 1
26 Oct: Chapter 2
27 Oct: Chapter 3
28 Oct: Chapter 4
29 Oct: Chapter 5
30 Oct: Chapter 6
31 Oct: Chapter 7
November
1 Nov: Chapter 8
2 Nov: Chapter 9
3 Nov: Chapter 10
4 Nov: Chapter 11
5 Nov: Chapter 12
6 Nov: Chapter 13
7 Nov: Chapter 14
8 Nov: Chapter 15
9 Nov: Chapter 16
10 Nov: Chapter 17
11 Nov: Chapter 18
12 Nov: Chapter 19
Part Four
13 Nov: Chapter 1
14 Nov: Chapter 2
15 Nov: Chapter 3
16 Nov: Chapter 4
17 Nov: Chapter 5
18 Nov: Chapter 6
19 Nov: Chapter 7
20 Nov: Chapter 8
21 Nov: Chapter 9
22 Nov: Chapter 10
23 Nov: Chapter 11
24 Nov: Chapter 12
25 Nov: Chapter 13
26 Nov: Chapter 14
27 Nov: Chapter 15
28 Nov: Chapter 16
29 Nov: Chapter 17
30 Nov: Chapter 18
December
1 Dec: Chapter 19
2 Dec: Chapter 20
3 Dec: No reading
EPILOGUE
Part One
4 Dec: Chapter 1
5 Dec: Chapter 2
6 Dec: Chapter 3
7 Dec: Chapter 4
8 Dec: Chapter 5
9 Dec: Chapter 6
10 Dec: Chapter 7
11 Dec: Chapter 8
12 Dec: Chapter 9
13 Dec: Chapter 10
14 Dec: Chapter 11
15 Dec: Chapter 12
16 Dec: Chapter 13
17 Dec: Chapter 14
18 Dec: Chapter 15
19 Dec: Chapter 16
Part Two
20 Dec: Chapter 1
21 Dec: Chapter 2
22 Dec: Chapter 3
23 Dec: Chapter 4
24 Dec: Chapter 5
25 Dec: Chapter 6
26 Dec: Chapter 7
27 Dec: Chapter 8
28 Dec: Chapter 9
29 Dec: Chapter 10
30 Dec: Chapter 11
31 Dec: Chapter 12
