Why War and Peace is a book which gathers all and everything there is to write in one? It is not a novel, not a history, not a romance - it is a genre of its own. Over 100 years later it is still one of the best reads you can have in your life. It's a shame people miss on it thinking it is too long, difficult, old...it's basically a description of who we are as humans, regardless of our time. Some things don't change much.