"Circle of Reading" by L. N. Tolstoy is one of the most significant philosophical works of the 20th century, an important work of the last period of the writer's life and work. The book brings together the thoughts of great sages, writers, and at first it was called "Thoughts of many writers about truth, life and behavior." L. Tolstoy sought to achieve the effect of loss of authorship, as in folk literature, folklore, through the organic merger of borrowed thought with his own, in order to "give... a daily reading circle that excites the best thoughts and feelings."