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20th Century Book Summaries

Totality and Infinity
by Emmanuel Levinas • 1961
An Essay on Exteriority
4.21
1k+
Philosophy
Essays
Theory
Totality and Infinity Summary
Totality and Infinity
An Essay on Exteriority
by Emmanuel Levinas 1961 314 pages
4.21
1k+ ratings
Philosophy
Essays
Theory
Homo Faber
by Max Frisch • 1957
3.68
31k+
Classics
German Literature
School
Homo Faber Summary
Homo Faber
by Max Frisch 1957 214 pages
3.68
31k+ ratings
Classics
German Literature
School
Zeno's Conscience
by Italo Svevo • 1923
3.77
33k+
Classics
Italian Literature
Italy
Zeno's Conscience Summary
Zeno's Conscience
by Italo Svevo 1923 437 pages
3.77
33k+ ratings
Classics
Italian Literature
Italy
The House of Hunger
by Dambudzo Marechera • 1978
3.95
1k+
Africa
Short Stories
Zimbabwe
The House of Hunger Summary
The House of Hunger
by Dambudzo Marechera 1978 160 pages
3.95
1k+ ratings
Africa
Short Stories
Zimbabwe
Ethics and Infinity
by Emmanuel Levinas • 1985
Conversations with Philippe Nemo
3.88
500+
Philosophy
France
Religion
Ethics and Infinity Summary
Ethics and Infinity
Conversations with Philippe Nemo
by Emmanuel Levinas 1985 126 pages
3.88
500+ ratings
Philosophy
France
Religion
1985
by Anthony Burgess • 1978
3.48
1k+
Science Fiction
Dystopia
Classics
1985 Summary
1985
by Anthony Burgess 1978 240 pages
3.48
1k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Dystopia
Classics
The Diaries of Franz Kafka
by Franz Kafka • 2023
4.28
500+
Classics
Philosophy
Memoir
The Diaries of Franz Kafka Summary
The Diaries of Franz Kafka
by Franz Kafka 2023 704 pages
4.28
500+ ratings
Classics
Philosophy
Memoir
All My Sons
by Arthur Miller • 1947
3.92
30k+
Plays
Classics
Drama
All My Sons Summary
All My Sons
by Arthur Miller 1947 112 pages
3.92
30k+ ratings
Plays
Classics
Drama
Mexico
by enrique-krauze • 1997
Biography of Power
4.27
500+
History
Politics
Biography
Mexico Summary
Mexico
Biography of Power
by enrique-krauze 1997 896 pages
4.27
500+ ratings
History
Politics
Biography
Água Viva
by Clarice Lispector • 2012
4.25
26k+
Poetry
Classics
Philosophy
Água Viva Summary
Água Viva
by Clarice Lispector 2012 88 pages
4.25
26k+ ratings
Poetry
Classics
Philosophy
Ariel
by Sylvia Plath • 1965
4.18
90k+
Poetry
Classics
Feminism
Ariel Summary
Ariel
by Sylvia Plath 1965 128 pages
4.18
90k+ ratings
Poetry
Classics
Feminism
The Concept of Mind
by Gilbert Ryle • 1949
3.92
1k+
Philosophy
Psychology
Science
The Concept of Mind Summary
The Concept of Mind
by Gilbert Ryle 1949 348 pages
3.92
1k+ ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Science
What Is Existentialism?
by Simone de Beauvoir • 1944
3.91
1k+
Philosophy
Classics
Essays
What Is Existentialism? Summary
What Is Existentialism?
by Simone de Beauvoir 1944
3.91
1k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Essays
Amerika
by Franz Kafka • 1927
3.74
34k+
Classics
German Literature
Literature
Amerika Summary
Amerika
by Franz Kafka 1927 336 pages
3.74
34k+ ratings
Classics
German Literature
Literature
Doctor Faustus
by Thomas Mann • 1999
4.08
14k+
Classics
German Literature
Literature
Doctor Faustus Summary
Doctor Faustus
by Thomas Mann 1999 535 pages
4.08
14k+ ratings
Classics
German Literature
Literature
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
by James Joyce • 1916
3.64
100k+
Classics
Literature
Irish Literature
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man Summary
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
by James Joyce 1916 329 pages
3.64
100k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
Irish Literature
The Joke and Its Relation to the Unconscious
by Sigmund Freud • 2003
3.69
1k+
Psychology
Philosophy
Psychoanalysis
The Joke and Its Relation to the Unconscious Summary
The Joke and Its Relation to the Unconscious
by Sigmund Freud 2003 229 pages
3.69
1k+ ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Psychoanalysis
Women in Love
by D.H. Lawrence • 1920
3.66
33k+
Classics
Literature
Romance
Women in Love Summary
Women in Love
by D.H. Lawrence 1920 416 pages
3.66
33k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
Romance
Ulysses
by James Joyce • 1922
3.76
100k+
Classics
Literature
Ireland
Ulysses Summary
Ulysses
by James Joyce 1922 783 pages
3.76
100k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
Ireland
Dubliners
by James Joyce • 1914
3.83
100k+
Classics
Short Stories
Ireland
Dubliners Summary
Dubliners
by James Joyce 1914 352 pages
3.83
100k+ ratings
Classics
Short Stories
Ireland
Lectures on the Will to Know
by Michel Foucault • 2014
Lectures at the Collège de France, 1970-1971, & Oedipal Knowledge
4.26
242
Philosophy
Politics
Theory
Lectures on the Will to Know Summary
Lectures on the Will to Know
Lectures at the Collège de France, 1970-1971, & Oedipal Knowledge
by Michel Foucault 2014 293 pages
4.26
242 ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Theory
Despair
by Vladimir Nabokov • 1989
3.9
12k+
Classics
Russia
Russian Literature
Despair Summary
Despair
by Vladimir Nabokov 1989 212 pages
3.9
12k+ ratings
Classics
Russia
Russian Literature
The Counterfeiters
by André Gide • 1925
3.83
10k+
France
Classics
French Literature
The Counterfeiters Summary
The Counterfeiters
by André Gide 1925 467 pages
3.83
10k+ ratings
France
Classics
French Literature
The Custom of the Country
by Edith Wharton • 1913
4.07
16k+
Classics
Historical Fiction
Literature
The Custom of the Country Summary
The Custom of the Country
by Edith Wharton 1913 370 pages
4.07
16k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Literature
The Poetry of Robert Frost
by Robert Frost • 1969
4.24
49k+
Poetry
Classics
Literature
The Poetry of Robert Frost Summary
The Poetry of Robert Frost
by Robert Frost 1969 607 pages
4.24
49k+ ratings
Poetry
Classics
Literature
The President
by Miguel Ángel Asturias • 1997
3.97
7k+
Classics
Nobel Prize
Spanish Literature
The President Summary
The President
by Miguel Ángel Asturias 1997 287 pages
3.97
7k+ ratings
Classics
Nobel Prize
Spanish Literature
بهترین داستان های کوتاه
by Ernest Hemingway • 1987
4.29
38k+
Short Stories
Classics
Literature
بهترین داستان های کوتاه Summary
بهترین داستان های کوتاه
by Ernest Hemingway 1987 439 pages
4.29
38k+ ratings
Short Stories
Classics
Literature
The Golden Notebook
by Doris Lessing • 1999
3.77
25k+
Classics
Feminism
Nobel Prize
The Golden Notebook Summary
The Golden Notebook
by Doris Lessing 1999 640 pages
3.77
25k+ ratings
Classics
Feminism
Nobel Prize
The Real Thing
by Tom Stoppard • 1982
3.91
5k+
Plays
Drama
Theatre
The Real Thing Summary
The Real Thing
by Tom Stoppard 1982 81 pages
3.91
5k+ ratings
Plays
Drama
Theatre
Life
by Georges Perec • 1978
A User's Manual
4.17
10k+
France
Classics
French Literature
Life Summary
Life
A User's Manual
by Georges Perec 1978 581 pages
4.17
10k+ ratings
France
Classics
French Literature
LE GONE DU CHABAA
by Azouz Begag • 1986
3.63
1k+
France
School
Literature
LE GONE DU CHABAA Summary
LE GONE DU CHABAA
by Azouz Begag 1986
3.63
1k+ ratings
France
School
Literature
To the Lighthouse
by Virginia Woolf • 1927
3.81
200k+
Classics
Literature
Novels
To the Lighthouse Summary
To the Lighthouse
by Virginia Woolf 1927 209 pages
3.81
200k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
Novels
Understanding Life
by Alfred Adler • 1998
3.84
2k+
Psychology
Philosophy
Self Help
Understanding Life Summary
Understanding Life
by Alfred Adler 1998 148 pages
3.84
2k+ ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Self Help
War with the Newts
by Karel Čapek • 1990
4.17
18k+
Science Fiction
Classics
Czech Literature
War with the Newts Summary
War with the Newts
by Karel Čapek 1990 241 pages
4.17
18k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Classics
Czech Literature
Men Without Women
by Ernest Hemingway • 1927
3.58
16k+
Classics
Short Stories
Literature
Men Without Women Summary
Men Without Women
by Ernest Hemingway 1927 153 pages
3.58
16k+ ratings
Classics
Short Stories
Literature
Lies of Silence
by Brian Moore • 1990
3.23
2k+
School
Ireland
Irish Literature
Lies of Silence Summary
Lies of Silence
by Brian Moore 1990 192 pages
3.23
2k+ ratings
School
Ireland
Irish Literature
The Man Without Content
by Giorgio Agamben • 1970
4.15
383
Philosophy
Art
Theory
The Man Without Content Summary
The Man Without Content
by Giorgio Agamben 1970 144 pages
4.15
383 ratings
Philosophy
Art
Theory
Pig Tales
by Marie Darrieussecq • 1998
3.46
4k+
France
Fantasy
French Literature
Pig Tales Summary
Pig Tales
by Marie Darrieussecq 1998 151 pages
3.46
4k+ ratings
France
Fantasy
French Literature
The Lonely Londoners
by Sam Selvon • 1956
3.70
14k+
Classics
London
Historical Fiction
The Lonely Londoners Summary
The Lonely Londoners
by Sam Selvon 1956 142 pages
3.70
14k+ ratings
Classics
London
Historical Fiction
Les Soleils des indépendances
by Ahmadou Kourouma • 1968
3.58
500+
Africa
France
African Literature
Les Soleils des indépendances Summary
Les Soleils des indépendances
by Ahmadou Kourouma 1968 196 pages
3.58
500+ ratings
Africa
France
African Literature
A View from the Bridge
by Arthur Miller • 1977
A Play in Two Acts
3.71
18k+
Plays
Classics
Drama
A View from the Bridge Summary
A View from the Bridge
A Play in Two Acts
by Arthur Miller 1977 96 pages
3.71
18k+ ratings
Plays
Classics
Drama
The Waste Land, Prufrock and Other Poems
by T.S. Eliot • 1922
4.14
12k+
Poetry
Classics
Literature
The Waste Land, Prufrock and Other Poems Summary
The Waste Land, Prufrock and Other Poems
by T.S. Eliot 1922 88 pages
4.14
12k+ ratings
Poetry
Classics
Literature
Ghosts
by Edith Wharton • 1937
3.85
1k+
Short Stories
Horror
Classics
Ghosts Summary
Ghosts
by Edith Wharton 1937 288 pages
3.85
1k+ ratings
Short Stories
Horror
Classics
Contesting Democracy
by Jan-Werner Müller • 2006
Political Ideas in Twentieth-Century Europe
4.00
159
Politics
History
Philosophy
Contesting Democracy Summary
Contesting Democracy
Political Ideas in Twentieth-Century Europe
by Jan-Werner Müller 2006 304 pages
4.00
159 ratings
Politics
History
Philosophy
Fantastic Night & Other Stories
by Stefan Zweig • 1922
3.98
1k+
Short Stories
Classics
German Literature
Fantastic Night & Other Stories Summary
Fantastic Night & Other Stories
by Stefan Zweig 1922 164 pages
3.98
1k+ ratings
Short Stories
Classics
German Literature
The Age of Extremes, 1914-1991
by Eric J. Hobsbawm • 1994
4.29
7k+
History
Politics
World History
The Age of Extremes, 1914-1991 Summary
The Age of Extremes, 1914-1991
by Eric J. Hobsbawm 1994 627 pages
4.29
7k+ ratings
History
Politics
World History
The Common Sense of Science
by Jacob Bronowski • 1951
With a New Preface by Sir Hermann Bondi
3.83
141
Science
Philosophy
20th Century
The Common Sense of Science Summary
The Common Sense of Science
With a New Preface by Sir Hermann Bondi
by Jacob Bronowski 1951 160 pages
3.83
141 ratings
Science
Philosophy
20th Century
I Used to Be Charming
by Eve Babitz • 2019
The Rest of Eve Babitz
4.13
1k+
Essays
Memoir
Classics
I Used to Be Charming Summary
I Used to Be Charming
The Rest of Eve Babitz
by Eve Babitz 2019 360 pages
4.13
1k+ ratings
Essays
Memoir
Classics
That Mad Ache
by Françoise Sagan • 1965
3.99
1k+
France
Classics
French Literature
That Mad Ache Summary
That Mad Ache
by Françoise Sagan 1965 311 pages
3.99
1k+ ratings
France
Classics
French Literature
The Salon of Exiled Artists in California
by Núria Añó • 2020
Salka Viertel took in actors, prominent intellectuals and anonymous people in exile fleeing from Nazism
4.21
14
Art
Bisexual
20th Century
The Salon of Exiled Artists in California Summary
The Salon of Exiled Artists in California
Salka Viertel took in actors, prominent intellectuals and anonymous people in exile fleeing from Nazism
by Núria Añó 2020
4.21
14 ratings
Art
Bisexual
20th Century
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