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1984 Summary
1984
by George Orwell 1949 328 pages
4.20
5.1M ratings
Classics
Science Fiction
Dystopia
The Art of War Summary
The Art of War
by Sun Tzu 170 pages
3.95
541.9K ratings
Classics
Philosophy
History
गोदान [Godaan] Summary
गोदान [Godaan]
by Munshi Premchand 1936 352 pages
4.41
9.2K ratings
Classics
India
Indian Literature
The Great Gatsby Summary
The Great Gatsby
by F. Scott Fitzgerald 1925 180 pages
3.93
5.7M ratings
Classics
School
Historical Fiction
El Filibusterismo Summary
El Filibusterismo
by José Rizal 1891 360 pages
4.25
6.4K ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Historical
Animal Farm Summary
Animal Farm
by George Orwell 1945 141 pages
4.00
4.3M ratings
Classics
Dystopia
Fantasy
Pride and Prejudice Summary
Pride and Prejudice
by Jane Austen 1813 279 pages
4.29
4.6M ratings
Classics
Romance
Historical Fiction
Baron Trump's Marvelous Underground Journey Summary
Baron Trump's Marvelous Underground Journey
by Ingersoll Lockwood 1893 268 pages
3.46
377 ratings
Fantasy
Classics
Book Club
White Nights Summary
White Nights
by Fyodor Dostoevsky 1848 82 pages
4.07
276.5K ratings
Classics
Russian Literature
Short Stories
Mein Kampf Summary
Mein Kampf
by Adolf Hitler 722 pages
3.18
43.0K ratings
History
Biography
Politics
Holes Summary
Holes
by Louis Sachar 1998 272 pages
4.01
1.3M ratings
Young Adult
Middle Grade
Childrens
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again Summary
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
by J.R.R. Tolkien 1937 366 pages
4.29
4.3M ratings
Classics
Adventure
Young Adult
The Five People You Meet in Heaven Summary
The Five People You Meet in Heaven
by Mitch Albom 2003 196 pages
4.00
771.8K ratings
Contemporary
Inspirational
Fantasy
To Live Summary
To Live
by Yu Hua 1992 250 pages
4.34
22.1K ratings
China
Historical Fiction
Chinese Literature
The Catcher in the Rye Summary
The Catcher in the Rye
by J.D. Salinger 1951 277 pages
3.80
3.8M ratings
Classics
Young Adult
Literature
Into the Wild Summary
Into the Wild
by Jon Krakauer 1996 207 pages
4.02
1.2M ratings
Biography
Adventure
Travel
Shahnameh Summary
Shahnameh
The Persian Book of Kings
by Abolqasem Ferdowsi 1010 886 pages
4.51
5.5K ratings
Poetry
Classics
History
I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream Summary
I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream
by Harlan Ellison 1967 20 pages
3.70
11.0K ratings
Horror
Short Stories
Science Fiction
Tuesdays with Morrie Summary
Tuesdays with Morrie
An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson
by Mitch Albom 1997 210 pages
4.19
1.1M ratings
Memoir
Biography
Classics
The Gambler Summary
The Gambler
by Fyodor Dostoevsky 1866 188 pages
3.91
109.0K ratings
Classics
Russian Literature
Russia
I Who Have Never Known Men Summary
I Who Have Never Known Men
by Jacqueline Harpman 1995 208 pages
4.16
238.7K ratings
Dystopia
Science Fiction
Book Club
The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana Summary
The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana
by Mallanaga Vātsyāyana 240 pages
3.45
6.8K ratings
Classics
Philosophy
Sexuality
The Fellowship of the Ring Summary
The Fellowship of the Ring
by J.R.R. Tolkien 1954 398 pages
4.40
3.0M ratings
Fantasy
Classics
Adventure
The Prince Summary
The Prince
by Niccolò Machiavelli 1513 144 pages
3.84
366.3K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Politics
Norwegian Wood Summary
Norwegian Wood
by Haruki Murakami 1987 296 pages
4.00
682.6K ratings
Romance
Japan
Japanese Literature
Being and Time Summary
Being and Time
by Martin Heidegger 1927 589 pages
4.05
26.7K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Psychology
Life of Pi Summary
Life of Pi
by Yann Martel 2001 460 pages
3.94
1.7M ratings
Fantasy
Classics
Book Club
The Perks of Being a Wallflower Summary
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
by Stephen Chbosky 1999 213 pages
4.23
1.9M ratings
Young Adult
Classics
Coming Of Age
The Republic Summary
The Republic
by Plato 416 pages
3.96
217.7K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Politics
Letters to Milena Summary
Letters to Milena
by Franz Kafka 1952 298 pages
3.91
21.6K ratings
Classics
Romance
Poetry
Fahrenheit 451 Summary
Fahrenheit 451
by Ray Bradbury 1953 194 pages
3.97
2.7M ratings
Classics
Science Fiction
Dystopia
War and Peace Summary
War and Peace
by Leo Tolstoy 1869 1392 pages
4.17
353.4K ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Russia
The Testaments Summary
The Testaments
by Margaret Atwood 2019 422 pages
4.20
386.5K ratings
Dystopia
Science Fiction
Feminism
The Second Sex Summary
The Second Sex
by Simone de Beauvoir 1949 746 pages
4.18
45.2K ratings
Feminism
Philosophy
Classics
The Notebook Summary
The Notebook
by Nicholas Sparks 1996 214 pages
4.16
1.8M ratings
Romance
Chick Lit
Contemporary
Leviathan Summary
Leviathan
by Thomas Hobbes 1651 736 pages
3.71
50.9K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
History
Meditations Summary
Meditations
by Marcus Aurelius 254 pages
4.28
310.3K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
History
Escape from Freedom Summary
Escape from Freedom
by Erich Fromm 1941 301 pages
4.27
15.3K ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Politics
Alice in Wonderland and Philosophy Summary
Alice in Wonderland and Philosophy
Curiouser And Curiouser
by William Irwin 2009 211 pages
4.12
1.7K ratings
Philosophy
Essays
Literary Criticism
The Universal One Summary
The Universal One
by Walter Russell 1926 268 pages
4.27
167 ratings
Philosophy
Spirituality
Science
The Green Mile Summary
The Green Mile
by Stephen King 1996 592 pages
4.49
346.5K ratings
Horror
Fantasy
Thriller
Thus Spoke Zarathustra Summary
Thus Spoke Zarathustra
by Friedrich Nietzsche 1883 327 pages
4.07
166.8K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
German Literature
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Summary
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
by C.S. Lewis 1950 206 pages
4.24
3.0M ratings
Fantasy
Young Adult
Childrens
Self-Reliance Summary
Self-Reliance
An Excerpt from Collected Essays, First Series
by Ralph Waldo Emerson 1841 51 pages
4.00
9.6K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Essays
The Old Man and the Sea Summary
The Old Man and the Sea
by Ernest Hemingway 1952 96 pages
3.81
1.2M ratings
Classics
Literature
Novels
Waiting for Godot Summary
Waiting for Godot
by Samuel Beckett 1951 109 pages
3.84
215.0K ratings
Plays
Classics
Drama
Antigone Summary
Antigone
by Sophocles 80 pages
3.68
168.3K ratings
Classics
Plays
School
Bel-Ami Summary
Bel-Ami
by Guy de Maupassant 1885 416 pages
3.86
46.3K ratings
France
French Literature
Classics
Train to Pakistan Summary
Train to Pakistan
by Khushwant Singh 1956 181 pages
3.94
30.9K ratings
India
Historical Fiction
Classics
Silent Spring Summary
Silent Spring
by Rachel Carson 1962 378 pages
4.05
52.4K ratings
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