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Tuesdays with Morrie Summary
Tuesdays with Morrie
An Old Man, a Young Man and Life's Greatest Lesson
by Mitch Albom 1997 224 pages
4.18
1M+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
Classics
The Essential Tao Summary
The Essential Tao
by Lao Tzu 1998 168 pages
4.1
500+ ratings
Philosophy
Religion
Taoism
All Quiet on the Western Front Summary
All Quiet on the Western Front
by Erich Maria Remarque 1987 304 pages
4.09
400k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
War
Classics
A Confederacy of Dunces Summary
A Confederacy of Dunces
by John Kennedy Toole 1987 405 pages
3.89
200k+ ratings
Humor
Literature
Comedy
Palm Sunday Summary
Palm Sunday
An Autobiographical Collage
by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. 1999 320 pages
3.77
6k+ ratings
Essays
Short Stories
Classics
Tao Te Ching Summary
Tao Te Ching
Annotated & Explained
by Lao Tzu 2006 208 pages
4.3
100k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Spirituality
Catch-22 Summary
Catch-22
by Joseph Heller 1996 464 pages
3.99
800k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
War
The Alchemist Summary
The Alchemist
by Paulo Coelho 2008 197 pages
3.91
3.1M+ ratings
Classics
Fantasy
Philosophy
The Book of Five Rings Summary
The Book of Five Rings
by Miyamoto Musashi 2004 112 pages
3.97
53k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
History
The Age of Innocence Summary
The Age of Innocence
by Edith Wharton 2004 336 pages
3.97
100k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Romance
Lord of the Flies Summary
Lord of the Flies
by William Golding 1999 192 pages
3.70
2.9M+ ratings
Classics
Young Adult
School
A Man Without a Country Summary
A Man Without a Country
by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. 2007 160 pages
4.09
46k+ ratings
Essays
Memoir
Humor
Ender’s Game Summary
Ender’s Game
by Orson Scott Card 1994 352 pages
4.31
1.4M+ ratings
Science Fiction
Young Adult
Fantasy
Atlas Shrugged Summary
Atlas Shrugged
by Ayn Rand 1999 1192 pages
3.69
300k+ ratings
Classics
Philosophy
Politics
Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now Summary
Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now
by Maya Angelou 2011 162 pages
4.29
10k+ ratings
Memoir
Poetry
Biography
Letters Summary
Letters
by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. 2012 464 pages
4.09
1k+ ratings
Biography
Memoir
Essays
The Conquest of Happiness Summary
The Conquest of Happiness
by Bertrand Russell 1996 192 pages
4.02
14k+ ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Self Help
Letters from a Stoic Summary
Letters from a Stoic
by Seneca 1969 254 pages
4.34
43k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
History
The Fire Next Time Summary
The Fire Next Time
by James Baldwin 1992 128 pages
4.55
100k+ ratings
Classics
Essays
Race
The Feminine Mystique Summary
The Feminine Mystique
by Betty Friedan 2001 592 pages
3.87
28k+ ratings
Feminism
Classics
History
Discourses and Selected Writings Summary
Discourses and Selected Writings
by Epictetus 2008 304 pages
4.42
8k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Self Help
Bitita's Diary Summary
Bitita's Diary
The Childhood Memoirs of Carolina Maria de Jesus
by Carolina Maria de Jesus 1997 180 pages
4.46
7k+ ratings
Memoir
Brazil
Classics
On Writing Summary
On Writing
by Ernest Hemingway 1999 160 pages
4.04
4k+ ratings
Writing
Classics
Literature
Nobody Knows My Name Summary
Nobody Knows My Name
by James Baldwin 1992 256 pages
4.37
4k+ ratings
Essays
Race
Classics
The Essential Rumi Summary
The Essential Rumi
by Jalal ad-Din Muhammad ar-Rumi 2012 416 pages
4.39
48k+ ratings
Poetry
Classics
Spirituality
Give War and Peace a Chance Summary
Give War and Peace a Chance
Tolstoyan Wisdom for Troubled Times
by Andrew D. Kaufman 2014 288 pages
3.89
100+ ratings
Books About Books
Literary Criticism
Literature
The Elements of Style Summary
The Elements of Style
by William Strunk Jr. 1999 105 pages
4.18
84k+ ratings
Writing
Reference
Language
The Manual Summary
The Manual
A Philosopher's Guide to Life
by Epictetus 2017 68 pages
4.38
3k+ ratings
Philosophy
Self Help
Classics
The Meditations Summary
The Meditations
An Emperor's Guide to Mastery
by Marcus Aurelius 2017 114 pages
4.28
200k+ ratings
Philosophy
History
Self Help
Cyrus the Great Summary
Cyrus the Great
The Arts of Leadership and War
by Xenophon 2007 320 pages
4.13
1k+ ratings
History
Philosophy
Biography
Listen, Little Man! Summary
Listen, Little Man!
by Wilhelm Reich 2013 144 pages
3.98
8k+ ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Politics
A Calendar of Wisdom Summary
A Calendar of Wisdom
Daily Thoughts to Nourish the Soul
by Leo Tolstoy 1997 384 pages
3.99
1k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Self Help
Crystallizing Public Opinion Summary
Crystallizing Public Opinion
by Edward L. Bernays 2015 112 pages
3.8
500+ ratings
Psychology
Politics
Sociology
The Complete Art Of War Summary
The Complete Art Of War
Sun Tzu/sun Pin
by Sun Tzu 1996 320 pages
4.24
3k+ ratings
Classics
Philosophy
History
Meditations Summary
Meditations
by Marcus Aurelius 1992 280 pages
4.28
200k+ ratings
Philosophy
History
Self Help
Alice in Wonderland and Philosophy Summary
Alice in Wonderland and Philosophy
Curiouser and Curiouser
by Richard Brian Davis 2009 240 pages
4.12
1k+ ratings
Philosophy
Essays
Literary Criticism
Rights of Man, Common Sense and Other Political Writings Summary
Rights of Man, Common Sense and Other Political Writings
by Thomas Paine 2009 544 pages
4.01
100+ ratings
Politics
Philosophy
History
The Well-Educated Mind Summary
The Well-Educated Mind
A Guide to the Classical Education You Never Had
by Susan Wise Bauer 2003 432 pages
3.99
3k+ ratings
Education
Books About Books
Reference
How To Enjoy Your Life And Your Job Summary
How To Enjoy Your Life And Your Job
by Dale Carnegie 1990 220 pages
4
3k+ ratings
Self Help
Personal Development
Business
Silent Spring Summary
Silent Spring
by Rachel Carson 2002 153 pages
4.04
49k+ ratings
Science
Environment
Nature
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance Summary
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
An Inquiry Into Values
by Robert M. Pirsig 2017 72 pages
3.78
200k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Spirituality
Just So Summary
Just So
Money, Materialism, and the Ineffable, Intelligent Universe
by Alan W. Watts 2020 216 pages
4.26
100+ ratings
Philosophy
Self Help
Spirituality
How to Grow Old Summary
How to Grow Old
Ancient Wisdom for the Second Half of Life
by Marcus Tullius Cicero 2016 216 pages
4.09
1k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
History
The Heart of a Woman Summary
The Heart of a Woman
by Maya Angelou 2009 352 pages
4.23
23k+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
Autobiography
Hagakure Summary
Hagakure
The Secret Wisdom of the Samurai
by Yamamoto Tsunetomo 2014 288 pages
4.01
15k+ ratings
Philosophy
Japan
History
50 Economics Classics Summary
50 Economics Classics
Your shortcut to the most important ideas on capitalism, finance, and the global economy
by Tom Butler-Bowdon 2017 386 pages
4.19
100+ ratings
Economics
Business
Finance
On the Good Life Summary
On the Good Life
by Marcus Tullius Cicero 1971 384 pages
4
1k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
History
All Things Wise and Wonderful Summary
All Things Wise and Wonderful
by James Herriot 2012 384 pages
4.44
35k+ ratings
Animals
Memoir
Biography
Cicero Summary
Cicero
The Life and Times of Rome's Greatest Politician
by Anthony Everitt 2011 416 pages
3.89
7k+ ratings
History
Biography
Ancient History
Meditations Summary
Meditations
With Selected Correspondence
by Marcus Aurelius 2011 208 pages
4.27
500+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Ancient
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