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by George Orwell 1949 328 pages

Science Fiction

The Art of War Summary

by Sun Tzu 170 pages

The Great Gatsby Summary

The Great Gatsby

by F. Scott Fitzgerald 1925 180 pages

Historical Fiction

गोदान [Godaan] Summary

गोदान [Godaan]

by Munshi Premchand 1936 352 pages

Indian Literature

El Filibusterismo Summary

El Filibusterismo

by José Rizal 1891 360 pages

Historical Fiction

Animal Farm Summary

by George Orwell 1945 141 pages

Pride and Prejudice Summary

Pride and Prejudice

by Jane Austen 1813 279 pages

Historical Fiction

Baron Trump's Marvelous Underground Journey Summary

Baron Trump's Marvelous Underground Journey

by Ingersoll Lockwood 1893 268 pages

Mein Kampf Summary

by Adolf Hitler 722 pages

White Nights Summary

by Fyodor Dostoevsky 1848 82 pages

Russian Literature

The Hobbit, or There and Back Again Summary

The Hobbit, or There and Back Again

by J.R.R. Tolkien 1937 366 pages

The Five People You Meet in Heaven Summary

The Five People You Meet in Heaven

by Mitch Albom 2003 196 pages

The Catcher in the Rye Summary

The Catcher in the Rye

by J.D. Salinger 1951 277 pages

by Louis Sachar 1998 272 pages

To Live Summary

by Yu Hua 1992 250 pages

Historical Fiction

Chinese Literature

Shahnameh Summary

The Persian Book of Kings

by Abolqasem Ferdowsi 1010 886 pages

Into the Wild Summary

by Jon Krakauer 1996 207 pages

I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream Summary

I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream

by Harlan Ellison 1967 20 pages

Science Fiction

The Fellowship of the Ring Summary

The Fellowship of the Ring

by J.R.R. Tolkien 1954 398 pages

I Who Have Never Known Men Summary

I Who Have Never Known Men

by Jacqueline Harpman 1995 208 pages

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

The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana Summary

The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana

by Mallanaga Vātsyāyana 240 pages

The Gambler Summary

by Fyodor Dostoevsky 1866 188 pages

Russian Literature

The Prince Summary

by Niccolò Machiavelli 1513 144 pages

The Republic Summary

by Plato 416 pages

War and Peace Summary

by Leo Tolstoy 1869 1392 pages

Historical Fiction

The Green Mile Summary

by Stephen King 1996 592 pages

Fahrenheit 451 Summary

by Ray Bradbury 1953 194 pages

Science Fiction

Being and Time Summary

by Martin Heidegger 1927 589 pages

Meditations Summary

by Marcus Aurelius 254 pages

Norwegian Wood Summary

by Haruki Murakami 1987 296 pages

Japanese Literature

The Perks of Being a Wallflower Summary

The Perks of Being a Wallflower

by Stephen Chbosky 1999 213 pages

The Notebook Summary

by Nicholas Sparks 1996 214 pages

Life of Pi Summary

by Yann Martel 2001 460 pages

Alice in Wonderland and Philosophy Summary

Alice in Wonderland and Philosophy

Curiouser And Curiouser

by William Irwin 2009 211 pages

Literary Criticism

Escape from Freedom Summary

Escape from Freedom

by Erich Fromm 1941 301 pages

Self-Reliance Summary

An Excerpt from Collected Essays, First Series

by Ralph Waldo Emerson 1841 51 pages

Leviathan Summary

by Thomas Hobbes 1651 736 pages

The Old Man and the Sea Summary

The Old Man and the Sea

by Ernest Hemingway 1952 96 pages

The Second Sex Summary

by Simone de Beauvoir 1949 746 pages

Meditations Summary

by Marcus Aurelius 254 pages

Waiting for Godot Summary

Waiting for Godot

by Samuel Beckett 1951 109 pages

by Frank Herbert 1965 658 pages

Science Fiction

Science Fiction Fantasy

Letters to Milena Summary

Letters to Milena

by Franz Kafka 1952 298 pages

Silent Spring Summary

by Rachel Carson 1962 378 pages

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Summary

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

by C.S. Lewis 1950 206 pages

Antigone Summary

by Sophocles 80 pages

Thus Spoke Zarathustra Summary

Thus Spoke Zarathustra

by Friedrich Nietzsche 1883 327 pages

German Literature

Critique of Pure Reason Summary

Critique of Pure Reason

by Immanuel Kant 1781 785 pages

German Literature

Beloved Summary

by Toni Morrison 1987 325 pages

Historical Fiction

Magical Realism

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