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Starship Troopers Summary
Starship Troopers
by Robert A. Heinlein 1959 264 pages
4.01
239.8K ratings
Science Fiction
Classics
Military Fiction
The Overcoat Summary
The Overcoat
by Nikolai Gogol 1842 57 pages
4.15
48.2K ratings
Short Stories
Russia
Russian Literature
Letters to a Young Poet Summary
Letters to a Young Poet
by Rainer Maria Rilke 1929 80 pages
4.29
110.1K ratings
Poetry
Classics
Philosophy
The Lords of Discipline Summary
The Lords of Discipline
by Pat Conroy 1980 512 pages
4.34
29.4K ratings
Historical Fiction
Military Fiction
Southern
The Wild Duck Summary
The Wild Duck
by Henrik Ibsen 1884 128 pages
3.80
10.8K ratings
Plays
Classics
Theatre
The Crucible Summary
The Crucible
by Arthur Miller 1953 143 pages
3.61
447.6K ratings
Classics
Plays
Historical Fiction
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions Summary
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
by Thomas S. Kuhn 1962 226 pages
4.03
28.8K ratings
Science
Philosophy
History
The Pilgrim's Progress Summary
The Pilgrim's Progress
by John Bunyan 1678 324 pages
4.07
152.0K ratings
Classics
Christian
Religion
The Philosophy of History Summary
The Philosophy of History
by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel 1831 480 pages
3.82
3.7K ratings
Philosophy
History
Classics
Ulysses Summary
Ulysses
by James Joyce 1922 783 pages
3.77
137.3K ratings
Classics
Literature
Ireland
On Human Nature Summary
On Human Nature
by Arthur Schopenhauer 1851 67 pages
3.98
715 ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Classics
Lord of the Flies Summary
Lord of the Flies
by William Golding 1954 182 pages
3.70
3.1M ratings
Classics
Young Adult
School
The Discourses Summary
The Discourses
by NiccolΓ² Machiavelli 1517 544 pages
4.07
9.5K ratings
Philosophy
Politics
History
A Man Without a Country Summary
A Man Without a Country
by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. 2005 145 pages
4.10
48.4K ratings
Essays
Memoir
Humor
The First Man Summary
The First Man
by Albert Camus 1994 359 pages
3.97
11.3K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
France
How to Be a Friend Summary
How to Be a Friend
An Ancient Guide to True Friendship
by Marcus Tullius Cicero 188 pages
3.87
3.2K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
History
Palm Sunday Summary
Palm Sunday
An Autobiographical Collage
by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. 1981 300 pages
3.78
6.7K ratings
Essays
Short Stories
Classics
The Persian Boy Summary
The Persian Boy
by Mary Renault 1972 420 pages
4.18
10.8K ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
LGBT
The Education of Cyrus Summary
The Education of Cyrus
by Xenophon 320 pages
4.13
1.8K ratings
History
Philosophy
Biography
My System Summary
My System
A Treatise on Chess
by Aron Nimzowitsch 1925 378 pages
4.19
1.2K ratings
Chess
Games
Reference
Lord Jim Summary
Lord Jim
by Joseph Conrad 1900 455 pages
3.61
32.2K ratings
Classics
Literature
Adventure
Four Great Tragedies Summary
Four Great Tragedies
Hamlet / Othello / King Lear / Macbeth
by William Shakespeare 1606 592 pages
4.42
17.9K ratings
Classics
Plays
Drama
In Cold Blood Summary
In Cold Blood
by Truman Capote 1966 343 pages
4.09
703.3K ratings
Classics
True Crime
Crime
So Long, See You Tomorrow Summary
So Long, See You Tomorrow
by William Maxwell 1980 135 pages
3.89
13.8K ratings
Historical Fiction
Classics
Literary Fiction
Mrs. Dalloway Summary
Mrs. Dalloway
by Virginia Woolf 1925 194 pages
3.78
334.6K ratings
Classics
Literature
Novels
The Story of My Life Summary
The Story of My Life
by Helen Keller 1902 240 pages
4.08
149.7K ratings
Biography
Memoir
History
The Epic of Gilgamesh Summary
The Epic of Gilgamesh
by Anonymous 1201 72 pages
3.75
112.8K ratings
Classics
Poetry
Mythology
Life for Sale Summary
Life for Sale
by Yukio Mishima 1968 192 pages
3.71
12.6K ratings
Japan
Japanese Literature
Classics
We Summary
We
by Yevgeny Zamyatin 1924 256 pages
3.88
106.0K ratings
Science Fiction
Classics
Dystopia
Parable of the Sower Summary
Parable of the Sower
A Graphic Novel Adaptation
by Damian Duffy 2020 266 pages
3.98
5.1K ratings
Graphic Novels
Science Fiction
Comics
The Remains of the Day Summary
The Remains of the Day
by Kazuo Ishiguro 1989 258 pages
4.14
337.3K ratings
Historical Fiction
Classics
Literary Fiction
The Best Short Stories of Fyodor Dostoevsky Summary
The Best Short Stories of Fyodor Dostoevsky
by Fyodor Dostoevsky 1877 320 pages
4.23
4.1K ratings
Short Stories
Classics
Russia
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass Summary
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass
by Lewis Carroll 1871 239 pages
4.06
592.4K ratings
Classics
Fantasy
Childrens
Gulliver’s Travels Summary
Gulliver’s Travels
by Jonathan Swift 1726 306 pages
3.59
291.6K ratings
Classics
Fantasy
Adventure
Persuasion Summary
Persuasion
by Jane Austen 1817 249 pages
4.15
744.6K ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Historical
Kokoro Summary
Kokoro
by Natsume Sōseki 1914 256 pages
4.04
38.2K ratings
Japan
Classics
Japanese Literature
Light from Many Lamps Summary
Light from Many Lamps
A Treasury of Inspiration
by Lillian Watson 1988 352 pages
4.34
662 ratings
Self Help
Philosophy
Spirituality
The Origin of Species Summary
The Origin of Species
by Charles Darwin 1859 703 pages
4.01
119.4K ratings
Science
Classics
Biology
Crystallizing Public Opinion Summary
Crystallizing Public Opinion
by Edward L. Bernays 1923 218 pages
3.80
871 ratings
Psychology
Politics
Sociology
Phenomenology of Spirit Summary
Phenomenology of Spirit
by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel 1807 640 pages
3.96
19.8K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Theory
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea Summary
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
by Jules Verne 1869 269 pages
3.89
268.1K ratings
Classics
Science Fiction
Adventure
I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream Summary
I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream
by Harlan Ellison 1967 134 pages
3.90
46.4K ratings
Horror
Science Fiction
Short Stories
The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea Summary
The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea
by Yukio Mishima 1963 181 pages
3.84
48.1K ratings
Japan
Classics
Japanese Literature
Grundrisse Summary
Grundrisse
Foundations of the Critique of Political Economy
by Karl Marx 1857 904 pages
4.28
1.9K ratings
Philosophy
Economics
Politics
Middlesex Summary
Middlesex
by Jeffrey Eugenides 2002 529 pages
4.04
654.0K ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Contemporary
Dialogues and Essays Summary
Dialogues and Essays
by Seneca 304 pages
4.31
1.2K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Essays
Drawing the Head and Hands Summary
Drawing the Head and Hands
by Andrew Loomis 1956 154 pages
4.23
6.5K ratings
Art
Drawing
Reference
Holy Bible Summary
Holy Bible
New International Version
by Anonymous 1985 1213 pages
4.62
93.7K ratings
Religion
Christian
Classics
Notes from Underground, White Nights, The Dream of a Ridiculous Man, and Selections from The House of the Dead Summary
Notes from Underground, White Nights, The Dream of a Ridiculous Man, and Selections from The House of the Dead
by Fyodor Dostoevsky 1864 233 pages
4.19
77.8K ratings
Classics
Russia
Philosophy
The Old Regime and the French Revolution Summary
The Old Regime and the French Revolution
by Alexis de Tocqueville 1856 300 pages
4.05
2.5K ratings
History
Politics
France
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