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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
To the Lighthouse Summary
To the Lighthouse
by Virginia Woolf 1927 209 pages
3.81
203.7K ratings
Classics
Literature
Novels
Silence Summary
Silence
by Shūsaku Endō 1966 219 pages
4.09
37.2K ratings
Historical Fiction
Japan
Japanese Literature
The Seven Military Classics of Ancient China Summary
The Seven Military Classics of Ancient China
by Ralph D. Sawyer 1993 592 pages
4.20
600 ratings
History
China
Military Fiction
Toward a Psychology of Being Summary
Toward a Psychology of Being
by Abraham H. Maslow 1961 274 pages
4.17
5.9K ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Self Help
The Man in the High Castle Summary
The Man in the High Castle
by Philip K. Dick 1962 259 pages
3.59
226.8K ratings
Science Fiction
Classics
Dystopia
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall Summary
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
by Anne Brontë 1848 576 pages
4.02
124.7K ratings
Classics
Romance
19th Century
Ham on Rye Summary
Ham on Rye
by Charles Bukowski 1982 288 pages
4.14
114.3K ratings
Classics
Novels
Literature
Bodas de sangre Summary
Bodas de sangre
by Federico García Lorca 1932 167 pages
3.87
31.4K ratings
Plays
Classics
Spanish Literature
King Rat Summary
King Rat
by James Clavell 1962 368 pages
4.19
43.0K ratings
Historical Fiction
War
Classics
On the Road Summary
On the Road
by Jack Kerouac 1957 307 pages
3.61
434.1K ratings
Classics
Travel
Literature
Birdsong Summary
Birdsong
by Sebastian Faulks 1993 483 pages
4.11
82.2K ratings
Historical Fiction
War
Classics
A Clockwork Orange Summary
A Clockwork Orange
by Anthony Burgess 1962 192 pages
4.00
748.0K ratings
Classics
Science Fiction
Dystopia
The Heart of a Woman Summary
The Heart of a Woman
by Maya Angelou 1981 288 pages
4.23
24.5K ratings
Memoir
Biography
Autobiography
The Art of Peace Summary
The Art of Peace
by Morihei Ueshiba 1992 192 pages
4.21
4.9K ratings
Philosophy
Martial Arts
Spirituality
The Age of Innocence Summary
The Age of Innocence
by Edith Wharton 1920 293 pages
3.97
187.5K ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Romance
Objectivism Summary
Objectivism
The Philosophy of Ayn Rand
by Leonard Peikoff 1991 493 pages
3.76
5.1K ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Classics
Philosophy Summary
Philosophy
The Classics
by Nigel Warburton 2000 280 pages
3.95
791 ratings
Philosophy
History
Theology
The Scarlet Pimpernel Summary
The Scarlet Pimpernel
by Emmuska Orczy 1905 182 pages
4.07
139.4K ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Adventure
On Writing Summary
On Writing
by Ernest Hemingway 1984 160 pages
4.03
4.6K ratings
Writing
Classics
Literature
Crash Summary
Crash
by J.G. Ballard 1973 224 pages
3.59
28.0K ratings
Science Fiction
Horror
Novels
Ten Days in a Mad-House Summary
Ten Days in a Mad-House
by Nellie Bly 1887 92 pages
3.86
22.6K ratings
History
Classics
Psychology
Johnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams Summary
Johnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams
Short Stories, Prose and Diary Excerpts
by Sylvia Plath 1977 336 pages
3.92
6.5K ratings
Short Stories
Poetry
Classics
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Summary
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
by Mark Twain 1884 327 pages
3.83
1.3M ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Literature
Sylvia Plath Summary
Sylvia Plath
Poems
by Sylvia Plath 1975 150 pages
4.07
1.4K ratings
Poetry
Classics
Feminism
Why Read Moby-Dick? Summary
Why Read Moby-Dick?
by Nathaniel Philbrick 2010 131 pages
3.76
4.3K ratings
Literary Criticism
Books About Books
Classics
1984 Summary
1984
by Michael Dean 1949 71 pages
4.41
33.6K ratings
Classics
Science Fiction
Dystopia
The Time Machine Summary
The Time Machine
by H.G. Wells 1895 118 pages
3.89
548.2K ratings
Science Fiction
Classics
Time Travel
The Complete Stories and Poems Summary
The Complete Stories and Poems
by Edgar Allan Poe 1849 821 pages
4.40
289.4K ratings
Classics
Poetry
Horror
Like Water for Chocolate Summary
Like Water for Chocolate
by Laura Esquivel 1989 222 pages
3.95
384.4K ratings
Magical Realism
Romance
Historical Fiction
Identity Summary
Identity
by Milan Kundera 1997 176 pages
3.69
31.6K ratings
Novels
Czech Literature
Literature
I, Robot Summary
I, Robot
by Isaac Asimov 1950 224 pages
4.21
366.3K ratings
Science Fiction
Classics
Short Stories
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight Summary
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
by Unknown 1375 144 pages
3.74
70.7K ratings
Classics
Poetry
Fantasy
The Story of Philosophy Summary
The Story of Philosophy
The Lives and Opinions of the World's Greatest Philosophers
by Will Durant 1926 704 pages
4.15
17.5K ratings
Philosophy
History
Biography
Inferno Summary
Inferno
by Dante Alighieri 1320 490 pages
4.03
198.0K ratings
Classics
Poetry
Literature
Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now Summary
Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now
by Maya Angelou 1993 144 pages
4.30
10.7K ratings
Memoir
Poetry
Biography
Wait Until Spring, Bandini Summary
Wait Until Spring, Bandini
by John Fante 1938 266 pages
4.09
14.2K ratings
Classics
Novels
American
Notes on Nursing Summary
Notes on Nursing
What It Is, and What It Is Not
by Florence Nightingale 1858 160 pages
3.80
1.6K ratings
Nursing
History
Classics
The Collector Summary
The Collector
by John Fowles 1963 283 pages
3.97
87.8K ratings
Classics
Horror
Thriller
Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret Summary
Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret
by Judy Blume 1970 149 pages
3.94
250.4K ratings
Young Adult
Childrens
Classics
Hiroshima Summary
Hiroshima
by John Hersey 1946 152 pages
4.04
85.5K ratings
History
War
Classics
I Capture the Castle Summary
I Capture the Castle
by Dodie Smith 1948 408 pages
3.99
111.0K ratings
Classics
Young Adult
Historical Fiction
The Psychology of Love Summary
The Psychology of Love
by Sigmund Freud 2006 368 pages
3.34
804 ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Classics
A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful Summary
A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful
by Edmund Burke 1757 208 pages
3.69
2.6K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Art
On Love and Loneliness Summary
On Love and Loneliness
by J. Krishnamurti 1994 155 pages
4.22
1.1K ratings
Philosophy
Spirituality
Psychology
A Little History of the World Summary
A Little History of the World
by E.H. Gombrich 1936 284 pages
4.10
30.3K ratings
History
World History
Historical
The Silmarillion Summary
The Silmarillion
by J.R.R. Tolkien 1977 386 pages
4.03
320.8K ratings
Fantasy
High Fantasy
Science Fiction Fantasy
Nobody Knows My Name Summary
Nobody Knows My Name
by James Baldwin 1961 242 pages
4.37
4.5K ratings
Essays
Race
Classics
The Counterfeiters Summary
The Counterfeiters
by André Gide 1925 451 pages
3.83
10.0K ratings
France
Classics
French Literature
The English Patient Summary
The English Patient
by Michael Ondaatje 1992 320 pages
3.86
136.6K ratings
Historical Fiction
Classics
Romance
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