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The Honjin Murders Summary
The Honjin Murders
by Seishi Yokomizo 1946 189 pages
3.65
18k+ ratings
Mystery
Japan
Crime
Of Human Bondage Summary
Of Human Bondage
by W. Somerset Maugham 1915 684 pages
4.15
59k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
Novels
The Enchanted Wood Summary
The Enchanted Wood
by Enid Blyton 1939 213 pages
4.25
29k+ ratings
Fantasy
Childrens
Classics
Les Liaisons dangereuses Summary
Les Liaisons dangereuses
by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos 1782 402 pages
4.06
55k+ ratings
Classics
France
French Literature
The Wild Duck Summary
The Wild Duck
by Henrik Ibsen 1884 128 pages
3.80
10k+ ratings
Plays
Classics
Theatre
Flatland Summary
Flatland
A Romance of Many Dimensions
by Edwin A. Abbott 1884 96 pages
3.81
74k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Classics
Mathematics
Julius Caesar Summary
Julius Caesar
by William Shakespeare 1599 175 pages
3.71
200k+ ratings
Plays
Drama
School
The Essential Marcus Aurelius Summary
The Essential Marcus Aurelius
by Marcus Aurelius 111 pages
4.39
1k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
History
Because of Winn-Dixie Summary
Because of Winn-Dixie
by Kate DiCamillo 2000 182 pages
4.10
200k+ ratings
Middle Grade
Childrens
Realistic Fiction
Voyage of the Beagle Summary
Voyage of the Beagle
by Charles Darwin 1839 432 pages
4.02
8k+ ratings
Science
History
Travel
Poetics Summary
Poetics
by Aristotle 62 pages
3.83
27k+ ratings
Philosophy
Poetry
Writing
The Poisonwood Bible Summary
The Poisonwood Bible
by Barbara Kingsolver 1998 546 pages
4.10
700k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Africa
Classics
I Capture the Castle Summary
I Capture the Castle
by Dodie Smith 1948 408 pages
3.99
100k+ ratings
Classics
Young Adult
Historical Fiction
An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge Summary
An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
by Ambrose Bierce 1890 36 pages
4.02
25k+ ratings
Short Stories
Classics
Horror
A Passage to India Summary
A Passage to India
by E.M. Forster 1924 376 pages
3.68
83k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Classics
Literature
سيكولوجية الجماهير Summary
سيكولوجية الجماهير
by Gustave Le Bon 1895 200 pages
3.82
18k+ ratings
Psychology
Sociology
Politics
The Man Who Counted Summary
The Man Who Counted
A Collection of Mathematical Adventures
by Malba Tahan 1938 256 pages
4.11
6k+ ratings
Mathematics
Classics
Novels
When Nietzsche Wept Summary
When Nietzsche Wept
by Irvin D. Yalom 1992 310 pages
4.36
77k+ ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Historical Fiction
Utopia Summary
Utopia
by Thomas More 1516 113 pages
3.55
79k+ ratings
Classics
Philosophy
Politics
Life for Sale Summary
Life for Sale
by Yukio Mishima 1968 192 pages
3.71
11k+ ratings
Japan
Japanese Literature
Classics
Common Sense, The Rights of Man and Other Essential Writings Summary
Common Sense, The Rights of Man and Other Essential Writings
by Thomas Paine 1776 416 pages
4.14
15k+ ratings
Philosophy
History
Politics
Homo Faber Summary
Homo Faber
by Max Frisch 1957 214 pages
3.69
29k+ ratings
Classics
German Literature
School
The Princess Bride Summary
The Princess Bride
by William Goldman 1973 429 pages
4.27
900k+ ratings
Fantasy
Romance
Humor
Flowers for Algernon Summary
Flowers for Algernon
by Daniel Keyes 1966 311 pages
4.22
700k+ ratings
Classics
Science Fiction
Young Adult
The Merchant of Venice Summary
The Merchant of Venice
by William Shakespeare 1596 249 pages
3.78
100k+ ratings
Classics
Plays
Drama
All My Sons Summary
All My Sons
by Arthur Miller 1947 112 pages
3.91
29k+ ratings
Plays
Classics
Drama
The Secret Adversary Summary
The Secret Adversary
by Agatha Christie 1922 266 pages
3.85
66k+ ratings
Mystery
Classics
Crime
At the Mountains of Madness Summary
At the Mountains of Madness
by H.P. Lovecraft 1931 194 pages
3.80
58k+ ratings
Horror
Classics
Science Fiction
Common Sense Summary
Common Sense
by Thomas Paine 1776 104 pages
4.00
37k+ ratings
History
Classics
Philosophy
A Moveable Feast Summary
A Moveable Feast
by Ernest Hemingway 1964 192 pages
4.02
100k+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
France
Watership Down Summary
Watership Down
by Richard Adams 1972 478 pages
4.09
400k+ ratings
Classics
Fantasy
Young Adult
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1 Summary
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1
by Philip K. Dick 2011 144 pages
4.04
4k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Graphic Novels
Comics
Pygmalion Summary
Pygmalion
by George Bernard Shaw 1913 82 pages
3.89
100k+ ratings
Classics
Plays
School
A History of the Crusades, Vol. III Summary
A History of the Crusades, Vol. III
The Kingdom of Acre and the Later Crusades
by Steven Runciman 1951 542 pages
4.36
500+ ratings
History
Medieval History
Medieval
En agosto nos vemos Summary
En agosto nos vemos
by Gabriel García Márquez 2024 142 pages
3.60
38k+ ratings
Romance
Classics
Spanish Literature
All Our Yesterdays Summary
All Our Yesterdays
by Natalia Ginzburg 1952 300 pages
3.99
4k+ ratings
Italy
Historical Fiction
Italian Literature
Woman at Point Zero Summary
Woman at Point Zero
by Nawal El Saadawi 1975 108 pages
4.20
24k+ ratings
Feminism
Egypt
Africa
رباعيات خيام Summary
رباعيات خيام
by Omar Khayyám 1120 184 pages
4.17
22k+ ratings
Poetry
Classics
Philosophy
The Concept of Anxiety Summary
The Concept of Anxiety
A Simple Psychologically Oriented Deliberation in View of the Dogmatic Problem of Hereditary Sin
by Søren Kierkegaard 1844 256 pages
3.96
2k+ ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Religion
The Hobbit Summary
The Hobbit
An Unexpected Journey - Visual Companion
by Jude Fisher 2012 72 pages
4.62
24k+ ratings
Fantasy
Film
Art
Underworld Summary
Underworld
by Don DeLillo 1997 827 pages
3.95
32k+ ratings
Literature
Novels
Literary Fiction
Three Men in a Boat Summary
Three Men in a Boat
by Jerome K. Jerome 1889 185 pages
3.84
76k+ ratings
Classics
Humor
Comedy
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
6k+ ratings
Short Stories
Poetry
Classics
The Tartar Steppe Summary
The Tartar Steppe
by Dino Buzzati 1940 198 pages
4.21
35k+ ratings
Classics
Italian Literature
Italy
Pudd'nhead Wilson Summary
Pudd'nhead Wilson
by Mark Twain 1893 160 pages
3.75
18k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
Humor
Tortilla Flat Summary
Tortilla Flat
by John Steinbeck 1935 256 pages
3.83
59k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
Historical Fiction
Oedipus Rex Summary
Oedipus Rex
by Sophocles 75 pages
3.72
200k+ ratings
Classics
Plays
School
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
46k+ ratings
Japan
Classics
Japanese Literature
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight Summary
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
by Unknown 1375 144 pages
3.76
74k+ ratings
Classics
Poetry
Fantasy
Poor Folk Summary
Poor Folk
by Fyodor Dostoevsky 1846 167 pages
3.78
34k+ ratings
Russian Literature
Russia
Novels
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