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Forever... Summary
Forever...
by Judy Blume 1975 178 pages
3.62
65.4K ratings
Young Adult
Romance
Contemporary
A Jane Austen Education Summary
A Jane Austen Education
How Six Novels Taught Me About Love, Friendship, and the Things That Really Matter
by William Deresiewicz 2011 255 pages
3.84
4.0K ratings
Memoir
Books About Books
Biography
Tortilla Flat Summary
Tortilla Flat
by John Steinbeck 1935 256 pages
3.83
60.2K ratings
Classics
Literature
Historical Fiction
Pedro Páramo Summary
Pedro Páramo
by Juan Rulfo 1955 124 pages
4.06
89.5K ratings
Classics
Magical Realism
Spanish Literature
The Most Dangerous Game Summary
The Most Dangerous Game
by Richard Connell 1924 48 pages
3.95
58.7K ratings
Classics
Short Stories
Horror
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn Summary
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
by Betty Smith 1943 496 pages
4.30
492.8K ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Classics
Women in Love Summary
Women in Love
by D.H. Lawrence 1920 416 pages
3.66
33.0K ratings
Literature
Classics
Romance
Essays and Aphorisms Summary
Essays and Aphorisms
by Arthur Schopenhauer 1851 240 pages
4.17
8.7K ratings
Philosophy
Essays
Classics
The Sheltering Sky Summary
The Sheltering Sky
by Paul Bowles 1949 342 pages
3.89
29.8K ratings
Classics
Africa
Travel
2001 Summary
2001
A Space Odyssey
by Arthur C. Clarke 1968 297 pages
4.17
328.0K ratings
Science Fiction
Classics
Science Fiction Fantasy
Chapterhouse Summary
Chapterhouse
Dune
by Frank Herbert 1985 609 pages
3.87
78.2K ratings
Science Fiction
Fantasy
Science Fiction Fantasy
Rich Man, Poor Man Summary
Rich Man, Poor Man
by Irwin Shaw 1969 666 pages
4.18
38.3K ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Drama
White Noise Summary
White Noise
by Don DeLillo 1985 320 pages
3.86
122.5K ratings
Classics
Literature
Novels
Vathek Summary
Vathek
by William Beckford 1786 180 pages
3.24
7.0K ratings
Gothic
Classics
Horror
On War Summary
On War
by Carl von Clausewitz 1832 732 pages
3.96
14.1K ratings
History
Philosophy
War
The Bell Summary
The Bell
by Iris Murdoch 1958 296 pages
3.92
9.8K ratings
Classics
Novels
British Literature
Great Expectations Summary
Great Expectations
by Charles Dickens 1861 544 pages
3.80
850.5K ratings
Classics
Literature
Historical Fiction
The Complete Novels of Sherlock Holmes Summary
The Complete Novels of Sherlock Holmes
by Arthur Conan Doyle 2015 536 pages
4.35
3.6K ratings
Classics
Mystery
Crime
Harry Potter Series Box Set Summary
Harry Potter Series Box Set
by J.K. Rowling 2007 4100 pages
4.73
298.1K ratings
Fantasy
Young Adult
Magic
How to Win an Election Summary
How to Win an Election
An Ancient Guide for Modern Politicians
by Quintus Tullius Cicero 128 pages
3.80
1.2K ratings
Politics
History
Philosophy
Franny and Zooey Summary
Franny and Zooey
by J.D. Salinger 1957 201 pages
3.96
233.0K ratings
Short Stories
Literature
Classics
Early Socratic Dialogues Summary
Early Socratic Dialogues
by Plato 399 pages
4.06
398 ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Greece
The Tell-Tale Heart Summary
The Tell-Tale Heart
by Edgar Allan Poe 1843 31 pages
4.24
114.8K ratings
Classics
Short Stories
Horror
A Christmas Carol Summary
A Christmas Carol
by Charles Dickens 1843 184 pages
4.09
889.1K ratings
Christmas
Classics
Fantasy
Villette Summary
Villette
by Charlotte Brontë 1853 573 pages
3.78
77.6K ratings
Classics
Romance
19th Century
The Elements of Style Summary
The Elements of Style
by William Strunk Jr. 1918 105 pages
4.18
85.9K ratings
Writing
Reference
Language
The Socratic Dialogues Summary
The Socratic Dialogues
by Plato 2014 227 pages
3.94
136 ratings
Philosophy
Classics
The Martian Chronicles Summary
The Martian Chronicles
by Ray Bradbury 1950 182 pages
4.16
277.1K ratings
Science Fiction
Classics
Short Stories
Snow Falling on Cedars Summary
Snow Falling on Cedars
by David Guterson 1994 460 pages
3.86
191.7K ratings
Historical Fiction
Mystery
Book Club
The Tartar Steppe Summary
The Tartar Steppe
by Dino Buzzati 1940 198 pages
4.21
37.2K ratings
Classics
Italian Literature
Italy
The Razor’s Edge Summary
The Razor’s Edge
by W. Somerset Maugham 1944 314 pages
4.19
51.8K ratings
Literature
Classics
Philosophy
Faust, First Part Summary
Faust, First Part
by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1808 327 pages
3.86
130.1K ratings
Plays
Poetry
German Literature
Of Love and Other Demons Summary
Of Love and Other Demons
by Gabriel García Márquez 1994 160 pages
3.96
82.8K ratings
Classics
Magical Realism
Historical Fiction
Twelve Years a Slave Summary
Twelve Years a Slave
by Solomon Northup 1853 363 pages
4.22
122.3K ratings
History
Classics
Biography
Three Dialogues Between Hylas and Philonous Summary
Three Dialogues Between Hylas and Philonous
by George Berkeley 1713 105 pages
3.73
2.4K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Religion
The Conquest of Happiness Summary
The Conquest of Happiness
by Bertrand Russell 1930 183 pages
4.02
15.5K ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Self Help
Disgrace Summary
Disgrace
by J.M. Coetzee 1999 220 pages
3.86
113.0K ratings
Africa
South Africa
Classics
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin Summary
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
by Benjamin Franklin 1791 143 pages
3.85
88.9K ratings
Biography
History
Classics
A Wrinkle in Time Summary
A Wrinkle in Time
by Madeleine L'Engle 1962 218 pages
3.98
1.3M ratings
Fantasy
Classics
Young Adult
Cranford Summary
Cranford
by Elizabeth Gaskell 1853 257 pages
3.84
46.4K ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Victorian
Omerta Summary
Omerta
by Mario Puzo 2000 369 pages
3.77
18.8K ratings
Crime
Thriller
Mystery
The Ministry of Fear Summary
The Ministry of Fear
by Graham Greene 1943 224 pages
3.78
7.3K ratings
Classics
Mystery
Thriller
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
3.8K ratings
Books About Books
Reference
Self Help
Les Nourritures terrestres Summary
Les Nourritures terrestres
suivi de Les nouvelles nourritures
by André Gide 1897 248 pages
3.68
3.7K ratings
Poetry
Classics
France
The Custom of the Country Summary
The Custom of the Country
by Edith Wharton 1913 370 pages
4.06
15.2K ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
American
Brave New World and Brave New World Revisited Summary
Brave New World and Brave New World Revisited
by Aldous Huxley 1958 340 pages
4.16
170.1K ratings
Science Fiction
Dystopia
Classics
Principles of Human Knowledge / Three Dialogues Between Hylas and Philonous Summary
Principles of Human Knowledge / Three Dialogues Between Hylas and Philonous
by George Berkeley 1710 224 pages
3.83
1.2K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
18th Century
Carmilla Summary
Carmilla
by J. Sheridan Le Fanu 1872 108 pages
3.87
157.8K ratings
Classics
Horror
Gothic
Imperialism Summary
Imperialism
The Highest Stage of Capitalism
by Vladimir Lenin 1917 192 pages
4.25
9.2K ratings
Politics
Economics
Philosophy
From Here to Eternity Summary
From Here to Eternity
by James Jones 1951 816 pages
4.08
17.9K ratings
Classics
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War
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