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Classics Book Summaries

The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress Summary
The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress
by Robert A. Heinlein 1966 288 pages
4.15
100k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Classics
Science Fiction Fantasy
Wonderland Avenue Summary
Wonderland Avenue
Tales of Glamour and Excess
by Danny Sugerman 1989 480 pages
4.25
2k+ ratings
Music
Biography
Memoir
The Sheltering Sky Summary
The Sheltering Sky
by Paul Bowles 1949 342 pages
3.89
29k+ ratings
Classics
Africa
Travel
The Sicilian Summary
The Sicilian
by Mario Puzo 1984 416 pages
4.03
29k+ ratings
Crime
Thriller
Classics
The Mystery of the Blue Train Summary
The Mystery of the Blue Train
by Agatha Christie 1928 317 pages
3.87
75k+ ratings
Mystery
Crime
Classics
The Complete Novels of Sherlock Holmes Summary
The Complete Novels of Sherlock Holmes
by Arthur Conan Doyle 2015 536 pages
4.34
3k+ ratings
Classics
Mystery
Crime
Collected Ghost Stories Summary
Collected Ghost Stories
by M.R. James 1931 568 pages
4.13
7k+ ratings
Horror
Short Stories
Classics
Rendezvous with Rama Summary
Rendezvous with Rama
by Arthur C. Clarke 1973 243 pages
4.12
100k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Science Fiction Fantasy
Space
Kokoro Summary
Kokoro
by Natsume Sōseki 1914 256 pages
4.04
37k+ ratings
Japan
Classics
Japanese Literature
The Shadow Out of Time Summary
The Shadow Out of Time
by H.P. Lovecraft 1936 140 pages
3.88
5k+ ratings
Horror
Science Fiction
Lovecraftian
The Stoic Summary
The Stoic
by Theodore Dreiser 1947 334 pages
4.35
2k+ ratings
Classics
Novels
American
The Two Gentlemen of Verona Summary
The Two Gentlemen of Verona
by William Shakespeare 1594 245 pages
3.39
16k+ ratings
Classics
Plays
Drama
The Art of War/The Prince Summary
The Art of War/The Prince
by Niccolò Machiavelli 1521 312 pages
4.08
1k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
History
The A.B.C. Murders Summary
The A.B.C. Murders
by Agatha Christie 1936 232 pages
4.03
100k+ ratings
Mystery
Classics
Crime
The Razor’s Edge Summary
The Razor’s Edge
by W. Somerset Maugham 1944 314 pages
4.19
51k+ ratings
Literature
Classics
Philosophy
Robin Hood Summary
Robin Hood
The Prince of Thieves
by Alexandre Dumas 1862 224 pages
4.00
18k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Adventure
Twelve Years a Slave Summary
Twelve Years a Slave
by Solomon Northup 1853 363 pages
4.22
100k+ ratings
History
Classics
Biography
Timaeus Summary
Timaeus
by Plato 112 pages
3.86
3k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Science
The Home and the World Summary
The Home and the World
by Rabindranath Tagore 1916 213 pages
3.83
5k+ ratings
Classics
India
Indian Literature
The Communist Manifesto and Other Writings Summary
The Communist Manifesto and Other Writings
by Karl Marx 2005 224 pages
3.63
1k+ ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Classics
Up from Slavery Summary
Up from Slavery
by Booker T. Washington 1900 224 pages
4.11
35k+ ratings
History
Biography
Classics
The Sonnets and A Lover's Complaint Summary
The Sonnets and A Lover's Complaint
by William Shakespeare 1609 458 pages
4.19
2k+ ratings
Poetry
Classics
Romance
Potiki Summary
Potiki
by Patricia Grace 1986 192 pages
3.88
2k+ ratings
Indigenous
Classics
Magical Realism
Far From the Madding Crowd Summary
Far From the Madding Crowd
by Thomas Hardy 1874 433 pages
3.97
100k+ ratings
Classics
Romance
Historical Fiction
True Grit Summary
True Grit
by Charles Portis 1968 224 pages
4.17
65k+ ratings
Westerns
Historical Fiction
Classics
Twelve Angry Men Summary
Twelve Angry Men
by Reginald Rose 1954 96 pages
4.07
35k+ ratings
Plays
Classics
Drama
Westworld Summary
Westworld
by Michael Crichton 1974 107 pages
3.74
2k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Thriller
Fantasy
Jock of the Bushveld Summary
Jock of the Bushveld
by J. Percy FitzPatrick 1907 280 pages
4.08
1k+ ratings
Africa
Classics
South Africa
Train to Pakistan Summary
Train to Pakistan
by Khushwant Singh 1956 181 pages
3.94
30k+ ratings
India
Historical Fiction
Classics
A Night to Remember Summary
A Night to Remember
by Walter Lord 1955 182 pages
4.09
26k+ ratings
History
Classics
Historical
Blue Bamboo Summary
Blue Bamboo
Japanese Tales of Fantasy
by Osamu Dazai 1993 184 pages
3.73
2k+ ratings
Short Stories
Japan
Japanese Literature
The Dream of a Ridiculous Man Summary
The Dream of a Ridiculous Man
by Fyodor Dostoevsky 1877 32 pages
4.03
35k+ ratings
Classics
Short Stories
Russian Literature
In the Best Families Summary
In the Best Families
by Rex Stout 1950 272 pages
4.29
4k+ ratings
Mystery
Crime
Detective
Sybil Summary
Sybil
The Classic True Story of a Woman Possessed by Sixteen Personalities
by Flora Rheta Schreiber 1973 481 pages
3.99
90k+ ratings
Psychology
Biography
Mental Health
Second Class Citizen Summary
Second Class Citizen
by Buchi Emecheta 1974 174 pages
4.09
4k+ ratings
Africa
Nigeria
African Literature
Farmer Giles of Ham Summary
Farmer Giles of Ham
by J.R.R. Tolkien 1949 127 pages
3.89
11k+ ratings
Fantasy
Classics
Short Stories
Benito Cereno Summary
Benito Cereno
by Herman Melville 1855 160 pages
3.53
9k+ ratings
Classics
Short Stories
School
The Mysterious Mr. Quin Summary
The Mysterious Mr. Quin
by Agatha Christie 1930 396 pages
3.74
16k+ ratings
Mystery
Short Stories
Crime
The Communist Manifesto Summary
The Communist Manifesto
A Graphic Novel
by Martin Rowson 2018 80 pages
3.96
500+ ratings
Graphic Novels
Politics
Comics
Lazarillo de Tormes and The Swindler Summary
Lazarillo de Tormes and The Swindler
Two Spanish Picaresque Novels
by Francisco de Quevedo 1969 240 pages
3.62
1k+ ratings
Classics
Spanish Literature
Spain
The Prelude Summary
The Prelude
by William Wordsworth 1850 704 pages
3.88
4k+ ratings
Poetry
Classics
Romanticism
Politics As a Vocation Summary
Politics As a Vocation
by Max Weber 2013 52 pages
3.81
500+ ratings
Politics
Philosophy
Sociology
The Mask of Sanity Summary
The Mask of Sanity
by Hervey M. Cleckley 1941 596 pages
4.00
1k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Mental Health
That Was Then, This Is Now Summary
That Was Then, This Is Now
by S.E. Hinton 1971 159 pages
3.93
38k+ ratings
Young Adult
Classics
Coming Of Age
Men Without Women Summary
Men Without Women
by Ernest Hemingway 1927 153 pages
3.59
14k+ ratings
Classics
Short Stories
Literature
The Gods Are Not to Blame Summary
The Gods Are Not to Blame
by Ola Rotimi 1971 72 pages
4.00
1k+ ratings
Plays
African Literature
Nigeria
Letters on Cézanne Summary
Letters on Cézanne
by Rainer Maria Rilke 1907 112 pages
4.17
500+ ratings
Art
Poetry
Classics
Devil on the Cross Summary
Devil on the Cross
by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o 1980 256 pages
3.93
1k+ ratings
Africa
Classics
Kenya
Ringworld Summary
Ringworld
by Larry Niven 1970 288 pages
3.94
100k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Classics
Science Fiction Fantasy
The Eagle of the Ninth Summary
The Eagle of the Ninth
by Rosemary Sutcliff 1954 294 pages
3.94
11k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
Young Adult
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