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Observations on the Feeling of the Beautiful and Sublime Summary
Observations on the Feeling of the Beautiful and Sublime
by Immanuel Kant 1764 124 pages
3.56
1.1K ratings
Philosophy
Art
German Literature
Bartleby the Scrivener Summary
Bartleby the Scrivener
by Herman Melville 1853 64 pages
3.93
71.0K ratings
Classics
Short Stories
Literature
The Shadow of the Torturer Summary
The Shadow of the Torturer
by Gene Wolfe 1980 262 pages
3.84
33.1K ratings
Fantasy
Science Fiction
Science Fiction Fantasy
Emile, or On Education Summary
Emile, or On Education
by Jean-Jacques Rousseau 1762 501 pages
3.58
5.2K ratings
Philosophy
Education
Classics
A Study of History, Abridgement of Vols 1-6 Summary
A Study of History, Abridgement of Vols 1-6
by Arnold J. Toynbee 1947 640 pages
4.10
519 ratings
History
Philosophy
World History
The Diaries of Franz Kafka Summary
The Diaries of Franz Kafka
1910-1913
by Franz Kafka 1948 345 pages
4.21
241 ratings
Classics
Memoir
Diary
The Sonnets and A Lover's Complaint Summary
The Sonnets and A Lover's Complaint
by William Shakespeare 1609 458 pages
4.19
2.8K ratings
Poetry
Classics
Romance
Farmer Giles of Ham Summary
Farmer Giles of Ham
by J.R.R. Tolkien 1949 127 pages
3.89
11.8K ratings
Fantasy
Classics
Short Stories
Angela’s Ashes Summary
Angela’s Ashes
by Frank McCourt 1996 452 pages
4.15
648.3K ratings
Memoir
Biography
Classics
A Tale of Two Cities / Great Expectations Summary
A Tale of Two Cities / Great Expectations
by Charles Dickens 1859 834 pages
4.02
17.4K ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Literature
Beyond Good and Evil and The Genealogy of Morals Summary
Beyond Good and Evil and The Genealogy of Morals
by Friedrich Nietzsche 1887 450 pages
4.16
420 ratings
Philosophy
Classics
German Literature
The Complete Sherlock Holmes Summary
The Complete Sherlock Holmes
by Arthur Conan Doyle 1927 1796 pages
4.50
213.4K ratings
Classics
Mystery
Crime
Six Characters in Search of an Author Summary
Six Characters in Search of an Author
by Luigi Pirandello 1921 64 pages
3.83
21.7K ratings
Plays
Classics
Drama
Eugene Onegin Summary
Eugene Onegin
by Alexander Pushkin 1833 240 pages
4.10
68.4K ratings
Classics
Poetry
Russia
Ramona Forever Summary
Ramona Forever
by Beverly Cleary 1984 150 pages
4.08
34.9K ratings
Childrens
Middle Grade
Realistic Fiction
The Wind in the Willows Summary
The Wind in the Willows
by Kenneth Grahame 1908 197 pages
4.02
232.8K ratings
Classics
Childrens
Fantasy
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Summary
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
by Mark Twain 1876 244 pages
3.92
987.0K ratings
Classics
Adventure
Historical Fiction
The Missing Piece Summary
The Missing Piece
by Shel Silverstein 1976 112 pages
4.28
31.0K ratings
Poetry
Childrens
Picture Books
Green Eggs and Ham Summary
Green Eggs and Ham
by Dr. Seuss 1960 64 pages
4.31
822.6K ratings
Childrens
Picture Books
Classics
The Lost World Summary
The Lost World
by Arthur Conan Doyle 1912 272 pages
3.93
70.7K ratings
Classics
Science Fiction
Adventure
Rights of Man, Common Sense and Other Political Writings Summary
Rights of Man, Common Sense and Other Political Writings
by Thomas Paine 1776 544 pages
4.02
501 ratings
Politics
Philosophy
History
The Last Battle Summary
The Last Battle
by C.S. Lewis 1956 288 pages
4.01
294.9K ratings
Fantasy
Classics
Young Adult
Preface to Shakespeare Summary
Preface to Shakespeare
by Samuel Johnson 1778 68 pages
3.61
356 ratings
Classics
Literary Criticism
Essays
The Life of a Stupid Man Summary
The Life of a Stupid Man
by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa 1927 55 pages
3.69
9.2K ratings
Classics
Short Stories
Japanese Literature
Tropic of Cancer Summary
Tropic of Cancer
by Henry Miller 1934 318 pages
3.66
76.0K ratings
Classics
Literature
Novels
The Stoic Summary
The Stoic
by Theodore Dreiser 1947 334 pages
4.35
2.9K ratings
Classics
Novels
American
The Story of a Seagull and the Cat Who Taught Her to Fly Summary
The Story of a Seagull and the Cat Who Taught Her to Fly
by Luis Sepúlveda 1996 128 pages
4.23
30.4K ratings
Childrens
Classics
Fantasy
The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Summary
The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
by Douglas Adams 1996 815 pages
4.38
333.2K ratings
Science Fiction
Humor
Fantasy
Naked Lunch Summary
Naked Lunch
The Restored Text
by William S. Burroughs 1959 289 pages
3.46
96.2K ratings
Classics
Literature
Novels
The Witches Summary
The Witches
by Roald Dahl 1981 208 pages
4.18
417.3K ratings
Fantasy
Childrens
Classics
Nervous Conditions Summary
Nervous Conditions
by Tsitsi Dangarembga 1988 204 pages
4.04
21.8K ratings
Historical Fiction
Zimbabwe
Feminism
Middlemarch Summary
Middlemarch
by George Eliot 1872 912 pages
4.03
173.3K ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Literature
Far From the Madding Crowd Summary
Far From the Madding Crowd
by Thomas Hardy 1874 433 pages
3.97
161.5K ratings
Classics
Romance
Historical Fiction
Long Walk to Freedom - Volume 2 Summary
Long Walk to Freedom - Volume 2
1962 - 1994
by Nelson Mandela 2003 450 pages
4.41
572 ratings
Biography
History
Africa
Jock of the Bushveld Summary
Jock of the Bushveld
by J. Percy FitzPatrick 1907 280 pages
4.08
1.5K ratings
Africa
Classics
South Africa
The Mysterious Affair at Styles Summary
The Mysterious Affair at Styles
by Agatha Christie 1920 121 pages
4.00
475.1K ratings
Mystery
Agatha Christie
Classics
The Religious Affections Summary
The Religious Affections
by Jonathan Edwards 1746 382 pages
4.24
6.1K ratings
Theology
Christian
Christianity
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
1.2K ratings
Classics
Spanish Literature
Spain
Slouching Towards Bethlehem Summary
Slouching Towards Bethlehem
by Joan Didion 1968 238 pages
4.19
76.7K ratings
Essays
Memoir
Classics
سینوهه Summary
سینوهه
by Mika Waltari 1945 904 pages
4.22
26.6K ratings
Historical Fiction
Classics
Historical
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies Summary
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
by Seth Grahame-Smith 2009 320 pages
3.32
141.1K ratings
Horror
Fantasy
Zombies
Tragedy, the Greeks, and Us Summary
Tragedy, the Greeks, and Us
by Simon Critchley 2019 336 pages
3.89
342 ratings
Philosophy
History
Literary Criticism
Kindred Summary
Kindred
by Octavia E. Butler 1979 288 pages
4.31
251.8K ratings
Historical Fiction
Science Fiction
Fantasy
Cyrano de Bergerac Summary
Cyrano de Bergerac
by Edmond Rostand 1897 240 pages
4.06
88.7K ratings
Classics
Plays
Drama
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court Summary
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
by Mark Twain 1889 480 pages
3.77
106.3K ratings
Classics
Fantasy
Historical Fiction
The Concept of Mind Summary
The Concept of Mind
by Gilbert Ryle 1949 348 pages
3.93
1.7K ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Science
Go Set a Watchman Summary
Go Set a Watchman
by Harper Lee 2015 278 pages
3.31
285.0K ratings
Historical Fiction
Classics
Book Club
In the First Circle Summary
In the First Circle
by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn 1968 742 pages
4.36
1.7K ratings
Russia
Classics
Literature
Confucius from the Heart Summary
Confucius from the Heart
by Dan YU 2006 192 pages
3.76
655 ratings
Philosophy
China
Self Help
The Reader Summary
The Reader
by Bernhard Schlink 1995 216 pages
3.78
224.0K ratings
Historical Fiction
Classics
German Literature
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