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Orthodoxy Summary
Orthodoxy
by G.K. Chesterton 2007 168 pages
4.19
40k+ ratings
Theology
Religion
Christian
Martin Eden Summary
Martin Eden
by Jack London 1909 480 pages
4.48
49k+ ratings
Classics
American
Literature
Number the Stars Summary
Number the Stars
by Lois Lowry 1989 137 pages
4.19
600k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Young Adult
Classics
Ancient Greece Summary
Ancient Greece
From Prehistoric to Hellenistic Times
by Thomas R. Martin 1992 254 pages
3.99
2k+ ratings
History
Ancient History
Greece
The Death of Virgil Summary
The Death of Virgil
by Hermann Broch 1945 493 pages
4.14
1k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Classics
German Literature
Shōgun, Volume 1 Summary
Shōgun, Volume 1
by James Clavell 1975 533 pages
4.53
13k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Classics
Historical
The Poetry of Pablo Neruda Summary
The Poetry of Pablo Neruda
by Pablo Neruda 1951 1040 pages
4.44
20k+ ratings
Poetry
Classics
Romance
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
30k+ ratings
Childrens
Classics
Fantasy
The Mysterious Mr. Quin Summary
The Mysterious Mr. Quin
by Agatha Christie 1930 396 pages
3.74
16k+ ratings
Mystery
Short Stories
Crime
Letters on Cézanne Summary
Letters on Cézanne
by Rainer Maria Rilke 1907 112 pages
4.18
500+ ratings
Art
Poetry
Classics
The Black Tulip Summary
The Black Tulip
by Alexandre Dumas 1850 246 pages
3.85
22k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
France
Socialism Summary
Socialism
Utopian and Scientific
by Friedrich Engels 1880 86 pages
4.24
7k+ ratings
Politics
Philosophy
Theory
Girl, Interrupted Summary
Girl, Interrupted
by Susanna Kaysen 1993 169 pages
3.94
200k+ ratings
Memoir
Mental Health
Psychology
The Mysterious Affair at Styles Summary
The Mysterious Affair at Styles
by Agatha Christie 1920 121 pages
4.00
400k+ ratings
Mystery
Agatha Christie
Classics
The Communist Manifesto Summary
The Communist Manifesto
A Graphic Novel
by Martin Rowson 2018 80 pages
3.95
500+ ratings
Graphic Novels
Politics
Comics
Roadside Picnic Summary
Roadside Picnic
by Arkady Strugatsky 1972 145 pages
4.13
79k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Russia
Classics
The Tell-Tale Heart Summary
The Tell-Tale Heart
by Edgar Allan Poe 1843 31 pages
4.24
100k+ ratings
Classics
Short Stories
Horror
The Story of my life; with her letters (1887-1901) and a supplementary account of her education, including passages from the reports and letters of her teacher, Anne Mansfield Sullivan Summary
The Story of my life; with her letters (1887-1901) and a supplementary account of her education, including passages from the reports and letters of her teacher, Anne Mansfield Sullivan
by Helen Keller 1902 79 pages
3.95
500+ ratings
Biography
Memoir
Classics
Long Day’s Journey into Night Summary
Long Day’s Journey into Night
by Eugene O'Neill 1956 179 pages
4.05
42k+ ratings
Plays
Drama
Classics
The Lost World Summary
The Lost World
by Arthur Conan Doyle 1912 272 pages
3.93
70k+ ratings
Classics
Science Fiction
Adventure
Christ in Concrete Summary
Christ in Concrete
by Pietro Di Donato 1937 236 pages
3.76
1k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Literature
Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 Summary
Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451
by Harold Bloom 2000 147 pages
4.17
1k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Classics
Literature
Books v. Cigarettes Summary
Books v. Cigarettes
by George Orwell 1946 126 pages
3.83
8k+ ratings
Essays
Classics
Philosophy
Blue Bamboo Summary
Blue Bamboo
Japanese Tales of Fantasy
by Osamu Dazai 1993 184 pages
3.72
2k+ ratings
Short Stories
Japan
Japanese Literature
Tropic of Cancer Summary
Tropic of Cancer
by Henry Miller 1934 318 pages
3.66
75k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
Novels
The Reader Summary
The Reader
by Bernhard Schlink 1995 216 pages
3.78
200k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Classics
German Literature
The Hobbit Summary
The Hobbit
by Chuck Dixon 1989 133 pages
4.51
200k+ ratings
Fantasy
Graphic Novels
Classics
Hopscotch Summary
Hopscotch
by Julio Cortázar 1963 564 pages
4.20
46k+ ratings
Classics
Spanish Literature
Literature
Prometheus Unbound Summary
Prometheus Unbound
by Percy Bysshe Shelley 1820 112 pages
3.76
2k+ ratings
Poetry
Classics
Plays
Green Eggs and Ham Summary
Green Eggs and Ham
by Dr. Seuss 1960 64 pages
4.31
800k+ ratings
Childrens
Picture Books
Classics
Caligula and Three Other Plays Summary
Caligula and Three Other Plays
by Albert Camus 1949 302 pages
4.05
2k+ ratings
Plays
Drama
Philosophy
The Everlasting Man Summary
The Everlasting Man
by G.K. Chesterton 1925 260 pages
4.16
10k+ ratings
Theology
Religion
Philosophy
How to Keep Your Cool Summary
How to Keep Your Cool
An Ancient Guide to Anger Management
by Seneca 2019 240 pages
3.85
1k+ ratings
Philosophy
Self Help
Classics
Sita Summary
Sita
An Illustrated Retelling of the Ramayana
by Devdutt Pattanaik 2013 328 pages
4.09
8k+ ratings
Mythology
India
Indian Literature
The Golden Notebook Summary
The Golden Notebook
by Doris Lessing 1962 640 pages
3.77
24k+ ratings
Classics
Feminism
Literature
Moonraker Summary
Moonraker
by Ian Fleming 1955 247 pages
3.81
29k+ ratings
Thriller
Espionage
Mystery
The Case Against Satan Summary
The Case Against Satan
by Ray Russell 1962 140 pages
3.69
2k+ ratings
Horror
Classics
Gothic
Tales of Edgar Allan Poe Summary
Tales of Edgar Allan Poe
by Edgar Allan Poe 1849 304 pages
4.20
9k+ ratings
Classics
Horror
Short Stories
The Concept of Mind Summary
The Concept of Mind
by Gilbert Ryle 1949 348 pages
3.93
1k+ ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Science
The Diaries of Franz Kafka Summary
The Diaries of Franz Kafka
1910-1913
by Franz Kafka 1948 345 pages
4.21
100+ ratings
Classics
Memoir
Diary
Paradise Lost and Paradise Regained Summary
Paradise Lost and Paradise Regained
by John Milton 1667 400 pages
4.07
7k+ ratings
Classics
Poetry
Literature
Marcovaldo Summary
Marcovaldo
by Italo Calvino 1963 128 pages
3.83
15k+ ratings
Short Stories
Italian Literature
Classics
Down and Out in Paris and London Summary
Down and Out in Paris and London
by George Orwell 1933 213 pages
4.09
96k+ ratings
Classics
Memoir
Biography
The Pleasures of the Damned Summary
The Pleasures of the Damned
by Charles Bukowski 2007 557 pages
4.35
6k+ ratings
Poetry
Classics
American
The Secret of the Old Clock Summary
The Secret of the Old Clock
by Carolyn Keene 1930 210 pages
3.98
81k+ ratings
Mystery
Young Adult
Classics
In the Best Families Summary
In the Best Families
by Rex Stout 1950 272 pages
4.29
4k+ ratings
Mystery
Crime
Detective
Life Summary
Life
A User's Manual
by Georges Perec 1978 581 pages
4.18
9k+ ratings
France
Classics
French Literature
On the Incarnation Summary
On the Incarnation
by Athanasius of Alexandria 120 pages
4.35
14k+ ratings
Theology
Christian
Christianity
Grief Lessons Summary
Grief Lessons
Four Plays by Euripides
by Anne Carson 312 pages
4.37
1k+ ratings
Plays
Classics
Poetry
The Raven Summary
The Raven
by Edgar Allan Poe 1845 64 pages
4.29
100k+ ratings
Classics
Poetry
Horror
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