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The Outsider Summary
The Outsider
by Colin Wilson 1956 320 pages
4.03
4.4K ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Sociology
The Awakening Summary
The Awakening
by Kate Chopin 1899 195 pages
3.68
220.6K ratings
Classics
Feminism
School
Cancer Ward Summary
Cancer Ward
by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn 1967 576 pages
4.26
17.4K ratings
Classics
Russia
Russian Literature
Don Juan Summary
Don Juan
by Molière 1665 146 pages
3.55
16.8K ratings
Classics
Plays
France
Socialism Summary
Socialism
Utopian and Scientific
by Friedrich Engels 1880 86 pages
4.24
7.8K ratings
Politics
Philosophy
Theory
The Death of Artemio Cruz Summary
The Death of Artemio Cruz
by Carlos Fuentes 1962 307 pages
3.86
11.3K ratings
Spanish Literature
Classics
Latin American
The Book of Laughter and Forgetting Summary
The Book of Laughter and Forgetting
by Milan Kundera 1979 313 pages
3.95
52.5K ratings
Czech Literature
Classics
Literature
Hopscotch Summary
Hopscotch
by Julio Cortázar 1963 564 pages
4.20
46.6K ratings
Classics
Spanish Literature
Literature
Moby Dick Summary
Moby Dick
by Christophe Chabouté 2014 256 pages
4.09
1.4K ratings
Comics
Graphic Novels
Classics
How to Be Free Summary
How to Be Free
An Ancient Guide to the Stoic Life
by Epictetus 2018 173 pages
4.10
2.3K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Self Help
The Magic Ladder to Success Summary
The Magic Ladder to Success
by Napoleon Hill 2002 224 pages
3.92
523 ratings
Self Help
Business
Personal Development
Amintiri din copilărie Summary
Amintiri din copilărie
by Ion Creangă 1877 130 pages
3.79
6.8K ratings
Romanian Literature
Classics
School
Christ in Concrete Summary
Christ in Concrete
by Pietro Di Donato 1937 236 pages
3.76
1.1K ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Literature
Books v. Cigarettes Summary
Books v. Cigarettes
by George Orwell 1946 126 pages
3.83
8.2K ratings
Essays
Classics
Philosophy
The House of God Summary
The House of God
by Samuel Shem 1978 397 pages
3.85
27.0K ratings
Medicine
Medical
Humor
The Taming of the Shrew Summary
The Taming of the Shrew
by William Shakespeare 1593 291 pages
3.74
177.4K ratings
Classics
Plays
Drama
Bulfinch's Mythology Summary
Bulfinch's Mythology
by Thomas Bulfinch 1855 862 pages
4.14
12.1K ratings
Mythology
Classics
Fantasy
Three Blind Mice and Other Stories Summary
Three Blind Mice and Other Stories
by Agatha Christie 1950 288 pages
3.80
19.4K ratings
Mystery
Short Stories
Crime
Self-Reliance and Other Essays Summary
Self-Reliance and Other Essays
by Ralph Waldo Emerson 1844 117 pages
4.12
20.0K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Essays
You Get So Alone at Times That it Just Makes Sense Summary
You Get So Alone at Times That it Just Makes Sense
by Charles Bukowski 1986 320 pages
4.17
18.8K ratings
Classics
Poetry
Literature
Paradise Lost and Paradise Regained Summary
Paradise Lost and Paradise Regained
by John Milton 1667 400 pages
4.07
7.8K ratings
Classics
Poetry
Literature
Long Day’s Journey into Night Summary
Long Day’s Journey into Night
by Eugene O'Neill 1956 179 pages
4.05
42.2K ratings
Plays
Drama
Classics
Immortality Summary
Immortality
by Milan Kundera 1990 400 pages
4.14
41.5K ratings
Philosophy
Czech Literature
Novels
Atlantis Summary
Atlantis
The Antediluvian World
by Ignatius L. Donnelly 1882 490 pages
3.65
686 ratings
History
Mythology
Classics
Heroes Summary
Heroes
Mortals and Monsters, Quests and Adventures
by Stephen Fry 2018 415 pages
4.31
54.4K ratings
Mythology
History
Greek Mythology
The Horse Whisperer Summary
The Horse Whisperer
by Nicholas Evans 1995 451 pages
3.85
60.4K ratings
Romance
Animals
Horses
Kidnapped Summary
Kidnapped
by Robert Louis Stevenson 1886 288 pages
3.79
66.7K ratings
Classics
Adventure
Historical Fiction
The Poetry of Pablo Neruda Summary
The Poetry of Pablo Neruda
by Pablo Neruda 1951 1040 pages
4.44
20.2K ratings
Poetry
Classics
Romance
How to Have a Life Summary
How to Have a Life
An Ancient Guide to Using Our Time Wisely
by Seneca 200 pages
3.90
325 ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Personal Development
Lectures of Col. Robert Green Ingersoll Summary
Lectures of Col. Robert Green Ingersoll
by Robert G. Ingersoll 1942 334 pages
4.59
118 ratings
Philosophy
Skepticism
Religion
Ishmael Summary
Ishmael
An Adventure of the Mind and Spirit
by Daniel Quinn 1992 266 pages
4.01
101.8K ratings
Philosophy
Spirituality
Classics
Men Without Women Summary
Men Without Women
by Ernest Hemingway 1927 153 pages
3.59
14.9K ratings
Classics
Short Stories
Literature
Less Than Zero Summary
Less Than Zero
by Bret Easton Ellis 1985 208 pages
3.60
93.8K ratings
Contemporary
Novels
Classics
Up from Slavery Summary
Up from Slavery
by Booker T. Washington 1900 224 pages
4.11
35.4K ratings
History
Biography
Classics
Briefly Summary
Briefly
Aristotle's The Nicomachean Ethics: Book I-III, VI and X
by David Mills Daniel 2007 96 pages
3.80
202 ratings
Philosophy
Classics
College
Letter to a Child Never Born Summary
Letter to a Child Never Born
by Oriana Fallaci 1975 128 pages
4.01
22.8K ratings
Novels
Feminism
Italian Literature
Ozma of Oz Summary
Ozma of Oz
by L. Frank Baum 1907 188 pages
3.95
26.4K ratings
Fantasy
Classics
Childrens
Better Homes and Gardens New Cook Book Summary
Better Homes and Gardens New Cook Book
by Better Homes and Gardens 1953 576 pages
4.15
138.0K ratings
Cookbooks
Cooking
Food
City of Glass Summary
City of Glass
by Paul Auster 1985 203 pages
3.76
22.7K ratings
Mystery
Classics
Literature
The Golden Notebook Summary
The Golden Notebook
by Doris Lessing 1962 640 pages
3.77
24.0K ratings
Classics
Feminism
Literature
The Basketball Diaries Summary
The Basketball Diaries
by Jim Carroll 1978 224 pages
3.99
31.4K ratings
Memoir
Biography
Autobiography
Uncle Tom’s Cabin Summary
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
by Harriet Beecher Stowe 1852 438 pages
3.91
237.8K ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Literature
The Little Locksmith Summary
The Little Locksmith
by Katharine Butler Hathaway 1943 272 pages
3.66
1.2K ratings
Memoir
Classics
Biography
The Two Gentlemen of Verona Summary
The Two Gentlemen of Verona
by William Shakespeare 1594 245 pages
3.39
16.6K ratings
Classics
Plays
Drama
Westworld Summary
Westworld
by Michael Crichton 1974 107 pages
3.73
2.2K ratings
Science Fiction
Thriller
Fantasy
The Transit of Venus Summary
The Transit of Venus
by Shirley Hazzard 1980 337 pages
4.00
4.8K ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Australia
The Anti-Christ Summary
The Anti-Christ
by Friedrich Nietzsche 1895 126 pages
3.89
31.1K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Religion
All Things Wise and Wonderful Summary
All Things Wise and Wonderful
by James Herriot 1978 448 pages
4.45
36.8K ratings
Animals
Memoir
Biography
A Hero of Our Time Summary
A Hero of Our Time
by Mikhail Lermontov 1839 185 pages
4.11
62.0K ratings
Classics
Russia
Russian Literature
To Build a Fire Summary
To Build a Fire
by Jack London 1902 32 pages
3.98
25.6K ratings
Short Stories
Classics
Adventure
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