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On the Incarnation Summary
On the Incarnation
by Athanasius of Alexandria 120 pages
4.35
14k+ ratings
Theology
Christian
Christianity
A Wrinkle in Time Summary
A Wrinkle in Time
by Madeleine L'Engle 1962 218 pages
3.98
1.2M+ ratings
Fantasy
Classics
Young Adult
The Double Summary
The Double
by Fyodor Dostoevsky 1846 144 pages
3.67
39k+ ratings
Classics
Russian Literature
Russia
The House of God Summary
The House of God
by Samuel Shem 1978 397 pages
3.85
26k+ ratings
Medicine
Medical
Humor
The Joke and Its Relation to the Unconscious Summary
The Joke and Its Relation to the Unconscious
by Sigmund Freud 1905 229 pages
3.69
1k+ ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Psychoanalysis
A Study in Scarlet and The Sign of Four Summary
A Study in Scarlet and The Sign of Four
by Arthur Conan Doyle 2003 192 pages
4.14
10k+ ratings
Mystery
Crime
Classics
Northanger Abbey Summary
Northanger Abbey
by Jane Austen 1817 260 pages
3.85
400k+ ratings
Classics
Gothic
Historical Fiction
Homage to Catalonia Summary
Homage to Catalonia
by George Orwell 1938 232 pages
4.09
67k+ ratings
History
Politics
Classics
Eva Luna Summary
Eva Luna
by Isabel Allende 1987 307 pages
4.00
56k+ ratings
Magical Realism
Historical Fiction
Classics
The Old Capital Summary
The Old Capital
by Yasunari Kawabata 1962 160 pages
3.73
7k+ ratings
Japan
Japanese Literature
Classics
Space Trilogy Summary
Space Trilogy
Out of the Silent Planet / Perelandra / That Hideous Strength
by C.S. Lewis 1938 764 pages
4.18
11k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Fantasy
Classics
Ishmael Summary
Ishmael
An Adventure of the Mind and Spirit
by Daniel Quinn 1992 266 pages
4.01
100k+ ratings
Philosophy
Spirituality
Classics
A Scanner Darkly Summary
A Scanner Darkly
by Philip K. Dick 1977 324 pages
4.03
100k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Dystopia
Classics
The Mysterious Island Summary
The Mysterious Island
by Jules Verne 1874 723 pages
4.13
57k+ ratings
Classics
Science Fiction
Adventure
From the Earth to the Moon Summary
From the Earth to the Moon
by Jules Verne 1865 136 pages
3.76
38k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Classics
Adventure
The Call of the Wild / White Fang Summary
The Call of the Wild / White Fang
by Jack London 1906 292 pages
4.12
78k+ ratings
Classics
Adventure
Animals
The Anti-Christ Summary
The Anti-Christ
by Friedrich Nietzsche 1895 126 pages
3.89
31k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Religion
The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays Summary
The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays
by Albert Camus 1942 212 pages
4.22
62k+ 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
18k+ ratings
Classics
Poetry
Literature
The Black Cat Summary
The Black Cat
by Edgar Allan Poe 1843 24 pages
4.03
53k+ ratings
Classics
Horror
Short Stories
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass Summary
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
by Frederick Douglass 1845 158 pages
4.12
100k+ ratings
History
Classics
Biography
A Writer's Diary Summary
A Writer's Diary
by Virginia Woolf 1953 355 pages
4.16
6k+ ratings
Writing
Classics
Biography
Three Blind Mice and Other Stories Summary
Three Blind Mice and Other Stories
by Agatha Christie 1950 288 pages
3.80
19k+ ratings
Mystery
Short Stories
Crime
Charmides Summary
Charmides
by Plato 64 pages
3.55
1k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Ancient
The Cay Summary
The Cay
by Theodore Taylor 1969 156 pages
3.79
37k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Young Adult
Classics
Islands in the Stream Summary
Islands in the Stream
by Ernest Hemingway 1970 448 pages
3.88
16k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
Novels
Thug Notes Summary
Thug Notes
A Street-Smart Guide to Classic Literature
by Sparky Sweets 2015 304 pages
3.96
500+ ratings
Humor
Classics
Literature
For the New Intellectual Summary
For the New Intellectual
The Philosophy of Ayn Rand
by Ayn Rand 1961 224 pages
3.70
3k+ ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Classics
Slouching Towards Bethlehem Summary
Slouching Towards Bethlehem
by Joan Didion 1968 238 pages
4.19
76k+ ratings
Essays
Memoir
Classics
The Metamorphosis and Other Stories Summary
The Metamorphosis and Other Stories
by Franz Kafka 1996 88 pages
3.85
4k+ ratings
Classics
Short Stories
Literature
Moby Dick Summary
Moby Dick
by Rod Espinosa 1851
3.55
5k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
Novels
Run With the Hunted Summary
Run With the Hunted
A Charles Bukowski Reader
by Charles Bukowski 1994 497 pages
4.26
4k+ ratings
Poetry
Short Stories
Literature
Pushing to the Front or Success Under Difficulties Summary
Pushing to the Front or Success Under Difficulties
by Orison Swett Marden 1894 424 pages
4.34
100+ ratings
Self Help
Business
Leadership
The Real Thing Summary
The Real Thing
by Tom Stoppard 1982 81 pages
3.90
4k+ ratings
Plays
Drama
Theatre
The White Company Summary
The White Company
by Arthur Conan Doyle 1891 416 pages
3.89
4k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Classics
Adventure
Mystery of the Whale Tattoo Summary
Mystery of the Whale Tattoo
by Franklin W. Dixon 1967 192 pages
3.77
1k+ ratings
Mystery
Young Adult
Childrens
Phenomenology of Perception Summary
Phenomenology of Perception
by Maurice Merleau-Ponty 1945 544 pages
4.17
6k+ ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Theory
City of Glass Summary
City of Glass
by Paul Auster 1985 203 pages
3.76
22k+ ratings
Mystery
Classics
Literature
The Poet's Guide to Life Summary
The Poet's Guide to Life
The Wisdom of Rilke
by Rainer Maria Rilke 2005 215 pages
4.13
100+ ratings
Poetry
Philosophy
Literature
The Giving Tree Summary
The Giving Tree
by Shel Silverstein 1964 64 pages
4.38
1.1M+ ratings
Childrens
Classics
Picture Books
An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding Summary
An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding
by David Hume 1748 96 pages
3.94
21k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Psychology
The Essential Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe Summary
The Essential Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe
by Edgar Allan Poe 1843 688 pages
4.36
69k+ ratings
Classics
Poetry
Horror
The Labyrinth of Solitude and Other Writings Summary
The Labyrinth of Solitude and Other Writings
by Octavio Paz 1950 398 pages
4.10
14k+ ratings
Essays
History
Philosophy
The Canterbury Tales Summary
The Canterbury Tales
A Retelling
by Peter Ackroyd 2009 436 pages
3.56
2k+ ratings
Classics
Poetry
Historical Fiction
The Kalevala Summary
The Kalevala
by Elias Lönnrot 1835 679 pages
4.05
5k+ ratings
Poetry
Mythology
Classics
The Yellow Wall-Paper Summary
The Yellow Wall-Paper
by Charlotte Perkins Gilman 1892 54 pages
4.07
9k+ ratings
Classics
Short Stories
Horror
Meditations on First Philosophy Summary
Meditations on First Philosophy
by René Descartes 1641 59 pages
3.74
28k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
France
Hell House Summary
Hell House
by Richard Matheson 1971 301 pages
3.71
58k+ ratings
Horror
Paranormal
Classics
The Old Man Who Read Love Stories Summary
The Old Man Who Read Love Stories
by Luis Sepúlveda 1988 144 pages
3.93
28k+ ratings
Classics
Spanish Literature
Novels
The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath Summary
The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath
by Sylvia Plath 2000 732 pages
4.27
25k+ ratings
Classics
Poetry
Memoir
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