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The Metamorphosis and Other Stories Summary
The Metamorphosis and Other Stories
by Franz Kafka 1996 88 pages
3.85
4.9K ratings
Classics
Short Stories
Literature
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
1.6K ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Psychoanalysis
A Short History of the World Summary
A Short History of the World
by H.G. Wells 1922 371 pages
3.86
2.8K ratings
History
Classics
World History
The Wisdom of the Heart Summary
The Wisdom of the Heart
by Henry Miller 1941 250 pages
4.03
651 ratings
Essays
Philosophy
Writing
The Rig Veda Summary
The Rig Veda
by Anonymous 1001 352 pages
3.92
1.7K ratings
Religion
Philosophy
Hinduism
The First Circle Summary
The First Circle
by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn 1968 580 pages
4.24
8.2K ratings
Classics
Russia
Russian Literature
The Call of the Wild / White Fang Summary
The Call of the Wild / White Fang
by Jack London 1906 292 pages
4.12
78.4K ratings
Classics
Adventure
Animals
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Volume III Summary
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Volume III
by Edward Gibbon 1788 1360 pages
4.25
1.4K ratings
History
Classics
Ancient History
The White Company Summary
The White Company
by Arthur Conan Doyle 1891 416 pages
3.89
4.7K ratings
Historical Fiction
Classics
Adventure
Civil Disobedience and Other Essays Summary
Civil Disobedience and Other Essays
by Henry David Thoreau 1866 188 pages
4.06
17.5K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Politics
The Price of Salt Summary
The Price of Salt
by Claire Morgan 1952 262 pages
4.02
79.3K ratings
Romance
Lesbian
Classics
Blue Bamboo Summary
Blue Bamboo
Japanese Tales of Fantasy
by Osamu Dazai 1993 184 pages
3.72
2.9K ratings
Short Stories
Japan
Japanese Literature
The Hobbit Summary
The Hobbit
by Chuck Dixon 1989 133 pages
4.51
260.3K ratings
Fantasy
Graphic Novels
Classics
The Art of The Fellowship of the Ring Summary
The Art of The Fellowship of the Ring
by Gary Russell 2002 192 pages
4.61
193.8K ratings
Fantasy
Art
Classics
The Secret of the Old Clock Summary
The Secret of the Old Clock
by Carolyn Keene 1930 210 pages
3.98
81.8K ratings
Mystery
Young Adult
Classics
Tales of Edgar Allan Poe Summary
Tales of Edgar Allan Poe
by Edgar Allan Poe 1849 304 pages
4.20
9.4K ratings
Classics
Horror
Short Stories
Shōgun, Volume 1 Summary
Shōgun, Volume 1
by James Clavell 1975 533 pages
4.53
13.5K ratings
Historical Fiction
Classics
Historical
The Communist Manifesto and Other Writings Summary
The Communist Manifesto and Other Writings
by Karl Marx 2005 224 pages
3.63
1.9K ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Classics
Letters on Cézanne Summary
Letters on Cézanne
by Rainer Maria Rilke 1907 112 pages
4.18
897 ratings
Art
Poetry
Classics
Foundation and Empire Summary
Foundation and Empire
by Isaac Asimov 1952 256 pages
4.22
218.1K ratings
Science Fiction
Classics
Science Fiction Fantasy
The Complete Sherlock Holmes Summary
The Complete Sherlock Holmes
Volume II
by Arthur Conan Doyle 1914 709 pages
4.48
81.1K ratings
Classics
Mystery
Short Stories
The Campaigns of Alexander Summary
The Campaigns of Alexander
by Arrian 430 pages
4.16
5.2K ratings
History
Classics
Biography
Are You My Mother? Summary
Are You My Mother?
by P.D. Eastman 1960 64 pages
4.22
249.7K ratings
Childrens
Picture Books
Animals
The Professor Summary
The Professor
by Charlotte Brontë 1857 269 pages
3.54
28.6K ratings
Classics
Romance
Victorian
Eva Luna Summary
Eva Luna
by Isabel Allende 1987 307 pages
4.00
56.8K ratings
Magical Realism
Historical Fiction
Classics
Life and Fate Summary
Life and Fate
by Vasily Grossman 1960 864 pages
4.45
14.5K ratings
Classics
Russia
Historical Fiction
And Then There Were None Summary
And Then There Were None
A Mystery Play in Three Acts
by Agatha Christie 1944 95 pages
4.25
2.1K ratings
Plays
Mystery
Agatha Christie
Homage to Catalonia Summary
Homage to Catalonia
by George Orwell 1938 232 pages
4.09
67.2K ratings
History
Politics
Classics
The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales Summary
The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales
by Jacob Grimm 1812 880 pages
4.23
218.1K ratings
Classics
Fantasy
Short Stories
Mount Analogue Summary
Mount Analogue
by René Daumal 1952 120 pages
4.10
2.9K ratings
Philosophy
France
Novels
The Mysterious Mr. Quin Summary
The Mysterious Mr. Quin
by Agatha Christie 1930 396 pages
3.74
16.7K ratings
Mystery
Short Stories
Crime
Grief Lessons Summary
Grief Lessons
Four Plays by Euripides
by Anne Carson 312 pages
4.37
2.0K ratings
Plays
Classics
Poetry
Aristotle’s Way Summary
Aristotle’s Way
How Ancient Wisdom Can Change Your Life
by Edith Hall 2018 336 pages
3.67
1.6K ratings
Philosophy
Self Help
History
The Essays of Ralph Waldo Emerson Summary
The Essays of Ralph Waldo Emerson
by Ralph Waldo Emerson 1844 398 pages
4.23
2.7K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Essays
Run With the Hunted Summary
Run With the Hunted
A Charles Bukowski Reader
by Charles Bukowski 1994 497 pages
4.26
4.5K ratings
Poetry
Short Stories
Literature
From the Earth to the Moon Summary
From the Earth to the Moon
by Jules Verne 1865 136 pages
3.76
38.0K ratings
Science Fiction
Classics
Adventure
Thug Notes Summary
Thug Notes
A Street-Smart Guide to Classic Literature
by Sparky Sweets 2015 304 pages
3.96
558 ratings
Humor
Classics
Literature
Space Trilogy Summary
Space Trilogy
Out of the Silent Planet / Perelandra / That Hideous Strength
by C.S. Lewis 1938 764 pages
4.18
11.6K ratings
Science Fiction
Fantasy
Classics
The Communist Manifesto Summary
The Communist Manifesto
A Graphic Novel
by Martin Rowson 2018 80 pages
3.95
690 ratings
Graphic Novels
Politics
Comics
Corpus Hermeticum Summary
Corpus Hermeticum
The Divine Pymander
by Hermes Trismegistus 70 pages
4.18
663 ratings
Philosophy
Occult
Religion
The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath Summary
The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath
by Sylvia Plath 2000 732 pages
4.27
25.1K ratings
Classics
Poetry
Memoir
L'arte di essere felici Summary
L'arte di essere felici
by Seneca 128 pages
3.84
3.7K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Self Help
The Cay Summary
The Cay
by Theodore Taylor 1969 156 pages
3.79
37.6K ratings
Historical Fiction
Young Adult
Classics
War with the Newts Summary
War with the Newts
by Karel Čapek 1936 241 pages
4.17
16.5K ratings
Science Fiction
Classics
Czech Literature
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
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass Summary
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
by Frederick Douglass 1845 158 pages
4.12
131.0K ratings
History
Classics
Biography
For the New Intellectual Summary
For the New Intellectual
The Philosophy of Ayn Rand
by Ayn Rand 1961 224 pages
3.70
3.4K ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Classics
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
10.2K ratings
Mystery
Crime
Classics
The Mystery of the Yellow Room Summary
The Mystery of the Yellow Room
by Gaston Leroux 1907 192 pages
3.65
13.3K ratings
Mystery
Classics
Crime
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
528 ratings
Biography
Memoir
Classics
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