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How to Be a Friend Summary
How to Be a Friend
An Ancient Guide to True Friendship (Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers)
by Marcus Tullius Cicero 2018 208 pages
3.88
2k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
History
The Art of Happiness (Penguin Classics) Summary
The Art of Happiness (Penguin Classics)
by Epicurus 2012 266 pages
3.85
3k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Self Help
Escape from Freedom Summary
Escape from Freedom
by Erich Fromm 2013 32 pages
4.26
14k+ ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Politics
Concise Laws Of Human Nature Summary
Concise Laws Of Human Nature
by Robert Greene 2020 320 pages
4.13
500+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Personal Development
Ancient Philosophy Summary
Ancient Philosophy
A Very Short Introduction
by Julia Annas 2001 144 pages
3.62
500+ ratings
Philosophy
History
Classics
How to Tell a Joke Summary
How to Tell a Joke
An Ancient Guide to the Art of Humor (Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers)
by Marcus Tullius Cicero 2021 328 pages
3.26
100+ ratings
Philosophy
Humor
History
The Art of War Summary
The Art of War
by Sun Tzu 2021 180 pages
3.96
400k+ ratings
Philosophy
History
War
My Religion - What I Believe Summary
My Religion - What I Believe
by Leo Nikolayevich Tolstoy 2010 188 pages
4.08
500+ ratings
Philosophy
Religion
Russia
Self-Reliance (Annotated) Summary
Self-Reliance (Annotated)
by Ralph Waldo Emerson 2019 54 pages
4
9k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Essays
The Emperor's Handbook Summary
The Emperor's Handbook
A New Translation of The Meditations
by Marcus Aurelius 2002 160 pages
4.28
200k+ ratings
Philosophy
History
Self Help
The Inner Citadel Summary
The Inner Citadel
The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius
by Pierre Hadot 2001 368 pages
4.41
1k+ ratings
Philosophy
History
Self Help
Letters to a Young Poet Summary
Letters to a Young Poet
by Rainer Maria Rilke 1993 74 pages
4.29
95k+ ratings
Poetry
Classics
Philosophy
The Magic Ladder to Success Summary
The Magic Ladder to Success
by Napoleon Hill 2009 224 pages
3.95
100+ ratings
Self Help
Business
Personal Development
As You Think Summary
As You Think
Second Edition
by James Allen 2010 59 pages
4.11
1k+ ratings
Self Help
Philosophy
Psychology
The Story of Philosophy Summary
The Story of Philosophy
The Lives and Opinions of the World's Greatest Philosophers
by Will Durant 1991 528 pages
4.15
17k+ ratings
Philosophy
History
Biography
Eleanor Roosevelt's Book of Common Sense Etiquette Summary
Eleanor Roosevelt's Book of Common Sense Etiquette
by Eleanor Roosevelt 2016 500 pages
3.92
50+ ratings
Classics
Self Help
Into the Wild Summary
Into the Wild
by Jon Krakauer 2009 231 pages
4.01
1.1M+ ratings
Biography
Adventure
Classics
Ten Days in a Mad-House Summary
Ten Days in a Mad-House
Feigning Insanity in Order to Reveal Asylum Horrors
by Nellie Bly 2021 97 pages
3.86
20k+ ratings
History
Classics
Psychology
The Story of My Life Summary
The Story of My Life
by Helen Keller 2017 152 pages
4.08
100k+ ratings
Biography
Memoir
Autobiography
What Is Existentialism? (Penguin Great Ideas) Summary
What Is Existentialism? (Penguin Great Ideas)
by Simone de Beauvoir 2020 119 pages
3.9
500+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Essays
The Seven Military Classics of Ancient China, including The Art of War Summary
The Seven Military Classics of Ancient China, including The Art of War
by Ralph D. Sawyer 1993 586 pages
4.2
500+ ratings
History
China
Military Fiction
English Journey Summary
English Journey
‘The finest book ever written about England and the English’
by J. B. Priestley 2023 384 pages
4.08
100+ ratings
Travel
History
British Literature
As a Man Thinketh Summary
As a Man Thinketh
by James Allen
4.25
86k+ ratings
Self Help
Philosophy
Personal Development
As a Man Thinketh Summary
As a Man Thinketh
21st Century Edition (The Wisdom of James Allen)
by Sam Torode 2017 46 pages
4.25
86k+ ratings
Self Help
Philosophy
Personal Development
The Elements of Style Summary
The Elements of Style
Classic Edition (2018): With Editor's Notes, New Chapters & Study Guide
by William Strunk Jr. 2018 123 pages
4.18
84k+ ratings
Writing
Reference
Language
50 Philosophy Classics Summary
50 Philosophy Classics
Thinking, Being, Acting Seeing - Profound Insights and Powerful Thinking from Fifty Key Books (50 Classics)
by Tom Butler-Bowdon 2017 337 pages
4.09
1k+ ratings
Philosophy
Reference
Politics
The Power of Myth Summary
The Power of Myth
by Joseph Campbell 1991 293 pages
4.26
51k+ ratings
Mythology
Philosophy
History
American Psycho Summary
American Psycho
by Bret Easton Ellis 1991 399 pages
3.81
300k+ ratings
Horror
Classics
Thriller
Romeo and Juliet Summary
Romeo and Juliet
by William Shakespeare
3.74
2.6M+ ratings
Plays
Classics
School
Nineteen Eighty-Four Summary
Nineteen Eighty-Four
by George Orwell 2014 368 pages
4.19
4.8M+ ratings
Classics
Science Fiction
Dystopia
The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, Part 1) Summary
The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, Part 1)
by J. R. R. Tolkien 2003 398 pages
4.39
2.8M+ ratings
Fantasy
Classics
Adventure
Steppenwolf Summary
Steppenwolf
by Hermann Hesse 1999 256 pages
4.13
100k+ ratings
Classics
Philosophy
German Literature
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Summary
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
And Other Tales of Terror
by Robert Louis Stevenson 2003 224 pages
3.92
100k+ ratings
Classics
Horror
Gothic
Death of a Salesman Summary
Death of a Salesman
by Miller Arthur 1994 144 pages
3.58
200k+ ratings
Classics
Plays
Drama
East of Eden Summary
East of Eden
by John Steinbeck 2002 620 pages
4.42
500k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Literature
Fahrenheit 451 Summary
Fahrenheit 451
by Ray Bradbury
3.96
2.5M+ ratings
Science Fiction
Dystopia
Classics
Othello Summary
Othello
by William Shakespeare
3.89
400k+ ratings
Classics
Plays
School
The Scarlet Letter Summary
The Scarlet Letter
by Nathaniel Hawthorne 2002 272 pages
3.43
800k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
School
The Book Thief Summary
The Book Thief
by Markus Zusak
4.39
2.6M+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Young Adult
Classics
Dune Summary
Dune
Deluxe Edition
by Frank Herbert 2019 688 pages
4.28
1.4M+ ratings
Science Fiction
Fantasy
Science Fiction Fantasy
Les Miserables Summary
Les Miserables
by Victor Hugo 2018 1376 pages
4.21
800k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Literature
The Stranger Summary
The Stranger
by Albert Camus
4.03
1.1M+ ratings
Classics
Philosophy
France
The Idiot (Modern Library Classics) Summary
The Idiot (Modern Library Classics)
by Fyodor Dostoevsky 2003 720 pages
4.21
100k+ ratings
Russia
Russian Literature
Literature
War and Peace Summary
War and Peace
by Leo Tolstoy
4.16
300k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Russia
The Brothers Karamazov Summary
The Brothers Karamazov
by Fyodor Dostoevsky
4.37
300k+ ratings
Russia
Classics
Russian Literature
The Art of Peace Summary
The Art of Peace
Teachings of the Founder of Aikido
by Morihei Ueshiba 1992 128 pages
4.22
4k+ ratings
Philosophy
Martial Arts
Spirituality
The Metamorphosis Summary
The Metamorphosis
by Franz Kafka
3.88
1.2M+ ratings
Classics
Fantasy
Philosophy
Macbeth Moment by Moment Summary
Macbeth Moment by Moment
by William Shakespeare 2016 214 pages
3.89
900k+ ratings
Classics
Plays
School
The Screwtape Letters Summary
The Screwtape Letters
by C.S. Lewis
4.27
400k+ ratings
Christian
Classics
Religion
Moby-Dick or, The Whale Summary
Moby-Dick or, The Whale
by Herman Melville 2002 720 pages
3.55
500k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
Adventure
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