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Der Besuch der alten Dame Summary
Der Besuch der alten Dame
by Friedrich Dürrenmatt 1956 155 pages
3.67
35k+ ratings
Classics
Plays
School
Critique of Pure Reason Summary
Critique of Pure Reason
by Immanuel Kant 1781 785 pages
3.96
40k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
German Literature
Train to Pakistan Summary
Train to Pakistan
by Khushwant Singh 1956 181 pages
3.94
30k+ ratings
India
Historical Fiction
Classics
The Universal One Summary
The Universal One
by Walter Russell 1926 268 pages
4.27
100+ ratings
Philosophy
Spirituality
Science
Treasure Island Summary
Treasure Island
by Robert Louis Stevenson 1882 352 pages
3.85
500k+ ratings
Classics
Adventure
Historical Fiction
Oedipus Rex Summary
Oedipus Rex
by Sophocles 75 pages
3.72
200k+ ratings
Classics
Plays
Drama
Anne of Green Gables Summary
Anne of Green Gables
by L.M. Montgomery 1908 320 pages
4.32
1M+ ratings
Classics
Young Adult
Historical Fiction
The Metamorphosis Summary
The Metamorphosis
by Franz Kafka 1915 201 pages
3.89
1.3M+ ratings
Classics
Fantasy
Philosophy
On the Suffering of the World Summary
On the Suffering of the World
by Arthur Schopenhauer 1850 132 pages
3.87
2k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Essays
The Little Prince Summary
The Little Prince
by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry 1943 96 pages
4.33
2.3M+ ratings
Classics
Fantasy
Childrens
And Then There Were None Summary
And Then There Were None
by Agatha Christie 1939 264 pages
4.28
1.5M+ ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Crime
Look Back in Anger Summary
Look Back in Anger
by John Osborne 1956 96 pages
3.53
12k+ ratings
Plays
Drama
Classics
The Book Thief Summary
The Book Thief
by Markus Zusak 2005 592 pages
4.39
2.7M+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Young Adult
Classics
Beloved Summary
Beloved
by Toni Morrison 1987 325 pages
3.97
400k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Magical Realism
The Myth of Sisyphus Summary
The Myth of Sisyphus
by Albert Camus 1942 192 pages
4.18
79k+ ratings
France
Essays
Classics
Parable of the Sower Summary
Parable of the Sower
by Octavia E. Butler 1993 345 pages
4.20
200k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Dystopia
Fantasy
The Diary of a Young Girl Summary
The Diary of a Young Girl
by Anne Frank 1947 283 pages
4.20
4M+ ratings
Biography
Memoir
Classics
A Brief History of Time Summary
A Brief History of Time
by Stephen Hawking 1988 226 pages
4.21
400k+ ratings
Science
Physics
History
Suicide Summary
Suicide
A Study in Sociology
by Émile Durkheim 1897 405 pages
3.85
4k+ ratings
Sociology
Psychology
Philosophy
Letters from a Stoic Summary
Letters from a Stoic
by Seneca 254 pages
4.34
51k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
History
The Bell Jar Summary
The Bell Jar
by Sylvia Plath 1963 294 pages
4.06
1.1M+ ratings
Classics
Feminism
Mental Health
Acres of Diamonds Summary
Acres of Diamonds
by Russell H. Conwell 1915 68 pages
4.18
9k+ ratings
Business
Self Help
Personal Development
The Setting Sun Summary
The Setting Sun
by Osamu Dazai 1947 175 pages
3.98
37k+ ratings
Classics
Japanese Literature
Japan
Sophie’s World Summary
Sophie’s World
by Jostein Gaarder 1991 403 pages
3.97
200k+ ratings
Classics
Young Adult
Fantasy
The Will to Power Summary
The Will to Power
by Friedrich Nietzsche 1901 575 pages
4.06
10k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Psychology
A Book of Five Rings Summary
A Book of Five Rings
The Classic Guide to Strategy
by Miyamoto Musashi 1645 192 pages
3.96
58k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
History
Slaughterhouse-Five Summary
Slaughterhouse-Five
by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. 1969 275 pages
4.10
1.4M+ ratings
Classics
Science Fiction
Historical Fiction
The Brothers Karamazov Summary
The Brothers Karamazov
by Fyodor Dostoevsky 1880 796 pages
4.38
300k+ ratings
Russia
Classics
Russian Literature
The Kite Runner Summary
The Kite Runner
by Khaled Hosseini 2003 371 pages
4.35
3.3M+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Classics
Contemporary
The Road Summary
The Road
by Cormac McCarthy 2006 241 pages
4.00
900k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Dystopia
Post Apocalyptic
Kafka on the Shore Summary
Kafka on the Shore
by Haruki Murakami 2002 467 pages
4.12
500k+ ratings
Magical Realism
Fantasy
Japanese Literature
The World as Will and Representation, Volume I Summary
The World as Will and Representation, Volume I
by Arthur Schopenhauer 1818 534 pages
4.22
10k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
German Literature
Bushido Summary
Bushido
The Soul of Japan
by Inazo Nitobe 1899 160 pages
3.85
9k+ ratings
Philosophy
Japan
History
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd Summary
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
by Agatha Christie 1926 288 pages
4.27
300k+ ratings
Mystery
Crime
Mystery Thriller
Utopia Summary
Utopia
by Thomas More 1516 113 pages
3.55
79k+ ratings
Classics
Philosophy
Politics
Tao Te Ching Summary
Tao Te Ching
by Lao Tzu 107 pages
4.29
100k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Spirituality
Jonathan Livingston Seagull Summary
Jonathan Livingston Seagull
by Richard Bach 1970 112 pages
3.86
200k+ ratings
Classics
Philosophy
Fantasy
A Thousand Splendid Suns Summary
A Thousand Splendid Suns
by Khaled Hosseini 2007 372 pages
4.45
1.6M+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Contemporary
The Power of Myth Summary
The Power of Myth
by Joseph Campbell 1988 293 pages
4.26
52k+ ratings
Mythology
Philosophy
History
Mother Courage and Her Children Summary
Mother Courage and Her Children
by Bertolt Brecht 1941 93 pages
3.62
22k+ ratings
Theatre
School
20th Century
The Picture of Dorian Gray Summary
The Picture of Dorian Gray
by Oscar Wilde 1890 272 pages
4.13
1.7M+ ratings
Classics
Horror
Gothic
The Giver Summary
The Giver
by Lois Lowry 1993 208 pages
4.12
2.6M+ ratings
Young Adult
Classics
Dystopia
The Fall Summary
The Fall
by Albert Camus 1956 147 pages
4.04
100k+ ratings
Philosophy
France
Literature
The Masnavi Summary
The Masnavi
Book One
by Jalal ad-Din Muhammad ar-Rumi 1270 304 pages
4.42
1k+ ratings
Poetry
Islam
Classics
Walden & Civil Disobedience Summary
Walden & Civil Disobedience
by Henry David Thoreau 1849 320 pages
3.94
38k+ ratings
Classics
Philosophy
Essays
The Essential Rumi Summary
The Essential Rumi
by Jalal ad-Din Muhammad ar-Rumi 1273 416 pages
4.39
49k+ ratings
Poetry
Classics
Spirituality
The Red Book Summary
The Red Book
Liber Novus
by C.G. Jung 2009 371 pages
4.49
6k+ ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Spirituality
The Count of Monte Cristo Summary
The Count of Monte Cristo
by Alexandre Dumas 1846 1276 pages
4.31
900k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Adventure
Sula Summary
Sula
by Toni Morrison 1973 174 pages
4.05
100k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
African American
Chronicle of a Death Foretold Summary
Chronicle of a Death Foretold
by Gabriel García Márquez 1981 120 pages
3.97
200k+ ratings
Classics
Magical Realism
School
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