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Critique of Pure Reason Summary
Critique of Pure Reason
by Immanuel Kant 1781 785 pages
3.96
39k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
German Literature
Sophie’s World Summary
Sophie’s World
by Jostein Gaarder 1991 403 pages
3.97
200k+ ratings
Classics
Young Adult
Novels
The Brothers Karamazov Summary
The Brothers Karamazov
by Fyodor Dostoevsky 1880 796 pages
4.38
300k+ ratings
Russia
Classics
Russian Literature
The Power of Myth Summary
The Power of Myth
by Joseph Campbell 1988 293 pages
4.26
52k+ ratings
Mythology
Philosophy
History
Walden & Civil Disobedience Summary
Walden & Civil Disobedience
by Henry David Thoreau 1849 320 pages
3.94
38k+ ratings
Classics
Philosophy
Essays
Leviathan Summary
Leviathan
by Thomas Hobbes 1651 736 pages
3.71
50k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
History
Kafka on the Shore Summary
Kafka on the Shore
by Haruki Murakami 2002 467 pages
4.12
500k+ ratings
Magical Realism
Fantasy
Japanese Literature
Oedipus Rex Summary
Oedipus Rex
by Sophocles 75 pages
3.72
200k+ ratings
Classics
Plays
School
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
Letters to Milena Summary
Letters to Milena
by Franz Kafka 1952 298 pages
3.91
20k+ ratings
Classics
Romance
Poetry
The Book Thief Summary
The Book Thief
by Markus Zusak 2005 592 pages
4.39
2.7M+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Young Adult
Classics
The Diary of a Young Girl Summary
The Diary of a Young Girl
by Anne Frank 1947 283 pages
4.20
3.9M+ ratings
Biography
Memoir
Classics
The Metamorphosis Summary
The Metamorphosis
by Franz Kafka 1915 201 pages
3.89
1.2M+ ratings
Classics
Fantasy
Philosophy
The Art of War/The Art of Warfare Summary
The Art of War/The Art of Warfare
by Sun Tzu 2002 143 pages
4.14
4k+ ratings
Classics
Philosophy
History
Slaughterhouse-Five Summary
Slaughterhouse-Five
by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. 1969 275 pages
4.10
1.4M+ ratings
Science Fiction
Classics
Historical Fiction
The Autobiography of Malcolm X Summary
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
by Malcolm X 1965 466 pages
4.36
200k+ ratings
Biography
History
Memoir
Tao Te Ching Summary
Tao Te Ching
by Lao Tzu 107 pages
4.30
100k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Spirituality
The Essential Rumi Summary
The Essential Rumi
by Jalal ad-Din Muhammad ar-Rumi 1273 416 pages
4.40
49k+ ratings
Poetry
Classics
Spirituality
Bel-Ami Summary
Bel-Ami
by Guy de Maupassant 1885 416 pages
3.86
45k+ ratings
France
French Literature
Classics
And Then There Were None Summary
And Then There Were None
by Agatha Christie 1939 264 pages
4.28
1.4M+ ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Crime
Bushido Summary
Bushido
The Soul of Japan
by Inazo Nitobe 1899 160 pages
3.85
9k+ ratings
Philosophy
Japan
History
As a Man Thinketh Summary
As a Man Thinketh
by James Allen 1902 80 pages
4.24
90k+ ratings
Self Help
Philosophy
Personal Development
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
Catch-22 Summary
Catch-22
by Joseph Heller 1961 453 pages
3.99
800k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
War
The World as Will and Representation, Volume I Summary
The World as Will and Representation, Volume I
by Arthur Schopenhauer 1818 534 pages
4.21
10k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
German Literature
Sula Summary
Sula
by Toni Morrison 1973 174 pages
4.04
100k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
African American
A Thousand Splendid Suns Summary
A Thousand Splendid Suns
by Khaled Hosseini 2007 372 pages
4.44
1.6M+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
Classics
The Giver Summary
The Giver
by Lois Lowry 1993 208 pages
4.12
2.6M+ ratings
Young Adult
Classics
Dystopia
Utopia Summary
Utopia
by Thomas More 1516 113 pages
3.55
79k+ ratings
Classics
Philosophy
Politics
Suicide Summary
Suicide
A Study in Sociology
by Émile Durkheim 1897 405 pages
3.85
4k+ ratings
Sociology
Psychology
Philosophy
The Gay Science Summary
The Gay Science
With a Prelude in Rhymes and an Appendix of Songs
by Friedrich Nietzsche 1882 396 pages
4.26
19k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
German Literature
The Myth of Sisyphus Summary
The Myth of Sisyphus
by Albert Camus 1942 192 pages
4.18
75k+ ratings
Philosophy
France
Essays
The Masnavi Summary
The Masnavi
Book One
by Jalal ad-Din Muhammad ar-Rumi 1270 304 pages
4.42
1k+ ratings
Poetry
Islam
Classics
The Trial and Death of Socrates Summary
The Trial and Death of Socrates
by Plato 58 pages
4.12
43k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
History
Look Back in Anger Summary
Look Back in Anger
by John Osborne 1956 96 pages
3.54
12k+ ratings
Plays
Drama
Classics
The Chronicles of Narnia Summary
The Chronicles of Narnia
by C.S. Lewis 1956 767 pages
4.28
600k+ ratings
Fantasy
Classics
Young Adult
The Red Book Summary
The Red Book
Liber Novus
by C.G. Jung 2009 371 pages
4.50
6k+ ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Spirituality
Kybalion Summary
Kybalion
A Study of the Hermetic Philosophy of Ancient Egypt and Greece
by Three Initiates 1912 223 pages
4.24
15k+ ratings
Philosophy
Spirituality
Occult
The Holy Bible Summary
The Holy Bible
King James Version
by Anonymous 1611 1590 pages
4.44
300k+ ratings
Classics
Christian
Religion
The Will to Power Summary
The Will to Power
by Friedrich Nietzsche 1901 575 pages
4.06
10k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Psychology
The Interpretation of Dreams Summary
The Interpretation of Dreams
by Sigmund Freud 1899 630 pages
3.84
77k+ ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Classics
All Quiet on the Western Front Summary
All Quiet on the Western Front
by Erich Maria Remarque 1928 296 pages
4.09
400k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
War
Classics
Siddhartha Summary
Siddhartha
by Hermann Hesse 1922 152 pages
4.08
800k+ ratings
Philosophy
Spirituality
Literature
The Go-Getter Summary
The Go-Getter
by Peter B. Kyne 1920 68 pages
4.15
9k+ ratings
Business
Self Help
Personal Development
American Psycho Summary
American Psycho
by Bret Easton Ellis 1991 399 pages
3.81
300k+ ratings
Horror
Classics
Thriller
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Summary
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
by Maya Angelou 1969 289 pages
4.30
500k+ ratings
Classics
Memoir
Biography
Oliver Twist Summary
Oliver Twist
by Charles Dickens 1838 608 pages
3.88
400k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Literature
The Westing Game Summary
The Westing Game
by Ellen Raskin 1978 182 pages
4.00
200k+ ratings
Mystery
Young Adult
Middle Grade
Beyond Good and Evil Summary
Beyond Good and Evil
by Friedrich Nietzsche 1886 240 pages
4.03
100k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Psychology
The Nicomachean Ethics Summary
The Nicomachean Ethics
by Aristotle 329 pages
4.00
54k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Politics
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