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Bel-Ami Summary
Bel-Ami
by Guy de Maupassant 1885 416 pages
3.86
46.3K ratings
France
French Literature
Classics
The Will to Power Summary
The Will to Power
by Friedrich Nietzsche 1901 575 pages
4.06
10.9K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Psychology
Critique of Pure Reason Summary
Critique of Pure Reason
by Immanuel Kant 1781 785 pages
3.96
40.2K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
German Literature
The Little Prince Summary
The Little Prince
by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry 1943 96 pages
4.33
2.3M ratings
Classics
Fantasy
Childrens
The Myth of Sisyphus Summary
The Myth of Sisyphus
by Albert Camus 1942 192 pages
4.18
80.0K ratings
France
Essays
Classics
On the Suffering of the World Summary
On the Suffering of the World
by Arthur Schopenhauer 1850 132 pages
3.87
3.0K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Essays
The Metamorphosis Summary
The Metamorphosis
by Franz Kafka 1915 201 pages
3.89
1.3M ratings
Classics
Fantasy
Philosophy
Anne of Green Gables Summary
Anne of Green Gables
by L.M. Montgomery 1908 320 pages
4.32
1.1M ratings
Classics
Young Adult
Historical Fiction
Dune Summary
Dune
by Frank Herbert 1965 658 pages
4.28
1.5M ratings
Science Fiction
Fantasy
Science Fiction Fantasy
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Summary
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
by Mark Twain 1876 244 pages
3.92
986.9K ratings
Classics
Adventure
Historical Fiction
Parable of the Sower Summary
Parable of the Sower
by Octavia E. Butler 1993 345 pages
4.20
224.7K ratings
Science Fiction
Dystopia
Fantasy
Treasure Island Summary
Treasure Island
by Robert Louis Stevenson 1882 352 pages
3.85
522.6K ratings
Classics
Adventure
Historical Fiction
Look Back in Anger Summary
Look Back in Anger
by John Osborne 1956 96 pages
3.53
12.7K ratings
Plays
Drama
Classics
Meditations Summary
Meditations
by Marcus Aurelius 254 pages
4.28
310.3K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
History
The Diary of a Young Girl Summary
The Diary of a Young Girl
by Anne Frank 1947 283 pages
4.20
4.0M ratings
Biography
Memoir
Classics
Suicide Summary
Suicide
A Study in Sociology
by Émile Durkheim 1897 405 pages
3.85
4.3K ratings
Sociology
Psychology
Philosophy
Antigone Summary
Antigone
by Sophocles 80 pages
3.68
168.3K ratings
Classics
Plays
School
Bushido Summary
Bushido
The Soul of Japan
by Inazo Nitobe 1899 160 pages
3.85
9.7K ratings
Philosophy
Japan
History
The Book Thief Summary
The Book Thief
by Markus Zusak 2005 592 pages
4.39
2.8M ratings
Historical Fiction
Young Adult
Classics
The Gods Are Not to Blame Summary
The Gods Are Not to Blame
by Ola Rotimi 1971 72 pages
4.00
1.0K ratings
Plays
African Literature
Nigeria
Jurassic Park Summary
Jurassic Park
by Michael Crichton 1990 450 pages
4.12
1.0M ratings
Science Fiction
Thriller
Horror
A Brief History of Time Summary
A Brief History of Time
by Stephen Hawking 1988 226 pages
4.21
461.8K ratings
Science
Physics
History
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
Diary of an Oxygen Thief Summary
Diary of an Oxygen Thief
by Anonymous 2006 140 pages
2.72
68.6K ratings
Contemporary
Romance
Adult
The Secret History Summary
The Secret History
by Donna Tartt 1992 559 pages
4.16
920.4K ratings
Dark Academia
Mystery
Classics
The Teachings of Don Juan Summary
The Teachings of Don Juan
A Yaqui Way of Knowledge
by Carlos Castaneda 1968 288 pages
3.94
44.4K ratings
Philosophy
Spirituality
Anthropology
Utopia Summary
Utopia
by Thomas More 1516 113 pages
3.55
79.9K ratings
Classics
Philosophy
Politics
The Green Mile Summary
The Green Mile
by Stephen King 1996 592 pages
4.49
346.5K ratings
Horror
Fantasy
Thriller
Chronicle of a Death Foretold Summary
Chronicle of a Death Foretold
by Gabriel García Márquez 1981 120 pages
3.97
219.5K ratings
Classics
Magical Realism
School
A Book of Five Rings Summary
A Book of Five Rings
The Classic Guide to Strategy
by Miyamoto Musashi 1645 192 pages
3.96
58.3K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
History
Being and Nothingness Summary
Being and Nothingness
by Jean-Paul Sartre 1943 688 pages
3.99
33.7K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
France
Beloved Summary
Beloved
by Toni Morrison 1987 325 pages
3.97
470.2K ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Magical Realism
Oedipus Rex Summary
Oedipus Rex
by Sophocles 75 pages
3.72
230.1K ratings
Classics
Plays
Drama
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
10.8K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
German Literature
Sophie’s World Summary
Sophie’s World
by Jostein Gaarder 1991 403 pages
3.97
273.1K ratings
Classics
Young Adult
Fantasy
Totem and Taboo Summary
Totem and Taboo
by Sigmund Freud 1913 224 pages
3.85
10.9K ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Psychoanalysis
Letters from a Stoic Summary
Letters from a Stoic
by Seneca 254 pages
4.34
51.0K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
History
The Masnavi Summary
The Masnavi
Book One
by Jalal ad-Din Muhammad ar-Rumi 1270 304 pages
4.42
1.3K ratings
Poetry
Islam
Classics
Acres of Diamonds Summary
Acres of Diamonds
by Russell H. Conwell 1915 68 pages
4.18
9.9K ratings
Business
Self Help
Personal Development
Faust, Part Two Summary
Faust, Part Two
by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1832 304 pages
3.66
8.1K ratings
Classics
Plays
Poetry
The Bell Jar Summary
The Bell Jar
by Sylvia Plath 1963 294 pages
4.06
1.1M ratings
Classics
Feminism
Mental Health
The Brothers Karamazov Summary
The Brothers Karamazov
by Fyodor Dostoevsky 1880 796 pages
4.38
363.0K ratings
Russia
Classics
Russian Literature
Jonathan Livingston Seagull Summary
Jonathan Livingston Seagull
by Richard Bach 1970 112 pages
3.86
265.0K ratings
Classics
Philosophy
Fantasy
The Power of Myth Summary
The Power of Myth
by Joseph Campbell 1988 293 pages
4.26
52.8K ratings
Mythology
Philosophy
History
Tao Te Ching Summary
Tao Te Ching
by Lao Tzu 107 pages
4.29
174.1K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Spirituality
Tess of the D’Urbervilles Summary
Tess of the D’Urbervilles
by Thomas Hardy 1891 518 pages
3.84
295.8K ratings
Classics
Literature
Historical Fiction
When Nietzsche Wept Summary
When Nietzsche Wept
by Irvin D. Yalom 1992 310 pages
4.36
79.4K ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Historical Fiction
The Red Book Summary
The Red Book
Liber Novus
by C.G. Jung 2009 371 pages
4.49
6.2K ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Spirituality
A Thousand Splendid Suns Summary
A Thousand Splendid Suns
by Khaled Hosseini 2007 372 pages
4.45
1.7M ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Contemporary
Beyond Good and Evil Summary
Beyond Good and Evil
by Friedrich Nietzsche 1886 240 pages
4.03
107.3K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Psychology
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