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The Secret Life of Bees Summary
The Secret Life of Bees
by Sue Monk Kidd 2003 352 pages
4.09
1.3M+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Classics
Young Adult
The Secret History Summary
The Secret History
by Donna Tartt 1992 576 pages
4.17
800k+ ratings
Mystery
Classics
Contemporary
The Shining Summary
The Shining
by stephen king 1978 512 pages
4.28
1.5M+ ratings
Horror
Thriller
Classics
The Death of Ivan Ilych Summary
The Death of Ivan Ilych
by Leo Tolstoy 2006 86 pages
4.13
100k+ ratings
Classics
Russia
Russian Literature
Faust Summary
Faust
Der Tragodie Erster Und Zweiter Teil
by johann goethe 1994 432 pages
3.86
100k+ ratings
Plays
Poetry
German Literature
Siddhartha Summary
Siddhartha
by Hermann Hesse
4.07
800k+ ratings
Classics
Philosophy
Spirituality
The Picture of Dorian Gray Summary
The Picture of Dorian Gray
by Oscar Wilde
4.13
1.6M+ ratings
Classics
Horror
Fantasy
Dracula (Norton Critical Editions) Summary
Dracula (Norton Critical Editions)
by Bram Stoker 1996 512 pages
4.02
1.3M+ ratings
Horror
Fantasy
Classics
Animal Farm / 1984 Summary
Animal Farm / 1984
by George Orwell
4.30
200k+ ratings
Classics
Dystopia
Literature
The Pillars of the Earth Summary
The Pillars of the Earth
by Ken Follett
4.34
700k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
Fantasy
The Odyssey (Penguin Classics) Summary
The Odyssey (Penguin Classics)
by Homer 2006 541 pages
3.81
1.1M+ ratings
Classics
Poetry
Mythology
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Summary
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
by C.S. Lewis
4.24
2.8M+ ratings
Fantasy
Young Adult
Childrens
Chronicles of Narnia The Summary
Chronicles of Narnia The
by C. S. Lewis 2001 766 pages
4.28
600k+ ratings
Fantasy
Classics
Young Adult
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Penguin Classics) Summary
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Penguin Classics)
by Mark Twain 2002 368 pages
3.83
1.2M+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Literature
Dune Messiah Summary
Dune Messiah
by Frank Herbert 2019 352 pages
3.89
300k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Fantasy
Classics
The Godfather Summary
The Godfather
by Mario Puzo
4.39
400k+ ratings
Classics
Crime
Thriller
The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoyevsky Summary
The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
by Fyodor Dostoevsky
4.21
100k+ ratings
Russia
Russian Literature
Literature
Ulysses Summary
Ulysses
by James Joyce
3.76
100k+ ratings
Literature
Classics
Ireland
A Tale of Two Cities (Penguin Classics) Summary
A Tale of Two Cities (Penguin Classics)
by Charles Dickens 2003 544 pages
3.87
900k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Literature
Jane Eyre Summary
Jane Eyre
by Charlotte Brontë 2003 576 pages
4.15
2.1M+ ratings
Classics
Gothic
Historical Fiction
Capitalism Summary
Capitalism
The Unknown Ideal
by Ayn Rand 1986 416 pages
3.9
4k+ ratings
Philosophy
Economics
Politics
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Penguin Classics) Summary
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Penguin Classics)
by Mark Twain 2006 272 pages
3.92
900k+ ratings
Classics
Adventure
Historical Fiction
Around the World in Eighty Days (Penguin Classics) Summary
Around the World in Eighty Days (Penguin Classics)
by Jules Verne 2004 248 pages
3.94
200k+ ratings
Classics
Adventure
Science Fiction
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea Summary
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea
by Jules Verne 2002 270 pages
3.89
200k+ ratings
Classics
Science Fiction
Adventure
Don Quixote Summary
Don Quixote
by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
3.90
200k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
Spanish Literature
Brave New World Revisited Summary
Brave New World Revisited
by Aldous Huxley 2006 144 pages
3.94
20k+ ratings
Classics
Science Fiction
Philosophy
Oliver Twist Summary
Oliver Twist
by Charles Dickens
3.88
400k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Literature
The Sorrows of Young Werther (Modern Library Classics) Summary
The Sorrows of Young Werther (Modern Library Classics)
by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 2005 176 pages
3.69
100k+ ratings
German Literature
Classics
Literature
The Canterbury Tales Summary
The Canterbury Tales
by Geoffrey Chaucer 2003 504 pages
3.52
200k+ ratings
Classics
Poetry
Literature
Carrie Summary
Carrie
by Stephen King 2005 272 pages
3.99
700k+ ratings
Horror
Thriller
Classics
The Green Mile Summary
The Green Mile
The Complete Six Part Novel
by Stephen King 1996 592 pages
4.48
300k+ ratings
Horror
Fantasy
Thriller
The Catcher in the Rye Summary
The Catcher in the Rye
by J. D. Salinger 2001 288 pages
3.80
3.6M+ ratings
Classics
Young Adult
Literature
Kafka on the Shore Summary
Kafka on the Shore
by Haruki Murakami
4.13
400k+ ratings
Magical Realism
Fantasy
Japanese Literature
Silmarillion, the Summary
Silmarillion, the
by J.R.R. Tolkien 2004 416 pages
4.02
300k+ ratings
Fantasy
Classics
High Fantasy
How to Do the Right Thing Summary
How to Do the Right Thing
An Ancient Guide to Treating People Fairly (Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers)
by Seneca 2023 288 pages
3.77
100+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
The Time Machine Summary
The Time Machine
by H.G. Wells
3.89
500k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Classics
Time Travel
why-we-cant-wait Summary
why-we-cant-wait
by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. 2000 166 pages
4.54
8k+ ratings
History
Politics
Race
The Handmaid’s Tale Summary
The Handmaid’s Tale
by Margaret Atwood
4.14
2.1M+ ratings
Classics
Dystopia
Science Fiction
A Journey to the Center of the Earth (World Cultural Heritage Library) Summary
A Journey to the Center of the Earth (World Cultural Heritage Library)
by Jules Verne 2012 212 pages
3.85
200k+ ratings
Classics
Science Fiction
Adventure
Children of Dune Summary
Children of Dune
by Frank Herbert 2019 624 pages
3.96
200k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Fantasy
Classics
2001 Summary
2001
A Space Odyssey
by Arthur C. Clarke
4.17
300k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Classics
Science Fiction Fantasy
Solaris Summary
Solaris
by Stanisław Lem
3.99
100k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Classics
Polish Literature
The Way to Wealth (Books of American Wisdom) Summary
The Way to Wealth (Books of American Wisdom)
by Benjamin Franklin 1986 30 pages
4.09
3k+ ratings
Finance
Business
History
The Epic of Gilgamesh (Penguin Epics) Summary
The Epic of Gilgamesh (Penguin Epics)
by Anonymous 2006 71 pages
3.74
100k+ ratings
Classics
Poetry
Mythology
The Three Musketeers Summary
The Three Musketeers
by Alexandre Dumas
4.09
300k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Classics
Adventure
The Dispossessed Summary
The Dispossessed
An Ambiguous Utopia
by Ursula K. Le Guin
4.25
100k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Fantasy
Classics
Foundation Summary
Foundation
by Isaac Asimov 2004 256 pages
4.17
500k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Classics
Science Fiction Fantasy
Foundation and Empire Summary
Foundation and Empire
by Isaac Asimov 2004 256 pages
4.22
200k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Science Fiction Fantasy
Space Opera
Second Foundation Summary
Second Foundation
by Isaac Asimov 2004 256 pages
4.27
100k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Classics
Science Fiction Fantasy
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Summary
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
by Maya Angelou 1969 246 pages
4.29
500k+ ratings
Classics
Memoir
Biography
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