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City of God Summary

by Augustine of Hippo 1186 pages

Discourses and Selected Writings Summary

Discourses and Selected Writings

by Epictetus 276 pages

The Secret Life of Bees Summary

The Secret Life of Bees

by Sue Monk Kidd 2001 302 pages

Historical Fiction

The Teachings of Don Juan Summary

The Teachings of Don Juan

A Yaqui Way of Knowledge

by Carlos Castaneda 1968 288 pages

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Summary

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

by Mark Twain 1876 244 pages

Historical Fiction

Tess of the D’Urbervilles Summary

Tess of the D’Urbervilles

by Thomas Hardy 1891 518 pages

Historical Fiction

Civilization and Its Discontents Summary

Civilization and Its Discontents

by Sigmund Freud 1930 127 pages

Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West Summary

Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West

by Cormac McCarthy 1985 351 pages

Historical Fiction

Neuromancer Summary

by William Gibson 1984 271 pages

Science Fiction

Cry, the Beloved Country Summary

Cry, the Beloved Country

by Alan Paton 1948 316 pages

Historical Fiction

Heretics of Dune Summary

Heretics of Dune

by Frank Herbert 1984 669 pages

Science Fiction

Science Fiction Fantasy

One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest Summary

One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest

by Ken Kesey 1962 325 pages

The Rebel Summary

by Albert Camus 1951 320 pages

Animal Farm / 1984 Summary

Animal Farm / 1984

by George Orwell 1949 400 pages

The Book of Disquiet Summary

The Book of Disquiet

by Fernando Pessoa 1982 544 pages

Oblomov Summary

by Ivan Goncharov 1859 586 pages

Russian Literature

Infinite Jest Summary

by David Foster Wallace 1996 1088 pages

Solaris Summary

by Stanisław Lem 1961 204 pages

Science Fiction

Polish Literature

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Summary

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

by L. Frank Baum 1900 154 pages

Hagakure Summary

The Book of the Samurai

by Yamamoto Tsunetomo 1716 192 pages

Mere Christianity Summary

Mere Christianity

by C.S. Lewis 1952 191 pages

Paradise Lost Summary

by John Milton 1667 512 pages

مقدمة ابن خلدون Summary

مقدمة ابن خلدون

by Ibn Khaldun 1377 3864 pages

The Persian Expedition Summary

The Persian Expedition

by Xenophon 375 pages

Ancient History

Heart of Darkness Summary

Heart of Darkness

by Joseph Conrad 1899 188 pages

Historical Fiction

Julius Caesar Summary

by William Shakespeare 1599 175 pages

The Princess Bride Summary

The Princess Bride

by William Goldman 1973 429 pages

The Outsiders Summary

by S.E. Hinton 1967 208 pages

Gone with the Wind Summary

Gone with the Wind

by Margaret Mitchell 1936 1037 pages

Historical Fiction

Woman at Point Zero Summary

Woman at Point Zero

by Nawal El Saadawi 1975 108 pages

The Handmaid’s Tale Summary

The Handmaid’s Tale

by Margaret Atwood 1985 311 pages

Science Fiction

The Fountainhead Summary

The Fountainhead

by Ayn Rand 1943 704 pages

Das Kapital Summary

by Karl Marx 1867 356 pages

The World as Will and Representation, Volume II Summary

The World as Will and Representation, Volume II

by Arthur Schopenhauer 1818 720 pages

German Literature

The Idiot Summary

by Fyodor Dostoevsky 1869 667 pages

Russian Literature

Dream of the Red Chamber Summary

Dream of the Red Chamber

by Cao Xueqin 1761 329 pages

Historical Fiction

Chinese Literature

A Tale of Two Cities Summary

A Tale of Two Cities

by Charles Dickens 1859 489 pages

Historical Fiction

Twilight of the Idols Summary

Twilight of the Idols

by Friedrich Nietzsche 1889 128 pages

German Literature

The Saga of an American Family

by Alex Haley 1976 729 pages

Historical Fiction

Poor Folk Summary

by Fyodor Dostoevsky 1846 167 pages

Russian Literature

Critique of Judgment Summary

Critique of Judgment

by Immanuel Kant 1790 686 pages

An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations Summary

An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations

by Adam Smith 1776 1076 pages

Dracula Summary

by Bram Stoker 1897 488 pages

Tartuffe Summary

by Molière 1664 180 pages

Matilda Summary

by Roald Dahl 1988 240 pages

The Prophet Summary

by Kahlil Gibran 1923 127 pages

شجرتي شجرة البرتقال الرائعة Summary

شجرتي شجرة البرتقال الرائعة

by José Mauro de Vasconcelos 1968 245 pages

The Discovery of India Summary

The Discovery of India

by Jawaharlal Nehru 1946 656 pages

Mother Courage and Her Children Summary

Mother Courage and Her Children

by Bertolt Brecht 1941 93 pages

50 Philosophy Classics Summary

50 Philosophy Classics

Thinking, Being, Acting, Seeing, Profound Insights and Powerful Thinking from Fifty Key Books

by Tom Butler-Bowdon 2013 325 pages

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