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The Thorn Birds Summary
The Thorn Birds
by Colleen McCullough
4.25
300k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Romance
Classics
Snow Falling on Cedars Summary
Snow Falling on Cedars
by David Guterson 1995 460 pages
3.86
100k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Mystery
Historical
The English Patient Summary
The English Patient
by Michael Ondaatje 2006 320 pages
3.86
100k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Classics
Romance
The Sound and the Fury Summary
The Sound and the Fury
by William Faulkner
3.86
100k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
Novels
The Complete Fables (Penguin Classics) Summary
The Complete Fables (Penguin Classics)
by Aesop 1998 96 pages
4.05
100k+ ratings
Short Stories
Classics
Childrens
The Notebook Summary
The Notebook
by Nicholas Sparks
4.15
1.7M+ ratings
Romance
Chick Lit
Contemporary
Robinson Crusoe Summary
Robinson Crusoe
by Daniel Defoe
3.68
300k+ ratings
Classics
Adventure
Literature
Life Of Pi Summary
Life Of Pi
by Yann Martel 2006
3.94
1.6M+ ratings
Fantasy
Classics
Adventure
Complete Stories and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe Summary
Complete Stories and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe
by Edgar Allan Poe 1966 832 pages
4.40
200k+ ratings
Classics
Poetry
Horror
The Old Man and the Sea Summary
The Old Man and the Sea
by Ernest Hemingway 1996 96 pages
3.80
1.1M+ ratings
Classics
Literature
Novels
The adventures of Tom Sowyer Summary
The adventures of Tom Sowyer
by Mark Twain
3.92
900k+ ratings
Classics
Adventure
Historical Fiction
Things Fall Apart Summary
Things Fall Apart
by Chinua Achebe
3.74
300k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Africa
Roots (Dell Book) Summary
Roots (Dell Book)
by Alex Haley 1980 736 pages
4.44
100k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Classics
Historical
The Crucible Summary
The Crucible
A Play in Four Acts
by Arthur Miller 2003 143 pages
3.60
400k+ ratings
Classics
Plays
Historical Fiction
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass Summary
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass
by Lewis Carroll
4.06
500k+ ratings
Fantasy
Classics
Childrens
Emma Bovary (Major Literary Characters) Summary
Emma Bovary (Major Literary Characters)
by Harold Bloom 1993 222 pages
3.70
300k+ ratings
Classics
France
Literature
The World According to Garp Summary
The World According to Garp
by John Irving 1999 610 pages
4.10
200k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
Contemporary
Pippi Longstocking (PMC) Summary
Pippi Longstocking (PMC)
by ASTRID LINDGREN 2013 160 pages
4.15
200k+ ratings
Classics
Childrens
Middle Grade
The Amityville Horror Summary
The Amityville Horror
by Jay Anson 1978 315 pages
3.83
100k+ ratings
Horror
Paranormal
Thriller
The Taming of the Shrew Summary
The Taming of the Shrew
By William Shakespeare & Illustrated
by William Shakespeare
3.75
100k+ ratings
Classics
Plays
Drama
Persuación Summary
Persuación
by Jane Austen
4.15
700k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Historical
Great Expectations (Oxford World's Classics) Summary
Great Expectations (Oxford World's Classics)
by Charles Dickens 1998 544 pages
3.79
800k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
Historical Fiction
Kybalion Summary
Kybalion
A Study of the Hermetic Philosophy of Ancient Egypt and Greece
by Three Initiates 1908 223 pages
4.24
14k+ ratings
Philosophy
Spirituality
Occult
Dante's Inferno (The Divine Comedy, Volume 1, Hell) Summary
Dante's Inferno (The Divine Comedy, Volume 1, Hell)
by Dante Alighieri 2009 102 pages
4.02
100k+ ratings
Classics
Poetry
Literature
Gone with the Wind Summary
Gone with the Wind
by Margaret Mitchell
4.31
1.2M+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Romance
Classics
The Invisible Man (Signet Classics) Summary
The Invisible Man (Signet Classics)
by H.G. Wells 2002 192 pages
3.63
200k+ ratings
Classics
Science Fiction
Horror
Les Misérables Summary
Les Misérables
by Victor Hugo
4.21
800k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Literature
Atonement Summary
Atonement
by Ian McEwan 2002 351 pages
3.94
500k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Classics
Romance
Howl's Moving Castle (World of Howl, 1) Summary
Howl's Moving Castle (World of Howl, 1)
by Diana Wynne Jones 2001 336 pages
4.29
300k+ ratings
Fantasy
Young Adult
Middle Grade
how to play better tennis Summary
how to play better tennis
by william t. tilden 1962 144 pages
3.69
200k+ ratings
Classics
Young Adult
Short Stories
The Martian Chronicles Summary
The Martian Chronicles
by Ray Bradbury 1984 192 pages
4.15
200k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Classics
Short Stories
Heidi (Kingfisher Classics) Summary
Heidi (Kingfisher Classics)
by Johanna Spyri 2002 352 pages
4.03
200k+ ratings
Classics
Childrens
Young Adult
The Tempest Summary
The Tempest
by William Shakespeare
3.78
200k+ ratings
Plays
Drama
Classics
Lady Chatterley's Lover Summary
Lady Chatterley's Lover
by D.H. Lawrence 1983 376 pages
3.50
100k+ ratings
Romance
Classics
Literature
White Fang Summary
White Fang
by Jack London
4.02
100k+ ratings
Classics
Adventure
Animals
The Outsiders Summary
The Outsiders
by S.E. Hinton
4.13
1.4M+ ratings
Classics
Young Adult
School
Celebrating Silence [Paperback] [Jan 01, 2008] H. H. Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Summary
Celebrating Silence [Paperback] [Jan 01, 2008] H. H. Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
by Sri Sri Ravi Shankar 2008 189 pages
4.63
1k+ ratings
Spirituality
Philosophy
Self Help
The Westing Game (Puffin Modern Classics) Summary
The Westing Game (Puffin Modern Classics)
by Ellen Raskin 2004 192 pages
4.00
200k+ ratings
Mystery
Young Adult
Middle Grade
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest Summary
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
by Ken Kesey
4.20
700k+ ratings
Classics
Psychology
Literature
The Sun Also Rises Summary
The Sun Also Rises
by Ernest Hemingway
3.79
400k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
Novels
Song of Solomon Summary
Song of Solomon
by Toni Morrison 2004 352 pages
4.14
100k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
African American
Neuromancer (Sprawl Trilogy Book 1) Summary
Neuromancer (Sprawl Trilogy Book 1)
by William Gibson 2000 268 pages
3.89
300k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Cyberpunk
Classics
The Giver Summary
The Giver
by Lois Lowry 2006 208 pages
4.12
2.5M+ ratings
Young Adult
Classics
Dystopia
The Red Badge of Courage Summary
The Red Badge of Courage
by Stephen Crane 2004 152 pages
3.29
100k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
War
Invisible Man Summary
Invisible Man
by Ralph Ellison
3.91
100k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
Historical Fiction
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