Classics Book Summaries

Sula Summary
Sula
by Toni Morrison 1973 174 pages
4.05
114.1K ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
African American
Politics Summary
Politics
by Aristotle 368 pages
3.98
41.4K ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Classics
Siddhartha Summary
Siddhartha
by Hermann Hesse 1922 152 pages
4.08
835.6K ratings
Classics
Philosophy
Spirituality
The Trial and Death of Socrates Summary
The Trial and Death of Socrates
by Plato 58 pages
4.12
44.4K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
History
As a Man Thinketh Summary
As a Man Thinketh
by James Allen 1902 80 pages
4.24
92.5K ratings
Self Help
Philosophy
Personal Development
Solaris Summary
Solaris
by Stanisław Lem 1961 204 pages
3.99
121.6K ratings
Science Fiction
Classics
Polish Literature
Howl’s Moving Castle Summary
Howl’s Moving Castle
by Diana Wynne Jones 1986 329 pages
4.29
417.1K ratings
Fantasy
Young Adult
Middle Grade
The Holy Bible Summary
The Holy Bible
King James Version
by Anonymous 1611 1590 pages
4.44
305.6K ratings
Classics
Christian
Religion
Zeno's Conscience Summary
Zeno's Conscience
by Italo Svevo 1923 437 pages
3.77
30.4K ratings
Italian Literature
Italy
Literature
The Dhammapada Summary
The Dhammapada
by Anonymous 114 pages
4.27
30.0K ratings
Buddhism
Philosophy
Religion
The Talented Mr. Ripley Summary
The Talented Mr. Ripley
by Patricia Highsmith 1955 271 pages
3.95
108.1K ratings
Classics
Mystery
Thriller
A History of Western Philosophy Summary
A History of Western Philosophy
by Bertrand Russell 1945 906 pages
4.13
40.6K ratings
Philosophy
History
Classics
Native Son Summary
Native Son
by Richard Wright 1940 504 pages
4.04
102.5K ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Race
American Psycho Summary
American Psycho
by Bret Easton Ellis 1991 399 pages
3.81
344.1K ratings
Horror
Classics
Thriller
Das Kapital Summary
Das Kapital
by Karl Marx 1867 356 pages
4.09
22.9K ratings
Philosophy
Economics
Politics
Stoner Summary
Stoner
by John Williams 1965 292 pages
4.35
210.6K ratings
Historical Fiction
Classics
Literature
Because of Winn-Dixie Summary
Because of Winn-Dixie
by Kate DiCamillo 2000 182 pages
4.10
271.5K ratings
Middle Grade
Childrens
Realistic Fiction
Jane Eyre Summary
Jane Eyre
by Charlotte Brontë 1847 532 pages
4.15
2.2M ratings
Classics
Romance
Gothic
Meditations Summary
Meditations
by Marcus Aurelius 254 pages
4.28
310.3K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
History
The Bhagavad Gita Summary
The Bhagavad Gita
by Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa 160 pages
4.19
77.2K ratings
Philosophy
Religion
Classics
The Westing Game Summary
The Westing Game
by Ellen Raskin 1978 182 pages
4.00
226.5K ratings
Mystery
Young Adult
Middle Grade
A Doll's House Summary
A Doll's House
by Henrik Ibsen 1879 122 pages
3.77
157.1K ratings
Plays
Drama
School
The Plague Summary
The Plague
by Albert Camus 1947 308 pages
4.02
294.9K ratings
Classics
Philosophy
France
The Book of Disquiet Summary
The Book of Disquiet
by Fernando Pessoa 1982 544 pages
4.40
35.0K ratings
Classics
Poetry
Philosophy
The Shining Summary
The Shining
by Stephen King 1977 497 pages
4.28
1.6M ratings
Horror
Thriller
Classics
Civilization and Its Discontents Summary
Civilization and Its Discontents
by Sigmund Freud 1930 127 pages
3.80
43.1K ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Classics
Neuromancer Summary
Neuromancer
by William Gibson 1984 288 pages
3.89
349.8K ratings
Science Fiction
Cyberpunk
Classics
Romeo and Juliet Summary
Romeo and Juliet
by William Shakespeare 1597 281 pages
3.74
2.7M ratings
Classics
Plays
School
The Enchanted Wood Summary
The Enchanted Wood
by Enid Blyton 1939 213 pages
4.25
29.7K ratings
Fantasy
Childrens
Classics
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Summary
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
by Maya Angelou 1969 289 pages
4.30
562.1K ratings
Classics
Memoir
Biography
A Passage to India Summary
A Passage to India
by E.M. Forster 1924 376 pages
3.68
83.8K ratings
Historical Fiction
Classics
Literature
The Discovery of India Summary
The Discovery of India
by Jawaharlal Nehru 1946 656 pages
4.09
8.5K ratings
History
India
Politics
Twelve Angry Men Summary
Twelve Angry Men
by Reginald Rose 1954 96 pages
4.07
35.6K ratings
Plays
Classics
Drama
The Hound of the Baskervilles Summary
The Hound of the Baskervilles
by Arthur Conan Doyle 1902 256 pages
4.13
371.8K ratings
Mystery
Crime
Classics
The Things They Carried Summary
The Things They Carried
by Tim O'Brien 1990 246 pages
4.14
334.0K ratings
Historical Fiction
Classics
War
Oblomov Summary
Oblomov
by Ivan Goncharov 1859 586 pages
4.13
41.1K ratings
Classics
Russia
Russian Literature
Poor Folk Summary
Poor Folk
by Fyodor Dostoevsky 1846 167 pages
3.77
35.8K ratings
Russian Literature
Russia
Novels
City of God Summary
City of God
by Augustine of Hippo 1186 pages
3.94
13.3K ratings
Philosophy
Theology
Religion
Hagakure Summary
Hagakure
The Book of the Samurai
by Yamamoto Tsunetomo 1716 192 pages
4.00
16.4K ratings
Philosophy
Japan
History
Heretics of Dune Summary
Heretics of Dune
by Frank Herbert 1984 669 pages
3.86
95.8K ratings
Science Fiction
Fantasy
Science Fiction Fantasy
The Conquest of Happiness Summary
The Conquest of Happiness
by Bertrand Russell 1930 183 pages
4.02
15.5K ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Self Help
The Spook Who Sat by the Door Summary
The Spook Who Sat by the Door
by Sam Greenlee 1969 256 pages
4.35
3.4K ratings
Historical Fiction
Race
Classics
Night Summary
Night
by Elie Wiesel 1956 120 pages
4.38
1.3M ratings
Classics
History
Memoir
Tartuffe Summary
Tartuffe
by Molière 1664 180 pages
3.66
41.9K ratings
Plays
Classics
France
Aspects of the Novel Summary
Aspects of the Novel
by E.M. Forster 1927 192 pages
3.80
4.8K ratings
Writing
Literary Criticism
Essays
Yayati Summary
Yayati
A Classic Tale of Lust
by Vishnu Sakharam Khandekar 1963 251 pages
4.12
5.3K ratings
Marathi
Mythology
India
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance Summary
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
An Inquiry Into Values
by Robert M. Pirsig 1974 540 pages
3.78
239.8K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Spirituality
The Call of Cthulhu Summary
The Call of Cthulhu
by H.P. Lovecraft 1928 43 pages
4.03
114.7K ratings
Horror
Classics
Short Stories
Matilda Summary
Matilda
by Roald Dahl 1988 240 pages
4.33
1.1M ratings
Childrens
Classics
Fantasy
شجرتي شجرة البرتقال الرائعة Summary
شجرتي شجرة البرتقال الرائعة
by José Mauro de Vasconcelos 1968 245 pages
4.38
77.6K ratings
Classics
Childrens
Novels
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