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Because of Winn-Dixie Summary
Because of Winn-Dixie
by Kate DiCamillo 2000 182 pages
4.10
200k+ ratings
Middle Grade
Childrens
Realistic Fiction
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Summary
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
by Mark Twain 1876 244 pages
3.92
900k+ ratings
Classics
Adventure
Historical Fiction
The Things They Carried Summary
The Things They Carried
by Tim O'Brien 1990 246 pages
4.14
300k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Classics
War
The Baburnama Summary
The Baburnama
Memoirs of Babur, Prince and Emperor
by Zahir ud-Din Muhammad Babur 1531 608 pages
3.95
500+ ratings
History
Biography
India
Solaris Summary
Solaris
by Stanisław Lem 1961 204 pages
3.99
100k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Classics
Polish Literature
Metaphysics Summary
Metaphysics
by Aristotle 365 pages
4.07
17k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Metaphysics
The Discovery of India Summary
The Discovery of India
by Jawaharlal Nehru 1946 656 pages
4.09
8k+ ratings
History
India
Politics
The Plague Summary
The Plague
by Albert Camus 1947 308 pages
4.02
200k+ ratings
Classics
Philosophy
France
An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge Summary
An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
by Ambrose Bierce 1890 36 pages
4.02
26k+ ratings
Short Stories
Classics
Horror
All My Sons Summary
All My Sons
by Arthur Miller 1947 112 pages
3.91
29k+ ratings
Plays
Classics
Drama
Jane Eyre Summary
Jane Eyre
by Charlotte Brontë 1847 532 pages
4.15
2.2M+ ratings
Classics
Romance
Gothic
Man and His Symbols Summary
Man and His Symbols
by C.G. Jung 1964 415 pages
4.19
31k+ ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Science
Politics Summary
Politics
by Aristotle 368 pages
3.98
41k+ ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Classics
A Study in Scarlet Summary
A Study in Scarlet
by Arthur Conan Doyle 1887 123 pages
4.13
400k+ ratings
Classics
Mystery
Crime
The Spook Who Sat by the Door Summary
The Spook Who Sat by the Door
by Sam Greenlee 1969 256 pages
4.35
3k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Race
Classics
Infinite Jest Summary
Infinite Jest
by David Foster Wallace 1996 1088 pages
4.25
97k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
Novels
The Tempest Summary
The Tempest
by William Shakespeare 1611 218 pages
3.78
200k+ ratings
Classics
Plays
Drama
Howl’s Moving Castle Summary
Howl’s Moving Castle
by Diana Wynne Jones 1986 329 pages
4.29
400k+ ratings
Fantasy
Young Adult
Middle Grade
The Feminine Mystique Summary
The Feminine Mystique
by Betty Friedan 1963 562 pages
3.87
29k+ ratings
Feminism
Classics
History
Tartuffe Summary
Tartuffe
by Molière 1664 180 pages
3.66
41k+ ratings
Plays
Classics
France
Aspects of the Novel Summary
Aspects of the Novel
by E.M. Forster 1927 192 pages
3.80
4k+ ratings
Writing
Literary Criticism
Essays
On the Genealogy of Morals Summary
On the Genealogy of Morals
by Friedrich Nietzsche 1887 208 pages
4.13
33k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Psychology
Das Kapital Summary
Das Kapital
by Karl Marx 1867 356 pages
4.09
22k+ ratings
Philosophy
Economics
Politics
Twelve Angry Men Summary
Twelve Angry Men
by Reginald Rose 1954 96 pages
4.07
35k+ ratings
Plays
Classics
Drama
On the Good Life Summary
On the Good Life
by Marcus Tullius Cicero 384 pages
4.00
2k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
History
The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson Summary
The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson
by Emily Dickinson 1890 716 pages
4.28
100k+ ratings
Poetry
Classics
Literature
Civilization and Its Discontents Summary
Civilization and Its Discontents
by Sigmund Freud 1930 127 pages
3.80
43k+ ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Classics
Dale Carnegie's Lifetime Plan for Success Summary
Dale Carnegie's Lifetime Plan for Success
How to Win Friends and Influence People & How to Stop Worrying and Start Living
by Dale Carnegie 2010 438 pages
4.15
2k+ ratings
Self Help
Business
Psychology
The Call of Cthulhu Summary
The Call of Cthulhu
by H.P. Lovecraft 1928 43 pages
4.03
100k+ ratings
Horror
Classics
Short Stories
The A.B.C. Murders Summary
The A.B.C. Murders
by Agatha Christie 1936 232 pages
4.03
100k+ ratings
Mystery
Classics
Crime
The Ramayana Summary
The Ramayana
A Shortened Modern Prose Version of the Indian Epic
by R.K. Narayan 1957 157 pages
4.07
12k+ ratings
Classics
Mythology
India
Julius Caesar Summary
Julius Caesar
by William Shakespeare 1599 175 pages
3.71
200k+ ratings
Plays
Drama
School
The Secret Life of Bees Summary
The Secret Life of Bees
by Sue Monk Kidd 2001 302 pages
4.10
1.3M+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Classics
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Summary
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
by L. Frank Baum 1900 154 pages
4.00
400k+ ratings
Classics
Fantasy
Childrens
Oblomov Summary
Oblomov
by Ivan Goncharov 1859 586 pages
4.13
41k+ ratings
Classics
Russia
Russian Literature
Common Sense Summary
Common Sense
by Thomas Paine 1776 104 pages
4.00
38k+ ratings
History
Classics
Philosophy
The Book of Disquiet Summary
The Book of Disquiet
by Fernando Pessoa 1982 544 pages
4.40
34k+ ratings
Classics
Poetry
Philosophy
Murder on the Orient Express Summary
Murder on the Orient Express
by Agatha Christie 1934 274 pages
4.20
600k+ ratings
Mystery
Classics
Crime
Tess of the D’Urbervilles Summary
Tess of the D’Urbervilles
by Thomas Hardy 1891 518 pages
3.84
200k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
Historical Fiction
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest Summary
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
by Ken Kesey 1962 325 pages
4.20
700k+ ratings
Classics
Psychology
Literature
Woman at Point Zero Summary
Woman at Point Zero
by Nawal El Saadawi 1975 108 pages
4.20
25k+ ratings
Feminism
Egypt
Africa
The Bhagavad Gita Summary
The Bhagavad Gita
by Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa 160 pages
4.19
77k+ ratings
Philosophy
Religion
Classics
The Sound of Waves Summary
The Sound of Waves
by Yukio Mishima 1954 183 pages
3.77
22k+ ratings
Japan
Japanese Literature
Classics
The Conquest of Happiness Summary
The Conquest of Happiness
by Bertrand Russell 1930 183 pages
4.02
15k+ ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Self Help
The Essential Tao Summary
The Essential Tao
by Thomas Cleary 1991 168 pages
4.10
500+ ratings
Philosophy
Religion
Taoism
Matilda Summary
Matilda
by Roald Dahl 1988 240 pages
4.33
1M+ ratings
Childrens
Classics
Fantasy
The Shining Summary
The Shining
by Stephen King 1977 497 pages
4.28
1.6M+ ratings
Horror
Thriller
Classics
شجرتي شجرة البرتقال الرائعة Summary
شجرتي شجرة البرتقال الرائعة
by José Mauro de Vasconcelos 1968 245 pages
4.38
77k+ ratings
Classics
Childrens
Novels
The House on Mango Street Summary
The House on Mango Street
by Sandra Cisneros 1984 110 pages
3.69
200k+ ratings
Classics
Young Adult
Short Stories
Heretics of Dune Summary
Heretics of Dune
by Frank Herbert 1984 669 pages
3.86
95k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Fantasy
Science Fiction Fantasy
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