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Paradise Lost Summary

by John Milton 1667 512 pages

Never Let Me Go Summary

Never Let Me Go

by Kazuo Ishiguro 2005 288 pages

Science Fiction

Animal Farm / 1984 Summary

Animal Farm / 1984

by George Orwell 1949 400 pages

Matilda Summary

by Roald Dahl 1988 240 pages

The Outsiders Summary

by S.E. Hinton 1967 208 pages

The Sound of Waves Summary

The Sound of Waves

by Yukio Mishima 1954 183 pages

Japanese Literature

Critique of Judgment Summary

Critique of Judgment

by Immanuel Kant 1790 686 pages

Heart of Darkness Summary

Heart of Darkness

by Joseph Conrad 1899 188 pages

Historical Fiction

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

The Persian Expedition Summary

The Persian Expedition

by Xenophon 375 pages

Ancient History

Go Tell It on the Mountain Summary

Go Tell It on the Mountain

by James Baldwin 1953 256 pages

African American

The Idiot Summary

by Fyodor Dostoevsky 1869 667 pages

Russian Literature

Interview with the Vampire Summary

Interview with the Vampire

by Anne Rice 1976 346 pages

The Jungle Summary

by Upton Sinclair 1906 335 pages

Historical Fiction

Twelve Angry Men Summary

Twelve Angry Men

by Reginald Rose 1954 96 pages

The Saga of an American Family

by Alex Haley 1976 729 pages

Historical Fiction

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas Summary

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

by Hunter S. Thompson 1971 204 pages

Twilight of the Idols Summary

Twilight of the Idols

by Friedrich Nietzsche 1889 128 pages

German Literature

Dracula Summary

by Bram Stoker 1897 488 pages

The Prophet Summary

by Kahlil Gibran 1923 127 pages

As a Man Thinketh Summary

As a Man Thinketh

by James Allen 1902 80 pages

Personal Development

A Doll's House Summary

by Henrik Ibsen 1879 122 pages

The Thorn Birds Summary

The Thorn Birds

by Colleen McCullough 1977 692 pages

Historical Fiction

Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals Summary

Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals

by Immanuel Kant 1785 120 pages

German Literature

Schoolgirl Summary

by Osamu Dazai 1939 103 pages

Japanese Literature

Emily Post's Etiquette Summary

Emily Post's Etiquette

by Peggy Post 1922 896 pages

Twelfth Night Summary

by William Shakespeare 1602 272 pages

Gone with the Wind Summary

Gone with the Wind

by Margaret Mitchell 1936 1037 pages

Historical Fiction

The Dhammapada Summary

by Anonymous 114 pages

A Tale of Two Cities Summary

A Tale of Two Cities

by Charles Dickens 1859 489 pages

Historical Fiction

Giovanni’s Room Summary

Giovanni’s Room

by James Baldwin 1956 159 pages

Zeno's Conscience Summary

Zeno's Conscience

by Italo Svevo 1923 437 pages

Italian Literature

The Elements of Style Summary

The Elements of Style

by William Strunk Jr. 1918 105 pages

Thousand Cranes Summary

Thousand Cranes

by Yasunari Kawabata 1952 147 pages

Japanese Literature

The Road to Serfdom Summary

The Road to Serfdom

by Friedrich A. Hayek 1944 274 pages

Atonement Summary

by Ian McEwan 2001 351 pages

Historical Fiction

Candide Summary

by Voltaire 1759 129 pages

The Grapes of Wrath Summary

The Grapes of Wrath

by John Steinbeck 1939 496 pages

Historical Fiction

Meditations Summary

by Marcus Aurelius 254 pages

Quarto de Despejo Summary

Quarto de Despejo

Diário de Uma Favelada

by Carolina Maria de Jesus 1960 199 pages

Charlotte’s Web Summary

Charlotte’s Web

by E.B. White 1952 184 pages

Heart of Darkness Summary

Heart of Darkness

by Joseph Conrad 1899 188 pages

Historical Fiction

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1 Summary

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1

by Philip K. Dick 2011 144 pages

Science Fiction

A Passage to India Summary

A Passage to India

by E.M. Forster 1924 376 pages

Historical Fiction

The Concept of Anxiety Summary

The Concept of Anxiety

A Simple Psychologically Oriented Deliberation in View of the Dogmatic Problem of Hereditary Sin

by Søren Kierkegaard 1844 256 pages

Norse Mythology Summary

Norse Mythology

by Neil Gaiman 2017 301 pages

The A.B.C. Murders Summary

The A.B.C. Murders

by Agatha Christie 1936 232 pages

The Enchanted Wood Summary

The Enchanted Wood

by Enid Blyton 1939 213 pages

How to Die Summary

An Ancient Guide to the End of Life

by Seneca 2017 230 pages

Ben Hogan's Five Lessons The Modern Fundamentals of Golf Summary

Ben Hogan's Five Lessons The Modern Fundamentals of Golf

by Ben Hogan 1957 127 pages

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