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Paradise Lost Summary
Paradise Lost
by John Milton 1667 512 pages
3.85
100k+ ratings
Poetry
Classics
Literature
Never Let Me Go Summary
Never Let Me Go
by Kazuo Ishiguro 2005 288 pages
3.85
700k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Dystopia
Contemporary
Animal Farm / 1984 Summary
Animal Farm / 1984
by George Orwell 1949 400 pages
4.30
200k+ ratings
Classics
Dystopia
Literature
Matilda Summary
Matilda
by Roald Dahl 1988 240 pages
4.34
1M+ ratings
Childrens
Fantasy
Middle Grade
The Outsiders Summary
The Outsiders
by S.E. Hinton 1967 208 pages
4.14
1.4M+ ratings
Classics
Young Adult
School
The Sound of Waves Summary
The Sound of Waves
by Yukio Mishima 1954 183 pages
3.77
21k+ ratings
Japan
Japanese Literature
Classics
Critique of Judgment Summary
Critique of Judgment
by Immanuel Kant 1790 686 pages
4.09
9k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Art
Heart of Darkness Summary
Heart of Darkness
by Joseph Conrad 1899 188 pages
3.43
500k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
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
3.88
35k+ ratings
Economics
Philosophy
Classics
The Persian Expedition Summary
The Persian Expedition
by Xenophon 375 pages
4.11
9k+ ratings
History
Classics
Ancient History
Go Tell It on the Mountain Summary
Go Tell It on the Mountain
by James Baldwin 1953 256 pages
4.05
74k+ ratings
Classics
African American
Race
The Idiot Summary
The Idiot
by Fyodor Dostoevsky 1869 667 pages
4.21
100k+ ratings
Russia
Russian Literature
Literature
Interview with the Vampire Summary
Interview with the Vampire
by Anne Rice 1976 346 pages
4.02
600k+ ratings
Horror
Fantasy
Vampires
The Jungle Summary
The Jungle
by Upton Sinclair 1906 335 pages
3.77
100k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Literature
Twelve Angry Men Summary
Twelve Angry Men
by Reginald Rose 1954 96 pages
4.07
35k+ ratings
Plays
Classics
Drama
Roots Summary
Roots
The Saga of an American Family
by Alex Haley 1976 729 pages
4.44
100k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Classics
Historical
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas Summary
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
by Hunter S. Thompson 1971 204 pages
4.07
300k+ ratings
Classics
Humor
Journalism
Twilight of the Idols Summary
Twilight of the Idols
by Friedrich Nietzsche 1889 128 pages
3.95
13k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
German Literature
Dracula Summary
Dracula
by Bram Stoker 1897 488 pages
4.02
1.3M+ ratings
Classics
Horror
Fantasy
The Prophet Summary
The Prophet
by Kahlil Gibran 1923 127 pages
4.23
300k+ ratings
Poetry
Classics
Philosophy
As a Man Thinketh Summary
As a Man Thinketh
by James Allen 1902 80 pages
4.24
90k+ ratings
Self Help
Philosophy
Personal Development
A Doll's House Summary
A Doll's House
by Henrik Ibsen 1879 122 pages
3.77
100k+ ratings
Plays
Drama
School
The Thorn Birds Summary
The Thorn Birds
by Colleen McCullough 1977 692 pages
4.25
300k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Romance
Classics
Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals Summary
Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals
by Immanuel Kant 1785 120 pages
3.84
21k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
German Literature
Schoolgirl Summary
Schoolgirl
by Osamu Dazai 1939 103 pages
4.00
20k+ ratings
Classics
Japanese Literature
Japan
Emily Post's Etiquette Summary
Emily Post's Etiquette
by Peggy Post 1922 896 pages
4.15
2k+ ratings
Reference
Self Help
Classics
Twelfth Night Summary
Twelfth Night
by William Shakespeare 1602 272 pages
3.96
100k+ ratings
Plays
Classics
School
Gone with the Wind Summary
Gone with the Wind
by Margaret Mitchell 1936 1037 pages
4.31
1.2M+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Romance
The Dhammapada Summary
The Dhammapada
by Anonymous 114 pages
4.27
29k+ ratings
Buddhism
Philosophy
Spirituality
A Tale of Two Cities Summary
A Tale of Two Cities
by Charles Dickens 1859 489 pages
3.87
900k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Literature
Giovanni’s Room Summary
Giovanni’s Room
by James Baldwin 1956 159 pages
4.34
100k+ ratings
Classics
LGBT
Queer
Zeno's Conscience Summary
Zeno's Conscience
by Italo Svevo 1923 437 pages
3.77
29k+ ratings
Italian Literature
Italy
Literature
The Elements of Style Summary
The Elements of Style
by William Strunk Jr. 1918 105 pages
4.18
85k+ ratings
Writing
Reference
Language
Thousand Cranes Summary
Thousand Cranes
by Yasunari Kawabata 1952 147 pages
3.71
14k+ ratings
Japan
Japanese Literature
Classics
The Road to Serfdom Summary
The Road to Serfdom
by Friedrich A. Hayek 1944 274 pages
4.16
24k+ ratings
Economics
Politics
Philosophy
Atonement Summary
Atonement
by Ian McEwan 2001 351 pages
3.94
500k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Classics
Romance
Candide Summary
Candide
by Voltaire 1759 129 pages
3.76
200k+ ratings
Philosophy
France
Classics
The Grapes of Wrath Summary
The Grapes of Wrath
by John Steinbeck 1939 496 pages
4.02
900k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Literature
Meditations Summary
Meditations
by Marcus Aurelius 254 pages
4.28
200k+ ratings
Philosophy
History
Self Help
Quarto de Despejo Summary
Quarto de Despejo
Diário de Uma Favelada
by Carolina Maria de Jesus 1960 199 pages
4.47
8k+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
Brazil
Charlotte’s Web Summary
Charlotte’s Web
by E.B. White 1952 184 pages
4.20
1.9M+ ratings
Childrens
Classics
Fantasy
Heart of Darkness Summary
Heart of Darkness
by Joseph Conrad 1899 188 pages
3.43
500k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
Historical Fiction
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1 Summary
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1
by Philip K. Dick 2011 144 pages
4.04
4k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Graphic Novels
Comics
A Passage to India Summary
A Passage to India
by E.M. Forster 1924 376 pages
3.68
83k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Classics
Literature
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
3.96
2k+ ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Religion
Norse Mythology Summary
Norse Mythology
by Neil Gaiman 2017 301 pages
4.10
300k+ ratings
Fantasy
Mythology
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 Enchanted Wood Summary
The Enchanted Wood
by Enid Blyton 1939 213 pages
4.25
29k+ ratings
Fantasy
Childrens
Classics
How to Die Summary
How to Die
An Ancient Guide to the End of Life
by Seneca 2017 230 pages
4.04
2k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Death
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
4.54
7k+ ratings
Sports
Reference
Self Help
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