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Classics Book Summaries

The Wisdom of Life Summary
The Wisdom of Life
by Arthur Schopenhauer 2004 77 pages
4.11
12k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Psychology
Pippi Longstocking Summary
Pippi Longstocking
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 Call of Cthulhu Summary
The Call of Cthulhu
by H.P. Lovecraft
4.03
100k+ ratings
Horror
Classics
Short Stories
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
Sophie’s World Summary
Sophie’s World
by Jostein Gaarder 1995 403 pages
3.96
200k+ ratings
Classics
Young Adult
Novels
Great Expectations Summary
Great Expectations
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 Summary
Dante's Inferno
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 Summary
The Invisible Man
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 Summary
Howl’s Moving Castle
by Diana Wynne Jones 2001 336 pages
4.29
300k+ ratings
Fantasy
Young Adult
Middle Grade
The House on Mango Street Summary
The House on Mango Street
by Sandra Cisneros 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
Norse Mythology Summary
Norse Mythology
by Neil Gaiman
4.10
300k+ ratings
Fantasy
Mythology
Short Stories
The Prophet Summary
The Prophet
by Kahlil Gibran 2003 144 pages
4.23
300k+ ratings
Poetry
Classics
Philosophy
Heart of Darkness Summary
Heart of Darkness
by Joseph Conrad 2003 200 pages
3.43
500k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
Historical Fiction
Heidi Summary
Heidi
by Johanna Spyri 2002 352 pages
4.03
200k+ ratings
Classics
Childrens
Young Adult
A Room with a View Summary
A Room with a View
by E.M. Forster 2005 120 pages
3.90
100k+ ratings
Classics
Romance
Historical Fiction
The Tempest Summary
The Tempest
by William Shakespeare
3.78
200k+ ratings
Plays
Drama
Classics
King Lear Summary
King Lear
by William Shakespeare
3.91
200k+ ratings
Plays
Classics
School
Lady Chatterley’s Lover Summary
Lady Chatterley’s Lover
by D.H. Lawrence 1983 376 pages
3.50
100k+ ratings
Romance
Classics
Literature
Waiting for Godot Summary
Waiting for Godot
by Samuel Beckett
3.84
200k+ ratings
Plays
Classics
Theatre
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 Ravi Shankar 2008 189 pages
4.63
1k+ ratings
Spirituality
Philosophy
Self Help
The Gambler Summary
The Gambler
by Fyodor Dostoevsky
3.91
100k+ ratings
Classics
Russia
Russian Literature
The Westing Game Summary
The Westing Game
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 Summary
Neuromancer
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
The Iliad Summary
The Iliad
by Homer 2023 848 pages
3.91
400k+ ratings
Poetry
Mythology
Classics
The Blind Assassin Summary
The Blind Assassin
by Margaret Atwood
3.96
100k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Mystery
Literary Fiction
The Remains of the Day Summary
The Remains of the Day
by Kazuo Ishiguro
4.14
300k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Classics
Literary Fiction
Chess Story Summary
Chess Story
by Stefan Zweig 2005 104 pages
4.27
100k+ ratings
German Literature
Short Stories
Literature
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man Summary
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
by James Joyce 2003 384 pages
3.64
100k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
Irish Literature
The Man in the High Castle Summary
The Man in the High Castle
by Philip K. Dick
3.60
200k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Classics
Dystopia
Norwegian Wood Summary
Norwegian Wood
by Haruki Murakami 2000 600 pages
4.00
600k+ ratings
Romance
Japan
Japanese Literature
Twelfth Night Summary
Twelfth Night
by William Shakespeare 2004 272 pages
3.96
100k+ ratings
Plays
Classics
School
All the Pretty Horses Summary
All the Pretty Horses
by Cormac McCarthy 1993 301 pages
4.04
100k+ ratings
Westerns
Historical Fiction
Classics
A Christmas Carol Summary
A Christmas Carol
by Charles Dickens 1999 184 pages
4.08
800k+ ratings
Christmas
Classics
Fantasy
Mrs. Dalloway Summary
Mrs. Dalloway
by Virginia Woolf 2002 216 pages
3.79
300k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
Novels
The Jungle Book Summary
The Jungle Book
by Rudyard Kipling 1992 192 pages
3.90
100k+ ratings
Classics
Childrens
Fantasy
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