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Hagakure Summary

The Book of the Samurai

by Yamamoto Tsunetomo 1716 192 pages

Heretics of Dune Summary

Heretics of Dune

by Frank Herbert 1984 669 pages

Science Fiction

Science Fiction Fantasy

Anna Karenina Summary

by Leo Tolstoy 1878 964 pages

Journey to the Center of the Earth Summary

Journey to the Center of the Earth

by Jules Verne 1864 240 pages

Science Fiction

The Princess Bride Summary

The Princess Bride

by William Goldman 1973 429 pages

Dream of the Red Chamber Summary

Dream of the Red Chamber

by Cao Xueqin 1761 329 pages

Historical Fiction

The Handmaid’s Tale Summary

The Handmaid’s Tale

by Margaret Atwood 1985 311 pages

Science Fiction

The Hound of the Baskervilles Summary

The Hound of the Baskervilles

by Arthur Conan Doyle 1902 256 pages

Neuromancer Summary

by William Gibson 1984 288 pages

Science Fiction

Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West Summary

Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West

by Cormac McCarthy 1985 351 pages

Historical Fiction

Poor Folk Summary

by Fyodor Dostoevsky 1846 167 pages

Russian Literature

How to Tell a Joke Summary

How to Tell a Joke

An Ancient Guide to the Art of Humor

by Marcus Tullius Cicero 2021 321 pages

The Death of Ivan Ilych Summary

The Death of Ivan Ilych

by Leo Tolstoy 1886 86 pages

Russian Literature

The Jungle Summary

by Upton Sinclair 1906 335 pages

Historical Fiction

Mere Christianity Summary

Mere Christianity

by C.S. Lewis 1952 191 pages

Discourses and Selected Writings Summary

Discourses and Selected Writings

by Epictetus 276 pages

The Fountainhead Summary

The Fountainhead

by Ayn Rand 1943 704 pages

The World as Will and Representation, Volume II Summary

The World as Will and Representation, Volume II

by Arthur Schopenhauer 1844 720 pages

German Literature

The Outsiders Summary

by S.E. Hinton 1967 208 pages

A Doll's House Summary

by Henrik Ibsen 1879 122 pages

Go Tell It on the Mountain Summary

Go Tell It on the Mountain

by James Baldwin 1953 256 pages

African American

A Passage to India Summary

A Passage to India

by E.M. Forster 1924 376 pages

Historical Fiction

Interview with the Vampire Summary

Interview with the Vampire

by Anne Rice 1976 346 pages

Critique of Judgment Summary

Critique of Judgment

by Immanuel Kant 1790 686 pages

The Talented Mr. Ripley Summary

The Talented Mr. Ripley

by Patricia Highsmith 1955 271 pages

Meditations Summary

by Marcus Aurelius 254 pages

The Saga of an American Family

by Alex Haley 1976 729 pages

Historical Fiction

Animal Farm / 1984 Summary

Animal Farm / 1984

by George Orwell 1949 400 pages

Paradise Lost Summary

by John Milton 1667 453 pages

A Classic Tale of Lust

by Vishnu Sakharam Khandekar 1963 251 pages

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas Summary

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream

by Hunter S. Thompson 1971 204 pages

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

by Elie Wiesel 1956 120 pages

The Dhammapada Summary

by Anonymous 114 pages

Zeno's Conscience Summary

Zeno's Conscience

by Italo Svevo 1923 437 pages

Italian Literature

The Idiot Summary

by Fyodor Dostoevsky 1869 667 pages

Russian Literature

Thousand Cranes Summary

Thousand Cranes

by Yasunari Kawabata 1952 147 pages

Japanese Literature

The Thorn Birds Summary

The Thorn Birds

by Colleen McCullough 1977 692 pages

Historical Fiction

The Enchanted Wood Summary

The Enchanted Wood

by Enid Blyton 1939 213 pages

Second Class Citizen Summary

Second Class Citizen

by Buchi Emecheta 1974 174 pages

African Literature

The Arthashastra Summary

The Arthashastra

by Kautilya 878 pages

Schoolgirl Summary

by Osamu Dazai 1939 103 pages

Japanese Literature

The Persian Expedition Summary

The Persian Expedition

by Xenophon 375 pages

Ancient History

The Art of Living Summary

The Art of Living

The Classical Manual on Virtue, Happiness and Effectiveness

by Epictetus 128 pages

The Elements of Style Summary

The Elements of Style

by William Strunk Jr. 1918 105 pages

The Gods Are Not to Blame Summary

The Gods Are Not to Blame

by Ola Rotimi 1971 72 pages

African Literature

Dracula Summary

by Bram Stoker 1897 488 pages

Heart of Darkness Summary

Heart of Darkness

by Joseph Conrad 1899 188 pages

Historical Fiction

Giovanni’s Room Summary

Giovanni’s Room

by James Baldwin 1956 178 pages

The Secret Garden Summary

The Secret Garden

by Frances Hodgson Burnett 1911 331 pages

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