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The House on Mango Street Summary

The House on Mango Street

by Sandra Cisneros 1984 110 pages

Mere Christianity Summary

Mere Christianity

by C.S. Lewis 1952 191 pages

by Jean-Paul Sartre 1938 178 pages

The Jungle Summary

by Upton Sinclair 1906 335 pages

Historical Fiction

The War of the Worlds Summary

The War of the Worlds

by H.G. Wells 1898 192 pages

Science Fiction

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 Moon Is a Harsh Mistress Summary

The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress

by Robert A. Heinlein 1966 288 pages

Science Fiction

Science Fiction Fantasy

Schoolgirl Summary

by Osamu Dazai 1939 103 pages

Japanese Literature

The Saga of an American Family

by Alex Haley 1976 729 pages

Historical Fiction

Critique of Judgment Summary

Critique of Judgment

by Immanuel Kant 1790 686 pages

The Prince of Tides Summary

The Prince of Tides

by Pat Conroy 1986 679 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

Pygmalion Summary

by George Bernard Shaw 1913 82 pages

Quarto de Despejo Summary

Quarto de Despejo

Diário de uma Favelada

by Carolina Maria de Jesus 1960 199 pages

The Outsiders Summary

by S.E. Hinton 1967 208 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

Illusions Summary

The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah

by Richard Bach 1977 144 pages

Dune Messiah Summary

by Frank Herbert 1969 336 pages

Science 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

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

Wide Sargasso Sea Summary

Wide Sargasso Sea

by Jean Rhys 1966 176 pages

Historical Fiction

Thousand Cranes Summary

Thousand Cranes

by Yasunari Kawabata 1952 147 pages

Japanese Literature

Giovanni’s Room Summary

Giovanni’s Room

by James Baldwin 1956 178 pages

As a Man Thinketh Summary

As a Man Thinketh

by James Allen 1902 80 pages

Personal Development

A Happy Death Summary

by Albert Camus 1971 144 pages

Paradise Lost Summary

by John Milton 1667 453 pages

Ecce Homo Summary

by Friedrich Nietzsche 1908 144 pages

The Journey to the West, Volume 1 Summary

The Journey to the West, Volume 1

by Wu Cheng'en 1592 544 pages

by Sylvia Plath 1965 128 pages

Children of Dune Summary

Children of Dune

by Frank Herbert 1976 609 pages

Science Fiction

Atonement Summary

by Ian McEwan 2001 351 pages

Historical Fiction

The Secret Seven Summary

The Secret Seven

by Enid Blyton 1949 144 pages

Animal Farm / 1984 Summary

Animal Farm / 1984

by George Orwell 1949 400 pages

The Symposium Summary

by Plato 90 pages

Dracula Summary

by Bram Stoker 1897 488 pages

The Silence of the Lambs Summary

The Silence of the Lambs

by Thomas Harris 1988 421 pages

The Art of Happiness Summary

The Art of Happiness

by Epicurus 266 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

Eichmann in Jerusalem Summary

Eichmann in Jerusalem

A Report on the Banality of Evil

by Hannah Arendt 1963 312 pages

The Castle Summary

by Franz Kafka 1926 328 pages

German Literature

The Portable Nietzsche Summary

The Portable Nietzsche

by Friedrich Nietzsche 1954 692 pages

Journey to the Center of the Earth Summary

Journey to the Center of the Earth

by Jules Verne 1864 240 pages

Science Fiction

Discourses and Selected Writings Summary

Discourses and Selected Writings

by Epictetus 276 pages

Flowers for Algernon Summary

Flowers for Algernon

by Daniel Keyes 1966 311 pages

Science Fiction

The Blue Umbrella Summary

The Blue Umbrella

by Ruskin Bond 1980 83 pages

The Forever War Summary

The Forever War

by Joe Haldeman 1974 278 pages

Science Fiction

Devil on the Cross Summary

Devil on the Cross

by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o 1980 256 pages

The Road to Serfdom Summary

The Road to Serfdom

by Friedrich A. Hayek 1944 274 pages

Go Tell It on the Mountain Summary

Go Tell It on the Mountain

by James Baldwin 1953 256 pages

African American

The Prophet Summary

by Kahlil Gibran 1923 127 pages

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