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Pygmalion Summary
Pygmalion
by George Bernard Shaw 1913 82 pages
3.89
100k+ ratings
Classics
Plays
School
Giovanni’s Room Summary
Giovanni’s Room
by James Baldwin 1956 178 pages
4.34
200k+ ratings
Classics
LGBT
Queer
Demons Summary
Demons
by Fyodor Dostoevsky 1872 733 pages
4.30
58k+ ratings
Classics
Russia
Russian Literature
Carrie Summary
Carrie
by Stephen King 1974 272 pages
3.99
800k+ ratings
Horror
Thriller
Classics
Emily Post's Etiquette Summary
Emily Post's Etiquette
by Peggy Post 1922 896 pages
4.15
2k+ ratings
Reference
Self Help
Classics
Charlotte’s Web Summary
Charlotte’s Web
by E.B. White 1952 184 pages
4.21
1.9M+ ratings
Classics
Childrens
Fantasy
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
The Prophet Summary
The Prophet
by Kahlil Gibran 1923 127 pages
4.23
300k+ ratings
Poetry
Classics
Philosophy
Twelfth Night Summary
Twelfth Night
by William Shakespeare 1602 272 pages
3.96
100k+ ratings
Plays
Classics
School
Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals Summary
Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals
by Immanuel Kant 1785 120 pages
3.83
21k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
German Literature
Atonement Summary
Atonement
by Ian McEwan 2001 351 pages
3.95
500k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Classics
Romance
Wide Sargasso Sea Summary
Wide Sargasso Sea
by Jean Rhys 1966 176 pages
3.59
100k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Historical
Twilight of the Idols Summary
Twilight of the Idols
by Friedrich Nietzsche 1889 128 pages
3.95
13k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
German Literature
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
Eichmann in Jerusalem Summary
Eichmann in Jerusalem
A Report on the Banality of Evil
by Hannah Arendt 1963 312 pages
4.20
30k+ ratings
History
Philosophy
Politics
Letters Summary
Letters
by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. 2012 464 pages
4.08
1k+ ratings
Biography
Memoir
Autobiography
Arsène Lupin, Gentleman-Thief Summary
Arsène Lupin, Gentleman-Thief
by Maurice Leblanc 1907 279 pages
3.80
33k+ ratings
Classics
Mystery
Crime
How to Die Summary
How to Die
An Ancient Guide to the End of Life
by Seneca 2017 230 pages
4.02
2k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Death
Flowers in the Attic Summary
Flowers in the Attic
by V.C. Andrews 1979 389 pages
3.85
200k+ ratings
Horror
Young Adult
Classics
Dune Messiah Summary
Dune Messiah
by Frank Herbert 1969 336 pages
3.89
300k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Fantasy
Classics
The War of the Worlds Summary
The War of the Worlds
by H.G. Wells 1898 192 pages
3.83
300k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Classics
Fantasy
The Wisdom of Life Summary
The Wisdom of Life
by Arthur Schopenhauer 1851 77 pages
4.07
15k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Psychology
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
As a Man Thinketh Summary
As a Man Thinketh
by James Allen 1902 80 pages
4.24
92k+ ratings
Self Help
Philosophy
Personal Development
The Road to Serfdom Summary
The Road to Serfdom
by Friedrich A. Hayek 1944 274 pages
4.15
25k+ ratings
Economics
Politics
Philosophy
Candide Summary
Candide
by Voltaire 1759 129 pages
3.76
200k+ ratings
Classics
Philosophy
France
Chess Story Summary
Chess Story
by Stefan Zweig 1942 104 pages
4.27
100k+ ratings
Classics
German Literature
Short Stories
The Last Temptation of Christ Summary
The Last Temptation of Christ
by Nikos Kazantzakis 1955 506 pages
4.18
15k+ ratings
Religion
Classics
Historical Fiction
Death on the Nile Summary
Death on the Nile
by Agatha Christie 1937 352 pages
4.12
200k+ ratings
Mystery
Crime
Mystery Thriller
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 God of Small Things Summary
The God of Small Things
by Arundhati Roy 1997 321 pages
3.96
300k+ ratings
India
Historical Fiction
Classics
Flowers for Algernon Summary
Flowers for Algernon
by Daniel Keyes 1966 311 pages
4.23
700k+ ratings
Classics
Science Fiction
Young Adult
Quarto de Despejo Summary
Quarto de Despejo
Diário de uma Favelada
by Carolina Maria de Jesus 1960 199 pages
4.48
9k+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
Brazil
Nausea Summary
Nausea
by Jean-Paul Sartre 1938 178 pages
3.94
100k+ ratings
Philosophy
France
Literature
Heart of Darkness Summary
Heart of Darkness
by Joseph Conrad 1899 188 pages
3.43
500k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
Historical Fiction
Norse Mythology Summary
Norse Mythology
by Neil Gaiman 2017 301 pages
4.10
300k+ ratings
Fantasy
Mythology
Short Stories
The Grapes of Wrath Summary
The Grapes of Wrath
by John Steinbeck 1939 496 pages
4.02
900k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Literature
Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird Summary
Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird
by Christopher Sergel 1960 128 pages
4.51
22k+ ratings
Classics
Plays
Historical Fiction
Stoner Summary
Stoner
by John Williams 1965 292 pages
4.35
200k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Classics
Literature
The Inner Citadel Summary
The Inner Citadel
The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius
by Pierre Hadot 1992 368 pages
4.39
1k+ ratings
Philosophy
History
Self Help
The Amityville Horror Summary
The Amityville Horror
by Jay Anson 1977 315 pages
3.83
100k+ ratings
Horror
Paranormal
Classics
مثنوی معنوی Summary
مثنوی معنوی
by Jalal ad-Din Muhammad ar-Rumi 1273 1145 pages
4.45
4k+ ratings
Poetry
Philosophy
Literature
Don Quixote Summary
Don Quixote
by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra 1615 1023 pages
3.90
200k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
Spanish Literature
سيكولوجية الجماهير Summary
سيكولوجية الجماهير
by Gustave Le Bon 1895 200 pages
3.82
19k+ ratings
Psychology
Sociology
Politics
The Art of War and Other Classics of Eastern Thought Summary
The Art of War and Other Classics of Eastern Thought
by Sun Tzu 2013 760 pages
4.20
1k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
History
The Poisonwood Bible Summary
The Poisonwood Bible
by Barbara Kingsolver 1998 546 pages
4.11
700k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Africa
Book Club
Heidi Summary
Heidi
by Johanna Spyri 1880 352 pages
4.04
200k+ ratings
Classics
Childrens
Historical Fiction
The Art of Happiness Summary
The Art of Happiness
by Epicurus 266 pages
3.81
5k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Self Help
Human Action Summary
Human Action
A Treatise on Economics
by Ludwig von Mises 1940 924 pages
4.34
4k+ ratings
Economics
Philosophy
Politics
Atlas Shrugged Summary
Atlas Shrugged
by Ayn Rand 1957 1168 pages
3.69
400k+ ratings
Classics
Philosophy
Politics
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