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Acres of Diamonds Summary
Acres of Diamonds
by Russell H. Conwell 1915 68 pages
4.18
9k+ ratings
Business
Self Help
Personal Development
Becoming a Writer Summary
Becoming a Writer
by Dorothea Brande 1934 192 pages
4.00
6k+ ratings
Writing
Reference
Crafts
Robinson Crusoe Summary
Robinson Crusoe
by Daniel Defoe 1719 320 pages
3.68
300k+ ratings
Classics
Adventure
Literature
Gift from the Sea Summary
Gift from the Sea
by Anne Morrow Lindbergh 1955 130 pages
4.14
53k+ ratings
Memoir
Classics
Essays
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
Life of Pi Summary
Life of Pi
by Yann Martel 2001 460 pages
3.94
1.6M+ ratings
Fantasy
Classics
Adventure
Wicked Summary
Wicked
The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West
by Gregory Maguire 1995 406 pages
3.53
600k+ ratings
Fantasy
Retellings
Adult
The Complete Stories and Poems Summary
The Complete Stories and Poems
by Edgar Allan Poe 1849 821 pages
4.40
200k+ ratings
Classics
Poetry
Horror
If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler Summary
If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler
by Italo Calvino 1979 260 pages
4.03
100k+ ratings
Classics
Italian Literature
Magical Realism
مثنوی معنوی Summary
مثنوی معنوی
by Jalal ad-Din Muhammad ar-Rumi 1273 1145 pages
4.45
4k+ ratings
Poetry
Philosophy
Literature
The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana Summary
The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana
by Mallanaga Vātsyāyana 240 pages
3.45
6k+ ratings
Classics
Philosophy
Sexuality
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Summary
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
by Mark Twain 1876 244 pages
3.92
900k+ ratings
Classics
Adventure
Historical Fiction
Things Fall Apart Summary
Things Fall Apart
by Chinua Achebe 1958 215 pages
3.74
300k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Africa
50 Politics Classics Summary
50 Politics Classics
Freedom Equality Power: Mind-Changing, World-Changing Ideas from Fifty Landmark Books
by Tom Butler-Bowdon 2015 336 pages
4.00
100+ ratings
Politics
Philosophy
History
Why I Am Not a Christian and Other Essays on Religion and Related Subjects Summary
Why I Am Not a Christian and Other Essays on Religion and Related Subjects
by Bertrand Russell 1957 266 pages
4.01
21k+ ratings
Philosophy
Religion
Atheism
Amerika Summary
Amerika
by Franz Kafka 1927 336 pages
3.74
32k+ ratings
Classics
German Literature
Literature
Roots Summary
Roots
The Saga of an American Family
by Alex Haley 1976 729 pages
4.44
100k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Classics
Historical
Holy Bible Summary
Holy Bible
English Standard Version
by Anonymous 2007 1243 pages
4.58
50k+ ratings
Christian
Religion
Reference
The Little Prince Summary
The Little Prince
by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry 1943 96 pages
4.33
2.2M+ ratings
Classics
Fantasy
Childrens
The Crucible Summary
The Crucible
by Arthur Miller 1953 143 pages
3.61
400k+ ratings
Classics
Plays
Historical Fiction
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass Summary
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass
by Lewis Carroll 1871 239 pages
4.06
500k+ ratings
Fantasy
Classics
Childrens
Jude the Obscure Summary
Jude the Obscure
by Thomas Hardy 1895 310 pages
3.83
73k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
19th Century
Code of the Samurai Summary
Code of the Samurai
A Modern Translation of the Bushido Shoshinshu of Taira Shigesuke
by Daidōji Yūzan 1943 128 pages
4.03
3k+ ratings
Philosophy
History
Martial Arts
Madame Bovary Summary
Madame Bovary
by Gustave Flaubert 1856 329 pages
3.70
300k+ ratings
Classics
France
Literature
The World According to Garp Summary
The World According to Garp
by John Irving 1978 610 pages
4.10
200k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
Contemporary
Hondo Summary
Hondo
by Louis L'Amour 1953 194 pages
4.06
13k+ ratings
Westerns
Historical Fiction
Classics
The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism Summary
The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism
by Max Weber 1904 320 pages
3.91
14k+ ratings
Sociology
Philosophy
History
The Wisdom of Life Summary
The Wisdom of Life
by Arthur Schopenhauer 1851 77 pages
4.12
12k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Psychology
On the Suffering of the World Summary
On the Suffering of the World
by Arthur Schopenhauer 1850 132 pages
3.87
2k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Essays
Eichmann in Jerusalem Summary
Eichmann in Jerusalem
A Report on the Banality of Evil
by Hannah Arendt 1963 312 pages
4.20
29k+ ratings
History
Philosophy
Politics
Pippi Longstocking Summary
Pippi Longstocking
by Astrid Lindgren 1945 160 pages
4.15
200k+ ratings
Classics
Childrens
Middle Grade
Heretics of Dune Summary
Heretics of Dune
by Frank Herbert 1984 669 pages
3.86
93k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Fantasy
Science Fiction Fantasy
Chapterhouse Summary
Chapterhouse
Dune
by Frank Herbert 1985 609 pages
3.88
76k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Fantasy
Science Fiction Fantasy
The Amityville Horror Summary
The Amityville Horror
by Jay Anson 1977 315 pages
3.83
100k+ ratings
Horror
Paranormal
Classics
The Call of Cthulhu Summary
The Call of Cthulhu
by H.P. Lovecraft 1928 43 pages
4.03
100k+ ratings
Horror
Classics
Short Stories
The Art of Rhetoric Summary
The Art of Rhetoric
by Aristotle 292 pages
3.88
6k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Politics
The Imitation of Christ Summary
The Imitation of Christ
by Thomas à Kempis 1427 242 pages
4.22
25k+ ratings
Religion
Christian
Theology
Critique of Judgment Summary
Critique of Judgment
by Immanuel Kant 1790 686 pages
4.09
9k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Art
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
Fear and Trembling Summary
Fear and Trembling
by Søren Kierkegaard 1843 152 pages
4.00
28k+ ratings
Philosophy
Religion
Classics
Being and Time Summary
Being and Time
by Martin Heidegger 1927 589 pages
4.05
26k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Psychology
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
Civilization and Its Discontents Summary
Civilization and Its Discontents
by Sigmund Freud 1930 127 pages
3.80
42k+ ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Classics
Persuasion Summary
Persuasion
by Jane Austen 1817 249 pages
4.15
700k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Historical
The Journey to the West, Volume 1 Summary
The Journey to the West, Volume 1
by Wu Cheng'en 1592 544 pages
4.25
1k+ ratings
Classics
Fantasy
China
Sophie’s World Summary
Sophie’s World
by Jostein Gaarder 1991 403 pages
3.97
200k+ ratings
Classics
Young Adult
Novels
A History of Western Philosophy Summary
A History of Western Philosophy
by Bertrand Russell 1945 906 pages
4.13
40k+ ratings
Philosophy
History
Classics
A Study of History, Abridgement of Vols 1-6 Summary
A Study of History, Abridgement of Vols 1-6
by Arnold J. Toynbee 1947 640 pages
4.11
500+ ratings
History
Philosophy
World History
Great Expectations Summary
Great Expectations
by Charles Dickens 1861 544 pages
3.80
800k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
Historical Fiction
Kybalion Summary
Kybalion
A Study of the Hermetic Philosophy of Ancient Egypt and Greece
by Three Initiates 1912 223 pages
4.24
15k+ ratings
Philosophy
Spirituality
Occult
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