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The Honjin Murders Summary
The Honjin Murders
by Seishi Yokomizo 1946 189 pages
3.64
19k+ ratings
Mystery
Japan
Crime
Security Analysis Summary
Security Analysis
The Classic 1951 Edition
by Benjamin Graham 1934 784 pages
4.30
9k+ ratings
Finance
Business
Economics
The Symposium Summary
The Symposium
by Plato 90 pages
4.09
84k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
History
The Screwtape Letters Summary
The Screwtape Letters
by C.S. Lewis 1942 222 pages
4.27
400k+ ratings
Christian
Classics
Religion
The Name of the Rose Summary
The Name of the Rose
by Umberto Eco 1980 552 pages
4.14
300k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Mystery
Classics
Brave New World Revisited Summary
Brave New World Revisited
by Aldous Huxley 1958 123 pages
3.94
21k+ ratings
Classics
Science Fiction
Philosophy
A Confederacy of Dunces Summary
A Confederacy of Dunces
by John Kennedy Toole 1980 394 pages
3.89
200k+ ratings
Humor
Book Club
Literature
The Portable Nietzsche Summary
The Portable Nietzsche
by Friedrich Nietzsche 1954 692 pages
4.21
9k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Psychology
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time Summary
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
by Mark Haddon 2003 226 pages
3.89
1.5M+ ratings
Mystery
Young Adult
Contemporary
50 Philosophy Classics Summary
50 Philosophy Classics
Thinking, Being, Acting, Seeing, Profound Insights and Powerful Thinking from Fifty Key Books
by Tom Butler-Bowdon 2013 325 pages
4.09
1k+ ratings
Philosophy
Reference
Politics
The Iliad Summary
The Iliad
by Homer 614 pages
3.92
400k+ ratings
Classics
Poetry
Mythology
Zorba the Greek Summary
Zorba the Greek
by Nikos Kazantzakis 1946 335 pages
4.04
55k+ ratings
Classics
Philosophy
Greece
Meditations Summary
Meditations
With Selected Correspondence
by Marcus Aurelius 208 pages
4.26
500+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Ancient
Caps for Sale Summary
Caps for Sale
A Tale of a Peddler, Some Monkeys and Their Monkey Business
by Esphyr Slobodkina 1940 48 pages
4.17
94k+ ratings
Picture Books
Childrens
Classics
The Godfather Summary
The Godfather
by Mario Puzo 1969 448 pages
4.40
400k+ ratings
Classics
Crime
Thriller
Illusions Summary
Illusions
The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah
by Richard Bach 1977 144 pages
4.15
65k+ ratings
Philosophy
Spirituality
Fantasy
Ariel Summary
Ariel
by Sylvia Plath 1965 128 pages
4.19
85k+ ratings
Poetry
Classics
Feminism
En agosto nos vemos Summary
En agosto nos vemos
by Gabriel García Márquez 2024 142 pages
3.59
42k+ ratings
Romance
Classics
Spanish Literature
It Summary
It
by Stephen King 1986 1184 pages
4.24
1.2M+ ratings
Horror
Thriller
Fantasy
Macbeth Summary
Macbeth
by William Shakespeare 1623 249 pages
3.89
900k+ ratings
Classics
Plays
School
East of Eden Summary
East of Eden
by John Steinbeck 1952 601 pages
4.43
500k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Literature
The Silence of the Lambs Summary
The Silence of the Lambs
by Thomas Harris 1988 421 pages
4.25
500k+ ratings
Horror
Thriller
Mystery
A Farewell to Arms Summary
A Farewell to Arms
by Ernest Hemingway 1929 293 pages
3.82
300k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Classics
War
القرآن الكريم Summary
القرآن الكريم
by Anonymous 604 pages
4.38
71k+ ratings
Classics
Philosophy
Religion
White Fang Summary
White Fang
by Jack London 1906 252 pages
4.03
100k+ ratings
Classics
Adventure
Animals
The Satanic Verses Summary
The Satanic Verses
by Salman Rushdie 1988 561 pages
3.71
69k+ ratings
Classics
Magical Realism
Fantasy
Death of a Salesman Summary
Death of a Salesman
by Arthur Miller 1949 144 pages
3.58
200k+ ratings
Classics
Plays
Drama
The Haunting of Hill House Summary
The Haunting of Hill House
by Shirley Jackson 1959 182 pages
3.82
300k+ ratings
Gothic
Mystery
Paranormal
Doctor Faustus Summary
Doctor Faustus
by Thomas Mann 1947 535 pages
4.08
13k+ ratings
Classics
German Literature
Literature
North and South Summary
North and South
by Elizabeth Gaskell 1855 521 pages
4.15
100k+ ratings
Romance
Historical Fiction
Classics
Medea Summary
Medea
by Euripides 59 pages
3.95
83k+ ratings
Classics
Plays
Mythology
The Logic of Scientific Discovery Summary
The Logic of Scientific Discovery
by Karl Popper 1934 544 pages
4.03
5k+ ratings
Philosophy
Science
Classics
Children of Dune Summary
Children of Dune
by Frank Herbert 1976 609 pages
3.96
200k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Fantasy
Classics
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame Summary
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
by Victor Hugo 1831 510 pages
4.02
200k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
France
Perfume Summary
Perfume
The Story of a Murderer
by Patrick Süskind 1985 263 pages
4.04
500k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Horror
The Cherry Orchard Summary
The Cherry Orchard
by Anton Chekhov 1903 96 pages
3.68
43k+ ratings
Plays
Classics
Drama
Musashi's Dokkodo (The Way of Walking Alone) Summary
Musashi's Dokkodo (The Way of Walking Alone)
Half Crazy, Half Genius—Finding Modern Meaning in the Sword Saint’s Last Words
by Miyamoto Musashi 1645 278 pages
3.81
500+ ratings
Philosophy
Self Help
Martial Arts
On Human Nature Summary
On Human Nature
by Arthur Schopenhauer 1851 67 pages
3.98
500+ ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Classics
In Praise of Idleness and Other Essays Summary
In Praise of Idleness and Other Essays
by Bertrand Russell 1935 192 pages
4.04
7k+ ratings
Philosophy
Essays
Politics
Lolita Summary
Lolita
by Vladimir Nabokov 1955 368 pages
3.87
900k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
Russia
The Picture of Dorian Gray Summary
The Picture of Dorian Gray
A Graphic Novel
by Ian Edginton 2008 122 pages
4.17
59k+ ratings
Classics
Graphic Novels
Comics
Counsels and Maxims Summary
Counsels and Maxims
by Arthur Schopenhauer 1851 116 pages
4.20
100+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
German Literature
Invisible Man Summary
Invisible Man
by Ralph Ellison 1952 581 pages
3.92
100k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
Historical Fiction
My Life And Work Summary
My Life And Work
by Henry Ford 1922 140 pages
4.18
5k+ ratings
Biography
Business
History
The Origins of Totalitarianism Summary
The Origins of Totalitarianism
by Hannah Arendt 1951 527 pages
4.30
13k+ ratings
History
Philosophy
Politics
The Forever War Summary
The Forever War
by Joe Haldeman 1974 278 pages
4.14
100k+ ratings
Science Fiction
War
Space Opera
Walk Two Moons Summary
Walk Two Moons
by Sharon Creech 1994 280 pages
4.00
100k+ ratings
Young Adult
Middle Grade
Childrens
Walden or, Life in the Woods Summary
Walden or, Life in the Woods
by Henry David Thoreau 1854 352 pages
3.78
100k+ ratings
Classics
Philosophy
Nature
Ancient Philosophy Summary
Ancient Philosophy
A Very Short Introduction
by Julia Annas 2001 133 pages
3.64
500+ ratings
Philosophy
History
Classics
The Sorrows of Young Werther Summary
The Sorrows of Young Werther
by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1774 149 pages
3.69
100k+ ratings
German Literature
Classics
Literature
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