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In Praise of Idleness and Other Essays Summary
In Praise of Idleness and Other Essays
by Bertrand Russell 1935 192 pages
4.04
7.2K ratings
Philosophy
Essays
Politics
Studies in Pessimism Summary
Studies in Pessimism
The Essays
by Arthur Schopenhauer 1890 76 pages
3.89
2.1K ratings
Philosophy
Essays
Classics
The Origins of Totalitarianism Summary
The Origins of Totalitarianism
by Hannah Arendt 1951 527 pages
4.30
13.6K ratings
History
Philosophy
Politics
Moby-Dick or, The Whale Summary
Moby-Dick or, The Whale
by Herman Melville 1851 720 pages
3.56
596.8K ratings
Classics
Literature
Adventure
The Puppet Masters Summary
The Puppet Masters
by Robert A. Heinlein 1951 416 pages
3.89
33.7K ratings
Science Fiction
Horror
Science Fiction Fantasy
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame Summary
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
by Victor Hugo 1831 510 pages
4.02
211.3K ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
France
Around the World in Eighty Days Summary
Around the World in Eighty Days
by Jules Verne 1872 252 pages
3.95
271.6K ratings
Classics
Adventure
Science Fiction
Rendezvous with Rama Summary
Rendezvous with Rama
by Arthur C. Clarke 1973 243 pages
4.12
177.4K ratings
Science Fiction
Science Fiction Fantasy
Space
The Pillars of the Earth Summary
The Pillars of the Earth
by Ken Follett 1989 976 pages
4.35
802.1K ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
Fantasy
King Lear Summary
King Lear
by William Shakespeare 1605 339 pages
3.91
230.5K ratings
Plays
Classics
School
The Cyberiad Summary
The Cyberiad
by Stanisław Lem 1965 295 pages
4.14
13.7K ratings
Science Fiction
Short Stories
Humor
Walden or, Life in the Woods Summary
Walden or, Life in the Woods
by Henry David Thoreau 1854 352 pages
3.78
199.1K ratings
Classics
Philosophy
Nature
Introductory Lectures on Psychoanalysis Summary
Introductory Lectures on Psychoanalysis
by Sigmund Freud 1917 560 pages
3.80
11.4K ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Psychoanalysis
Pippi Longstocking Summary
Pippi Longstocking
by Astrid Lindgren 1945 160 pages
4.15
205.8K ratings
Classics
Childrens
Middle Grade
The Man in the Iron Mask Summary
The Man in the Iron Mask
by Alexandre Dumas 1847 470 pages
3.99
66.4K ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Adventure
Of Human Bondage Summary
Of Human Bondage
by W. Somerset Maugham 1915 684 pages
4.15
59.8K ratings
Classics
Literature
Novels
The Rhetoric & The Poetics of Aristotle Summary
The Rhetoric & The Poetics of Aristotle
by Aristotle 336 pages
4.00
2.4K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Poetry
The Idiot Summary
The Idiot
by Fyodor Dostoevsky 1869 667 pages
4.21
203.8K ratings
Russia
Russian Literature
Literature
Death of a Salesman Summary
Death of a Salesman
by Arthur Miller 1949 144 pages
3.58
250.3K ratings
Classics
Plays
Drama
The Theory of Moral Sentiments Summary
The Theory of Moral Sentiments
by Adam Smith 1759 368 pages
4.07
4.5K ratings
Philosophy
Economics
Classics
The Words Summary
The Words
The Autobiography of Jean-Paul Sartre
by Jean-Paul Sartre 1963 256 pages
3.74
9.9K ratings
Philosophy
France
Biography
The Way to Wealth Summary
The Way to Wealth
by Benjamin Franklin 1757 30 pages
4.09
3.2K ratings
Finance
Business
History
1985 Summary
1985
by Anthony Burgess 1978 240 pages
3.47
1.5K ratings
Science Fiction
Dystopia
Classics
On the Shortness of Life Summary
On the Shortness of Life
Life Is Long if You Know How to Use It
by Seneca 106 pages
4.17
42.0K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Self Help
Crossing to Safety Summary
Crossing to Safety
by Wallace Stegner 1987 335 pages
4.16
49.0K ratings
Book Club
Classics
Literary Fiction
The Sign of Four Summary
The Sign of Four
by Arthur Conan Doyle 1890 129 pages
3.89
169.9K ratings
Classics
Mystery
Crime
Three Men in a Boat Summary
Three Men in a Boat
by Jerome K. Jerome 1889 185 pages
3.84
77.4K ratings
Classics
Humor
Comedy
1984 Summary
1984
George Orwell
by SparkNotes 2014 80 pages
4.30
9.8K ratings
Classics
Science Fiction
Dystopia
Rebecca Summary
Rebecca
by Daphne du Maurier 1938 449 pages
4.25
685.9K ratings
Classics
Mystery
Gothic
Água Viva Summary
Água Viva
by Clarice Lispector 1973 88 pages
4.27
17.4K ratings
Poetry
Classics
Philosophy
Ancient Philosophy Summary
Ancient Philosophy
A Very Short Introduction
by Julia Annas 2001 133 pages
3.64
783 ratings
Philosophy
History
Classics
The Sicilian Summary
The Sicilian
by Mario Puzo 1984 416 pages
4.03
29.4K ratings
Crime
Thriller
Classics
Dale Carnegie's Lifetime Plan for Success Summary
Dale Carnegie's Lifetime Plan for Success
How to Win Friends and Influence People & How to Stop Worrying and Start Living
by Dale Carnegie 2010 438 pages
4.15
2.8K ratings
Self Help
Business
Psychology
Leaves of Grass Summary
Leaves of Grass
by Walt Whitman 1855 624 pages
4.12
113.7K ratings
Poetry
Classics
Literature
Musashi's Book of Five Rings Summary
Musashi's Book of Five Rings
The Definitive Interpertation of Miyomoto Musashi's Classic Book of Strategy
by Stephen F. Kaufman 2012 128 pages
4.15
330 ratings
Philosophy
Martial Arts
Japan
Sex and Rage Summary
Sex and Rage
by Eve Babitz 1979 256 pages
3.56
16.0K ratings
Contemporary
Classics
Feminism
Capitalism Summary
Capitalism
The Unknown Ideal
by Ayn Rand 1946 340 pages
3.89
4.4K ratings
Philosophy
Economics
Politics
A Moveable Feast Summary
A Moveable Feast
by Ernest Hemingway 1964 192 pages
4.02
160.9K ratings
Memoir
Biography
France
The Varieties of Religious Experience Summary
The Varieties of Religious Experience
by William James 1902 519 pages
4.01
12.6K ratings
Philosophy
Religion
Psychology
The Sound and the Fury Summary
The Sound and the Fury
by William Faulkner 1929 366 pages
3.86
190.5K ratings
Literature
Classics
Novels
The Merchant of Venice Summary
The Merchant of Venice
by William Shakespeare 1596 249 pages
3.78
197.7K ratings
Classics
Plays
Drama
A Grief Observed Summary
A Grief Observed
by C.S. Lewis 1961 76 pages
4.22
89.8K ratings
Christian
Religion
Grief
Sense and Sensibility Summary
Sense and Sensibility
by Jane Austen 1811 409 pages
4.09
1.3M ratings
Classics
Romance
Historical Fiction
How to Win an Argument Summary
How to Win an Argument
An Ancient Guide to the Art of Persuasion
by Marcus Tullius Cicero 2016 288 pages
3.66
811 ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Politics
We Were the Mulvaneys Summary
We Were the Mulvaneys
by Joyce Carol Oates 1996 454 pages
3.75
103.7K ratings
Book Club
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
The Clown Summary
The Clown
by Heinrich Böll 1963 272 pages
3.93
30.9K ratings
German Literature
Classics
Novels
The Federalist Papers Summary
The Federalist Papers
by Alexander Hamilton 1788 688 pages
4.10
41.3K ratings
History
Politics
Classics
My Life And Work Summary
My Life And Work
by Henry Ford 1922 140 pages
4.18
5.3K ratings
Biography
Business
History
The Three Musketeers Summary
The Three Musketeers
by Alexandre Dumas 1844 431 pages
4.10
338.2K ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Adventure
Ender’s Game Summary
Ender’s Game
by Orson Scott Card 1985 324 pages
4.31
1.4M ratings
Science Fiction
Young Adult
Fantasy
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