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Fiction Book Summaries

The Hobbit Summary
The Hobbit
by J.R.R. Tolkien
4.29
4.1M+ ratings
Fantasy
Novels
Literature
East of Eden Summary
East of Eden
by John Steinbeck 2002 620 pages
4.42
500k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Literature
Fahrenheit 451 Summary
Fahrenheit 451
by Ray Bradbury
3.96
2.5M+ ratings
Science Fiction
Dystopia
Classics
The Three-Body Problem Summary
The Three-Body Problem
by Liu Cixin
4.08
300k+ ratings
Science Fiction
China
Fantasy
Othello Summary
Othello
by William Shakespeare
3.89
400k+ ratings
Classics
Plays
School
Verity Summary
Verity
by Colleen Hoover 2021 333 pages
4.31
3M+ ratings
Thriller
Romance
Mystery
The Bad Beginning (A Series of Unfortunate Events #1) Summary
The Bad Beginning (A Series of Unfortunate Events #1)
by Lemony Snicket 2000 162 pages
4.01
500k+ ratings
Young Adult
Fantasy
Childrens
The Scarlet Letter Summary
The Scarlet Letter
by Nathaniel Hawthorne 2002 272 pages
3.43
800k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
School
The Lightning Thief Summary
The Lightning Thief
by Rick Riordan
4.31
3.1M+ ratings
Fantasy
Young Adult
Mythology
The Kite Runner Summary
The Kite Runner
by Khaled Hosseini
4.35
3.2M+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Contemporary
Novels
The Book Thief Summary
The Book Thief
by Markus Zusak
4.39
2.6M+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Young Adult
Classics
Dune Summary
Dune
Deluxe Edition
by Frank Herbert 2019 688 pages
4.28
1.4M+ ratings
Science Fiction
Fantasy
Science Fiction Fantasy
Les Miserables Summary
Les Miserables
by Victor Hugo 2018 1376 pages
4.21
800k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Literature
Animal Farm Summary
Animal Farm
by George Orwell 1996 140 pages
3.99
4M+ ratings
Dystopia
Fantasy
School
A Court of Thorns and Roses (A Court of Thorns and Roses, 1) Summary
A Court of Thorns and Roses (A Court of Thorns and Roses, 1)
by Sarah J. Maas 2020 448 pages
4.18
3.1M+ ratings
Fantasy
Young Adult
New Adult
Crime and Punishment Summary
Crime and Punishment
by Fyodor Dostoevsky
4.27
900k+ ratings
Russia
Russian Literature
Literature
The Stranger Summary
The Stranger
by Albert Camus
4.03
1.1M+ ratings
Classics
Philosophy
France
The Idiot (Modern Library Classics) Summary
The Idiot (Modern Library Classics)
by Fyodor Dostoevsky 2003 720 pages
4.21
100k+ ratings
Russia
Russian Literature
Literature
War and Peace Summary
War and Peace
by Leo Tolstoy
4.16
300k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Russia
The Brothers Karamazov Summary
The Brothers Karamazov
by Fyodor Dostoevsky
4.37
300k+ ratings
Russia
Classics
Russian Literature
The Women Summary
The Women
A Novel
by Kristin Hannah 2024 480 pages
4.63
700k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
War
No Longer Human Summary
No Longer Human
by Osamu Dazai
3.98
100k+ ratings
Japanese Literature
Japan
Literature
The Metamorphosis Summary
The Metamorphosis
by Franz Kafka
3.88
1.2M+ ratings
Classics
Fantasy
Philosophy
Notes from Underground (Vintage Classics) Summary
Notes from Underground (Vintage Classics)
by Fyodor Dostoevsky 1994 136 pages
4.17
100k+ ratings
Philosophy
Russia
Russian Literature
Macbeth Moment by Moment Summary
Macbeth Moment by Moment
by William Shakespeare 2016 214 pages
3.89
900k+ ratings
Classics
Plays
School
The Screwtape Letters Summary
The Screwtape Letters
by C.S. Lewis
4.27
400k+ ratings
Christian
Classics
Religion
Moby-Dick or, The Whale Summary
Moby-Dick or, The Whale
by Herman Melville 2002 720 pages
3.55
500k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
Adventure
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Book 3) Summary
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Book 3)
by J.K. Rowling 2004 560 pages
4.58
4.3M+ ratings
Fantasy
Young Adult
Magic
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Summary
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
by J.K. Rowling
4.50
3.5M+ ratings
Fantasy
Young Adult
Magic
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Summary
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
by J.K. Rowling
4.62
3.8M+ ratings
Fantasy
Young Adult
Magic
Fifty Shades of Grey (Fifty Shades, Book 1) Summary
Fifty Shades of Grey (Fifty Shades, Book 1)
by E L James 2011 530 pages
3.66
2.6M+ ratings
Erotica
BDSM
Adult
Pride and Prejudice Summary
Pride and Prejudice
by Jane Austen
4.29
4.4M+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
Literature
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Summary
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
by J.K. Rowling
4.43
4.1M+ ratings
Fantasy
Young Adult
Magic
The Secret Life of Bees Summary
The Secret Life of Bees
by Sue Monk Kidd 2003 352 pages
4.09
1.3M+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Classics
Young Adult
The Secret History Summary
The Secret History
by Donna Tartt 1992 576 pages
4.17
800k+ ratings
Mystery
Classics
Contemporary
Leading the Way to Assessment for Learning Summary
Leading the Way to Assessment for Learning
A Practical Guide, Second Edition
by Anne Davies 2011 184 pages
4.20
600k+ ratings
Mystery
Crime
Mystery Thriller
The Road Summary
The Road
by Cormac McCarthy 2006 241 pages
3.99
900k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Dystopia
Post Apocalyptic
To Kill a Mockingbird Summary
To Kill a Mockingbird
by Harper Lee
4.26
6.3M+ ratings
Historical Fiction
School
Literature
Hamlet (Cambridge School Shakespeare) Summary
Hamlet (Cambridge School Shakespeare)
by William Shakespeare 2005 288 pages
4.02
900k+ ratings
Plays
School
Literature
The Gunslinger Summary
The Gunslinger
by Stephen King
3.92
600k+ ratings
Fantasy
Horror
Science Fiction
The Shining Summary
The Shining
by stephen king 1978 512 pages
4.28
1.5M+ ratings
Horror
Thriller
Classics
Misery Summary
Misery
by Stephen King 1988 384 pages
4.23
700k+ ratings
Horror
Thriller
Mystery
The Death of Ivan Ilych Summary
The Death of Ivan Ilych
by Leo Tolstoy 2006 86 pages
4.13
100k+ ratings
Classics
Russia
Russian Literature
The Da Vinci Code Summary
The Da Vinci Code
by Dan Brown
3.92
2.4M+ ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Mystery Thriller
Faust Summary
Faust
Der Tragodie Erster Und Zweiter Teil
by johann goethe 1994 432 pages
3.86
100k+ ratings
Plays
Poetry
German Literature
Siddhartha Summary
Siddhartha
by Hermann Hesse
4.07
800k+ ratings
Classics
Philosophy
Spirituality
The Picture of Dorian Gray Summary
The Picture of Dorian Gray
by Oscar Wilde
4.13
1.6M+ ratings
Classics
Horror
Fantasy
Dracula (Norton Critical Editions) Summary
Dracula (Norton Critical Editions)
by Bram Stoker 1996 512 pages
4.02
1.3M+ ratings
Horror
Fantasy
Classics
The Count of Monte Cristo (Penguin Classics) Summary
The Count of Monte Cristo (Penguin Classics)
by Alexandre Dumas père 2003 1276 pages
4.31
900k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Adventure
Literature
Animal Farm / 1984 Summary
Animal Farm / 1984
by George Orwell
4.30
200k+ ratings
Classics
Dystopia
Literature
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