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1984 Summary
1984
by George Orwell 1949 328 pages
4.20
5.1M+ ratings
Classics
Science Fiction
Dystopia
गोदान [Godaan] Summary
गोदान [Godaan]
by Munshi Premchand 1936 352 pages
4.41
9k+ ratings
Classics
India
Indian Literature
The Great Gatsby Summary
The Great Gatsby
by F. Scott Fitzgerald 1925 180 pages
3.93
5.6M+ ratings
Classics
School
Historical Fiction
Animal Farm Summary
Animal Farm
by George Orwell 1945 141 pages
4.00
4.2M+ ratings
Classics
Dystopia
Fantasy
Pride and Prejudice Summary
Pride and Prejudice
by Jane Austen 1813 279 pages
4.29
4.5M+ ratings
Classics
Romance
Historical Fiction
White Nights Summary
White Nights
by Fyodor Dostoevsky 1848 82 pages
4.07
200k+ ratings
Classics
Russian Literature
Short Stories
To Live Summary
To Live
by Yu Hua 1992 250 pages
4.34
22k+ ratings
China
Historical Fiction
Chinese Literature
One Hundred Years of Solitude Summary
One Hundred Years of Solitude
by Gabriel García Márquez 1967 417 pages
4.12
1M+ ratings
Magical Realism
Fantasy
Literature
The Catcher in the Rye Summary
The Catcher in the Rye
by J.D. Salinger 1951 277 pages
3.80
3.7M+ ratings
Classics
Young Adult
Literature
Shahnameh Summary
Shahnameh
The Persian Book of Kings
by Abolqasem Ferdowsi 1010 886 pages
4.51
5k+ ratings
Poetry
Classics
History
The Gambler Summary
The Gambler
by Fyodor Dostoevsky 1866 188 pages
3.91
100k+ ratings
Classics
Russian Literature
Russia
Crime and Punishment Summary
Crime and Punishment
by Fyodor Dostoevsky 1866 671 pages
4.28
1M+ ratings
Russia
Russian Literature
Literature
The Republic Summary
The Republic
by Plato 416 pages
3.96
200k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Politics
War and Peace Summary
War and Peace
by Leo Tolstoy 1869 1392 pages
4.17
300k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Russia
Fahrenheit 451 Summary
Fahrenheit 451
by Ray Bradbury 1953 194 pages
3.97
2.6M+ ratings
Classics
Science Fiction
Dystopia
Letters to Milena Summary
Letters to Milena
by Franz Kafka 1952 298 pages
3.91
21k+ ratings
Classics
Romance
Poetry
Alice in Wonderland and Philosophy Summary
Alice in Wonderland and Philosophy
Curiouser And Curiouser
by William Irwin 2009 211 pages
4.12
1k+ ratings
Philosophy
Essays
Literary Criticism
Thus Spoke Zarathustra Summary
Thus Spoke Zarathustra
by Friedrich Nietzsche 1883 327 pages
4.07
100k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
German Literature
The Stranger Summary
The Stranger
by Albert Camus 1942 123 pages
4.03
1.2M+ ratings
Literature
French Literature
School
The Old Man and the Sea Summary
The Old Man and the Sea
by Ernest Hemingway 1952 96 pages
3.81
1.2M+ ratings
Classics
Literature
Novels
Waiting for Godot Summary
Waiting for Godot
by Samuel Beckett 1951 109 pages
3.84
200k+ ratings
Plays
Classics
Drama
No Longer Human Summary
No Longer Human
by Osamu Dazai 1948 176 pages
3.96
200k+ ratings
Japanese Literature
Japan
Literature
Bel-Ami Summary
Bel-Ami
by Guy de Maupassant 1885 416 pages
3.86
46k+ ratings
France
French Literature
Classics
Men Without Women Summary
Men Without Women
by Haruki Murakami 2014 242 pages
3.74
100k+ ratings
Short Stories
Japan
Japanese Literature
To Kill a Mockingbird Summary
To Kill a Mockingbird
by Harper Lee 1960 323 pages
4.26
6.6M+ ratings
Historical Fiction
School
Literature
The Metamorphosis Summary
The Metamorphosis
by Franz Kafka 1915 201 pages
3.89
1.3M+ ratings
Classics
Fantasy
Philosophy
Beloved Summary
Beloved
by Toni Morrison 1987 325 pages
3.97
400k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Magical Realism
The Myth of Sisyphus Summary
The Myth of Sisyphus
by Albert Camus 1942 192 pages
4.18
79k+ ratings
France
Essays
Classics
The Schopenhauer Cure Summary
The Schopenhauer Cure
by Irvin D. Yalom 2005 358 pages
4.28
29k+ ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Novels
The Bell Jar Summary
The Bell Jar
by Sylvia Plath 1963 294 pages
4.06
1.1M+ ratings
Classics
Feminism
Mental Health
The Trial Summary
The Trial
by Franz Kafka 1925 255 pages
3.95
300k+ ratings
Philosophy
Literature
Novels
Sophie’s World Summary
Sophie’s World
by Jostein Gaarder 1991 403 pages
3.97
200k+ ratings
Classics
Young Adult
Fantasy
The Brothers Karamazov Summary
The Brothers Karamazov
by Fyodor Dostoevsky 1880 796 pages
4.38
300k+ ratings
Russia
Classics
Russian Literature
The Setting Sun Summary
The Setting Sun
by Osamu Dazai 1947 175 pages
3.98
37k+ ratings
Classics
Japanese Literature
Japan
Slaughterhouse-Five Summary
Slaughterhouse-Five
by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. 1969 275 pages
4.10
1.4M+ ratings
Classics
Science Fiction
Historical Fiction
Kafka on the Shore Summary
Kafka on the Shore
by Haruki Murakami 2002 467 pages
4.12
500k+ ratings
Magical Realism
Fantasy
Japanese Literature
Utopia Summary
Utopia
by Thomas More 1516 113 pages
3.55
79k+ ratings
Classics
Philosophy
Politics
The Picture of Dorian Gray Summary
The Picture of Dorian Gray
by Oscar Wilde 1890 272 pages
4.13
1.7M+ ratings
Classics
Horror
Gothic
The Fall Summary
The Fall
by Albert Camus 1956 147 pages
4.04
100k+ ratings
Philosophy
France
Literature
Walden & Civil Disobedience Summary
Walden & Civil Disobedience
by Henry David Thoreau 1849 320 pages
3.94
38k+ ratings
Classics
Philosophy
Essays
The Masnavi Summary
The Masnavi
Book One
by Jalal ad-Din Muhammad ar-Rumi 1270 304 pages
4.42
1k+ ratings
Poetry
Islam
Classics
The Count of Monte Cristo Summary
The Count of Monte Cristo
by Alexandre Dumas 1846 1276 pages
4.31
900k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Adventure
Little Women Summary
Little Women
by Louisa May Alcott 1868 449 pages
4.16
2.3M+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Young Adult
Chronicle of a Death Foretold Summary
Chronicle of a Death Foretold
by Gabriel García Márquez 1981 120 pages
3.97
200k+ ratings
Classics
Magical Realism
School
Cry, the Beloved Country Summary
Cry, the Beloved Country
by Alan Paton 1948 316 pages
3.92
77k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
South Africa
Catch-22 Summary
Catch-22
by Joseph Heller 1961 453 pages
3.99
800k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
War
Faust, Part Two Summary
Faust, Part Two
by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1832 304 pages
3.66
8k+ ratings
Classics
Plays
Poetry
Oliver Twist Summary
Oliver Twist
by Charles Dickens 1838 608 pages
3.88
400k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Literature
Native Son Summary
Native Son
by Richard Wright 1940 504 pages
4.04
100k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Race
The Lord of the Rings and Philosophy Summary
The Lord of the Rings and Philosophy
One Book to Rule Them All
by Gregory Bassham 2003 240 pages
4.27
5k+ ratings
Philosophy
Essays
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