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A Confederacy of Dunces Summary
A Confederacy of Dunces
by John Kennedy Toole 1987 405 pages
3.89
200k+ ratings
Humor
Literature
Comedy
Warrior of the Light Summary
Warrior of the Light
A Manual
by Paulo Coelho 2004 160 pages
3.69
39k+ ratings
Philosophy
Spirituality
Self Help
Lord of the Flies Summary
Lord of the Flies
by William Golding 1999 192 pages
3.70
2.9M+ ratings
Classics
Young Adult
School
Atlas Shrugged Summary
Atlas Shrugged
by Ayn Rand 1999 1192 pages
3.69
300k+ ratings
Classics
Philosophy
Politics
A Jane Austen Education Summary
A Jane Austen Education
How Six Novels Taught Me About Love, Friendship, and the Things That Really Matter
by William Deresiewicz 2011 272 pages
3.84
3k+ ratings
Memoir
Books About Books
Biography
How Proust Can Change Your Life Summary
How Proust Can Change Your Life
by Alain De Botton 1998 208 pages
3.76
17k+ ratings
Philosophy
Self Help
Biography
How to Read Literature Like a Professor Summary
How to Read Literature Like a Professor
A Lively and Entertaining Guide to Reading Between the Lines
by Thomas C. Foster 2003 314 pages
3.61
30k+ ratings
School
Books About Books
Writing
About Writing Summary
About Writing
7 Essays, 4 Letters, 5 Interviews
by Samuel R. Delany 2014 424 pages
4.27
100+ ratings
Writing
Essays
Literature
The Naive and the Sentimental Novelist (Vintage International) Summary
The Naive and the Sentimental Novelist (Vintage International)
by Orhan Pamuk 2011 209 pages
3.94
2k+ ratings
Writing
Essays
Turkish Literature
Ernest Hemingway on Writing Summary
Ernest Hemingway on Writing
by Larry W. Phillips 1999 160 pages
4.04
4k+ ratings
Writing
Classics
Literature
English Grammar For Dummies Summary
English Grammar For Dummies
by Geraldine Woods 2017 416 pages
3.83
500+ ratings
Writing
Reference
Language
Albert Camus Summary
Albert Camus
Elements of a Life
by Robert D. Zaretsky 2011 195 pages
4.12
100+ ratings
Philosophy
Biography
Biography Memoir
Men Without Women Summary
Men Without Women
Stories
by Haruki Murakami 2017 240 pages
3.75
100k+ ratings
Short Stories
Japan
Japanese Literature
The Anna Karenina Fix Summary
The Anna Karenina Fix
Life Lessons from Russian Literature
by Viv Groskop 2018 224 pages
3.97
1k+ ratings
Russia
Books About Books
Memoir
Alice in Wonderland and Philosophy Summary
Alice in Wonderland and Philosophy
Curiouser and Curiouser
by William Irwin 2009 240 pages
4.12
1k+ ratings
Philosophy
Essays
Literary Criticism
Shakespeare's Freedom (The Rice University Campbell Lectures) Summary
Shakespeare's Freedom (The Rice University Campbell Lectures)
by Professor Stephen Greenblatt 2012 168 pages
3.81
100+ ratings
Literary Criticism
Literature
History
Teach like a champion 2.0 62 techniques that put students on the path to college Summary
Teach like a champion 2.0 62 techniques that put students on the path to college
by Doug Lemov 2022 713 pages
4.10
39k+ ratings
Classics
Philosophy
Literature
J.R.R. Tolkien Summary
J.R.R. Tolkien
A Biography
by Humphrey Carpenter 2014 385 pages
4.03
15k+ ratings
Biography
History
Biography Memoir
Reading Like a Writer Summary
Reading Like a Writer
A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them (P.S.)
by Francine Prose 2009 320 pages
3.77
11k+ ratings
Writing
Books About Books
Reference
Walden and Civil Disobedience (Barnes & Noble Classics) Summary
Walden and Civil Disobedience (Barnes & Noble Classics)
by Henry David Thoreau 2005 352 pages
3.94
37k+ ratings
Classics
Philosophy
Essays
Walden Or, Life in the Woods and 'on the Duty of Civil Disobedience Summary
Walden Or, Life in the Woods and 'on the Duty of Civil Disobedience
by Henry David Thoreau 1999
3.94
37k+ ratings
Classics
Philosophy
Essays
How to Write a Damn Good Novel, II Summary
How to Write a Damn Good Novel, II
Advanced Techniques For Dramatic Storytelling
by James N. Frey 2011 180 pages
4.06
500+ ratings
Writing
Reference
Unfinished
Interventions 2020 Summary
Interventions 2020
by Michel Houellebecq 2022 200 pages
3.57
100+ ratings
Essays
France
Politics
Charles Dickens in Love Summary
Charles Dickens in Love
by Robert Garnett 2012 216 pages
3.92
50+ ratings
Biography
British Literature
Literature
Writing Begins with the Breath Summary
Writing Begins with the Breath
Embodying Authentic Voice
by Laraine Herring 2007 190 pages
4.10
100+ ratings
Writing
Spirituality
Journaling
Aristotle's Poetics for Screenwriters Summary
Aristotle's Poetics for Screenwriters
Storytelling Secrets from the Greatest Mind in Western Civilization
by Michael Tierno 2012 193 pages
3.83
500+ ratings
Writing
Film
Philosophy
The Man Who Created Sherlock Holmes Summary
The Man Who Created Sherlock Holmes
The Life and Times of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
by Andrew Lycett 2007 577 pages
3.92
100+ ratings
Biography
History
Mystery
Consider the Lobster Summary
Consider the Lobster
And Other Essays
by David Foster Wallace 2005 468 pages
4.19
50k+ ratings
Essays
Philosophy
Short Stories
Highcastle Summary
Highcastle
A Remembrance (The MIT Press)
by Stanislaw Lem 2020 150 pages
3.66
500+ ratings
Biography
Polish Literature
Memoir
The Lord of the Rings and Philosophy Summary
The Lord of the Rings and Philosophy
One Book to Rule Them All (Popular Culture and Philosophy 5)
by Gregory Bassham 2013 256 pages
4.27
5k+ ratings
Philosophy
Essays
Books About Books
Romeo and Juliet Summary
Romeo and Juliet
by William Shakespeare
3.74
2.6M+ ratings
Plays
Classics
School
Nineteen Eighty-Four Summary
Nineteen Eighty-Four
by George Orwell 2014 368 pages
4.19
4.8M+ ratings
Classics
Science Fiction
Dystopia
Steppenwolf Summary
Steppenwolf
by Hermann Hesse 1999 256 pages
4.13
100k+ ratings
Classics
Philosophy
German Literature
Death of a Salesman Summary
Death of a Salesman
by Miller Arthur 1994 144 pages
3.58
200k+ ratings
Classics
Plays
Drama
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
Othello Summary
Othello
by William Shakespeare
3.89
400k+ ratings
Classics
Plays
School
The Scarlet Letter Summary
The Scarlet Letter
by Nathaniel Hawthorne 2002 272 pages
3.43
800k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
School
The Kite Runner Summary
The Kite Runner
by Khaled Hosseini
4.35
3.2M+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Contemporary
Novels
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
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
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
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