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A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius Summary
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
by Dave Eggers 2001 437 pages
3.69
100k+ ratings
Contemporary
Literature
Humor
All Quiet on the Western Front Summary
All Quiet on the Western Front
by Erich Maria Remarque 1987 304 pages
4.09
400k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
War
Classics
A Confederacy of Dunces Summary
A Confederacy of Dunces
by John Kennedy Toole 1987 405 pages
3.89
200k+ ratings
Humor
Literature
Comedy
Palm Sunday Summary
Palm Sunday
An Autobiographical Collage
by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. 1999 320 pages
3.77
6k+ ratings
Essays
Short Stories
Classics
Warrior of the Light Summary
Warrior of the Light
by Paulo Coelho 2004 160 pages
3.69
39k+ ratings
Philosophy
Spirituality
Self Help
Catch-22 Summary
Catch-22
by Joseph Heller 1996 464 pages
3.99
800k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
War
The Book of Disquiet Summary
The Book of Disquiet
by Fernando Pessoa 2002 544 pages
4.41
31k+ ratings
Classics
Poetry
Philosophy
The Age of Innocence Summary
The Age of Innocence
by Edith Wharton 2004 336 pages
3.97
100k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Romance
Lord of the Flies Summary
Lord of the Flies
by William Golding 1999 192 pages
3.70
2.9M+ ratings
Classics
Young Adult
School
Saturday Summary
Saturday
by Ian McEwan 2006 304 pages
3.64
70k+ ratings
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
British Literature
Atlas Shrugged Summary
Atlas Shrugged
by Ayn Rand 1999 1192 pages
3.69
300k+ ratings
Classics
Philosophy
Politics
The Fall Summary
The Fall
by Albert Camus 1991 147 pages
4.04
100k+ ratings
Philosophy
France
Literature
By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept Summary
By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept
by Paulo Coelho 2021 180 pages
3.57
100k+ ratings
Romance
Philosophy
Novels
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
by Thomas C. Foster 2003 314 pages
3.61
30k+ ratings
School
Books About Books
Writing
The Pleasures of Reading in an Age of Distraction Summary
The Pleasures of Reading in an Age of Distraction
by Alan Jacobs 2011 176 pages
3.93
2k+ ratings
Books About Books
Education
Essays
The Art of Fiction Summary
The Art of Fiction
Notes on Craft for Young Writers
by John Gardner 1991 240 pages
3.99
6k+ ratings
Writing
Crafts
Reference
About Writing Summary
About Writing
Seven Essays, Four Letters, & Five Interviews
by Samuel R. Delany 2014 424 pages
4.27
100+ ratings
Writing
Essays
Literature
The Naive and the Sentimental Novelist Summary
The Naive and the Sentimental Novelist
by Orhan Pamuk 2011 209 pages
3.94
2k+ ratings
Writing
Essays
Turkish Literature
On Writing Summary
On Writing
by Ernest Hemingway 1999 160 pages
4.04
4k+ ratings
Writing
Classics
Literature
The Bestseller Code Summary
The Bestseller Code
Anatomy of a Blockbuster Novel
by Jodie Archer 2016 242 pages
3.82
1k+ ratings
Writing
Books About Books
Research
English Grammar For Dummies Summary
English Grammar For Dummies
by Geraldine Woods 2017 416 pages
3.83
500+ ratings
Writing
Reference
Language
Give War and Peace a Chance Summary
Give War and Peace a Chance
Tolstoyan Wisdom for Troubled Times
by Andrew D. Kaufman 2014 288 pages
3.89
100+ ratings
Books About Books
Literary Criticism
Literature
Albert Camus Summary
Albert Camus
Elements of a Life
by Robert 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 Richard Brian Davis 2009 240 pages
4.12
1k+ ratings
Philosophy
Essays
Literary Criticism
The Prince Summary
The Prince
by Niccolò Machiavelli 2014 144 pages
3.84
300k+ ratings
Philosophy
Politics
History
Shakespeare's Freedom Summary
Shakespeare's Freedom
by Stephen Greenblatt 2012 168 pages
3.81
100+ ratings
Literary Criticism
Literature
History
The Glass Bead Game Summary
The Glass Bead Game
by Hermann Hesse 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
How Dante Can Save Your Life Summary
How Dante Can Save Your Life
The Life-Changing Wisdom of History's Greatest Poem
by Rod Dreher 2015 320 pages
3.99
1k+ ratings
Memoir
Poetry
Literature
Book Lust Summary
Book Lust
Recommended Reading for Every Mood, Moment, and Reason
by Nancy Pearl 2009 306 pages
3.77
3k+ ratings
Books About Books
Reference
Writing
Reading Like a Writer Summary
Reading Like a Writer
A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them
by Francine Prose 2009 320 pages
3.77
11k+ ratings
Writing
Books About Books
Reference
Walden and Civil Disobedience Summary
Walden and Civil Disobedience
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
The Facts Summary
The Facts
A Novelist's Autobiography
by Philip Roth 1988 208 pages
3.70
1k+ ratings
Biography
Memoir
Autobiography
Papa Hemingway Summary
Papa Hemingway
A Personal Memoir
by A.E. Hotchner 2018 332 pages
4.19
2k+ ratings
Biography
History
Memoir
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
A Biography
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 Your 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
Characters, Emotion & Viewpoint Summary
Characters, Emotion & Viewpoint
Techniques and Exercises for Crafting Dynamic Characters and Effective Viewpoints
by Nancy Kress 2005 232 pages
4.05
2k+ ratings
Writing
Reference
Crafts
Step Across This Line Summary
Step Across This Line
Collected Nonfiction 1992-2002
by Salman Rushdie 2002 416 pages
3.93
1k+ ratings
Essays
India
Politics
Highcastle Summary
Highcastle
A Remembrance
by Stanisław 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
by Gregory Bassham 2013 256 pages
4.27
5k+ ratings
Philosophy
Essays
Books About Books
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