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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
Books About Books
Hamlet Summary
Hamlet
by William Shakespeare 1601 289 pages
4.02
1M+ ratings
Plays
School
Literature
By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept Summary
By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept
by Paulo Coelho 1994 180 pages
3.57
100k+ ratings
Romance
Philosophy
Novels
Fight Club Summary
Fight Club
by Chuck Palahniuk 1996 218 pages
4.18
600k+ ratings
Classics
Thriller
Contemporary
Les Misérables Summary
Les Misérables
by Victor Hugo 1862 1463 pages
4.21
800k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Literature
France
The Unbearable Lightness of Being Summary
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
by Milan Kundera 1984 314 pages
4.11
500k+ ratings
Philosophy
Literature
Novels
The Blind Owl Summary
The Blind Owl
by Sadegh Hedayat 1937 148 pages
3.96
32k+ ratings
Classics
Iran
Horror
Siddhartha Summary
Siddhartha
by Hermann Hesse 1922 152 pages
4.08
800k+ ratings
Classics
Philosophy
Spirituality
Warrior of the Light Summary
Warrior of the Light
by Paulo Coelho 1997 142 pages
3.74
31k+ ratings
Philosophy
Spirituality
Self Help
All Quiet on the Western Front Summary
All Quiet on the Western Front
by Erich Maria Remarque 1928 296 pages
4.10
400k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
War
Romeo and Juliet Summary
Romeo and Juliet
by William Shakespeare 1597 281 pages
3.74
2.7M+ ratings
Classics
Plays
School
The Pearl Summary
The Pearl
by John Steinbeck 1947 96 pages
3.55
200k+ ratings
Literature
School
Historical Fiction
The Home and the World Summary
The Home and the World
by Rabindranath Tagore 1916 213 pages
3.83
5k+ ratings
Classics
India
Indian Literature
When Nietzsche Wept Summary
When Nietzsche Wept
by Irvin D. Yalom 1992 310 pages
4.36
79k+ ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Historical Fiction
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Summary
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
by Mark Twain 1876 244 pages
3.92
900k+ ratings
Classics
Adventure
Historical Fiction
The Divine Comedy Summary
The Divine Comedy
Inferno - Purgatorio - Paradiso
by Dante Alighieri 1320 798 pages
4.08
100k+ ratings
Poetry
Literature
Philosophy
A Fraction of the Whole Summary
A Fraction of the Whole
by Steve Toltz 2008 530 pages
4.14
23k+ ratings
Australia
Novels
Contemporary
The Plague Summary
The Plague
by Albert Camus 1947 308 pages
4.02
200k+ ratings
Classics
Philosophy
France
The Human Stain Summary
The Human Stain
by Philip Roth 2000 361 pages
3.92
44k+ ratings
Literature
Novels
American
An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge Summary
An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
by Ambrose Bierce 1890 36 pages
4.02
26k+ ratings
Short Stories
Classics
Horror
Brave New World Summary
Brave New World
by Aldous Huxley 1932 268 pages
3.99
1.9M+ ratings
Science Fiction
Dystopia
Literature
Jane Eyre Summary
Jane Eyre
by Charlotte Brontë 1847 532 pages
4.15
2.2M+ ratings
Classics
Romance
Gothic
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 1994 176 pages
4.07
500+ ratings
Writing
Reference
Literature
Les Misérables Summary
Les Misérables
by Victor Hugo 1862 1463 pages
4.21
800k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Literature
France
Infinite Jest Summary
Infinite Jest
by David Foster Wallace 1996 1088 pages
4.25
97k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
Novels
Aspects of the Novel Summary
Aspects of the Novel
by E.M. Forster 1927 192 pages
3.80
4k+ ratings
Writing
Literary Criticism
Essays
The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson Summary
The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson
by Emily Dickinson 1890 716 pages
4.28
100k+ ratings
Poetry
Classics
Literature
Eleven Minutes Summary
Eleven Minutes
by Paulo Coelho 2003 273 pages
3.71
100k+ ratings
Romance
Novels
Contemporary
Of Mice and Men Summary
Of Mice and Men
by John Steinbeck 1937 107 pages
3.89
2.7M+ ratings
School
Historical Fiction
Literature
Oblomov Summary
Oblomov
by Ivan Goncharov 1859 586 pages
4.13
41k+ ratings
Classics
Russia
Russian Literature
The Master and Margarita Summary
The Master and Margarita
by Mikhail Bulgakov 1967 372 pages
4.29
300k+ ratings
Russia
Fantasy
Russian Literature
The Book of Disquiet Summary
The Book of Disquiet
by Fernando Pessoa 1982 544 pages
4.40
34k+ ratings
Classics
Poetry
Philosophy
Tess of the D’Urbervilles Summary
Tess of the D’Urbervilles
by Thomas Hardy 1891 518 pages
3.84
200k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
Historical Fiction
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest Summary
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
by Ken Kesey 1962 325 pages
4.20
700k+ ratings
Classics
Psychology
Literature
The Sound of Waves Summary
The Sound of Waves
by Yukio Mishima 1954 183 pages
3.77
22k+ ratings
Japan
Japanese Literature
Classics
شجرتي شجرة البرتقال الرائعة Summary
شجرتي شجرة البرتقال الرائعة
by José Mauro de Vasconcelos 1968 245 pages
4.38
77k+ ratings
Classics
Childrens
Novels
Anna Karenina Summary
Anna Karenina
by Leo Tolstoy 1878 964 pages
4.10
800k+ ratings
Classics
Romance
Russia
Dream of the Red Chamber Summary
Dream of the Red Chamber
by Cao Xueqin 1761 329 pages
4.18
5k+ ratings
Classics
China
Historical Fiction
Poor Folk Summary
Poor Folk
by Fyodor Dostoevsky 1846 167 pages
3.77
35k+ ratings
Russian Literature
Russia
Novels
Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West Summary
Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West
by Cormac McCarthy 1985 351 pages
4.16
100k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Westerns
Classics
The Death of Ivan Ilych Summary
The Death of Ivan Ilych
by Leo Tolstoy 1886 86 pages
4.13
100k+ ratings
Classics
Russia
Russian Literature
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 2006 302 pages
3.77
11k+ ratings
Writing
Books About Books
Reference
The Jungle Summary
The Jungle
by Upton Sinclair 1906 335 pages
3.78
100k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Literature
The Fountainhead Summary
The Fountainhead
by Ayn Rand 1943 704 pages
3.89
300k+ ratings
Classics
Philosophy
Literature
A Passage to India Summary
A Passage to India
by E.M. Forster 1924 376 pages
3.68
83k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Classics
Literature
Go Tell It on the Mountain Summary
Go Tell It on the Mountain
by James Baldwin 1953 256 pages
4.05
76k+ ratings
Classics
African American
Race
Notes from Underground Summary
Notes from Underground
by Fyodor Dostoevsky 1864 136 pages
4.17
200k+ ratings
Philosophy
Russia
Russian Literature
The Pleasures of Reading in an Age of Distraction Summary
The Pleasures of Reading in an Age of Distraction
by Alan Jacobs 2011 162 pages
3.94
2k+ ratings
Books About Books
Education
Essays
Animal Farm / 1984 Summary
Animal Farm / 1984
by George Orwell 1949 400 pages
4.30
200k+ ratings
Classics
Dystopia
Literature
The Feast of the Goat Summary
The Feast of the Goat
by Mario Vargas Llosa 2000 475 pages
4.34
39k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Novels
Spanish Literature
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