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Paradise Lost Summary
Paradise Lost
by John Milton 1667 453 pages
3.85
100k+ ratings
Classics
Poetry
Literature
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay Summary
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
by Michael Chabon 2000 639 pages
4.18
200k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Novels
Zeno's Conscience Summary
Zeno's Conscience
by Italo Svevo 1923 437 pages
3.77
30k+ ratings
Italian Literature
Italy
Literature
Thousand Cranes Summary
Thousand Cranes
by Yasunari Kawabata 1952 147 pages
3.70
14k+ ratings
Japan
Japanese Literature
Classics
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas Summary
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream
by Hunter S. Thompson 1971 204 pages
4.07
300k+ ratings
Classics
Humor
Journalism
J. K. Rowling Summary
J. K. Rowling
The Wizard Behind Harry Potter
by Marc Shapiro 2000 107 pages
3.90
4k+ ratings
Biography
Biography Memoir
Childrens
The Idiot Summary
The Idiot
by Fyodor Dostoevsky 1869 667 pages
4.21
200k+ ratings
Russia
Russian Literature
Literature
Robinson Crusoe Summary
Robinson Crusoe
by Daniel Defoe 1719 320 pages
3.68
300k+ ratings
Classics
Adventure
Literature
The Odyssey Summary
The Odyssey
by Homer 541 pages
3.82
1.1M+ ratings
Poetry
Mythology
Fantasy
Second Class Citizen Summary
Second Class Citizen
by Buchi Emecheta 1974 174 pages
4.09
4k+ ratings
Africa
Nigeria
African Literature
The Art of Fiction Summary
The Art of Fiction
Notes on Craft for Young Writers
by John Gardner 1984 240 pages
3.99
6k+ ratings
Writing
Crafts
Reference
Heart of Darkness Summary
Heart of Darkness
by Joseph Conrad 1899 188 pages
3.43
500k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
Historical Fiction
Pygmalion Summary
Pygmalion
by George Bernard Shaw 1913 82 pages
3.89
100k+ ratings
Classics
Plays
School
Demons Summary
Demons
by Fyodor Dostoevsky 1872 733 pages
4.30
58k+ ratings
Classics
Russia
Russian Literature
The Prophet Summary
The Prophet
by Kahlil Gibran 1923 127 pages
4.23
300k+ ratings
Poetry
Classics
Philosophy
Twelfth Night Summary
Twelfth Night
by William Shakespeare 1602 272 pages
3.96
100k+ ratings
Plays
Classics
School
About Writing Summary
About Writing
Seven Essays, Four Letters, & Five Interviews
by Samuel R. Delany 2006 432 pages
4.27
100+ ratings
Writing
Essays
Crafts
A Tale of Two Cities Summary
A Tale of Two Cities
by Charles Dickens 1859 489 pages
3.87
900k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Literature
Historical
Wide Sargasso Sea Summary
Wide Sargasso Sea
by Jean Rhys 1966 176 pages
3.59
100k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Historical
Candide Summary
Candide
by Voltaire 1759 129 pages
3.76
200k+ ratings
Classics
Philosophy
France
Chess Story Summary
Chess Story
by Stefan Zweig 1942 104 pages
4.27
100k+ ratings
Classics
German Literature
Short Stories
The Last Temptation of Christ Summary
The Last Temptation of Christ
by Nikos Kazantzakis 1955 506 pages
4.18
15k+ ratings
Religion
Classics
Historical Fiction
Shōgun Summary
Shōgun
by James Clavell 1975 1152 pages
4.41
200k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Japan
Historical
Gone with the Wind Summary
Gone with the Wind
by Margaret Mitchell 1936 1037 pages
4.31
1.2M+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Romance
Flowers for Algernon Summary
Flowers for Algernon
by Daniel Keyes 1966 311 pages
4.23
700k+ ratings
Classics
Science Fiction
Young Adult
Nausea Summary
Nausea
by Jean-Paul Sartre 1938 178 pages
3.94
100k+ ratings
Philosophy
France
Literature
Heart of Darkness Summary
Heart of Darkness
by Joseph Conrad 1899 188 pages
3.43
500k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
Historical Fiction
The Grapes of Wrath Summary
The Grapes of Wrath
by John Steinbeck 1939 496 pages
4.02
900k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Literature
The House of Hunger Summary
The House of Hunger
by Dambudzo Marechera 1978 160 pages
3.96
1k+ ratings
Africa
Short Stories
Zimbabwe
Blindness Summary
Blindness
by José Saramago 1995 326 pages
4.18
300k+ ratings
Dystopia
Science Fiction
Novels
Stoner Summary
Stoner
by John Williams 1965 292 pages
4.35
200k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Classics
Literature
مثنوی معنوی Summary
مثنوی معنوی
by Jalal ad-Din Muhammad ar-Rumi 1273 1145 pages
4.45
4k+ ratings
Poetry
Philosophy
Literature
Don Quixote Summary
Don Quixote
by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra 1615 1023 pages
3.90
200k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
Spanish Literature
Emma Summary
Emma
by Jane Austen 1815 474 pages
4.05
900k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Literature
Historical
Atlas Shrugged Summary
Atlas Shrugged
by Ayn Rand 1957 1168 pages
3.69
400k+ ratings
Classics
Philosophy
Politics
The Name of the Rose Summary
The Name of the Rose
by Umberto Eco 1980 552 pages
4.14
300k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Mystery
Classics
A Confederacy of Dunces Summary
A Confederacy of Dunces
by John Kennedy Toole 1980 394 pages
3.89
200k+ ratings
Humor
Book Club
Literature
The Bestseller Code Summary
The Bestseller Code
Anatomy of a Blockbuster Novel
by Jodie Archer 2016 242 pages
3.81
1k+ ratings
Writing
Books About Books
Research
The Portable Nietzsche Summary
The Portable Nietzsche
by Friedrich Nietzsche 1954 692 pages
4.21
9k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Psychology
The Iliad Summary
The Iliad
by Homer 614 pages
3.92
400k+ ratings
Classics
Poetry
Mythology
Zorba the Greek Summary
Zorba the Greek
by Nikos Kazantzakis 1946 335 pages
4.04
55k+ ratings
Classics
Philosophy
Greece
Aristotle's Poetics for Screenwriters Summary
Aristotle's Poetics for Screenwriters
Storytelling Secrets From the Greatest Mind in Western Civilization
by Michael Tierno 2002 191 pages
3.83
500+ ratings
Writing
Film
Philosophy
Ariel Summary
Ariel
by Sylvia Plath 1965 128 pages
4.19
85k+ ratings
Poetry
Classics
Feminism
Macbeth Summary
Macbeth
by William Shakespeare 1623 249 pages
3.89
900k+ ratings
Classics
Plays
School
East of Eden Summary
East of Eden
by John Steinbeck 1952 601 pages
4.43
500k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Literature
How Proust Can Change Your Life Summary
How Proust Can Change Your Life
by Alain de Botton 1998 208 pages
3.76
18k+ ratings
Philosophy
Self Help
Biography
A Farewell to Arms Summary
A Farewell to Arms
by Ernest Hemingway 1929 293 pages
3.82
300k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Classics
War
White Fang Summary
White Fang
by Jack London 1906 252 pages
4.03
100k+ ratings
Classics
Adventure
Animals
Death of a Salesman Summary
Death of a Salesman
by Arthur Miller 1949 144 pages
3.58
200k+ ratings
Classics
Plays
Drama
The Satanic Verses Summary
The Satanic Verses
by Salman Rushdie 1988 561 pages
3.71
69k+ ratings
Classics
Magical Realism
Fantasy
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