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Literature Book Summaries

The Prophet Summary
The Prophet
by Kahlil Gibran 1923 127 pages
4.23
300k+ ratings
Poetry
Classics
Philosophy
We Summary
We
by Yevgeny Zamyatin 1924 256 pages
3.88
100k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Classics
Dystopia
Heart of Darkness Summary
Heart of Darkness
by Joseph Conrad 1899 188 pages
3.43
500k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
Historical Fiction
A Room with a View Summary
A Room with a View
by E.M. Forster 1908 119 pages
3.90
100k+ ratings
Classics
Romance
Historical Fiction
A Midsummer Night’s Dream Summary
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
by William Shakespeare 1595 298 pages
3.94
500k+ ratings
Plays
Fantasy
School
The Tempest Summary
The Tempest
by William Shakespeare 1611 218 pages
3.78
200k+ ratings
Plays
Classics
Fantasy
King Lear Summary
King Lear
by William Shakespeare 1605 339 pages
3.91
200k+ ratings
Plays
Classics
School
To the Lighthouse Summary
To the Lighthouse
by Virginia Woolf 1927 209 pages
3.80
100k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
Novels
Lady Chatterley’s Lover Summary
Lady Chatterley’s Lover
by D.H. Lawrence 1928 376 pages
3.50
100k+ ratings
Romance
Classics
Literature
White Teeth Summary
White Teeth
by Zadie Smith 2000 448 pages
3.79
100k+ ratings
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
Novels
Waiting for Godot Summary
Waiting for Godot
by Samuel Beckett 1952 109 pages
3.84
200k+ ratings
Plays
Classics
Theatre
White Fang Summary
White Fang
by Jack London 1906 252 pages
4.03
100k+ ratings
Classics
Adventure
Animals
Self-Reliance and Other Essays Summary
Self-Reliance and Other Essays
by Ralph Waldo Emerson 1844 117 pages
4.12
19k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Essays
Candide Summary
Candide
by Voltaire 1759 129 pages
3.76
200k+ ratings
Philosophy
France
Classics
The Setting Sun Summary
The Setting Sun
by Osamu Dazai 1947 175 pages
3.98
36k+ ratings
Classics
Japanese Literature
Japan
The Gambler Summary
The Gambler
by Fyodor Dostoevsky 1866 188 pages
3.91
100k+ ratings
Classics
Russia
Russian Literature
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 Sun Also Rises Summary
The Sun Also Rises
by Ernest Hemingway 1926 189 pages
3.79
400k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
Novels
Song of Solomon Summary
Song of Solomon
by Toni Morrison 1977 338 pages
4.15
100k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Magical Realism
The Red Badge of Courage Summary
The Red Badge of Courage
by Stephen Crane 1895 149 pages
3.29
100k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
War
Invisible Man Summary
Invisible Man
by Ralph Ellison 1952 581 pages
3.92
100k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
Historical Fiction
The Iliad Summary
The Iliad
by Homer 683 pages
3.92
400k+ ratings
Poetry
Mythology
Classics
Les Nourritures terrestres Summary
Les Nourritures terrestres
Suivi de Les nouvelles nourritures
by André Gide 1897
3.68
3k+ ratings
Poetry
Classics
France
To Build a Fire Summary
To Build a Fire
by Jack London 1902 32 pages
3.98
25k+ ratings
Short Stories
Classics
Adventure
The Blind Owl Summary
The Blind Owl
by Sadegh Hedayat 1937 148 pages
3.97
31k+ ratings
Classics
Horror
Novels
The Remains of the Day Summary
The Remains of the Day
by Kazuo Ishiguro 1989 258 pages
4.14
300k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Classics
Literary Fiction
Shahnameh Summary
Shahnameh
The Persian Book of Kings
by Abolqasem Ferdowsi 1010 886 pages
4.51
5k+ ratings
Poetry
Classics
History
A Fraction of the Whole Summary
A Fraction of the Whole
by Steve Toltz 2008 530 pages
4.14
23k+ ratings
Australia
Novels
Contemporary
Chess Story Summary
Chess Story
by Stefan Zweig 1942 104 pages
4.27
100k+ ratings
German Literature
Short Stories
Literature
The Spinoza Problem Summary
The Spinoza Problem
by Irvin D. Yalom 2012 321 pages
4.26
17k+ ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Historical Fiction
The Death of Ivan Ilych and Other Stories Summary
The Death of Ivan Ilych and Other Stories
by Leo Tolstoy 1886 256 pages
4.12
16k+ ratings
Classics
Short Stories
Russia
The Divine Comedy Summary
The Divine Comedy
Inferno - Purgatorio - Paradiso
by Dante Alighieri 1320 798 pages
4.08
100k+ ratings
Poetry
Literature
Philosophy
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man Summary
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
by James Joyce 1916 329 pages
3.64
100k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
Irish Literature
The Clown Summary
The Clown
by Heinrich Böll 1963 272 pages
3.93
30k+ ratings
German Literature
Classics
Novels
1985 Summary
1985
by Anthony Burgess 1978 240 pages
3.48
1k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Dystopia
Classics
سمفونی مردگان Summary
سمفونی مردگان
by Abbas Maroufi 1989 352 pages
4.24
19k+ ratings
Novels
Iran
Literature
The Masnavi Summary
The Masnavi
Book One
by Jalal ad-Din Muhammad ar-Rumi 1270 304 pages
4.42
1k+ ratings
Poetry
Islam
Classics
Four Great Tragedies Summary
Four Great Tragedies
Hamlet / Othello / King Lear / Macbeth
by William Shakespeare 1606 592 pages
4.42
17k+ ratings
Classics
Plays
Drama
Twelfth Night Summary
Twelfth Night
by William Shakespeare 1602 272 pages
3.96
100k+ ratings
Plays
Classics
School
Bartleby the Scrivener Summary
Bartleby the Scrivener
by Herman Melville 1853 64 pages
3.93
70k+ ratings
Short Stories
Classics
Literature
Women Summary
Women
by Charles Bukowski 1978 291 pages
3.81
82k+ ratings
Novels
Poetry
Literature
All the Pretty Horses Summary
All the Pretty Horses
by Cormac McCarthy 1992 302 pages
4.05
100k+ ratings
Westerns
Historical Fiction
Classics
A Christmas Carol Summary
A Christmas Carol
by Charles Dickens 1843 184 pages
4.09
800k+ ratings
Christmas
Classics
Fantasy
Mrs. Dalloway Summary
Mrs. Dalloway
by Virginia Woolf 1925 194 pages
3.79
300k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
Novels
The Call of the Wild Summary
The Call of the Wild
by Jack London 1903 172 pages
3.91
400k+ ratings
Adventure
Young Adult
Animals
The Picture of Dorian Gray Summary
The Picture of Dorian Gray
A Graphic Novel
by Ian Edginton 2008 122 pages
4.16
58k+ ratings
Classics
Graphic Novels
Comics
Heart of Darkness Summary
Heart of Darkness
by Joseph Conrad 1899 188 pages
3.43
500k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
Historical Fiction
A Farewell to Arms Summary
A Farewell to Arms
by Ernest Hemingway 1929 293 pages
3.82
300k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Classics
War
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame Summary
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
by Victor Hugo 1831 510 pages
4.02
200k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
France
Blindness Summary
Blindness
by José Saramago 1995 326 pages
4.18
300k+ ratings
Dystopia
Classics
Science Fiction
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