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Beloved Summary
Beloved
by Toni Morrison 2004 321 pages
3.96
400k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Magical Realism
Leaves of Grass Summary
Leaves of Grass
by Walt Whitman
4.12
100k+ ratings
Poetry
Classics
Literature
کلبه ی عمو تام Summary
کلبه ی عمو تام
by Harriet Beecher Stowe
3.91
200k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Literature
Native Son Summary
Native Son
by Richard Wright
4.03
100k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
African American
Fight Club Summary
Fight Club
by Chuck Palahniuk
4.18
600k+ ratings
Classics
Thriller
Novels
Nausea Summary
Nausea
by Jean-Paul Sartre
3.94
100k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
France
Dr. Jeckyll and Mr. Hide Summary
Dr. Jeckyll and Mr. Hide
by Robert Louis Stevenson
3.83
600k+ ratings
Horror
Gothic
Science Fiction
Franny and Zoey Summary
Franny and Zoey
by J.D. Salinger
3.96
200k+ ratings
Short Stories
Literature
Classics
How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read Summary
How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read
by Pierre Bayard
3.43
4k+ ratings
Books About Books
Philosophy
Essays
The Wasteland, Prufrock and Other Poems Summary
The Wasteland, Prufrock and Other Poems
by T.S. Eliot
4.15
11k+ ratings
Poetry
Classics
Literature
How Fiction Works Summary
How Fiction Works
by James Wood
3.99
7k+ ratings
Writing
Literary Criticism
Books About Books
The Lonely Voice Summary
The Lonely Voice
A Study of the Short Story
by Frank O'Connor
3.90
100+ ratings
Writing
Short Stories
Literary Criticism
Aspects of the Novel Summary
Aspects of the Novel
by E.M. Forster
3.81
4k+ ratings
Writing
Literary Criticism
Essays
The Human Stain Summary
The Human Stain
by Philip Roth
3.91
43k+ ratings
Literature
Novels
American
Love Is a Dog from Hell Summary
Love Is a Dog from Hell
by Charles Bukowski
3.97
36k+ ratings
Classics
Poetry
Literature
Samarkand Summary
Samarkand
by Amin Maalouf
4.24
29k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Novels
Literature
Of Human Bondage Summary
Of Human Bondage
by W. Somerset Maugham 1915 684 pages
4.15
59k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
Novels
The Wild Duck Summary
The Wild Duck
by Henrik Ibsen 1884 128 pages
3.80
10k+ ratings
Plays
Classics
Theatre
The White Castle Summary
The White Castle
by Orhan Pamuk 1985 145 pages
3.48
15k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Turkish Literature
Turkish
An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge Summary
An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
by Ambrose Bierce 1890 36 pages
4.02
25k+ ratings
Short Stories
Classics
Horror
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