Literature Book Summaries

Notes from Underground Summary
Notes from Underground
by Fyodor Dostoevsky 1864 136 pages
4.18
100k+ ratings
Philosophy
Russia
Russian Literature
The Well-Educated Mind Summary
The Well-Educated Mind
A Guide to the Classical Education You Never Had
by Susan Wise Bauer 2003 432 pages
3.99
3k+ ratings
Books About Books
Reference
Self Help
On Beauty Summary
On Beauty
by Zadie Smith 2005 445 pages
3.78
87k+ ratings
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
Novels
Outline Summary
Outline
by Rachel Cusk 2014 249 pages
3.68
62k+ ratings
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
Novels
Charles Dickens in Love Summary
Charles Dickens in Love
by Robert Garnett 2012 440 pages
3.92
50+ ratings
Biography
British Literature
Literature
The Naive and the Sentimental Novelist Summary
The Naive and the Sentimental Novelist
by Orhan Pamuk 2010 208 pages
3.94
2k+ ratings
Writing
Essays
Turkish Literature
The Corrections Summary
The Corrections
by Jonathan Franzen 2001 653 pages
3.84
100k+ ratings
Contemporary
Novels
Literary Fiction
1984 Summary
1984
by Michael Dean 1949 71 pages
4.41
32k+ ratings
Classics
Science Fiction
Dystopia
Sun and Steel Summary
Sun and Steel
by Yukio Mishima 2024 110 pages
3.76
100+ ratings
Philosophy
Literature
Japanese Literature
The Metamorphosis, In the Penal Colony, and Other Stories Summary
The Metamorphosis, In the Penal Colony, and Other Stories
The Great Short Works of Franz Kafka
by Franz Kafka 1915 352 pages
4.09
20k+ ratings
Classics
Short Stories
Literature
On the Road Summary
On the Road
by Jack Kerouac 1957 307 pages
3.61
400k+ ratings
Travel
Literature
Classics
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and Other Plays Summary
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and Other Plays
by Tennessee Williams 1955 329 pages
4.06
1k+ ratings
Plays
Classics
Drama
The Zahir Summary
The Zahir
by Paulo Coelho 2005 336 pages
3.58
81k+ ratings
Philosophy
Novels
Contemporary
The Facts Summary
The Facts
by Philip Roth 1988 210 pages
3.70
1k+ ratings
Biography
Memoir
Autobiography
For Whom the Bell Tolls Summary
For Whom the Bell Tolls
by Ernest Hemingway 1940 471 pages
3.98
300k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Literature
The Magic Mountain Summary
The Magic Mountain
by Thomas Mann 1924 706 pages
4.13
54k+ ratings
German Literature
Literature
Philosophy
Vathek Summary
Vathek
by William Beckford 1786 180 pages
3.24
6k+ ratings
Gothic
Classics
Horror
The Man in the Iron Mask Summary
The Man in the Iron Mask
by Alexandre Dumas 1847 470 pages
3.99
70k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Adventure
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 576 pages
3.92
100+ ratings
Biography
History
Mystery
The Sense of an Ending Summary
The Sense of an Ending
by Julian Barnes 2011 150 pages
3.74
100k+ ratings
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
Literature
The First Man Summary
The First Man
by Albert Camus 1994 359 pages
3.97
11k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
France
Consider the Lobster and Other Essays Summary
Consider the Lobster and Other Essays
by David Foster Wallace 2005 343 pages
4.19
51k+ ratings
Essays
Philosophy
Humor
The Castle Summary
The Castle
by Franz Kafka 1926 328 pages
3.92
70k+ ratings
Literature
German Literature
Philosophy
Thank You for Smoking Summary
Thank You for Smoking
by Christopher Buckley 1994 272 pages
3.94
12k+ ratings
Humor
Contemporary
Politics
Wait Until Spring, Bandini Summary
Wait Until Spring, Bandini
by John Fante 1938 266 pages
4.10
13k+ ratings
Classics
Novels
American
The Picture of Dorian Gray and Three Stories Summary
The Picture of Dorian Gray and Three Stories
by Oscar Wilde 1891 320 pages
4.08
3k+ ratings
Classics
Horror
Gothic
Interventions 2020 Summary
Interventions 2020
by Michel Houellebecq 2020 371 pages
3.59
500+ ratings
Essays
Politics
France
From Here to Eternity Summary
From Here to Eternity
by James Jones 1951 816 pages
4.08
17k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
War
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
3.98
1k+ ratings
Memoir
Poetry
Literature
The Plot Against America Summary
The Plot Against America
by Philip Roth 2004 391 pages
3.81
65k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Alternate History
Literature
The Gospel Singer Summary
The Gospel Singer
by Harry Crews 1968 300 pages
4.22
1k+ ratings
Southern Gothic
Southern
Classics
Pudd'nhead Wilson Summary
Pudd'nhead Wilson
by Mark Twain 1893 160 pages
3.75
18k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
Humor
Villette Summary
Villette
by Charlotte Brontë 1853 573 pages
3.78
76k+ ratings
Classics
Romance
19th Century
The Museum of Innocence Summary
The Museum of Innocence
by Orhan Pamuk 2008 536 pages
3.78
35k+ ratings
Turkish Literature
Turkish
Romance
Crossing to Safety Summary
Crossing to Safety
by Wallace Stegner 1987 335 pages
4.16
48k+ ratings
Classics
Literary Fiction
Historical Fiction
Jude the Obscure Summary
Jude the Obscure
by Thomas Hardy 1895 310 pages
3.83
73k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
19th Century
A Tale of Two Cities / Great Expectations Summary
A Tale of Two Cities / Great Expectations
by Charles Dickens 1859 834 pages
4.02
17k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Literature
The Bell Summary
The Bell
by Iris Murdoch 1958 296 pages
3.92
9k+ ratings
Classics
Novels
British Literature
The Tartar Steppe Summary
The Tartar Steppe
by Dino Buzzati 1940 198 pages
4.21
35k+ ratings
Classics
Italian Literature
Italy
Book Lust Summary
Book Lust
Recommended Reading for Every Mood, Moment, and Reason
by Nancy Pearl 2003 287 pages
3.77
3k+ ratings
Books About Books
Reference
Writing
Flatland Summary
Flatland
A Romance of Many Dimensions
by Edwin A. Abbott 1884 96 pages
3.81
74k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Classics
Mathematics
Uncle Tom’s Cabin Summary
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
by Harriet Beecher Stowe 1852 438 pages
3.91
200k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Literature
The Words You Should Know to Sound Smart Summary
The Words You Should Know to Sound Smart
1200 Essential Words Every Sophisticated Person Should Be Able to Use
by Robert W. Bly 2009 256 pages
3.85
100+ ratings
Self Help
Communication
Reference
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Stories Summary
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Stories
by Robert Louis Stevenson 1886 254 pages
4.00
35k+ ratings
Classics
Horror
Short Stories
Allah Is Not Obliged Summary
Allah Is Not Obliged
by Ahmadou Kourouma 2000 215 pages
3.68
2k+ ratings
Ivory Coast
African Literature
War
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 Sheltering Sky Summary
The Sheltering Sky
by Paul Bowles 1949 342 pages
3.89
29k+ ratings
Classics
Africa
Travel
The Razor’s Edge Summary
The Razor’s Edge
by W. Somerset Maugham 1944 314 pages
4.19
51k+ ratings
Literature
Classics
Philosophy
Água Viva Summary
Água Viva
by Clarice Lispector 1973 88 pages
4.28
16k+ ratings
Poetry
Classics
Philosophy
The Return of the Native Summary
The Return of the Native
by Thomas Hardy 1878 426 pages
3.88
39k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
19th Century
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