Literature Book Summaries

The Anatomy of Influence Summary
The Anatomy of Influence
Literature as a Way of Life
by Harold Bloom 2011 368 pages
3.93
470 ratings
Literary Criticism
Literature
Poetry
Christ in Concrete Summary
Christ in Concrete
by Pietro Di Donato 1937 236 pages
3.76
1.1K ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Literature
Hopscotch Summary
Hopscotch
by Julio Cortázar 1963 564 pages
4.20
46.6K ratings
Classics
Spanish Literature
Literature
Men Without Women Summary
Men Without Women
by Ernest Hemingway 1927 153 pages
3.59
14.9K ratings
Classics
Short Stories
Literature
Unaccustomed Earth Summary
Unaccustomed Earth
by Jhumpa Lahiri 2008 352 pages
4.13
95.2K ratings
Short Stories
India
Book Club
Self-Reliance and Other Essays Summary
Self-Reliance and Other Essays
by Ralph Waldo Emerson 1844 117 pages
4.12
20.0K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Essays
Certain Women Summary
Certain Women
by Madeleine L'Engle 1992 368 pages
3.74
1.7K ratings
Literary Fiction
Religion
Literature
Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 Summary
Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451
by Harold Bloom 2000 147 pages
4.17
1.2K ratings
Science Fiction
Classics
Literature
The Conspiracy Against the Human Race Summary
The Conspiracy Against the Human Race
by Thomas Ligotti 2011 240 pages
4.03
8.7K ratings
Philosophy
Horror
Psychology
Middlemarch Summary
Middlemarch
by George Eliot 1872 912 pages
4.03
173.3K ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Literature
Writing for Emotional Impact Summary
Writing for Emotional Impact
Advanced Dramatic Techniques to Attract, Engage, and Fascinate the Reader from Beginning to End
by Karl Iglesias 2005 238 pages
4.26
682 ratings
Writing
Film
Reference
Of Love and Other Demons Summary
Of Love and Other Demons
by Gabriel García Márquez 1994 160 pages
3.96
82.8K ratings
Classics
Magical Realism
Historical Fiction
The Prelude Summary
The Prelude
by William Wordsworth 1850 704 pages
3.88
4.1K ratings
Poetry
Classics
Romanticism
Alamut Summary
Alamut
by Vladimir Bartol 1938 510 pages
4.31
13.0K ratings
Historical Fiction
Classics
Novels
The Turn of the Screw Summary
The Turn of the Screw
by Henry James 1898 121 pages
3.38
170.4K ratings
Classics
Horror
Gothic
Books v. Cigarettes Summary
Books v. Cigarettes
by George Orwell 1946 126 pages
3.83
8.2K ratings
Essays
Classics
Philosophy
Into the Woods Summary
Into the Woods
A Five Act Journey Into Story
by John Yorke 2013 256 pages
4.20
4.3K ratings
Writing
Film
Crafts
بوستان سعدی Summary
بوستان سعدی
by Saadi 1257 196 pages
4.35
2.0K ratings
Poetry
Classics
Iran
You Get So Alone at Times That it Just Makes Sense Summary
You Get So Alone at Times That it Just Makes Sense
by Charles Bukowski 1986 320 pages
4.17
18.8K ratings
Classics
Poetry
Literature
The Death of Artemio Cruz Summary
The Death of Artemio Cruz
by Carlos Fuentes 1962 307 pages
3.86
11.3K ratings
Spanish Literature
Classics
Latin American
A Hero of Our Time Summary
A Hero of Our Time
by Mikhail Lermontov 1839 185 pages
4.11
62.0K ratings
Classics
Russia
Russian Literature
Kidnapped Summary
Kidnapped
by Robert Louis Stevenson 1886 288 pages
3.79
66.7K ratings
Classics
Adventure
Historical Fiction
City of Glass Summary
City of Glass
by Paul Auster 1985 203 pages
3.76
22.7K ratings
Mystery
Classics
Literature
The Pleasures of the Damned Summary
The Pleasures of the Damned
by Charles Bukowski 2007 557 pages
4.35
6.8K ratings
Poetry
Classics
Short Stories
Adultery Summary
Adultery
by Paulo Coelho 2012 272 pages
3.09
59.1K ratings
Romance
Novels
Contemporary
The Mysterious Island Summary
The Mysterious Island
by Jules Verne 1874 723 pages
4.13
57.2K ratings
Classics
Science Fiction
Adventure
The Names Summary
The Names
by Don DeLillo 1982 339 pages
3.64
4.8K ratings
Novels
American
Greece
Islands in the Stream Summary
Islands in the Stream
by Ernest Hemingway 1970 448 pages
3.88
16.5K ratings
Classics
Literature
Novels
The Year of Reading Dangerously Summary
The Year of Reading Dangerously
by Andy Miller 2012 338 pages
3.32
6.1K ratings
Books About Books
Memoir
Biography
The Camp of the Saints Summary
The Camp of the Saints
by Jean Raspail 1973 316 pages
3.82
1.7K ratings
Politics
Literature
Dystopia
The First Circle Summary
The First Circle
by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn 1968 580 pages
4.24
8.2K ratings
Classics
Russia
Russian Literature
Brisbane Summary
Brisbane
by Eugene Vodolazkin 2018 343 pages
3.98
1.4K ratings
Russia
Historical Fiction
Literature
Immortality Summary
Immortality
by Milan Kundera 1990 400 pages
4.14
41.5K ratings
Philosophy
Czech Literature
Novels
The Life of a Stupid Man Summary
The Life of a Stupid Man
by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa 1927 55 pages
3.69
9.2K ratings
Classics
Short Stories
Japanese Literature
Life Summary
Life
A User's Manual
by Georges Perec 1978 581 pages
4.18
9.7K ratings
France
Classics
French Literature
The Call of the Wild / White Fang Summary
The Call of the Wild / White Fang
by Jack London 1906 292 pages
4.12
78.4K ratings
Classics
Adventure
Animals
Tales of Edgar Allan Poe Summary
Tales of Edgar Allan Poe
by Edgar Allan Poe 1849 304 pages
4.20
9.4K ratings
Classics
Horror
Short Stories
The Metamorphosis and Other Stories Summary
The Metamorphosis and Other Stories
by Franz Kafka 1996 88 pages
3.85
4.9K ratings
Classics
Short Stories
Literature
The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays Summary
The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays
by Albert Camus 1942 212 pages
4.22
62.6K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Essays
Civil Disobedience and Other Essays Summary
Civil Disobedience and Other Essays
by Henry David Thoreau 1866 188 pages
4.06
17.5K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Politics
The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway Summary
The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway
by Ernest Hemingway 1987 650 pages
4.29
37.4K ratings
Short Stories
Classics
Literature
Blue Bamboo Summary
Blue Bamboo
Japanese Tales of Fantasy
by Osamu Dazai 1993 184 pages
3.72
2.9K ratings
Short Stories
Japan
Japanese Literature
The New York Trilogy Summary
The New York Trilogy
by Paul Auster 1987 308 pages
3.87
83.2K ratings
Mystery
American
Novels
From the Earth to the Moon Summary
From the Earth to the Moon
by Jules Verne 1865 136 pages
3.76
38.0K ratings
Science Fiction
Classics
Adventure
The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket Summary
The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket
by Edgar Allan Poe 1838 288 pages
3.50
14.0K ratings
Horror
Adventure
Gothic
Thug Notes Summary
Thug Notes
A Street-Smart Guide to Classic Literature
by Sparky Sweets 2015 304 pages
3.96
558 ratings
Humor
Classics
Literature
The Shadow of a Great Rock Summary
The Shadow of a Great Rock
A Literary Appreciation of the King James Bible
by Harold Bloom 2011 320 pages
3.47
182 ratings
Religion
Literary Criticism
History
Run With the Hunted Summary
Run With the Hunted
A Charles Bukowski Reader
by Charles Bukowski 1994 497 pages
4.26
4.5K ratings
Poetry
Short Stories
Literature
Northanger Abbey Summary
Northanger Abbey
by Jane Austen 1817 260 pages
3.85
433.5K ratings
Classics
Gothic
Historical Fiction
Interpreter of Maladies Summary
Interpreter of Maladies
by Jhumpa Lahiri 1999 198 pages
4.18
201.5K ratings
Short Stories
Book Club
Contemporary
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