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1984 Summary
1984
by George Orwell 1949 328 pages
4.20
5.1M ratings
Classics
Science Fiction
Dystopia
गोदान [Godaan] Summary
गोदान [Godaan]
by Munshi Premchand 1936 352 pages
4.41
9.2K ratings
Classics
India
Indian Literature
The Great Gatsby Summary
The Great Gatsby
by F. Scott Fitzgerald 1925 180 pages
3.93
5.7M ratings
Classics
School
Historical Fiction
El Filibusterismo Summary
El Filibusterismo
by José Rizal 1891 360 pages
4.25
6.4K ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Historical
The Alchemist Summary
The Alchemist
by Paulo Coelho 1988 182 pages
3.92
3.4M ratings
Fantasy
Philosophy
Self Help
Baron Trump's Marvelous Underground Journey Summary
Baron Trump's Marvelous Underground Journey
by Ingersoll Lockwood 1893 268 pages
3.46
377 ratings
Fantasy
Classics
Book Club
Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint, Vol. 4 Summary
Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint, Vol. 4
by Singshong 2019 1429 pages
4.73
3.4K ratings
Fantasy
Light Novel
Manga
The Pilgrimage Summary
The Pilgrimage
by Paulo Coelho 1987 226 pages
3.65
65.6K ratings
Philosophy
Spirituality
Travel
The Catcher in the Rye Summary
The Catcher in the Rye
by J.D. Salinger 1951 277 pages
3.80
3.8M ratings
Classics
Young Adult
Literature
One Hundred Years of Solitude Summary
One Hundred Years of Solitude
by Gabriel García Márquez 1967 417 pages
4.12
1.1M ratings
Magical Realism
Fantasy
Literature
The Forty Rules of Love Summary
The Forty Rules of Love
by Elif Shafak 2009 354 pages
4.12
193.4K ratings
Historical Fiction
Novels
Romance
The Gambler Summary
The Gambler
by Fyodor Dostoevsky 1866 188 pages
3.91
109.0K ratings
Classics
Russian Literature
Russia
Norwegian Wood Summary
Norwegian Wood
by Haruki Murakami 1987 296 pages
4.00
682.6K ratings
Romance
Japan
Japanese Literature
Life of Pi Summary
Life of Pi
by Yann Martel 2001 460 pages
3.94
1.7M ratings
Fantasy
Classics
Book Club
Crime and Punishment Summary
Crime and Punishment
by Fyodor Dostoevsky 1866 671 pages
4.28
1.0M ratings
Russia
Russian Literature
Literature
Lord of the Mysteries Volume 1 Summary
Lord of the Mysteries Volume 1
by Ai Qianshui de Wuzei 2021 1165 pages
4.54
1.5K ratings
Fantasy
Light Novel
Mystery
Fahrenheit 451 Summary
Fahrenheit 451
by Ray Bradbury 1953 194 pages
3.97
2.7M ratings
Classics
Science Fiction
Dystopia
The Stranger Summary
The Stranger
by Albert Camus 1942 123 pages
4.03
1.3M ratings
Literature
French Literature
School
The Old Man and the Sea Summary
The Old Man and the Sea
by Ernest Hemingway 1952 96 pages
3.81
1.2M ratings
Classics
Literature
Novels
No Longer Human Summary
No Longer Human
by Osamu Dazai 1948 176 pages
3.96
217.2K ratings
Japanese Literature
Japan
Literature
Dead Poets Society Summary
Dead Poets Society
by N.H. Kleinbaum 1988 166 pages
4.17
139.4K ratings
Dark Academia
Young Adult
Contemporary
Dune Summary
Dune
by Frank Herbert 1965 658 pages
4.28
1.5M ratings
Science Fiction
Fantasy
Science Fiction Fantasy
The White Tiger Summary
The White Tiger
by Aravind Adiga 2008 276 pages
3.77
198.9K ratings
India
Book Club
Contemporary
To Kill a Mockingbird Summary
To Kill a Mockingbird
by Harper Lee 1960 323 pages
4.26
6.6M ratings
Historical Fiction
School
Literature
The Setting Sun Summary
The Setting Sun
by Osamu Dazai 1947 175 pages
3.98
37.8K ratings
Classics
Japanese Literature
Japan
The Trial Summary
The Trial
by Franz Kafka 1925 255 pages
3.95
369.3K ratings
Philosophy
Literature
Novels
The Schopenhauer Cure Summary
The Schopenhauer Cure
by Irvin D. Yalom 2005 358 pages
4.28
29.2K ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Novels
Sophie’s World Summary
Sophie’s World
by Jostein Gaarder 1991 403 pages
3.97
273.1K ratings
Classics
Young Adult
Fantasy
2 States Summary
2 States
The Story of My Marriage
by Chetan Bhagat 2009 269 pages
3.43
97.4K ratings
Romance
Indian Literature
India
The Eminence in Shadow (Light Novel), Volume 1 Summary
The Eminence in Shadow (Light Novel), Volume 1
by Daisuke Aizawa 2018 285 pages
4.24
1.3K ratings
Light Novel
Fantasy
Manga
Slaughterhouse-Five Summary
Slaughterhouse-Five
by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. 1969 275 pages
4.10
1.4M ratings
Classics
Science Fiction
Historical Fiction
The Brothers Karamazov Summary
The Brothers Karamazov
by Fyodor Dostoevsky 1880 796 pages
4.38
363.0K ratings
Russia
Classics
Russian Literature
Half Girlfriend Summary
Half Girlfriend
by Chetan Bhagat 2014 260 pages
3.13
53.0K ratings
Romance
Indian Literature
India
The Kite Runner Summary
The Kite Runner
by Khaled Hosseini 2003 371 pages
4.35
3.4M ratings
Historical Fiction
Classics
Contemporary
Kafka on the Shore Summary
Kafka on the Shore
by Haruki Murakami 2002 467 pages
4.12
519.3K ratings
Magical Realism
Fantasy
Japanese Literature
A Thousand Splendid Suns Summary
A Thousand Splendid Suns
by Khaled Hosseini 2007 372 pages
4.45
1.7M ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Contemporary
Chronicle of a Death Foretold Summary
Chronicle of a Death Foretold
by Gabriel García Márquez 1981 120 pages
3.97
219.5K ratings
Classics
Magical Realism
School
The Fall Summary
The Fall
by Albert Camus 1956 147 pages
4.04
124.1K ratings
Philosophy
France
Literature
Sula Summary
Sula
by Toni Morrison 1973 174 pages
4.05
114.1K ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
African American
Oliver Twist Summary
Oliver Twist
by Charles Dickens 1838 608 pages
3.88
416.5K ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Literature
Catch-22 Summary
Catch-22
by Joseph Heller 1961 453 pages
3.99
866.7K ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
War
Homo Faber Summary
Homo Faber
by Max Frisch 1957 214 pages
3.68
29.8K ratings
Classics
German Literature
School
By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept Summary
By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept
by Paulo Coelho 1994 180 pages
3.57
106.8K ratings
Romance
Philosophy
Novels
The 3 Mistakes of My Life Summary
The 3 Mistakes of My Life
by Chetan Bhagat 2008 258 pages
3.06
77.9K ratings
Indian Literature
India
Romance
Fight Club Summary
Fight Club
by Chuck Palahniuk 1996 218 pages
4.18
624.3K ratings
Classics
Thriller
Contemporary
The Unbearable Lightness of Being Summary
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
by Milan Kundera 1984 314 pages
4.11
516.6K ratings
Philosophy
Literature
Novels
Billionaire Boy Summary
Billionaire Boy
by David Walliams 2010 240 pages
4.13
18.3K ratings
Childrens
Middle Grade
Humor
The Blind Owl Summary
The Blind Owl
by Sadegh Hedayat 1937 148 pages
3.96
32.2K ratings
Classics
Iran
Horror
A Visit from the Goon Squad Summary
A Visit from the Goon Squad
by Jennifer Egan 2010 274 pages
3.70
241.6K ratings
Book Club
Contemporary
Music
The Pearl Summary
The Pearl
by John Steinbeck 1947 96 pages
3.55
258.0K ratings
Literature
School
Historical Fiction
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