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Great novels transport us into richly imagined worlds where characters grapple with life's deepest questions and society's thorniest challenges. Whether following a New Orleans misfit's misadventures or exploring dystopian futures and spiritual journeys, these transformative stories illuminate the full spectrum of human experience.

Novels Book Summaries

A Confederacy of Dunces Summary
A Confederacy of Dunces
by John Kennedy Toole 1987 405 pages
3.89
200k+ ratings
Humor
Literature
Comedy
Warrior of the Light Summary
Warrior of the Light
A Manual
by Paulo Coelho 2004 160 pages
3.69
39k+ ratings
Philosophy
Spirituality
Self Help
Alchemist, The Summary
Alchemist, The
by Paulo Coelho 2008 197 pages
3.91
3.1M+ ratings
Classics
Fantasy
Philosophy
Atlas Shrugged Summary
Atlas Shrugged
by Ayn Rand 1999 1192 pages
3.69
300k+ ratings
Classics
Philosophy
Politics
The Pilgrimage (Plus) Summary
The Pilgrimage (Plus)
by Paulo Coelho 2021 288 pages
3.64
62k+ ratings
Philosophy
Spirituality
Travel
The Forty Rules of Love Summary
The Forty Rules of Love
by Elif Shafak 2011 288 pages
4.12
100k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Novels
Romance
Teach like a champion 2.0 62 techniques that put students on the path to college Summary
Teach like a champion 2.0 62 techniques that put students on the path to college
by Doug Lemov 2022 713 pages
4.10
39k+ ratings
Classics
Philosophy
Literature
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone Summary
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
by J.K. Rowling
4.47
10.4M+ ratings
Young Adult
Magic
Childrens
American Psycho Summary
American Psycho
by Bret Easton Ellis 1991 399 pages
3.81
300k+ ratings
Horror
Classics
Thriller
Nineteen Eighty-Four Summary
Nineteen Eighty-Four
by George Orwell 2014 368 pages
4.19
4.8M+ ratings
Classics
Science Fiction
Dystopia
Steppenwolf Summary
Steppenwolf
by Hermann Hesse 1999 256 pages
4.13
100k+ ratings
Classics
Philosophy
German Literature
The Hobbit Summary
The Hobbit
by J.R.R. Tolkien
4.29
4.1M+ ratings
Fantasy
Novels
Literature
East of Eden Summary
East of Eden
by John Steinbeck 2002 620 pages
4.42
500k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Literature
Fahrenheit 451 Summary
Fahrenheit 451
by Ray Bradbury
3.96
2.5M+ ratings
Science Fiction
Dystopia
Classics
The Kite Runner Summary
The Kite Runner
by Khaled Hosseini
4.35
3.2M+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Contemporary
Novels
Dune Summary
Dune
Deluxe Edition
by Frank Herbert 2019 688 pages
4.28
1.4M+ ratings
Science Fiction
Fantasy
Science Fiction Fantasy
Les Miserables Summary
Les Miserables
by Victor Hugo 2018 1376 pages
4.21
800k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Literature
Animal Farm Summary
Animal Farm
by George Orwell 1996 140 pages
3.99
4M+ ratings
Dystopia
Fantasy
School
Crime and Punishment Summary
Crime and Punishment
by Fyodor Dostoevsky
4.27
900k+ ratings
Russia
Russian Literature
Literature
The Stranger Summary
The Stranger
by Albert Camus
4.03
1.1M+ ratings
Classics
Philosophy
France
The Idiot (Modern Library Classics) Summary
The Idiot (Modern Library Classics)
by Fyodor Dostoevsky 2003 720 pages
4.21
100k+ ratings
Russia
Russian Literature
Literature
The Brothers Karamazov Summary
The Brothers Karamazov
by Fyodor Dostoevsky
4.37
300k+ ratings
Russia
Classics
Russian Literature
No Longer Human Summary
No Longer Human
by Osamu Dazai
3.98
100k+ ratings
Japanese Literature
Japan
Literature
Notes from Underground (Vintage Classics) Summary
Notes from Underground (Vintage Classics)
by Fyodor Dostoevsky 1994 136 pages
4.17
100k+ ratings
Philosophy
Russia
Russian Literature
Moby-Dick or, The Whale Summary
Moby-Dick or, The Whale
by Herman Melville 2002 720 pages
3.55
500k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
Adventure
Pride and Prejudice Summary
Pride and Prejudice
by Jane Austen
4.29
4.4M+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
Literature
The Road Summary
The Road
by Cormac McCarthy 2006 241 pages
3.99
900k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Dystopia
Post Apocalyptic
The Picture of Dorian Gray Summary
The Picture of Dorian Gray
by Oscar Wilde
4.13
1.6M+ ratings
Classics
Horror
Fantasy
The Godfather Summary
The Godfather
by Mario Puzo
4.39
400k+ ratings
Classics
Crime
Thriller
Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts (2004) Paperback Summary
Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts (2004) Paperback
by Gregory David Roberts 2004 936 pages
4.27
200k+ ratings
Travel
Adventure
Historical Fiction
The Great Gatsby Summary
The Great Gatsby
by F. Scott Fitzgerald
3.93
5.4M+ ratings
School
Historical Fiction
Romance
The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoyevsky Summary
The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
by Fyodor Dostoevsky
4.21
100k+ ratings
Russia
Russian Literature
Literature
Ulysses Summary
Ulysses
by James Joyce
3.76
100k+ ratings
Literature
Classics
Ireland
Love in the Time of Cholera Summary
Love in the Time of Cholera
by Gabriel Garcia Marquez 2003 348 pages
3.94
500k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Magical Realism
Literature
A Tale of Two Cities (Penguin Classics) Summary
A Tale of Two Cities (Penguin Classics)
by Charles Dickens 2003 544 pages
3.87
900k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Literature
Wuthering Heights Summary
Wuthering Heights
by Emily Brontë
3.89
1.8M+ ratings
Gothic
Historical Fiction
Literature
Don Quixote Summary
Don Quixote
by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
3.90
200k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
Spanish Literature
Oliver Twist Summary
Oliver Twist
by Charles Dickens
3.88
400k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Literature
The Sorrows of Young Werther (Modern Library Classics) Summary
The Sorrows of Young Werther (Modern Library Classics)
by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 2005 176 pages
3.69
100k+ ratings
German Literature
Classics
Literature
Of Mice and Men Summary
Of Mice and Men
by John Steinbeck 2002 112 pages
3.89
2.6M+ ratings
School
Historical Fiction
Literature
The Catcher in the Rye Summary
The Catcher in the Rye
by J. D. Salinger 2001 288 pages
3.80
3.6M+ ratings
Classics
Young Adult
Literature
The Trial Summary
The Trial
by Franz Kafka
3.95
300k+ ratings
Philosophy
Literature
German Literature
Kafka on the Shore Summary
Kafka on the Shore
by Haruki Murakami
4.13
400k+ ratings
Magical Realism
Fantasy
Japanese Literature
Notes from the Underground Summary
Notes from the Underground
by Fyodor Dostoevsky
4.17
100k+ ratings
Philosophy
Russia
Russian Literature
The Overstory Summary
The Overstory
A Novel
by Richard Powers 2019 512 pages
4.12
100k+ ratings
Nature
Literary Fiction
Contemporary
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle Summary
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
by Haruki Murakami 1997 611 pages
4.15
200k+ ratings
Magical Realism
Fantasy
Japanese Literature
A Visit from the Goon Squad Summary
A Visit from the Goon Squad
by Jennifer Egan 2010 288 pages
3.70
200k+ ratings
Contemporary
Music
Short Stories
The House of the Spirits Summary
The House of the Spirits
A Novel
by Isabel Allende 2005 433 pages
4.28
200k+ ratings
Magical Realism
Historical Fiction
Fantasy
The Sound and the Fury Summary
The Sound and the Fury
by William Faulkner
3.86
100k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
Novels
Survivor Summary
Survivor
A Novel
by Chuck Palahniuk 2018 304 pages
3.93
100k+ ratings
Contemporary
Thriller
Novels
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