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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

Robinson Crusoe Summary
Robinson Crusoe
by Daniel Defoe
3.68
300k+ ratings
Classics
Adventure
Literature
Life Of Pi Summary
Life Of Pi
by Yann Martel 2006
3.94
1.6M+ ratings
Fantasy
Classics
Adventure
The Old Man and the Sea Summary
The Old Man and the Sea
by Ernest Hemingway 1996 96 pages
3.80
1.1M+ ratings
Classics
Literature
Novels
House of Leaves Summary
House of Leaves
by Mark Z. Danielewski
4.09
100k+ ratings
Horror
Fantasy
Mystery
The Master and Margarita Summary
The Master and Margarita
by Mikhail Bulgakov 1996 384 pages
4.29
300k+ ratings
Fantasy
Russia
Russian Literature
The World According to Garp Summary
The World According to Garp
by John Irving 1999 610 pages
4.10
200k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
Contemporary
My Year of Rest and Relaxation Summary
My Year of Rest and Relaxation
A Novel
by Ottessa Moshfegh 2019 304 pages
3.63
400k+ ratings
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
Mental Health
Memoirs of a Geisha Summary
Memoirs of a Geisha
by Arthur Golden 2005 512 pages
4.15
2M+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Romance
Historical
Great Expectations (Oxford World's Classics) Summary
Great Expectations (Oxford World's Classics)
by Charles Dickens 1998 544 pages
3.79
800k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
Historical Fiction
Les Misérables Summary
Les Misérables
by Victor Hugo
4.21
800k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Literature
Lady Chatterley's Lover Summary
Lady Chatterley's Lover
by D.H. Lawrence 1983 376 pages
3.50
100k+ ratings
Romance
Classics
Literature
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest Summary
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
by Ken Kesey
4.20
700k+ ratings
Classics
Psychology
Literature
The Sun Also Rises Summary
The Sun Also Rises
by Ernest Hemingway
3.79
400k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
Novels
Song of Solomon Summary
Song of Solomon
by Toni Morrison 2004 352 pages
4.14
100k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
African American
Fall of Giants (The Century Trilogy) Summary
Fall of Giants (The Century Trilogy)
by Ken Follett 2010 1008 pages
4.32
300k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
War
Invisible Man Summary
Invisible Man
by Ralph Ellison
3.91
100k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
Historical Fiction
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