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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.

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Fall of Giants Summary
Fall of Giants
by Ken Follett 2010 985 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
The Sympathizer Summary
The Sympathizer
by Viet Thanh Nguyen 2015 384 pages
4.01
100k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
War
Asia
The Blind Owl Summary
The Blind Owl
by Sadegh Hedayat 1994 144 pages
3.96
30k+ ratings
Classics
Horror
Novels
The Remains of the Day Summary
The Remains of the Day
by Kazuo Ishiguro
4.14
300k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Classics
Literary Fiction
A Fraction of the Whole Summary
A Fraction of the Whole
by Steve Toltz 2008 530 pages
4.14
23k+ ratings
Australia
Novels
Contemporary
Chess Story Summary
Chess Story
by Stefan Zweig 2005 104 pages
4.27
100k+ ratings
German Literature
Short Stories
Literature
The Spinoza Problem Summary
The Spinoza Problem
by Irvin D. Yalom 2012 321 pages
4.26
17k+ ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Historical Fiction
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man Summary
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
by James Joyce 2003 384 pages
3.64
100k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
Irish Literature
Norwegian Wood Summary
Norwegian Wood
by Haruki Murakami 2000 600 pages
4.00
600k+ ratings
Romance
Japan
Japanese Literature
All the Pretty Horses Summary
All the Pretty Horses
by Cormac McCarthy 1993 301 pages
4.04
100k+ ratings
Westerns
Historical Fiction
Classics
Mrs. Dalloway Summary
Mrs. Dalloway
by Virginia Woolf 2002 216 pages
3.79
300k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
Novels
For One More Day Summary
For One More Day
by Mitch Albom 2006 208 pages
4.13
100k+ ratings
Inspirational
Contemporary
Adult
The Circle Summary
The Circle
by Dave Eggers 2013 493 pages
3.43
200k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Dystopia
Contemporary
The Heart of Darkness Summary
The Heart of Darkness
by Joseph Conrad
3.43
500k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
Historical Fiction
A Farewell to Arms Summary
A Farewell to Arms
by Ernest Hemingway 1998 304 pages
3.82
300k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Classics
War
Blindness Summary
Blindness
by José Saramago
4.17
300k+ ratings
Dystopia
Classics
Science Fiction
Too Loud a Solitude Summary
Too Loud a Solitude
by Bohumil Hrabal 1993 112 pages
3.98
23k+ ratings
Czech Literature
Classics
Novels
Slaughterhouse-Five Summary
Slaughterhouse-Five
by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. 1999 288 pages
4.10
1.4M+ ratings
Science Fiction
Classics
Historical Fiction
Oblomov Summary
Oblomov
by Ivan Goncharov 2006 443 pages
4.13
40k+ ratings
Classics
Russia
Russian Literature
Veronica. decided to die. Paul Coelho. the Russian original. hardcover Summary
Veronica. decided to die. Paul Coelho. the Russian original. hardcover
by Paulo Coelho
3.73
200k+ ratings
Contemporary
Philosophy
Novels
The Bell Jar Summary
The Bell Jar
by Sylvia Plath
4.06
1M+ ratings
Feminism
Mental Health
Psychology
A Thousand Splendid Suns Summary
A Thousand Splendid Suns
by Khaled Hosseini 2007 372 pages
4.44
1.6M+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
Classics
There There Summary
There There
by Tommy Orange 2018 294 pages
3.98
200k+ ratings
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
Native American
Dead Poets Society Summary
Dead Poets Society
by N.H. Kleinbaum 1989 176 pages
4.17
100k+ ratings
Young Adult
Contemporary
Poetry
کلبه ی عمو تام Summary
کلبه ی عمو تام
by Harriet Beecher Stowe
3.91
200k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Literature
Native Son Summary
Native Son
by Richard Wright
4.03
100k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
African American
Fight Club Summary
Fight Club
by Chuck Palahniuk
4.18
600k+ ratings
Classics
Thriller
Novels
Lullaby Summary
Lullaby
by Chuck Palahniuk
3.74
100k+ ratings
Horror
Contemporary
Fantasy
Wolf Hall Summary
Wolf Hall
by Hilary Mantel 2009 653 pages
3.91
200k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
British Literature
Nausea Summary
Nausea
by Jean-Paul Sartre
3.94
100k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
France
We Were the Mulvaneys Summary
We Were the Mulvaneys
by Joyce. Carol Oats
3.75
100k+ ratings
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
Classics
The Feast of the Goat Summary
The Feast of the Goat
by Mario Vargas Llosa 2000 475 pages
4.34
38k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Spanish Literature
Novels
Franny and Zoey Summary
Franny and Zoey
by J.D. Salinger
3.96
200k+ ratings
Short Stories
Literature
Classics
The Human Stain Summary
The Human Stain
by Philip Roth
3.91
43k+ ratings
Literature
Novels
American
Samarkand Summary
Samarkand
by Amin Maalouf
4.24
29k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Novels
Literature
Of Human Bondage Summary
Of Human Bondage
by W. Somerset Maugham 1915 684 pages
4.15
59k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
Novels
The White Castle Summary
The White Castle
by Orhan Pamuk 1985 145 pages
3.48
15k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Turkish Literature
Turkish
The Poisonwood Bible Summary
The Poisonwood Bible
by Barbara Kingsolver 1998 546 pages
4.10
700k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Africa
Classics
Revan Summary
Revan
by Drew Karpyshyn 2011 289 pages
4.01
22k+ ratings
Star Wars
Science Fiction
Fantasy
The Company of Women Summary
The Company of Women
by Khushwant Singh 1999 232 pages
3.26
4k+ ratings
Indian Literature
Erotica
India
When Nietzsche Wept Summary
When Nietzsche Wept
A Novel Of Obsession
by Irvin D. Yalom 1992 322 pages
4.36
77k+ ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Historical Fiction
Life for Sale Summary
Life for Sale
by Yukio Mishima 1968 192 pages
3.71
11k+ ratings
Japan
Japanese Literature
Classics
Homo Faber Summary
Homo Faber
by Max Frisch 1957 214 pages
3.69
28k+ ratings
Classics
German Literature
School
Underworld Summary
Underworld
by Don DeLillo 1997 827 pages
3.94
32k+ ratings
Novels
Literature
Literary Fiction
Counter-Clock World Summary
Counter-Clock World
by Philip K. Dick 1967 218 pages
3.55
5k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Speculative Fiction
Time Travel
Nostalgia Summary
Nostalgia
by Mircea Cărtărescu 1989 361 pages
4.23
4k+ ratings
Romania
Short Stories
Romanian Literature
Visitation Summary
Visitation
by Jenny Erpenbeck 2008 160 pages
3.65
5k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Germany
German Literature
Tortilla Flat Summary
Tortilla Flat
by John Steinbeck 1935 256 pages
3.83
59k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
Historical Fiction
Poor People Summary
Poor People
by Fyodor Dostoevsky 1846 112 pages
3.78
34k+ ratings
Russian Literature
Russia
Novels
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