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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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Zorba the Greek Summary
Zorba the Greek
by Nikos Kazantzakis 1946 335 pages
4.04
55.7K ratings
Classics
Philosophy
Greece
Lullaby Summary
Lullaby
by Chuck Palahniuk 2002 260 pages
3.74
102.1K ratings
Horror
Contemporary
Fantasy
The Next Person You Meet in Heaven Summary
The Next Person You Meet in Heaven
by Mitch Albom 2018 218 pages
4.33
61.6K ratings
Inspirational
Contemporary
Fantasy
A Tale of Two Cities Summary
A Tale of Two Cities
by Charles Dickens 1859 489 pages
3.87
990.1K ratings
Historical Fiction
Literature
Historical
A Happy Death Summary
A Happy Death
by Albert Camus 1971 144 pages
3.81
23.0K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
France
East of Eden Summary
East of Eden
by John Steinbeck 1952 601 pages
4.43
589.3K ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Literature
The Grapes of Wrath Summary
The Grapes of Wrath
by John Steinbeck 1939 496 pages
4.02
961.9K ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Literature
Atlas Shrugged Summary
Atlas Shrugged
by Ayn Rand 1957 1168 pages
3.69
401.0K ratings
Classics
Philosophy
Politics
A Farewell to Arms Summary
A Farewell to Arms
by Ernest Hemingway 1929 293 pages
3.82
340.7K ratings
Historical Fiction
Classics
War
A Confederacy of Dunces Summary
A Confederacy of Dunces
by John Kennedy Toole 1980 394 pages
3.89
289.3K ratings
Humor
Book Club
Literature
Lolita Summary
Lolita
by Vladimir Nabokov 1955 368 pages
3.87
907.2K ratings
Classics
Literature
Russia
Don’t Forget to Write Summary
Don’t Forget to Write
by Sara Goodman Confino 2023 334 pages
4.49
67.3K ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Romance
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle Summary
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
by Haruki Murakami 1994 607 pages
4.14
303.2K ratings
Magical Realism
Fantasy
Japanese Literature
Doctor Faustus Summary
Doctor Faustus
by Thomas Mann 1947 535 pages
4.08
13.3K ratings
Classics
German Literature
Literature
Journey to the End of the Night Summary
Journey to the End of the Night
by Louis-Ferdinand Céline 1932 453 pages
4.19
45.6K ratings
France
Literature
French Literature
Women Summary
Women
by Charles Bukowski 1978 291 pages
3.80
83.4K ratings
Novels
Poetry
Literature
Oil! Summary
Oil!
by Upton Sinclair 1926 528 pages
3.74
7.1K ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Literature
Steppenwolf Summary
Steppenwolf
by Hermann Hesse 1927 256 pages
4.13
203.5K ratings
Classics
Philosophy
German Literature
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man Summary
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
by James Joyce 1916 329 pages
3.64
159.6K ratings
Classics
Literature
Irish Literature
The Sorrows of Young Werther Summary
The Sorrows of Young Werther
by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1774 149 pages
3.69
146.4K ratings
German Literature
Classics
Literature
سمفونی مردگان Summary
سمفونی مردگان
by Abbas Maroufi 1989 352 pages
4.25
19.8K ratings
Novels
Iran
Literature
If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler Summary
If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler
by Italo Calvino 1979 260 pages
4.02
106.7K ratings
Classics
Italian Literature
Magical Realism
The Black Book Summary
The Black Book
by Orhan Pamuk 1990 466 pages
3.92
12.8K ratings
Turkish Literature
Turkish
Mystery
The Company of Women Summary
The Company of Women
by Khushwant Singh 1999 232 pages
3.26
4.4K ratings
Indian Literature
Erotica
India
Invisible Man Summary
Invisible Man
by Ralph Ellison 1952 581 pages
3.92
197.0K ratings
Classics
Literature
Historical Fiction
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close Summary
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
by Jonathan Safran Foer 2005 326 pages
3.97
430.1K ratings
Book Club
Historical Fiction
Contemporary
Underworld Summary
Underworld
by Don DeLillo 1997 827 pages
3.95
32.8K ratings
Novels
Literature
Literary Fiction
The Sun Also Rises Summary
The Sun Also Rises
by Ernest Hemingway 1926 189 pages
3.79
474.6K ratings
Classics
Literature
Novels
Samarkand Summary
Samarkand
by Amin Maalouf 1988 304 pages
4.24
30.3K ratings
Historical Fiction
Novels
Literature
Stranger in a Strange Land Summary
Stranger in a Strange Land
by Robert A. Heinlein 1961 525 pages
3.92
321.7K ratings
Science Fiction
Classics
Science Fiction Fantasy
The Castle Summary
The Castle
by Franz Kafka 1926 328 pages
3.92
70.7K ratings
Literature
Philosophy
German Literature
Of Human Bondage Summary
Of Human Bondage
by W. Somerset Maugham 1915 684 pages
4.15
59.8K ratings
Classics
Literature
Novels
The Suicide Shop Summary
The Suicide Shop
by Jean Teulé 2007 169 pages
3.47
22.0K ratings
Humor
Novels
France
Ulysses Summary
Ulysses
by James Joyce 1922 783 pages
3.77
137.3K ratings
Classics
Literature
Ireland
The White Castle Summary
The White Castle
by Orhan Pamuk 1985 145 pages
3.48
16.2K ratings
Historical Fiction
Turkish Literature
Turkish
Five Point Someone Summary
Five Point Someone
What Not to Do at IIT
by Chetan Bhagat 2004 267 pages
3.43
92.0K ratings
Indian Literature
India
Romance
A Song of Ice and Fire Summary
A Song of Ice and Fire
by George R.R. Martin 2000 5216 pages
4.60
63.7K ratings
Fantasy
Science Fiction Fantasy
Adventure
We Were the Mulvaneys Summary
We Were the Mulvaneys
by Joyce Carol Oates 1996 454 pages
3.75
103.7K ratings
Book Club
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
Moby-Dick or, The Whale Summary
Moby-Dick or, The Whale
by Herman Melville 1851 720 pages
3.56
596.8K ratings
Classics
Literature
Adventure
The Zahir Summary
The Zahir
by Paulo Coelho 2005 336 pages
3.58
81.4K ratings
Novels
Philosophy
Contemporary
The Last Jew Summary
The Last Jew
by Noah Gordon 1999 348 pages
4.16
10.3K ratings
Historical Fiction
Spain
Historical
Amerika Summary
Amerika
by Franz Kafka 1927 336 pages
3.74
32.6K ratings
Classics
German Literature
Literature
The Night in Lisbon Summary
The Night in Lisbon
by Erich Maria Remarque 1961 272 pages
4.32
23.1K ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
War
Thank You for Smoking Summary
Thank You for Smoking
by Christopher Buckley 1994 272 pages
3.94
12.9K ratings
Humor
Contemporary
Politics
Lord Jim Summary
Lord Jim
by Joseph Conrad 1900 455 pages
3.61
32.2K ratings
Classics
Literature
Adventure
Wuthering Heights Summary
Wuthering Heights
by Emily Brontë 1847 464 pages
3.90
1.9M ratings
Gothic
Historical Fiction
Literature
The Dawn of Yangchen Summary
The Dawn of Yangchen
by F.C. Yee 2022 336 pages
3.91
9.1K ratings
Fantasy
Young Adult
Adventure
Deeper Than the Dead Summary
Deeper Than the Dead
by Debra Webb 2024 392 pages
4.05
19.3K ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Mystery Thriller
The Namesake Summary
The Namesake
by Jhumpa Lahiri 2003 304 pages
4.02
278.4K ratings
Book Club
Literary Fiction
Contemporary
Devil on the Cross Summary
Devil on the Cross
by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o 1980 256 pages
3.93
2.0K ratings
Africa
Classics
Kenya
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