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Survivor Summary

by Chuck Palahniuk 1999 289 pages

The Sound and the Fury Summary

The Sound and the Fury

by William Faulkner 1929 366 pages

The Clown Summary

by Heinrich Böll 1963 272 pages

German Literature

by Vikas Swarup 2005 318 pages

by Paulo Coelho 1990 264 pages

Sex and Rage Summary

by Eve Babitz 1979 256 pages

The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea Summary

The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea

by Yukio Mishima 1963 181 pages

Japanese Literature

by Anthony Burgess 1978 240 pages

Science Fiction

Père Goriot Summary

by Honoré de Balzac 1835 384 pages

French Literature

Rendezvous with Rama Summary

Rendezvous with Rama

by Arthur C. Clarke 1973 243 pages

Science Fiction

Science Fiction Fantasy

Gangsta Granny Summary

by David Walliams 2011 299 pages

Love in the Time of Cholera Summary

Love in the Time of Cholera

by Gabriel García Márquez 1985 348 pages

Historical Fiction

Magical Realism

Saturday Summary

by Ian McEwan 2005 289 pages

Literary Fiction

The Sicilian Summary

by Mario Puzo 1984 416 pages

The Idiot Summary

by Fyodor Dostoevsky 1869 667 pages

Russian Literature

To the Lighthouse Summary

To the Lighthouse

by Virginia Woolf 1927 209 pages

Life for Sale Summary

by Yukio Mishima 1968 192 pages

Japanese Literature

Dead Souls Summary

by Nikolai Gogol 1842 464 pages

Russian Literature

So Long, See You Tomorrow Summary

So Long, See You Tomorrow

by William Maxwell 1980 135 pages

Historical Fiction

Literary Fiction

Mrs. Dalloway Summary

by Virginia Woolf 1925 194 pages

The Spinoza Problem Summary

The Spinoza Problem

by Irvin D. Yalom 2012 321 pages

Historical Fiction

Água Viva Summary

by Clarice Lispector 1973 88 pages

Freedom Summary

by Jonathan Franzen 2010 562 pages

Literary Fiction

Winter of the World Summary

Winter of the World

by Ken Follett 2012 940 pages

Historical Fiction

The Namesake Summary

by Jhumpa Lahiri 2003 304 pages

Literary Fiction

A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius Summary

A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius

by Dave Eggers 2000 530 pages

Gulliver’s Travels Summary

Gulliver’s Travels

by Jonathan Swift 1726 306 pages

Dogeaters Summary

by Jessica Hagedorn 1990 272 pages

Historical Fiction

by Natsume Sōseki 1914 256 pages

Japanese Literature

The First Man Summary

by Albert Camus 1994 359 pages

by Philip K. Dick 1981 242 pages

Science Fiction

The Flea Palace Summary

The Flea Palace

by Elif Shafak 2002 448 pages

Turkish Literature

A Clockwork Orange Summary

A Clockwork Orange

by Anthony Burgess 1962 192 pages

Science Fiction

Wait Until Spring, Bandini Summary

Wait Until Spring, Bandini

by John Fante 1938 266 pages

Notes from Underground, White Nights, The Dream of a Ridiculous Man, and Selections from The House of the Dead Summary

Notes from Underground, White Nights, The Dream of a Ridiculous Man, and Selections from The House of the Dead

by Fyodor Dostoevsky 1864 233 pages

Identity Summary

by Milan Kundera 1997 176 pages

Czech Literature

Ham on Rye Summary

by Charles Bukowski 1982 288 pages

Outline Summary

by Rachel Cusk 2014 249 pages

Literary Fiction

Song of Solomon Summary

Song of Solomon

by Toni Morrison 1977 338 pages

Historical Fiction

Magical Realism

On the Road Summary

by Jack Kerouac 1957 307 pages

One Night at the Call Center Summary

One Night at the Call Center

by Chetan Bhagat 2005 320 pages

Indian Literature

The Border Summary

by Don Winslow 2019 768 pages

And the Mountains Echoed Summary

And the Mountains Echoed

by Khaled Hosseini 2012 404 pages

Historical Fiction

The Counterfeiters Summary

The Counterfeiters

by André Gide 1925 451 pages

French Literature

Visitation Summary

by Jenny Erpenbeck 2008 160 pages

Historical Fiction

German Literature

Fall of Giants Summary

by Ken Follett 2010 985 pages

Historical Fiction

Crossing to Safety Summary

Crossing to Safety

by Wallace Stegner 1987 335 pages

Literary Fiction

Too Loud a Solitude Summary

Too Loud a Solitude

by Bohumil Hrabal 1976 112 pages

Czech Literature

by J.G. Ballard 1973 224 pages

Science Fiction

Human Acts Summary

by Han Kang 2014 218 pages

Historical Fiction

Literary Fiction

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