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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

Star Wars Summary
Star Wars
Dark Lord - The Rise of Darth Vader
by James Luceno 2005 368 pages
3.90
10.4K ratings
Star Wars
Science Fiction
Fantasy
Men Without Women Summary
Men Without Women
by Ernest Hemingway 1927 153 pages
3.59
14.9K ratings
Classics
Short Stories
Literature
How to Fall in Love Summary
How to Fall in Love
by Cecelia Ahern 2013 327 pages
3.99
27.4K ratings
Romance
Chick Lit
Contemporary
The Patron Saint of Liars Summary
The Patron Saint of Liars
by Ann Patchett 1992 352 pages
3.90
63.0K ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Literary Fiction
Thrawn Summary
Thrawn
by Timothy Zahn 2017 427 pages
4.31
54.8K ratings
Star Wars
Science Fiction
Fantasy
The Golden Notebook Summary
The Golden Notebook
by Doris Lessing 1962 640 pages
3.77
24.0K ratings
Classics
Feminism
Literature
The Smell of Apples Summary
The Smell of Apples
by Mark Behr 1993 200 pages
3.55
1.3K ratings
South Africa
Africa
Historical Fiction
The Story of a Seagull and the Cat Who Taught Her to Fly Summary
The Story of a Seagull and the Cat Who Taught Her to Fly
by Luis Sepúlveda 1996 128 pages
4.23
30.4K ratings
Childrens
Classics
Fantasy
Hopscotch Summary
Hopscotch
by Julio Cortázar 1963 564 pages
4.20
46.6K ratings
Classics
Spanish Literature
Literature
Can Love Happen Twice? Summary
Can Love Happen Twice?
by Ravinder Singh 2011 224 pages
3.30
23.9K ratings
Romance
Love
Indian Literature
Prodigal Summer Summary
Prodigal Summer
by Barbara Kingsolver 2000 444 pages
4.05
121.8K ratings
Book Club
Nature
Contemporary
Star Wars Summary
Star Wars
Labyrinth of Evil
by James Luceno 2005 370 pages
3.85
8.7K ratings
Star Wars
Science Fiction
Fantasy
Shōgun, Volume 1 Summary
Shōgun, Volume 1
by James Clavell 1975 533 pages
4.53
13.5K ratings
Historical Fiction
Classics
Historical
Sputnik Sweetheart Summary
Sputnik Sweetheart
by Haruki Murakami 1999 229 pages
3.83
172.9K ratings
Japan
Japanese Literature
Magical Realism
The Star Outside My Window Summary
The Star Outside My Window
by Onjali Q. Raúf 2019 306 pages
4.32
2.4K ratings
Middle Grade
Family
Adventure
Canada Summary
Canada
by Richard Ford 2012 420 pages
3.52
27.7K ratings
Book Club
Canada
Literary Fiction
Pedro Páramo Summary
Pedro Páramo
by Juan Rulfo 1955 124 pages
4.06
89.5K ratings
Classics
Magical Realism
Spanish Literature
Ajaya Summary
Ajaya
Roll of the Dice
by Anand Neelakantan 2013 456 pages
4.05
5.4K ratings
Mythology
Historical Fiction
Indian Literature
Adultery Summary
Adultery
by Paulo Coelho 2012 272 pages
3.09
59.1K ratings
Romance
Novels
Contemporary
The Double Summary
The Double
by Fyodor Dostoevsky 1846 144 pages
3.67
39.1K ratings
Classics
Russian Literature
Russia
Wish I Could Tell You Summary
Wish I Could Tell You
by Durjoy Datta 2019 288 pages
3.68
1.7K ratings
Romance
Love Story
India
City of Glass Summary
City of Glass
by Paul Auster 1985 203 pages
3.76
22.7K ratings
Mystery
Classics
Literature
A Scanner Darkly Summary
A Scanner Darkly
by Philip K. Dick 1977 324 pages
4.03
107.4K ratings
Science Fiction
Dystopia
Classics
The Death of Artemio Cruz Summary
The Death of Artemio Cruz
by Carlos Fuentes 1962 307 pages
3.86
11.3K ratings
Spanish Literature
Classics
Latin American
A Hero of Our Time Summary
A Hero of Our Time
by Mikhail Lermontov 1839 185 pages
4.11
62.0K ratings
Classics
Russia
Russian Literature
Middlemarch Summary
Middlemarch
by George Eliot 1872 912 pages
4.03
173.3K ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Literature
Legacy of Blood Summary
Legacy of Blood
by Richard A. Knaak 2001 355 pages
3.75
3.1K ratings
Fantasy
Horror
Video Games
Light of the Jedi Summary
Light of the Jedi
by Charles Soule 2021 380 pages
3.93
31.6K ratings
Star Wars
Science Fiction
Fantasy
Life Summary
Life
A User's Manual
by Georges Perec 1978 581 pages
4.18
9.7K ratings
France
Classics
French Literature
Islands in the Stream Summary
Islands in the Stream
by Ernest Hemingway 1970 448 pages
3.88
16.5K ratings
Classics
Literature
Novels
The Camp of the Saints Summary
The Camp of the Saints
by Jean Raspail 1973 316 pages
3.82
1.7K ratings
Politics
Literature
Dystopia
Letter to a Child Never Born Summary
Letter to a Child Never Born
by Oriana Fallaci 1975 128 pages
4.01
22.8K ratings
Novels
Feminism
Italian Literature
Everyone Has A Story Summary
Everyone Has A Story
by Savi Sharma 2015 184 pages
3.33
12.7K ratings
Romance
Indian Literature
Novels
The Flamethrowers Summary
The Flamethrowers
by Rachel Kushner 2013 383 pages
3.50
23.3K ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Literary Fiction
Three Daughters of Eve Summary
Three Daughters of Eve
by Elif Shafak 2016 384 pages
3.82
31.1K ratings
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
Novels
Alamut Summary
Alamut
by Vladimir Bartol 1938 510 pages
4.31
13.0K ratings
Historical Fiction
Classics
Novels
The Fallen Star Summary
The Fallen Star
by Claudia Gray 2022 345 pages
4.08
9.9K ratings
Star Wars
Science Fiction
Fantasy
Thrawn Summary
Thrawn
Alliances
by Timothy Zahn 2018 342 pages
3.97
33.0K ratings
Star Wars
Science Fiction
Fantasy
Get Rich or Get Lucky Summary
Get Rich or Get Lucky
by Max Nowaz 2019 276 pages
4.25
14.0K ratings
Fantasy
Novels
Epic
The Names Summary
The Names
by Don DeLillo 1982 339 pages
3.64
4.8K ratings
Novels
American
Greece
The Old Man Who Read Love Stories Summary
The Old Man Who Read Love Stories
by Luis Sepúlveda 1988 144 pages
3.93
28.3K ratings
Classics
Spanish Literature
Novels
Reef Summary
Reef
by Romesh Gunesekera 1994 190 pages
3.75
2.0K ratings
Historical Fiction
Asia
Literary Fiction
The New York Trilogy Summary
The New York Trilogy
by Paul Auster 1987 308 pages
3.87
83.2K ratings
Mystery
American
Novels
Immortality Summary
Immortality
by Milan Kundera 1990 400 pages
4.14
41.5K ratings
Philosophy
Czech Literature
Novels
The Case Against Satan Summary
The Case Against Satan
by Ray Russell 1962 140 pages
3.69
2.4K ratings
Horror
Classics
Gothic
The Shadow of the Torturer Summary
The Shadow of the Torturer
by Gene Wolfe 1980 262 pages
3.84
33.1K ratings
Fantasy
Science Fiction
Science Fiction Fantasy
Sacrifice Summary
Sacrifice
by Paul Finch 2013 432 pages
4.19
2.4K ratings
Crime
Thriller
Mystery
Mount Analogue Summary
Mount Analogue
by René Daumal 1952 120 pages
4.10
2.9K ratings
Philosophy
France
Novels
Everything is Illuminated Summary
Everything is Illuminated
by Jonathan Safran Foer 2002 276 pages
3.89
182.4K ratings
Historical Fiction
Contemporary
Novels
The Mind Parasites Summary
The Mind Parasites
The Supernatural Metaphysical Cult Thriller
by Colin Wilson 1967 240 pages
3.73
1.6K ratings
Horror
Science Fiction
Novels
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