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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

Hopscotch Summary
Hopscotch
by Julio Cortázar 1963 564 pages
4.20
46.6K ratings
Classics
Spanish Literature
Literature
In the First Circle Summary
In the First Circle
by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn 1968 742 pages
4.36
1.7K ratings
Russia
Classics
Literature
Shadow Slave Summary
Shadow Slave
Book1
by Guiltythree 2022 591 pages
4.58
1.8K ratings
Fantasy
Light Novel
Action
Adultery Summary
Adultery
by Paulo Coelho 2012 272 pages
3.09
59.1K ratings
Romance
Novels
Contemporary
Halo Summary
Halo
The Flood
by William C. Dietz 2003 341 pages
3.72
18.3K ratings
Science Fiction
Video Games
Military Fiction
Dynasty of Evil Summary
Dynasty of Evil
by Drew Karpyshyn 2009 296 pages
4.32
23.6K ratings
Star Wars
Science Fiction
Fantasy
Memento Mori Summary
Memento Mori
by Muriel Spark 1959 224 pages
3.61
7.0K ratings
Classics
Mystery
Novels
Immortality Summary
Immortality
by Milan Kundera 1990 400 pages
4.14
41.5K ratings
Philosophy
Czech Literature
Novels
سینوهه Summary
سینوهه
by Mika Waltari 1945 904 pages
4.22
26.6K ratings
Historical Fiction
Classics
Historical
Cancer Ward Summary
Cancer Ward
by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn 1967 576 pages
4.26
17.4K ratings
Classics
Russia
Russian Literature
The Transit of Venus Summary
The Transit of Venus
by Shirley Hazzard 1980 337 pages
4.00
4.8K ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Australia
The Flamethrowers Summary
The Flamethrowers
by Rachel Kushner 2013 383 pages
3.50
23.3K ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Literary Fiction
The Secret Life of Sunflowers Summary
The Secret Life of Sunflowers
by Marta Molnar 2022 356 pages
4.09
40.0K ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Art
Star Wars Summary
Star Wars
Rogue Planet
by Greg Bear 2000 336 pages
3.40
7.2K ratings
Star Wars
Science Fiction
Fantasy
City of Glass Summary
City of Glass
by Paul Auster 1985 203 pages
3.76
22.7K ratings
Mystery
Classics
Literature
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
The Book of Laughter and Forgetting Summary
The Book of Laughter and Forgetting
by Milan Kundera 1979 313 pages
3.95
52.5K ratings
Czech Literature
Classics
Literature
Solo leveling - light Novel 2 Summary
Solo leveling - light Novel 2
by Chugong 400 pages
4.51
5.7K ratings
Fantasy
Light Novel
Manga
Ajaya Summary
Ajaya
Roll of the Dice
by Anand Neelakantan 2013 456 pages
4.05
5.4K ratings
Mythology
Historical Fiction
Indian Literature
That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime (Light Novel), Vol. 5 Summary
That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime (Light Novel), Vol. 5
by Fuse 2015 334 pages
4.58
2.2K ratings
Light Novel
Fantasy
Manga
Revan Summary
Revan
by Drew Karpyshyn 2011 289 pages
4.01
23.3K ratings
Star Wars
Science Fiction
Fantasy
Islands in the Stream Summary
Islands in the Stream
by Ernest Hemingway 1970 448 pages
3.88
16.5K ratings
Classics
Literature
Novels
The Golden Notebook Summary
The Golden Notebook
by Doris Lessing 1962 640 pages
3.77
24.0K ratings
Classics
Feminism
Literature
Big Brother Summary
Big Brother
by Lionel Shriver 2013 384 pages
3.47
14.4K ratings
Book Club
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
Star Wars Summary
Star Wars
Knight Errant
by John Jackson Miller 2011 372 pages
3.62
3.6K 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
Less Than Zero Summary
Less Than Zero
by Bret Easton Ellis 1985 208 pages
3.60
93.8K ratings
Contemporary
Novels
Classics
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
Alaska Summary
Alaska
by James A. Michener 1988 868 pages
4.16
16.0K ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
Travel
Thrawn Summary
Thrawn
Alliances
by Timothy Zahn 2018 342 pages
3.97
33.0K ratings
Star Wars
Science Fiction
Fantasy
The Obscene Bird of Night Summary
The Obscene Bird of Night
by José Donoso 1970 438 pages
4.20
4.0K ratings
Horror
Magical Realism
Spanish Literature
Halo Summary
Halo
The Fall of Reach
by Eric S. Nylund 2001 352 pages
4.26
33.8K ratings
Science Fiction
Video Games
Military Fiction
Uncle Tom’s Cabin Summary
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
by Harriet Beecher Stowe 1852 438 pages
3.91
237.8K ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Literature
Gabriel García Márquez Summary
Gabriel García Márquez
One Hundred Years of Solitude
by Michael Wood 1990 132 pages
4.54
5.9K ratings
Classics
Novels
Literature
Star Wars Summary
Star Wars
Yoda - Dark Rendezvous
by Sean Stewart 2004 329 pages
3.88
5.3K 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
Certain Women Summary
Certain Women
by Madeleine L'Engle 1992 368 pages
3.74
1.7K ratings
Literary Fiction
Religion
Literature
The New York Trilogy Summary
The New York Trilogy
by Paul Auster 1987 308 pages
3.87
83.2K ratings
Mystery
American
Novels
Canada Summary
Canada
by Richard Ford 2012 420 pages
3.52
27.7K ratings
Book Club
Canada
Literary Fiction
Sputnik Sweetheart Summary
Sputnik Sweetheart
by Haruki Murakami 1999 229 pages
3.83
172.9K ratings
Japan
Japanese Literature
Magical Realism
Star Wars Summary
Star Wars
Darth Plagueis
by James Luceno 2012 379 pages
4.19
32.4K ratings
Star Wars
Science Fiction
Fantasy
Dear Mr. Kilmer Summary
Dear Mr. Kilmer
by Anne E. Schraff 1999
3.94
264 ratings
Novels
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
Despair Summary
Despair
by Vladimir Nabokov 1934 212 pages
3.91
11.1K ratings
Classics
Russia
Russian Literature
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
A Gate at the Stairs Summary
A Gate at the Stairs
by Lorrie Moore 2009 322 pages
3.17
18.6K ratings
Book Club
Novels
Literary Fiction
A Scanner Darkly Summary
A Scanner Darkly
by Philip K. Dick 1977 324 pages
4.03
107.4K ratings
Science Fiction
Dystopia
Classics
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
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
Forsaken Summary
Forsaken
by Oliver Bowden 2012 464 pages
4.00
6.5K ratings
Fantasy
Historical Fiction
Video Games
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