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Poetry Book Summaries

The Smell of Rain on Dust Summary
The Smell of Rain on Dust
Grief and Praise
by Martin Prechtel 2015 184 pages
4.26
779 ratings
Grief
Spirituality
Death
Paradise Lost and Paradise Regained Summary
Paradise Lost and Paradise Regained
by John Milton 1667 400 pages
4.07
7.8K ratings
Classics
Poetry
Literature
Shark Girl Summary
Shark Girl
by Kelly Bingham 2007 288 pages
3.85
3.8K ratings
Young Adult
Realistic Fiction
Poetry
The Poetry of Pablo Neruda Summary
The Poetry of Pablo Neruda
by Pablo Neruda 1951 1040 pages
4.44
20.2K ratings
Poetry
Classics
Romance
You Get So Alone at Times That it Just Makes Sense Summary
You Get So Alone at Times That it Just Makes Sense
by Charles Bukowski 1986 320 pages
4.17
18.8K ratings
Classics
Poetry
Literature
The Anatomy of Influence Summary
The Anatomy of Influence
Literature as a Way of Life
by Harold Bloom 2011 368 pages
3.93
470 ratings
Literary Criticism
Literature
Poetry
Self-Reliance and Other Essays Summary
Self-Reliance and Other Essays
by Ralph Waldo Emerson 1844 117 pages
4.12
20.0K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Essays
The Two Gentlemen of Verona Summary
The Two Gentlemen of Verona
by William Shakespeare 1594 245 pages
3.39
16.6K ratings
Classics
Plays
Drama
How To Catch A Mole Summary
How To Catch A Mole
by Marc Hamer 2019 256 pages
4.16
1.8K ratings
Nature
Memoir
Animals
Flowers on the Moon Summary
Flowers on the Moon
by Billy Chapata 2020 304 pages
4.12
4.2K ratings
Poetry
Self Help
Mental Health
Forget Me Not Summary
Forget Me Not
by Ellie Terry 2017 336 pages
3.91
15.2K ratings
Middle Grade
Poetry
Realistic Fiction
The Raven Summary
The Raven
by Edgar Allan Poe 1845 64 pages
4.29
161.1K ratings
Classics
Poetry
Horror
The Prelude Summary
The Prelude
by William Wordsworth 1850 704 pages
3.88
4.1K ratings
Poetry
Classics
Romanticism
The Book of Healing Summary
The Book of Healing
Selected Poetry and Prose
by Najwa Zebian 2021 288 pages
4.37
724 ratings
Poetry
Self Help
Mental Health
بوستان سعدی Summary
بوستان سعدی
by Saadi 1257 196 pages
4.35
2.0K ratings
Poetry
Classics
Iran
The Pleasures of the Damned Summary
The Pleasures of the Damned
by Charles Bukowski 2007 557 pages
4.35
6.8K ratings
Poetry
Classics
Short Stories
The Kalevala Summary
The Kalevala
by Elias Lönnrot 1835 679 pages
4.05
5.9K ratings
Poetry
Mythology
Classics
William Blake vs the World Summary
William Blake vs the World
by John Higgs 2021 280 pages
4.16
981 ratings
Biography
Art
Poetry
Essential Sufism Summary
Essential Sufism
by James Fadiman 1997 288 pages
4.07
957 ratings
Religion
Islam
Philosophy
Letters on Cézanne Summary
Letters on Cézanne
by Rainer Maria Rilke 1907 112 pages
4.18
897 ratings
Art
Poetry
Classics
Run With the Hunted Summary
Run With the Hunted
A Charles Bukowski Reader
by Charles Bukowski 1994 497 pages
4.26
4.5K ratings
Poetry
Short Stories
Literature
The Rig Veda Summary
The Rig Veda
by Anonymous 1001 352 pages
3.92
1.7K ratings
Religion
Philosophy
Hinduism
you left me on read Summary
you left me on read
by akhira 2023 203 pages
3.75
1.1K ratings
Poetry
Love
Romance
Grief Lessons Summary
Grief Lessons
Four Plays by Euripides
by Anne Carson 312 pages
4.37
2.0K ratings
Plays
Classics
Poetry
This Is All Summary
This Is All
The Pillow Book of Cordelia Kenn
by Aidan Chambers 2005 808 pages
4.31
2.4K ratings
Young Adult
Romance
Contemporary
The Essays of Ralph Waldo Emerson Summary
The Essays of Ralph Waldo Emerson
by Ralph Waldo Emerson 1844 398 pages
4.23
2.7K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Essays
The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath Summary
The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath
by Sylvia Plath 2000 732 pages
4.27
25.1K ratings
Classics
Poetry
Memoir
Living Beyond Borders Summary
Living Beyond Borders
Stories About Growing Up Mexican in America
by Margarita Longoria 2021 224 pages
4.08
1.1K ratings
Short Stories
Young Adult
Poetry
The Labyrinth of Solitude and Other Writings Summary
The Labyrinth of Solitude and Other Writings
by Octavio Paz 1950 398 pages
4.10
14.3K ratings
Essays
History
Philosophy
The Essential Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe Summary
The Essential Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe
by Edgar Allan Poe 1843 688 pages
4.36
69.8K ratings
Classics
Poetry
Horror
The Aeneid Summary
The Aeneid
by Virgil 442 pages
3.87
138.5K ratings
Poetry
Mythology
Classics
Rebound Summary
Rebound
by Kwame Alexander 2018 416 pages
4.30
13.8K ratings
Poetry
Sports
Middle Grade
The Poet's Guide to Life Summary
The Poet's Guide to Life
The Wisdom of Rilke
by Rainer Maria Rilke 2005 215 pages
4.13
358 ratings
Poetry
Philosophy
Literature
The Canterbury Tales Summary
The Canterbury Tales
A Retelling
by Peter Ackroyd 2009 436 pages
3.56
2.5K ratings
Classics
Poetry
Historical Fiction
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