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The Great Gatsby Summary
The Great Gatsby
by F. Scott Fitzgerald 1925 180 pages
3.93
5.5M+ ratings
School
Historical Fiction
Romance
El Filibusterismo Summary
El Filibusterismo
by José Rizal 1891 360 pages
4.26
6k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Historical
Animal Farm Summary
Animal Farm
by George Orwell 1945 141 pages
4.00
4.1M+ ratings
Dystopia
Fantasy
School
The Catcher in the Rye Summary
The Catcher in the Rye
by J.D. Salinger 1951 277 pages
3.80
3.7M+ ratings
Classics
Young Adult
Literature
Into the Wild Summary
Into the Wild
by Jon Krakauer 1996 207 pages
4.01
1.1M+ ratings
Biography
Adventure
Classics
They Say / I Say Summary
They Say / I Say
The Moves That Matter in Academic Writing
by Gerald Graff 2006 181 pages
3.79
5k+ ratings
Writing
Education
School
Holes Summary
Holes
by Louis Sachar 1998 272 pages
4.01
1.2M+ ratings
Young Adult
Middle Grade
Childrens
Thank You for Arguing Summary
Thank You for Arguing
What Aristotle, Lincoln, and Homer Simpson Can Teach Us About the Art of Persuasion
by Jay Heinrichs 2007 336 pages
3.59
6k+ ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Self Help
The Republic Summary
The Republic
by Plato 416 pages
3.96
200k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Politics
Leadership Summary
Leadership
Theory and Practice
by Peter G. Northouse 1997 416 pages
3.86
2k+ ratings
Leadership
Business
Grad School
Fahrenheit 451 Summary
Fahrenheit 451
by Ray Bradbury 1953 194 pages
3.97
2.6M+ ratings
Science Fiction
Dystopia
School
How to Become a Straight-A Student Summary
How to Become a Straight-A Student
by Cal Newport 2006 217 pages
4.04
11k+ ratings
Self Help
Productivity
Education
The Old Man and the Sea Summary
The Old Man and the Sea
by Ernest Hemingway 1952 96 pages
3.81
1.2M+ ratings
Literature
Novels
School
Self-Reliance Summary
Self-Reliance
An Excerpt from Collected Essays, First Series
by Ralph Waldo Emerson 1841 51 pages
4.00
9k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Essays
Waiting for Godot Summary
Waiting for Godot
by Samuel Beckett 1952 109 pages
3.84
200k+ ratings
Plays
Classics
Theatre
Wonder Summary
Wonder
by R.J. Palacio 2012 315 pages
4.36
1.1M+ ratings
Young Adult
Middle Grade
Contemporary
Leviathan Summary
Leviathan
by Thomas Hobbes 1651 736 pages
3.71
50k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
History
The New Art and Science of Teaching (More Than Fifty New Instructional Strategies for Academic Success) Summary
The New Art and Science of Teaching (More Than Fifty New Instructional Strategies for Academic Success)
by Robert J. Marzano 2017 152 pages
3.89
100+ ratings
Education
Teaching
Textbooks
Images of Organization Summary
Images of Organization
by Gareth Morgan 1986 520 pages
3.93
1k+ ratings
Business
Management
Leadership
To Kill a Mockingbird Summary
To Kill a Mockingbird
by Harper Lee 1960 323 pages
4.26
6.5M+ ratings
Historical Fiction
School
Literature
Transforming School Culture Summary
Transforming School Culture
How to Overcome Staff Division
by Anthony Muhammad 2009 130 pages
4.10
500+ ratings
Education
Leadership
School
Antigone Summary
Antigone
by Sophocles 80 pages
3.67
100k+ ratings
Classics
Plays
School
Fever 1793 Summary
Fever 1793
by Laurie Halse Anderson 2000 252 pages
3.93
100k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Young Adult
Historical
Beloved Summary
Beloved
by Toni Morrison 1987 325 pages
3.97
400k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Magical Realism
Sweller's Cognitive Load Theory in Action Summary
Sweller's Cognitive Load Theory in Action
by Oliver Lovell 2020
4.50
100+ ratings
Education
Teaching
School
The Kite Runner Summary
The Kite Runner
by Khaled Hosseini 2003 371 pages
4.35
3.3M+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Contemporary
Novels
Oedipus Rex Summary
Oedipus Rex
by Sophocles 75 pages
3.72
200k+ ratings
Classics
Plays
School
All You Need To Know About the Music Business Summary
All You Need To Know About the Music Business
6th Edition
by Donald S. Passman 2013 464 pages
4.28
2k+ ratings
Music
Business
Reference
The Art of Coaching Teams Summary
The Art of Coaching Teams
Building Resilient Communities that Transform Schools
by Elena Aguilar 2016 359 pages
4.34
500+ ratings
Education
Leadership
Teaching
Culturally Responsive Teaching and The Brain Summary
Culturally Responsive Teaching and The Brain
Promoting Authentic Engagement and Rigor Among Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students
by Zaretta Lynn Hammond 2014 192 pages
4.36
5k+ ratings
Education
Teaching
Social Justice
30-Second Psychology Summary
30-Second Psychology
The 50 Most Thought-Provoking Psychology Theories, Each Explained In Half A Minute
by Christian Jarrett 2011 160 pages
3.75
1k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Reference
The Metamorphosis Summary
The Metamorphosis
by Franz Kafka 1915 201 pages
3.89
1.2M+ ratings
Classics
Fantasy
Philosophy
Understanding Motivation and Emotion Summary
Understanding Motivation and Emotion
by Johnmarshall Reeve 1992 576 pages
3.89
100+ ratings
Psychology
Textbooks
Education
Big Mouth and Ugly Girl Summary
Big Mouth and Ugly Girl
by Joyce Carol Oates 2002 288 pages
3.33
5k+ ratings
Young Adult
Contemporary
School
Reframing Organizations Artistry, Choice, and Leadership Summary
Reframing Organizations Artistry, Choice, and Leadership
by Lee G. Bolman 1990 448 pages
3.90
2k+ ratings
Leadership
Business
Education
Better Than Carrots or Sticks Summary
Better Than Carrots or Sticks
Restorative Practices for Positive Classroom Management
by Dominique Smith 2015 208 pages
3.93
2k+ ratings
Education
Teaching
School
Grading for Equity Summary
Grading for Equity
What It Is, Why It Matters, and How It Can Transform Schools and Classrooms
by Joe Feldman 2018 296 pages
4.20
1k+ ratings
Education
Teaching
School
Utopia Summary
Utopia
by Thomas More 1516 113 pages
3.55
79k+ ratings
Classics
Philosophy
Politics
Hamlet Summary
Hamlet
by William Shakespeare 1601 289 pages
4.02
900k+ ratings
Plays
School
Literature
The Giver Summary
The Giver
by Lois Lowry 1993 208 pages
4.12
2.6M+ ratings
Young Adult
Classics
Dystopia
I Wish My Teacher Knew Summary
I Wish My Teacher Knew
How One Question Can Change Everything for Our Kids
by Kyle Schwartz 2016 272 pages
3.94
1k+ ratings
Education
Teaching
School
The Nicomachean Ethics Summary
The Nicomachean Ethics
by Aristotle 329 pages
4.00
54k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Politics
50 Great Myths of Popular Psychology Summary
50 Great Myths of Popular Psychology
Shattering Widespread Misconceptions about Human Behavior
by Scott O. Lilienfeld 2009 332 pages
3.66
4k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Self Help
The Theory and Practice of Group Psychotherapy Summary
The Theory and Practice of Group Psychotherapy
by Irvin D. Yalom 1967 688 pages
4.20
9k+ ratings
Psychology
Counselling
Social Work
The Trial and Death of Socrates Summary
The Trial and Death of Socrates
by Plato 58 pages
4.12
43k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
History
Der Besuch der alten Dame Summary
Der Besuch der alten Dame
by Friedrich Dürrenmatt 1956 155 pages
3.67
34k+ ratings
Classics
Plays
School
Look Back in Anger Summary
Look Back in Anger
by John Osborne 1956 96 pages
3.54
12k+ ratings
Plays
Drama
Classics
Last Chance in Texas Summary
Last Chance in Texas
The Redemption of Criminal Youth
by John Hubner 2005 304 pages
4.29
500+ ratings
True Crime
Psychology
Social Justice
Teach Like a Champion Summary
Teach Like a Champion
49 Techniques that Put Students on the Path to College
by Doug Lemov 2010 332 pages
4.01
5k+ ratings
Education
Teaching
School
All Quiet on the Western Front Summary
All Quiet on the Western Front
by Erich Maria Remarque 1928 296 pages
4.09
400k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
War
Classics
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