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Les Soleils des indépendances Summary
Les Soleils des indépendances
by Ahmadou Kourouma 1995 196 pages
3.58
803 ratings
Africa
France
African Literature
Tik-Tok Summary
Tik-Tok
by John Sladek 2002 192 pages
3.7
762 ratings
Science Fiction
Humor
Robots
Don't Look Now and Other Stories Summary
Don't Look Now and Other Stories
by Daphne du Maurier 2013 214 pages
3.82
9.6K ratings
Short Stories
Horror
Classics
Philosophy of Existence Summary
Philosophy of Existence
by Karl Jaspers 1971 128 pages
3.81
311 ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
German Literature
Vineland Summary
Vineland
by Thomas Pynchon 1995 480 pages
3.76
15.6K ratings
Literature
Novels
American
The House of Mirth Summary
The House of Mirth
by Edith Wharton 2006 351 pages
3.97
104.7K ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Literature
A Room of One’s Own Summary
A Room of One’s Own
by Virginia Woolf 2000 112 pages
4.22
253.0K ratings
Classics
Feminism
Essays
Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus Summary
Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus
by Ludwig Wittgenstein 2001 142 pages
4.1
22.2K ratings
Philosophy
Logic
Classics
The Opposing Shore Summary
The Opposing Shore
by Julien Gracq 1993 292 pages
4.02
1.5K ratings
France
Literature
French Literature
Absalom, Absalom! Summary
Absalom, Absalom!
by William Faulkner 1990 316 pages
3.99
47.4K ratings
Classics
Literature
Novels
Black Shack Alley Summary
Black Shack Alley
by Joseph Zobel 1980 184 pages
4.06
622 ratings
France
Classics
School
The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born Summary
The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born
by Ayi Kwei Armah 1989 183 pages
3.87
3.4K ratings
Africa
Ghana
African Literature
Under Fire Summary
Under Fire
by Henri Barbusse 2004 318 pages
3.85
2.3K ratings
War
World War I
Classics
No Longer at Ease Summary
No Longer at Ease
by Chinua Achebe 1994 196 pages
3.87
12.9K ratings
Africa
Classics
Historical Fiction
The Scramble for Africa Summary
The Scramble for Africa
The White Man's Conquest of the Dark Continent from 1876 to 1912
by Thomas Pakenham 1992 738 pages
4.15
2.7K ratings
History
Africa
World History
1916 Summary
1916
A Novel of the Irish Rebellion
by Morgan Llywelyn 1999 576 pages
4.08
4.0K ratings
Historical Fiction
Ireland
Irish Literature
Segu Summary
Segu
by Maryse Condé 1998 493 pages
4.1
2.1K ratings
Historical Fiction
Africa
Mali
A Room of One’s Own Summary
A Room of One’s Own
by Virginia Woolf 2000 112 pages
4.22
255.9K ratings
Classics
Feminism
Essays
The Child in Time Summary
The Child in Time
by Ian McEwan 1999 263 pages
3.58
14.9K ratings
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
British Literature
The Erasers Summary
The Erasers
by Alain Robbe-Grillet 1964 256 pages
3.77
1.9K ratings
France
Mystery
French Literature
Poesía completa Summary
Poesía completa
by Idea Vilariño 2008 328 pages
4.57
2.6K ratings
Poetry
Womens
Spanish Literature
1066 and all that Summary
1066 and all that
A memorable history of England
by W.C. Sellar 2009 115 pages
3.92
3.5K ratings
History
Humor
Comedy
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