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Middlesex Summary
Middlesex
by Jeffrey Eugenides 2002 529 pages
4.04
654.0K ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Contemporary
In Praise of Idleness and Other Essays Summary
In Praise of Idleness and Other Essays
by Bertrand Russell 1935 192 pages
4.04
7.2K ratings
Philosophy
Essays
Politics
The Grapes of Wrath Summary
The Grapes of Wrath
by John Steinbeck 1939 496 pages
4.02
961.9K ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Literature
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man Summary
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
by James Joyce 1916 329 pages
3.64
159.6K ratings
Classics
Literature
Irish Literature
The Pilgrim's Progress Summary
The Pilgrim's Progress
by John Bunyan 1678 324 pages
4.07
152.0K ratings
Classics
Christian
Religion
The Handmaid’s Tale Summary
The Handmaid’s Tale
by Margaret Atwood 1985 311 pages
4.15
2.3M ratings
Classics
Dystopia
Science Fiction
Capitalism Summary
Capitalism
The Unknown Ideal
by Ayn Rand 1946 340 pages
3.89
4.4K ratings
Philosophy
Economics
Politics
The Psychology of Love Summary
The Psychology of Love
by Sigmund Freud 2006 368 pages
3.34
804 ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Classics
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall Summary
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
by Anne Brontë 1848 576 pages
4.02
124.7K ratings
Classics
Romance
19th Century
The Words Summary
The Words
The Autobiography of Jean-Paul Sartre
by Jean-Paul Sartre 1963 256 pages
3.74
9.9K ratings
Philosophy
France
Biography
Sybil Summary
Sybil
The Classic True Story of a Woman Possessed by Sixteen Personalities
by Flora Rheta Schreiber 1973 481 pages
3.99
90.3K ratings
Psychology
Biography
Mental Health
Starship Troopers Summary
Starship Troopers
by Robert A. Heinlein 1959 264 pages
4.01
239.8K ratings
Science Fiction
Classics
Military Fiction
His Dark Materials Summary
His Dark Materials
by Philip Pullman 2000 1088 pages
4.29
166.0K ratings
Fantasy
Young Adult
Childrens
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
Letters Summary
Letters
by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. 2012 464 pages
4.08
1.7K ratings
Biography
Memoir
Autobiography
The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea Summary
The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea
by Yukio Mishima 1963 181 pages
3.84
48.1K ratings
Japan
Classics
Japanese Literature
Studies in Pessimism Summary
Studies in Pessimism
The Essays
by Arthur Schopenhauer 1890 76 pages
3.89
2.1K ratings
Philosophy
Essays
Classics
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass Summary
Immersive
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass
by Lewis Carroll 1871 239 pages
4.06
592.4K ratings
Classics
Fantasy
Childrens
The Best Short Stories of Fyodor Dostoevsky Summary
The Best Short Stories of Fyodor Dostoevsky
by Fyodor Dostoevsky 1877 320 pages
4.23
4.1K ratings
Short Stories
Classics
Russia
The Perennial Philosophy Summary
The Perennial Philosophy
by Aldous Huxley 1945 336 pages
4.13
6.2K ratings
Philosophy
Religion
Spirituality
Notes from Underground, White Nights, The Dream of a Ridiculous Man, and Selections from The House of the Dead Summary
Notes from Underground, White Nights, The Dream of a Ridiculous Man, and Selections from The House of the Dead
by Fyodor Dostoevsky 1864 233 pages
4.19
77.8K ratings
Classics
Russia
Philosophy
The Way to Wealth Summary
The Way to Wealth
by Benjamin Franklin 1757 30 pages
4.09
3.2K ratings
Finance
Business
History
Glimpses of World History Summary
Glimpses of World History
by Jawaharlal Nehru 1934 1193 pages
4.32
2.1K ratings
History
India
World History
The Sun Also Rises Summary
The Sun Also Rises
by Ernest Hemingway 1926 189 pages
3.79
474.6K ratings
Classics
Literature
Novels
A Farewell to Arms Summary
A Farewell to Arms
by Ernest Hemingway 1929 293 pages
3.82
340.7K ratings
Historical Fiction
Classics
War
Atlantis Summary
Atlantis
The Antediluvian World
by Ignatius L. Donnelly 1882 490 pages
3.65
686 ratings
History
Mythology
Classics
Sense and Sensibility Summary
Sense and Sensibility
by Jane Austen 1811 409 pages
4.09
1.3M ratings
Classics
Romance
Historical Fiction
Crash Summary
Crash
by J.G. Ballard 1973 224 pages
3.59
28.0K ratings
Science Fiction
Horror
Novels
Ten Days in a Mad-House Summary
Ten Days in a Mad-House
by Nellie Bly 1887 92 pages
3.86
22.6K ratings
History
Classics
Psychology
Life and Fate Summary
Life and Fate
by Vasily Grossman 1960 864 pages
4.45
14.5K ratings
Classics
Russia
Historical Fiction
Hiroshima Summary
Hiroshima
by John Hersey 1946 152 pages
4.04
85.5K ratings
History
War
Classics
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea Summary
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
by Jules Verne 1869 269 pages
3.89
268.1K ratings
Classics
Science Fiction
Adventure
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions Summary
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
by Thomas S. Kuhn 1962 226 pages
4.03
28.8K ratings
Science
Philosophy
History
The Murders in the Rue Morgue Summary
The Murders in the Rue Morgue
by Edgar Allan Poe 1841 38 pages
3.81
41.0K ratings
Mystery
Short Stories
Horror
The Merchant of Venice Summary
The Merchant of Venice
by William Shakespeare 1596 249 pages
3.78
197.7K ratings
Classics
Plays
Drama
Cyrano de Bergerac Summary
Cyrano de Bergerac
by Edmond Rostand 1897 240 pages
4.06
88.7K ratings
Classics
Plays
Drama
Ishmael Summary
Ishmael
An Adventure of the Mind and Spirit
by Daniel Quinn 1992 266 pages
4.01
101.8K ratings
Philosophy
Spirituality
Classics
Gulliver’s Travels Summary
Gulliver’s Travels
by Jonathan Swift 1726 306 pages
3.59
291.6K ratings
Classics
Fantasy
Adventure
Jock of the Bushveld Summary
Jock of the Bushveld
by J. Percy FitzPatrick 1907 280 pages
4.08
1.5K ratings
Africa
Classics
South Africa
مثنوی معنوی Summary
مثنوی معنوی
by Jalal ad-Din Muhammad ar-Rumi 1273 1145 pages
4.45
4.1K ratings
Poetry
Philosophy
Literature
The Wild Duck Summary
The Wild Duck
by Henrik Ibsen 1884 128 pages
3.80
10.8K ratings
Plays
Classics
Theatre
Drawing the Head and Hands Summary
Drawing the Head and Hands
by Andrew Loomis 1956 154 pages
4.23
6.5K ratings
Art
Drawing
Reference
The Sign of Four Summary
The Sign of Four
by Arthur Conan Doyle 1890 129 pages
3.89
169.9K ratings
Classics
Mystery
Crime
Chapterhouse Summary
Chapterhouse
Dune
by Frank Herbert 1985 609 pages
3.87
78.2K ratings
Science Fiction
Fantasy
Science Fiction Fantasy
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Summary
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
by Roald Dahl 1964 176 pages
4.17
899.8K ratings
Fantasy
Childrens
Young Adult
Concerning the Spiritual in Art Summary
Concerning the Spiritual in Art
by Wassily Kandinsky 1912 80 pages
3.84
89.5K ratings
Art
Philosophy
Art History
The Seven Military Classics of Ancient China Summary
The Seven Military Classics of Ancient China
by Ralph D. Sawyer 1993 592 pages
4.20
600 ratings
History
China
Military Fiction
Fantastic Mr. Fox Summary
Fantastic Mr. Fox
by Roald Dahl 1970 96 pages
4.08
144.0K ratings
Childrens
Fantasy
Classics
The Sound and the Fury Summary
The Sound and the Fury
by William Faulkner 1929 366 pages
3.86
190.5K ratings
Literature
Classics
Novels
A Scanner Darkly Summary
A Scanner Darkly
by Philip K. Dick 1977 324 pages
4.03
107.4K ratings
Science Fiction
Dystopia
Classics
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