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A Scanner Darkly Summary
A Scanner Darkly
by Philip K. Dick 1977 324 pages
4.03
107.4K ratings
Science Fiction
Dystopia
Classics
The Razor’s Edge Summary
The Razor’s Edge
by W. Somerset Maugham 1944 314 pages
4.19
51.8K ratings
Literature
Classics
Philosophy
Memento Mori Summary
Memento Mori
by Muriel Spark 1959 224 pages
3.61
7.0K ratings
Classics
Mystery
Novels
Prometheus Unbound Summary
Prometheus Unbound
by Percy Bysshe Shelley 1820 112 pages
3.76
2.1K ratings
Poetry
Classics
Plays
50 Philosophy Classics Summary
50 Philosophy Classics
Thinking, Being, Acting, Seeing, Profound Insights and Powerful Thinking from Fifty Key Books
by Tom Butler-Bowdon 2013 325 pages
4.09
1.0K ratings
Philosophy
Reference
Politics
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1 Summary
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1
by Philip K. Dick 2011 144 pages
4.04
4.3K ratings
Science Fiction
Graphic Novels
Comics
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Summary
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
by Lewis Carroll 1865 96 pages
3.99
416.3K ratings
Classics
Fantasy
Childrens
Omerta Summary
Omerta
by Mario Puzo 2000 369 pages
3.77
18.8K ratings
Crime
Thriller
Mystery
Marcovaldo Summary
Marcovaldo
by Italo Calvino 1963 128 pages
3.84
15.9K ratings
Short Stories
Italian Literature
Classics
Letters to a Young Poet Summary
Letters to a Young Poet
by Rainer Maria Rilke 1929 80 pages
4.29
110.1K ratings
Poetry
Classics
Philosophy
Hercule Poirot's Christmas Summary
Hercule Poirot's Christmas
by Agatha Christie 1938 335 pages
3.98
97.6K ratings
Mystery
Agatha Christie
Christmas
Four Great Tragedies Summary
Four Great Tragedies
Hamlet / Othello / King Lear / Macbeth
by William Shakespeare 1606 592 pages
4.42
17.9K ratings
Classics
Plays
Drama
Macbeth Summary
Immersive
Macbeth
by William Shakespeare 1623 249 pages
3.89
979.6K ratings
Classics
Plays
School
The Cherry Orchard Summary
The Cherry Orchard
by Anton Chekhov 1903 96 pages
3.68
43.5K ratings
Plays
Classics
Drama
The Persian Expedition Summary
The Persian Expedition
by Xenophon 375 pages
4.11
9.5K ratings
History
Classics
Ancient History
Flatland Summary
Flatland
A Romance of Many Dimensions
by Edwin A. Abbott 1884 96 pages
3.81
74.9K ratings
Science Fiction
Classics
Mathematics
A Moveable Feast Summary
A Moveable Feast
by Ernest Hemingway 1964 192 pages
4.02
160.9K ratings
Memoir
Biography
France
Toward a Psychology of Being Summary
Toward a Psychology of Being
by Abraham H. Maslow 1961 274 pages
4.17
5.9K ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Self Help
The Old Regime and the French Revolution Summary
The Old Regime and the French Revolution
by Alexis de Tocqueville 1856 300 pages
4.05
2.5K ratings
History
Politics
France
King Lear Summary
King Lear
by William Shakespeare 1605 339 pages
3.91
230.5K ratings
Plays
Classics
School
Alamut Summary
Alamut
by Vladimir Bartol 1938 510 pages
4.31
13.0K ratings
Historical Fiction
Classics
Novels
Leaves of Grass Summary
Leaves of Grass
by Walt Whitman 1855 624 pages
4.12
113.7K ratings
Poetry
Classics
Literature
Bodas de sangre Summary
Bodas de sangre
by Federico García Lorca 1932 167 pages
3.87
31.4K ratings
Plays
Classics
Spanish Literature
The Good Earth Summary
The Good Earth
by Pearl S. Buck 1931 418 pages
4.01
256.5K ratings
Historical Fiction
China
Classics
For Whom the Bell Tolls Summary
For Whom the Bell Tolls
by Ernest Hemingway 1940 471 pages
3.98
308.5K ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Literature
The Death of Artemio Cruz Summary
The Death of Artemio Cruz
by Carlos Fuentes 1962 307 pages
3.86
11.3K ratings
Spanish Literature
Classics
Latin American
We Were the Mulvaneys Summary
We Were the Mulvaneys
by Joyce Carol Oates 1996 454 pages
3.75
103.7K ratings
Book Club
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
The Age of Innocence Summary
The Age of Innocence
by Edith Wharton 1920 293 pages
3.97
187.5K ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Romance
Julius Caesar Summary
Julius Caesar
by William Shakespeare 1599 175 pages
3.71
213.9K ratings
Plays
Drama
School
On Human Nature Summary
On Human Nature
by Arthur Schopenhauer 1851 67 pages
3.98
715 ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Classics
القرآن الكريم Summary
القرآن الكريم
by Anonymous 604 pages
4.38
71.1K ratings
Classics
Philosophy
Religion
Hopscotch Summary
Hopscotch
by Julio Cortázar 1963 564 pages
4.20
46.6K ratings
Classics
Spanish Literature
Literature
A Room with a View Summary
A Room with a View
by E.M. Forster 1908 119 pages
3.90
195.0K ratings
Classics
Romance
Historical Fiction
The Mysterious Affair at Styles Summary
The Mysterious Affair at Styles
by Agatha Christie 1920 121 pages
4.00
475.1K ratings
Mystery
Agatha Christie
Classics
A Clockwork Orange Summary
A Clockwork Orange
by Anthony Burgess 1962 192 pages
4.00
748.0K ratings
Classics
Science Fiction
Dystopia
Immortality Summary
Immortality
by Milan Kundera 1990 400 pages
4.14
41.5K ratings
Philosophy
Czech Literature
Novels
The Iliad Summary
The Iliad
by Homer 614 pages
3.92
487.5K ratings
Classics
Poetry
Mythology
Identity Summary
Identity
by Milan Kundera 1997 176 pages
3.69
31.6K ratings
Novels
Czech Literature
Literature
Girl with a Pearl Earring Summary
Girl with a Pearl Earring
by Tracy Chevalier 1999 233 pages
3.93
763.3K ratings
Historical Fiction
Classics
Historical
The Canterbury Tales Summary
The Canterbury Tales
by Geoffrey Chaucer 1400 504 pages
3.52
233.3K ratings
Classics
Poetry
Literature
SPQR Summary
SPQR
A History of Ancient Rome
by Mary Beard 2015 606 pages
4.06
78.0K ratings
History
Ancient History
Historical
Five on a Treasure Island Summary
Five on a Treasure Island
by Enid Blyton 1942 256 pages
4.12
35.2K ratings
Childrens
Adventure
Mystery
The Vendor of Sweets Summary
The Vendor of Sweets
by R.K. Narayan 1967 144 pages
3.75
2.8K ratings
India
Indian Literature
Classics
Rain of Gold Summary
Rain of Gold
by Victor Villaseñor 1991 576 pages
4.50
8.1K ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Magical Realism
The English Patient Summary
The English Patient
by Michael Ondaatje 1992 320 pages
3.86
136.6K ratings
Historical Fiction
Classics
Romance
The House of God Summary
The House of God
by Samuel Shem 1978 397 pages
3.85
27.0K ratings
Medicine
Medical
Humor
On the Genealogy of Morals / Ecce Homo Summary
On the Genealogy of Morals / Ecce Homo
by Friedrich Nietzsche 1887 367 pages
4.17
15.8K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
German Literature
Forever... Summary
Forever...
by Judy Blume 1975 178 pages
3.62
65.4K ratings
Young Adult
Romance
Contemporary
Brave New World Revisited Summary
Brave New World Revisited
by Aldous Huxley 1958 123 pages
3.94
21.5K ratings
Classics
Science Fiction
Philosophy
The Yellow Wall-Paper Summary
The Yellow Wall-Paper
by Charlotte Perkins Gilman 1892 54 pages
4.07
10.0K ratings
Classics
Short Stories
Horror
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