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Around the World in Eighty Days Summary
Around the World in Eighty Days
by Jules Verne 1872 252 pages
3.95
271.6K ratings
Classics
Adventure
Science Fiction
Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret Summary
Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret
by Judy Blume 1970 149 pages
3.94
250.4K ratings
Young Adult
Childrens
Classics
I Capture the Castle Summary
I Capture the Castle
by Dodie Smith 1948 408 pages
3.99
111.0K ratings
Classics
Young Adult
Historical Fiction
Silence Summary
Silence
by Shūsaku Endō 1966 219 pages
4.09
37.2K ratings
Historical Fiction
Japan
Japanese Literature
The Transit of Venus Summary
The Transit of Venus
by Shirley Hazzard 1980 337 pages
4.00
4.8K ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Australia
Middlemarch Summary
Middlemarch
by George Eliot 1872 912 pages
4.03
173.3K ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Literature
The Arabian Nights Summary
The Arabian Nights
Tales of 1001 Nights, Volume 1
by Anonymous 982 pages
4.01
4.2K ratings
Classics
Fantasy
Short Stories
Ulysses Summary
Ulysses
by James Joyce 1922 783 pages
3.77
137.3K ratings
Classics
Literature
Ireland
The Story of a Seagull and the Cat Who Taught Her to Fly Summary
The Story of a Seagull and the Cat Who Taught Her to Fly
by Luis Sepúlveda 1996 128 pages
4.23
30.4K ratings
Childrens
Classics
Fantasy
The Complete Sherlock Holmes Summary
The Complete Sherlock Holmes
Volume II
by Arthur Conan Doyle 1914 709 pages
4.48
81.1K ratings
Classics
Mystery
Short Stories
Cranford Summary
Cranford
by Elizabeth Gaskell 1853 257 pages
3.84
46.4K ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Victorian
The Professor Summary
The Professor
by Charlotte Brontë 1857 269 pages
3.54
28.6K ratings
Classics
Romance
Victorian
The Art of Worldly Wisdom Summary
The Art of Worldly Wisdom
A Pocket Oracle
by Baltasar Gracián 1647 208 pages
4.18
4.6K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Self Help
The Counterfeiters Summary
The Counterfeiters
by André Gide 1925 451 pages
3.83
10.0K ratings
France
Classics
French Literature
How to Be a Friend Summary
How to Be a Friend
An Ancient Guide to True Friendship
by Marcus Tullius Cicero 188 pages
3.87
3.2K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
History
How We Think Summary
How We Think
by John Dewey 1910 240 pages
3.86
981 ratings
Philosophy
Education
Psychology
The Palace of Dreams Summary
The Palace of Dreams
by Ismail Kadare 1981 208 pages
3.96
5.8K ratings
Fantasy
Dystopia
Classics
Agnes Grey Summary
Agnes Grey
by Anne Brontë 1847 226 pages
3.71
77.4K ratings
Classics
Romance
19th Century
The Twenty-One Balloons Summary
The Twenty-One Balloons
by William Pène du Bois 1947 180 pages
3.95
25.7K ratings
Childrens
Fantasy
Classics
Nervous Conditions Summary
Nervous Conditions
by Tsitsi Dangarembga 1988 204 pages
4.04
21.8K ratings
Historical Fiction
Zimbabwe
Feminism
Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now Summary
Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now
by Maya Angelou 1993 144 pages
4.30
10.7K ratings
Memoir
Poetry
Biography
The World According to Garp Summary
The World According to Garp
by John Irving 1978 610 pages
4.11
234.8K ratings
Classics
Literature
Contemporary
What I Believe Summary
What I Believe
by Leo Tolstoy 1884 244 pages
4.08
772 ratings
Philosophy
Religion
Russia
As You Think Summary
As You Think
by James Allen 1987 112 pages
4.12
1.3K ratings
Self Help
Philosophy
Psychology
Moby-Dick or, The Whale Summary
Immersive
Moby-Dick or, The Whale
by Herman Melville 1851 720 pages
3.56
596.8K ratings
Classics
Literature
Adventure
The Kalevala Summary
The Kalevala
by Elias Lönnrot 1835 679 pages
4.05
5.9K ratings
Poetry
Mythology
Classics
The Death of Virgil Summary
The Death of Virgil
by Hermann Broch 1945 493 pages
4.14
1.7K ratings
Historical Fiction
Classics
German Literature
1984 Summary
1984
by Michael Dean 1949 71 pages
4.41
33.6K ratings
Classics
Science Fiction
Dystopia
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin Summary
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
by Benjamin Franklin 1791 143 pages
3.85
88.9K ratings
Biography
History
Classics
Observations on the Feeling of the Beautiful and Sublime Summary
Observations on the Feeling of the Beautiful and Sublime
by Immanuel Kant 1764 124 pages
3.56
1.1K ratings
Philosophy
Art
German Literature
The Art of Peace Summary
The Art of Peace
by Morihei Ueshiba 1992 192 pages
4.21
4.9K ratings
Philosophy
Martial Arts
Spirituality
Palm Sunday Summary
Palm Sunday
An Autobiographical Collage
by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. 1981 300 pages
3.78
6.7K ratings
Essays
Short Stories
Classics
Dubliners Summary
Dubliners
by James Joyce 1914 352 pages
3.84
167.9K ratings
Classics
Short Stories
Ireland
Benito Cereno Summary
Benito Cereno
by Herman Melville 1855 160 pages
3.53
9.6K ratings
Classics
Short Stories
School
بوستان سعدی Summary
بوستان سعدی
by Saadi 1257 196 pages
4.35
2.0K ratings
Poetry
Classics
Iran
Hondo Summary
Hondo
by Louis L'Amour 1953 194 pages
4.06
13.8K ratings
Westerns
Historical Fiction
Classics
The Poetry of Robert Frost Summary
The Poetry of Robert Frost
by Robert Frost 1969 607 pages
4.24
48.8K ratings
Poetry
Classics
Literature
The Black Tulip Summary
The Black Tulip
by Alexandre Dumas 1850 246 pages
3.85
22.4K ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
France
Socialism Summary
Socialism
Utopian and Scientific
by Friedrich Engels 1880 86 pages
4.24
7.8K ratings
Politics
Philosophy
Theory
The Bell Summary
The Bell
by Iris Murdoch 1958 296 pages
3.92
9.8K ratings
Classics
Novels
British Literature
Letter to a Child Never Born Summary
Letter to a Child Never Born
by Oriana Fallaci 1975 128 pages
4.01
22.8K ratings
Novels
Feminism
Italian Literature
Dale Carnegie's Lifetime Plan for Success Summary
Dale Carnegie's Lifetime Plan for Success
How to Win Friends and Influence People & How to Stop Worrying and Start Living
by Dale Carnegie 2010 438 pages
4.15
2.8K ratings
Self Help
Business
Psychology
On Love and Loneliness Summary
On Love and Loneliness
by J. Krishnamurti 1994 155 pages
4.22
1.1K ratings
Philosophy
Spirituality
Psychology
Listen, Little Man! Summary
Listen, Little Man!
by Wilhelm Reich 1946 144 pages
3.97
8.7K ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Politics
Three Blind Mice and Other Stories Summary
Three Blind Mice and Other Stories
by Agatha Christie 1950 288 pages
3.80
19.4K ratings
Mystery
Short Stories
Crime
The Obscene Bird of Night Summary
The Obscene Bird of Night
by José Donoso 1970 438 pages
4.20
4.0K ratings
Horror
Magical Realism
Spanish Literature
Othello Summary
Othello
by William Shakespeare 1603 319 pages
3.89
424.2K ratings
Classics
Plays
School
Bartleby the Scrivener Summary
Bartleby the Scrivener
by Herman Melville 1853 64 pages
3.93
71.0K ratings
Classics
Short Stories
Literature
Holy Bible Summary
Holy Bible
New International Version
by Anonymous 1985 1213 pages
4.62
93.7K ratings
Religion
Christian
Classics
The Silmarillion Summary
The Silmarillion
by J.R.R. Tolkien 1977 386 pages
4.03
320.8K ratings
Fantasy
High Fantasy
Science Fiction Fantasy
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