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The Complete Sherlock Holmes Summary
The Complete Sherlock Holmes
by Arthur Conan Doyle 1927 1796 pages
4.50
213.4K ratings
Classics
Mystery
Crime
The Return of the Native Summary
The Return of the Native
by Thomas Hardy 1878 426 pages
3.88
39.7K ratings
Classics
Literature
19th Century
Ancient Greece Summary
Ancient Greece
From Prehistoric to Hellenistic Times
by Thomas R. Martin 1992 254 pages
3.99
2.4K ratings
History
Ancient History
Greece
If Beale Street Could Talk Summary
If Beale Street Could Talk
by James Baldwin 1974 197 pages
4.27
76.0K ratings
Classics
Romance
Historical Fiction
War with the Newts Summary
War with the Newts
by Karel Čapek 1936 241 pages
4.17
16.5K ratings
Science Fiction
Classics
Czech Literature
The Gulag Archipelago Summary
The Gulag Archipelago
by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn 1973 660 pages
4.37
11.5K ratings
History
Russia
Politics
English Journey Summary
English Journey
by J.B. Priestley 1934 320 pages
4.07
434 ratings
Travel
History
British Literature
Prokleta avlija Summary
Prokleta avlija
by Ivo Andrić 1954 120 pages
4.25
10.8K ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
School
SCUM Manifesto Summary
SCUM Manifesto
by Valerie Solanas 1967 96 pages
3.77
11.3K ratings
Feminism
Politics
Philosophy
Emile, or On Education Summary
Emile, or On Education
by Jean-Jacques Rousseau 1762 501 pages
3.58
5.2K ratings
Philosophy
Education
Classics
The Library of Babel Summary
The Library of Babel
by Jorge Luis Borges 2000 176 pages
4.3
11.6K ratings
Short Stories
Classics
Philosophy
The Campaigns of Alexander Summary
The Campaigns of Alexander
by Arrian 430 pages
4.16
5.2K ratings
History
Classics
Biography
A Study in Scarlet and The Sign of Four Summary
A Study in Scarlet and The Sign of Four
by Arthur Conan Doyle 2003 192 pages
4.14
10.2K ratings
Mystery
Crime
Classics
The Real Thing Summary
The Real Thing
by Tom Stoppard 1982 81 pages
3.90
4.8K ratings
Plays
Drama
Theatre
A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge Summary
A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge
by George Berkeley 1710 80 pages
3.72
3.3K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Metaphysics
Walden & Civil Disobedience Summary
Walden & Civil Disobedience
by Henry David Thoreau 1849 320 pages
3.94
38.5K ratings
Classics
Philosophy
Essays
The Shadow Out of Time Summary
The Shadow Out of Time
by H.P. Lovecraft 1936 140 pages
3.87
5.8K ratings
Horror
Science Fiction
Lovecraftian
The Painted Bird Summary
The Painted Bird
by Jerzy Kosiński 1965 234 pages
3.91
27.7K ratings
Historical Fiction
Classics
Horror
Principles of Human Knowledge / Three Dialogues Between Hylas and Philonous Summary
Principles of Human Knowledge / Three Dialogues Between Hylas and Philonous
by George Berkeley 1710 224 pages
3.83
1.2K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
18th Century
Ringworld Summary
Ringworld
by Larry Niven 1970 288 pages
3.94
126.3K ratings
Science Fiction
Classics
Science Fiction Fantasy
50 Politics Classics Summary
50 Politics Classics
Freedom Equality Power: Mind-Changing, World-Changing Ideas from Fifty Landmark Books
by Tom Butler-Bowdon 2015 336 pages
4.00
279 ratings
Politics
Philosophy
History
How to Do the Right Thing Summary
How to Do the Right Thing
An Ancient Guide to Treating People Fairly
by Seneca 2023 288 pages
3.73
174 ratings
Philosophy
History
Classics
The Religious Affections Summary
The Religious Affections
by Jonathan Edwards 1746 382 pages
4.24
6.1K ratings
Theology
Christian
Christianity
Charmides Summary
Charmides
by Plato 64 pages
3.55
1.5K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Ancient
Stoic Six Pack (Illustrated) Summary
Stoic Six Pack (Illustrated)
Meditations of Marcus Aurelius, Golden Sayings, Fragments and Discourses of Epictetus, Letters from a Stoic and The Enchiridion
by Marcus Aurelius 2014 520 pages
4.40
456 ratings
Philosophy
Classics
History
Are You My Mother? Summary
Are You My Mother?
by P.D. Eastman 1960 64 pages
4.22
249.7K ratings
Childrens
Picture Books
Animals
Robin Hood Summary
Robin Hood
The Prince of Thieves
by Alexandre Dumas 1862 224 pages
3.99
18.7K ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Adventure
Gathering Blue Summary
Gathering Blue
by Lois Lowry 2000 240 pages
3.82
204.5K ratings
Young Adult
Dystopia
Fantasy
Darkness at Noon Summary
Darkness at Noon
by Arthur Koestler 1940 216 pages
4.12
32.7K ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Politics
Possession Summary
Possession
by A.S. Byatt 1990 555 pages
3.90
83.3K ratings
Historical Fiction
Romance
Classics
How to Grow Old Summary
How to Grow Old
Ancient Wisdom for the Second Half of Life
by Marcus Tullius Cicero 217 pages
4.08
1.2K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
History
The Price of Salt Summary
The Price of Salt
by Claire Morgan 1952 262 pages
4.02
79.3K ratings
Romance
Lesbian
Classics
The Country Girls Summary
The Country Girls
by Edna O'Brien 1960 175 pages
3.69
8.1K ratings
Ireland
Irish Literature
Classics
The Labyrinth of Solitude and Other Writings Summary
The Labyrinth of Solitude and Other Writings
by Octavio Paz 1950 398 pages
4.10
14.3K ratings
Essays
History
Philosophy
The Call of the Wild / White Fang Summary
The Call of the Wild / White Fang
by Jack London 1906 292 pages
4.12
78.4K ratings
Classics
Adventure
Animals
Autobiography Summary
Autobiography
by John Stuart Mill 1873 240 pages
3.76
1.1K ratings
Biography
Philosophy
History
One, No One, and One Hundred Thousand Summary
One, No One, and One Hundred Thousand
by Luigi Pirandello 1925 174 pages
4.03
28.0K ratings
Classics
Italian Literature
Italy
The Metamorphosis and Other Stories Summary
The Metamorphosis and Other Stories
by Franz Kafka 1996 88 pages
3.85
4.9K ratings
Classics
Short Stories
Literature
The Raven Summary
The Raven
by Edgar Allan Poe 1845 64 pages
4.29
161.1K ratings
Classics
Poetry
Horror
The Aeneid Summary
The Aeneid
by Virgil 442 pages
3.87
138.5K ratings
Poetry
Mythology
Classics
The Harry Potter Collection 1-4 Summary
The Harry Potter Collection 1-4
by J.K. Rowling 1999 1500 pages
4.69
68.7K ratings
Fantasy
Young Adult
Magic
Life and Fate Summary
Life and Fate
by Vasily Grossman 1960 864 pages
4.45
14.5K ratings
Classics
Russia
Historical Fiction
Prometheus Bound Summary
Prometheus Bound
by Aeschylus 144 pages
3.94
20.9K ratings
Plays
Mythology
Poetry
A Writer's Diary Summary
A Writer's Diary
by Virginia Woolf 1953 355 pages
4.16
6.4K ratings
Writing
Classics
Biography
Books v. Cigarettes Summary
Books v. Cigarettes
by George Orwell 1946 126 pages
3.83
8.2K ratings
Essays
Classics
Philosophy
Men Without Women Summary
Men Without Women
by Ernest Hemingway 1927 153 pages
3.59
14.9K ratings
Classics
Short Stories
Literature
How to Be Free Summary
How to Be Free
An Ancient Guide to the Stoic Life
by Epictetus 2018 173 pages
4.10
2.3K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Self Help
The Well-Educated Mind Summary
The Well-Educated Mind
A Guide to the Classical Education You Never Had
by Susan Wise Bauer 2003 432 pages
3.99
3.8K ratings
Books About Books
Reference
Self Help
How to Win an Election Summary
How to Win an Election
An Ancient Guide for Modern Politicians
by Quintus Tullius Cicero 128 pages
3.80
1.2K ratings
Politics
History
Philosophy
The Conquest of Happiness Summary
The Conquest of Happiness
by Bertrand Russell 1930 183 pages
4.02
15.5K ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Self Help
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