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Go Set a Watchman Summary
Go Set a Watchman
by Harper Lee 2015 278 pages
3.31
285.0K ratings
Historical Fiction
Classics
Book Club
For the New Intellectual Summary
For the New Intellectual
The Philosophy of Ayn Rand
by Ayn Rand 1961 224 pages
3.70
3.4K ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Classics
The Wisdom of the Heart Summary
The Wisdom of the Heart
by Henry Miller 1941 250 pages
4.03
651 ratings
Essays
Philosophy
Writing
American Supernatural Tales Summary
American Supernatural Tales
by S.T. Joshi 2007 478 pages
4.01
1.2K ratings
Horror
Short Stories
Anthologies
Troy Summary
Troy
by Stephen Fry 2020 414 pages
4.35
40.1K ratings
Mythology
Greek Mythology
History
The Island of Dr. Moreau Summary
The Island of Dr. Moreau
by H.G. Wells 1896 160 pages
3.73
130.4K ratings
Classics
Science Fiction
Horror
Better Homes and Gardens New Cook Book Summary
Better Homes and Gardens New Cook Book
by Better Homes and Gardens 1953 576 pages
4.15
138.0K ratings
Cookbooks
Cooking
Food
The Warriors Summary
The Warriors
by Sol Yurick 1965 212 pages
3.38
2.4K ratings
Crime
Classics
Thriller
Cold Mountain Summary
Cold Mountain
by Charles Frazier 1997 449 pages
3.89
248.7K ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
Romance
Aristotle’s Way Summary
Aristotle’s Way
How Ancient Wisdom Can Change Your Life
by Edith Hall 2018 336 pages
3.67
1.6K ratings
Philosophy
Self Help
History
This Side of Paradise Summary
This Side of Paradise
by F. Scott Fitzgerald 1920 275 pages
3.64
78.7K ratings
Classics
Literature
Novels
The Turn of the Screw Summary
The Turn of the Screw
by Henry James 1898 121 pages
3.38
170.4K ratings
Classics
Horror
Gothic
The Communist Manifesto Summary
The Communist Manifesto
A Graphic Novel
by Martin Rowson 2018 80 pages
3.95
690 ratings
Graphic Novels
Politics
Comics
How to Have a Life Summary
How to Have a Life
An Ancient Guide to Using Our Time Wisely
by Seneca 200 pages
3.90
325 ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Personal Development
Confucius from the Heart Summary
Confucius from the Heart
by Dan YU 2006 192 pages
3.76
655 ratings
Philosophy
China
Self Help
L'arte di essere felici Summary
L'arte di essere felici
by Seneca 128 pages
3.84
3.7K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Self Help
The Two Gentlemen of Verona Summary
The Two Gentlemen of Verona
by William Shakespeare 1594 245 pages
3.39
16.6K ratings
Classics
Plays
Drama
Go Set a Watchman Summary
Go Set a Watchman
by Harper Lee 2015 278 pages
3.31
285.0K ratings
Historical Fiction
Classics
Book Club
Knowing God Summary
Knowing God
by J.I. Packer 1993 286 pages
4.32
63.5K ratings
Christian
Theology
Christianity
Antigone - Oedipus the King - Electra Summary
Antigone - Oedipus the King - Electra
by Sophocles 178 pages
3.95
16.3K ratings
Classics
Plays
Drama
On the Incarnation Summary
On the Incarnation
by Athanasius of Alexandria 120 pages
4.35
14.3K ratings
Theology
Christian
Christianity
Odyssey Summary
Odyssey
by Stephen Fry 2024 448 pages
4.30
14.0K ratings
Mythology
Greek Mythology
Fantasy
Science and Sanity Summary
Science and Sanity
An Introduction to Non-Aristotelian Systems and General Semantics
by Alfred Korzybski 1933 927 pages
4.41
378 ratings
Philosophy
Science
Psychology
Rights of Man, Common Sense and Other Political Writings Summary
Rights of Man, Common Sense and Other Political Writings
by Thomas Paine 1776 544 pages
4.02
501 ratings
Politics
Philosophy
History
Shōgun, Volume 1 Summary
Shōgun, Volume 1
by James Clavell 1975 533 pages
4.53
13.5K ratings
Historical Fiction
Classics
Historical
Thug Notes Summary
Thug Notes
A Street-Smart Guide to Classic Literature
by Sparky Sweets 2015 304 pages
3.96
558 ratings
Humor
Classics
Literature
Mansfield Park Summary
Mansfield Park
by Jane Austen 1814 488 pages
3.86
369.7K ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Literature
The Bridge on the Drina Summary
The Bridge on the Drina
by Ivo Andrić 1945 314 pages
4.33
24.5K ratings
Historical Fiction
Classics
Nobel Prize
Varney the Vampire; or, The Feast of Blood Summary
Varney the Vampire; or, The Feast of Blood
by James Malcolm Rymer 1845 809 pages
3.40
1.5K ratings
Horror
Vampires
Classics
The Hobbit Summary
The Hobbit
by Chuck Dixon 1989 133 pages
4.51
260.3K ratings
Fantasy
Graphic Novels
Classics
Orientalism Summary
Orientalism
by Edward W. Said 2003 424 pages
4.13
29.2K ratings
History
Philosophy
Politics
Meditations on First Philosophy Summary
Meditations on First Philosophy
by René Descartes 1641 59 pages
3.74
28.3K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
France
Pebble in the Sky Summary
Pebble in the Sky
by Isaac Asimov 1950 308 pages
3.90
26.8K ratings
Science Fiction
Science Fiction Fantasy
Classics
The Fall of the House of Usher Summary
The Fall of the House of Usher
by Edgar Allan Poe 2004 36 pages
3.85
85.3K ratings
Classics
Horror
Short Stories
The Magic Ladder to Success Summary
The Magic Ladder to Success
by Napoleon Hill 2002 224 pages
3.92
523 ratings
Self Help
Business
Personal Development
Celebrating Silence Summary
Celebrating Silence
by Ravi Shankar 2001 206 pages
4.63
1.7K ratings
Spirituality
Self Help
Philosophy
Beowulf Summary
Beowulf
by Unknown 1000 259 pages
3.50
339.2K ratings
Poetry
Fantasy
Classics
The Mysterious Mr. Quin Summary
The Mysterious Mr. Quin
by Agatha Christie 1930 396 pages
3.74
16.7K ratings
Mystery
Short Stories
Crime
Hunting for Hidden Gold Summary
Hunting for Hidden Gold
by Franklin W. Dixon 1928 177 pages
3.93
6.8K ratings
Mystery
Young Adult
Childrens
Daisy Miller Summary
Daisy Miller
by Henry James 1879 164 pages
3.37
37.2K ratings
Classics
Literature
19th Century
Frozen Hell Summary
Frozen Hell
by John W. Campbell Jr. 2019 149 pages
3.74
1.7K ratings
Horror
Science Fiction
Classics
The Essays of Ralph Waldo Emerson Summary
The Essays of Ralph Waldo Emerson
by Ralph Waldo Emerson 1844 398 pages
4.23
2.7K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Essays
The Essential Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe Summary
The Essential Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe
by Edgar Allan Poe 1843 688 pages
4.36
69.8K ratings
Classics
Poetry
Horror
The School For Wives Summary
The School For Wives
by Molière 1662 60 pages
3.62
10.0K ratings
Plays
Classics
France
That Mad Ache Summary
That Mad Ache
by Françoise Sagan 1965 311 pages
3.98
1.5K ratings
France
Classics
French Literature
The Annals/The Histories Summary
The Annals/The Histories
by Tacitus 1852 640 pages
4.05
351 ratings
History
Classics
Ancient History
Powers of Darkness Summary
Powers of Darkness
The Lost Version of Dracula
by Valdimar Ásmundsson 1901 309 pages
3.63
1.5K ratings
Horror
Vampires
Classics
Uncle Tom’s Cabin Summary
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
by Harriet Beecher Stowe 1852 438 pages
3.91
237.8K ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Literature
The Canterbury Tales Summary
The Canterbury Tales
A Retelling
by Peter Ackroyd 2009 436 pages
3.56
2.5K ratings
Classics
Poetry
Historical Fiction
Once an Eagle Summary
Once an Eagle
by Anton Myrer 1968 1312 pages
4.39
7.4K ratings
Historical Fiction
Military Fiction
War
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