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Absalom, Absalom! Summary
Absalom, Absalom!
by William Faulkner 1990 316 pages
3.99
47.4K ratings
Classics
Literature
Novels
The Tin Drum Summary
The Tin Drum
by Günter Grass 2005 580 pages
3.95
46.5K ratings
Classics
German Literature
Historical Fiction
Black Shack Alley Summary
Black Shack Alley
by Joseph Zobel 1980 184 pages
4.06
622 ratings
France
Classics
School
Justine, Philosophy in the Bedroom, and Other Writings Summary
Justine, Philosophy in the Bedroom, and Other Writings
by Marquis de Sade 1994 784 pages
3.69
3.8K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Erotica
Corelli’s Mandolin Summary
Corelli’s Mandolin
by Louis de Bernières 1995 437 pages
4.03
92.4K ratings
Historical Fiction
Romance
Classics
Tajna Krvavog mosta Summary
Tajna Krvavog mosta
by Marija Jurić Zagorka 1912 494 pages
4.51
1.9K ratings
Historical Fiction
Classics
Romance
The Best of H.P. Lovecraft Summary
The Best of H.P. Lovecraft
Bloodcurdling Tales of Horror and the Macabre
by H.P. Lovecraft 2002 406 pages
4.3
30.1K ratings
Horror
Short Stories
Classics
Lives of Girls and Women Summary
Lives of Girls and Women
by Alice Munro 2001 277 pages
3.94
15.8K ratings
Short Stories
Canada
Classics
The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born Summary
The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born
by Ayi Kwei Armah 1989 183 pages
3.87
3.4K ratings
Africa
Ghana
African Literature
The Last of the Wine Summary
The Last of the Wine
by Mary Renault 2001 400 pages
4.04
6.4K ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
LGBT
The Trojan Women Summary
The Trojan Women
by Euripides 2006 80 pages
3.88
12.6K ratings
Plays
Classics
Drama
The Souls of Black Folk Summary
The Souls of Black Folk
by W.E.B. Du Bois 1996 288 pages
4.31
44.6K ratings
History
Classics
Race
Lectures on Russian Literature Summary
Lectures on Russian Literature
by Vladimir Nabokov 2002 352 pages
4.26
2.1K ratings
Literary Criticism
Russia
Literature
The Blazing World Summary
The Blazing World
by Margaret Cavendish 2012 102 pages
2.94
1.9K ratings
Classics
Science Fiction
Fantasy
The Claw of the Conciliator Summary
The Claw of the Conciliator
by Gene Wolfe 1982 303 pages
4
17.6K ratings
Fantasy
Science Fiction
Science Fiction Fantasy
Triplanetary Summary
Triplanetary
by E.E. "Doc" Smith 1997 287 pages
3.66
7.5K ratings
Science Fiction
Space Opera
Classics
Under Fire Summary
Under Fire
by Henri Barbusse 2004 318 pages
3.85
2.3K ratings
War
World War I
Classics
The Age of Reason Summary
The Age of Reason
by Thomas Paine 2007 180 pages
4.12
9.4K ratings
Philosophy
Religion
Classics
The Crystal Stopper Summary
The Crystal Stopper
by Maurice Leblanc 2003 177 pages
3.93
2.3K ratings
Mystery
Classics
Crime
The Currents of Space Summary
The Currents of Space
by Isaac Asimov 1991 304 pages
3.85
21.7K ratings
Science Fiction
Science Fiction Fantasy
Space Opera
The Pickwick Papers Summary
The Pickwick Papers
by Charles Dickens 2000 801 pages
3.85
32.0K ratings
Classics
Literature
Humor
Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners Summary
Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners
by John Bunyan 2007 88 pages
4.23
3.6K ratings
Christian
Biography
Theology
The Oresteia Summary
The Oresteia
Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, The Eumenides
by Aeschylus 1984 336 pages
4.02
46.5K ratings
Classics
Plays
Drama
Psychology of the Unconscious Summary
Psychology of the Unconscious
by C.G. Jung 2003 624 pages
4.16
1.5K ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Science
The Sword of the Lictor Summary
The Sword of the Lictor
by Gene Wolfe 1981 279 pages
4.22
12.8K ratings
Fantasy
Science Fiction
Classics
No Longer at Ease Summary
No Longer at Ease
by Chinua Achebe 1994 196 pages
3.87
12.9K ratings
Africa
Classics
Historical Fiction
Conversations of Socrates Summary
Conversations of Socrates
by Xenophon 1990 366 pages
4.05
3.0K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
History
Historias de fantasmas de Japón Summary
Historias de fantasmas de Japón
by Lafcadio Hearn 2019 192 pages
4.21
2.1K ratings
Horror
Japan
Fantasy
The Inverted World Summary
The Inverted World
by Christopher Priest 1974 239 pages
3.95
10.8K ratings
Science Fiction
Dystopia
Post Apocalyptic
The Way We Live Now Summary
The Way We Live Now
by Anthony Trollope 1875 440 pages
4.09
14.0K ratings
Classics
Victorian
19th Century
The Complete Novels Summary
The Complete Novels
by Jane Austen 1996 1344 pages
4.57
33.9K ratings
Classics
Romance
Historical Fiction
Elric of Melniboné Summary
Elric of Melniboné
by Michael Moorcock 1987 181 pages
3.88
30.9K ratings
Fantasy
Sword and Sorcery
Dark Fantasy
How to Analyze People on Sight Summary
How to Analyze People on Sight
by Elsie Lincoln Benedict 1921 135 pages
3.29
1.4K ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Ebooks
The Citadel of the Autarch Summary
The Citadel of the Autarch
by Gene Wolfe 1983 330 pages
4.25
11.0K ratings
Fantasy
Science Fiction
Science Fiction Fantasy
The Stars, Like Dust Summary
The Stars, Like Dust
by Isaac Asimov 1991 293 pages
3.74
26.3K ratings
Science Fiction
Space Opera
Science Fiction Fantasy
The Ten Books on Architecture Summary
The Ten Books on Architecture
by Vitruvius 1960 368 pages
4.04
2.7K ratings
Architecture
Art
History
Aeschylus Summary
Aeschylus
The Oresteia
by Simon Goldhill 2004 105 pages
3.97
61 ratings
Classics
Ancient
Mythology
Almost Transparent Blue Summary
Almost Transparent Blue
by Ryū Murakami 2003 126 pages
3.29
13.3K ratings
Japan
Japanese Literature
Horror
Palace Walk Summary
Palace Walk
by Naguib Mahfouz 1956 501 pages
4.2
22.3K ratings
Historical Fiction
Egypt
Classics
Epistles 1-65 Summary
Epistles 1-65
by Seneca 1917 496 pages
4.45
804 ratings
Philosophy
Classics
History
The Time Machine / The Invisible Man Summary
The Time Machine / The Invisible Man
by H.G. Wells 2005 288 pages
4.1
56.6K ratings
Classics
Science Fiction
Fantasy
Segu Summary
Segu
by Maryse Condé 1998 493 pages
4.1
2.1K ratings
Historical Fiction
Africa
Mali
Crusade for Justice Summary
Crusade for Justice
The Autobiography of Ida B. Wells
by Ida B. Wells-Barnett 1991 466 pages
4.31
850 ratings
History
Biography
Memoir
I Am Legend Summary
I Am Legend
by Richard Matheson 2011 101 pages
4.05
152.0K ratings
Horror
Science Fiction
Classics
Epistles 1-65 Summary
Epistles 1-65
by Seneca 2014 242 pages
4.45
804 ratings
Philosophy
Classics
History
A Room of One’s Own Summary
A Room of One’s Own
by Virginia Woolf 2000 112 pages
4.22
255.9K ratings
Classics
Feminism
Essays
The Erasers Summary
The Erasers
by Alain Robbe-Grillet 1964 256 pages
3.77
1.9K ratings
France
Mystery
French Literature
The Once and Future King Summary
The Once and Future King
by T.H. White 1987 639 pages
4.07
117.5K ratings
Fantasy
Classics
Historical Fiction
The History of the Church Summary
The History of the Church
From Christ to Constantine
by Eusebius 1990 435 pages
4
4.8K ratings
History
Religion
Church History
Le troisième mensonge Summary
Le troisième mensonge
by Ágota Kristóf 1991 192 pages
4.03
6.9K ratings
Novels
Hungary
France
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