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The Plague Summary
The Plague
by Albert Camus 1947 308 pages
4.02
294.9K ratings
Classics
Philosophy
France
The Nicomachean Ethics Summary
The Nicomachean Ethics
by Aristotle 329 pages
4.00
56.1K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Politics
The Castle Summary
The Castle
by Franz Kafka 1926 328 pages
3.92
70.7K ratings
Literature
Philosophy
German Literature
Murder on the Orient Express Summary
Immersive
Murder on the Orient Express
by Agatha Christie 1934 274 pages
4.20
690.1K ratings
Mystery
Classics
Crime
The Bell Jar Summary
The Bell Jar
by Sylvia Plath 1963 294 pages
4.06
1.1M ratings
Classics
Feminism
Mental Health
Children of Dune Summary
Children of Dune
by Frank Herbert 1976 609 pages
3.96
231.1K ratings
Science Fiction
Fantasy
Classics
The Gay Science Summary
The Gay Science
With a Prelude in Rhymes and an Appendix of Songs
by Friedrich Nietzsche 1882 396 pages
4.26
19.5K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
German Literature
Demons Summary
Demons
by Fyodor Dostoevsky 1872 733 pages
4.30
58.5K ratings
Classics
Russia
Russian Literature
Matilda Summary
Matilda
by Roald Dahl 1988 240 pages
4.33
1.1M ratings
Childrens
Classics
Fantasy
The Masnavi Summary
The Masnavi
Book One
by Jalal ad-Din Muhammad ar-Rumi 1270 304 pages
4.42
1.3K ratings
Poetry
Islam
Classics
The Giver Summary
The Giver
by Lois Lowry 1993 208 pages
4.12
2.7M ratings
Young Adult
Classics
Dystopia
Look Back in Anger Summary
Look Back in Anger
by John Osborne 1956 96 pages
3.53
12.7K ratings
Plays
Drama
Classics
Politics Summary
Politics
by Aristotle 368 pages
3.98
41.4K ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Classics
Jonathan Livingston Seagull Summary
Jonathan Livingston Seagull
by Richard Bach 1970 112 pages
3.86
265.0K ratings
Classics
Philosophy
Fantasy
The Brothers Karamazov Summary
The Brothers Karamazov
by Fyodor Dostoevsky 1880 796 pages
4.38
363.0K ratings
Russia
Classics
Russian Literature
The Power of Myth Summary
The Power of Myth
by Joseph Campbell 1988 293 pages
4.26
52.8K ratings
Mythology
Philosophy
History
The Fall Summary
The Fall
by Albert Camus 1956 147 pages
4.04
124.1K ratings
Philosophy
France
Literature
Heidi Summary
Heidi
by Johanna Spyri 1880 352 pages
4.04
207.4K ratings
Classics
Childrens
Historical Fiction
The Chronicles of Narnia Summary
Immersive
The Chronicles of Narnia
by C.S. Lewis 1956 767 pages
4.28
690.1K ratings
Fantasy
Classics
Young Adult
God Emperor of Dune Summary
God Emperor of Dune
by Frank Herbert 1981 587 pages
3.88
136.0K ratings
Science Fiction
Fantasy
Science Fiction Fantasy
The Analects Summary
The Analects
by Confucius 249 pages
3.81
23.3K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
China
The Dhammapada Summary
The Dhammapada
by Anonymous 114 pages
4.27
30.0K ratings
Buddhism
Philosophy
Religion
Treasure Island Summary
Treasure Island
by Robert Louis Stevenson 1882 352 pages
3.85
522.6K ratings
Classics
Adventure
Historical Fiction
Anna Karenina Summary
Anna Karenina
by Leo Tolstoy 1878 964 pages
4.10
895.9K ratings
Classics
Romance
Russia
Oedipus Rex Summary
Oedipus Rex
by Sophocles 75 pages
3.72
230.1K ratings
Classics
Plays
Drama
The Baburnama Summary
The Baburnama
Memoirs of Babur, Prince and Emperor
by Zahir ud-Din Muhammad Babur 1531 608 pages
3.95
755 ratings
History
Biography
India
The Arthashastra Summary
The Arthashastra
by Kautilya 878 pages
4.12
1.3K ratings
Philosophy
Politics
History
Hagakure Summary
Hagakure
The Book of the Samurai
by Yamamoto Tsunetomo 1716 192 pages
4.00
16.4K ratings
Philosophy
Japan
History
Charlotte’s Web Summary
Charlotte’s Web
by E.B. White 1952 184 pages
4.21
2.0M ratings
Classics
Childrens
Fantasy
مقدمة ابن خلدون Summary
مقدمة ابن خلدون
by Ibn Khaldun 1377 3864 pages
4.30
4.7K ratings
History
Philosophy
Sociology
Waiting for Godot Summary
Waiting for Godot
by Samuel Beckett 1951 109 pages
3.84
215.0K ratings
Plays
Classics
Drama
The Hound of the Baskervilles Summary
The Hound of the Baskervilles
by Arthur Conan Doyle 1902 256 pages
4.13
371.8K ratings
Mystery
Crime
Classics
The Body in the Library Summary
The Body in the Library
by Agatha Christie 2018 96 pages
3.76
1.2K ratings
Mystery
Agatha Christie
Mystery Thriller
The Count of Monte Cristo Summary
Immersive
The Count of Monte Cristo
by Alexandre Dumas 1846 1276 pages
4.31
979.0K ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Adventure
The Blind Owl Summary
The Blind Owl
by Sadegh Hedayat 1937 148 pages
3.96
32.2K ratings
Classics
Iran
Horror
Gray's Anatomy Summary
Gray's Anatomy
by Henry Gray 1858 1257 pages
4.31
3.9K ratings
Reference
Science
Medicine
Poor Folk Summary
Poor Folk
by Fyodor Dostoevsky 1846 167 pages
3.77
35.8K ratings
Russian Literature
Russia
Novels
The Shawshank Redemption Summary
The Shawshank Redemption
Different Seasons
by Stephen King 1994 507 pages
4.48
5.1K ratings
Horror
Thriller
Short Stories
Tess of the D’Urbervilles Summary
Tess of the D’Urbervilles
by Thomas Hardy 1891 518 pages
3.84
295.8K ratings
Classics
Literature
Historical Fiction
Oliver Twist Summary
Oliver Twist
by Charles Dickens 1838 608 pages
3.88
416.5K ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Literature
Beyond Good and Evil Summary
Beyond Good and Evil
by Friedrich Nietzsche 1886 240 pages
4.03
107.3K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Psychology
The Talented Mr. Ripley Summary
The Talented Mr. Ripley
by Patricia Highsmith 1955 271 pages
3.95
108.1K ratings
Classics
Mystery
Thriller
The Secret Adversary Summary
The Secret Adversary
by Agatha Christie 1922 266 pages
3.85
68.0K ratings
Mystery
Classics
Crime
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest Summary
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
by Ken Kesey 1962 325 pages
4.20
762.1K ratings
Classics
Psychology
Literature
Acres of Diamonds Summary
Acres of Diamonds
by Russell H. Conwell 1915 68 pages
4.18
9.9K ratings
Business
Self Help
Personal Development
A History of Western Philosophy Summary
A History of Western Philosophy
by Bertrand Russell 1945 906 pages
4.13
40.6K ratings
Philosophy
History
Classics
Letters from a Stoic Summary
Letters from a Stoic
by Seneca 254 pages
4.34
51.0K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
History
The Silence of the Lambs Summary
The Silence of the Lambs
by Thomas Harris 1988 421 pages
4.25
574.2K ratings
Horror
Thriller
Mystery
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas Summary
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
by John Boyne 2006 224 pages
4.16
915.0K ratings
Historical Fiction
Young Adult
Historical
Because of Winn-Dixie Summary
Because of Winn-Dixie
by Kate DiCamillo 2000 182 pages
4.10
271.5K ratings
Middle Grade
Childrens
Realistic Fiction
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