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The Fountainhead Summary
The Fountainhead
by Ayn Rand 1943 704 pages
3.89
332.2K ratings
Classics
Philosophy
Literature
Stranger in a Strange Land Summary
Stranger in a Strange Land
by Robert A. Heinlein 1961 525 pages
3.92
321.7K ratings
Science Fiction
Classics
Science Fiction Fantasy
Counsels and Maxims Summary
Counsels and Maxims
by Arthur Schopenhauer 1851 116 pages
4.20
368 ratings
Philosophy
Classics
German Literature
The Collector Summary
The Collector
by John Fowles 1963 283 pages
3.97
87.8K ratings
Classics
Horror
Thriller
Meditations Summary
Meditations
With Selected Correspondence
by Marcus Aurelius 208 pages
4.26
646 ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Ancient
The Epic of Gilgamesh Summary
The Epic of Gilgamesh
by Anonymous 1201 72 pages
3.75
112.8K ratings
Classics
Poetry
Mythology
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
Dream of the Red Chamber Summary
Dream of the Red Chamber
by Cao Xueqin 1761 329 pages
4.18
5.8K ratings
Classics
China
Historical Fiction
The Poisonwood Bible Summary
The Poisonwood Bible
by Barbara Kingsolver 1998 546 pages
4.11
773.5K ratings
Historical Fiction
Africa
Book Club
A Confederacy of Dunces Summary
A Confederacy of Dunces
by John Kennedy Toole 1980 394 pages
3.89
289.3K ratings
Humor
Book Club
Literature
Les Nourritures terrestres Summary
Les Nourritures terrestres
suivi de Les nouvelles nourritures
by André Gide 1897 248 pages
3.68
3.7K ratings
Poetry
Classics
France
The Rhetoric & The Poetics of Aristotle Summary
The Rhetoric & The Poetics of Aristotle
by Aristotle 336 pages
4.00
2.4K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Poetry
The Haunting of Hill House Summary
The Haunting of Hill House
by Shirley Jackson 1959 182 pages
3.82
356.1K ratings
Gothic
Mystery
Paranormal
The Giving Tree Summary
The Giving Tree
by Shel Silverstein 1964 64 pages
4.38
1.2M ratings
Childrens
Classics
Picture Books
On the Road Summary
On the Road
by Jack Kerouac 1957 307 pages
3.61
434.1K ratings
Classics
Travel
Literature
The Dream of a Ridiculous Man Summary
The Dream of a Ridiculous Man
by Fyodor Dostoevsky 1877 32 pages
4.03
35.8K ratings
Classics
Short Stories
Russian Literature
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance Summary
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
An Inquiry Into Values
by Robert M. Pirsig 1974 540 pages
3.78
239.8K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Spirituality
The Theory of Moral Sentiments Summary
The Theory of Moral Sentiments
by Adam Smith 1759 368 pages
4.07
4.5K ratings
Philosophy
Economics
Classics
The Picture of Dorian Gray Summary
The Picture of Dorian Gray
A Graphic Novel
by Ian Edginton 2008 122 pages
4.17
59.0K ratings
Classics
Graphic Novels
Comics
Musashi's Dokkodo (The Way of Walking Alone) Summary
Musashi's Dokkodo (The Way of Walking Alone)
Half Crazy, Half Genius—Finding Modern Meaning in the Sword Saint’s Last Words
by Miyamoto Musashi 1645 278 pages
3.81
559 ratings
Philosophy
Self Help
Martial Arts
The Night in Lisbon Summary
The Night in Lisbon
by Erich Maria Remarque 1961 272 pages
4.32
23.1K ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
War
Like Water for Chocolate Summary
Like Water for Chocolate
by Laura Esquivel 1989 222 pages
3.95
384.4K ratings
Magical Realism
Romance
Historical Fiction
Atonement Summary
Atonement
by Ian McEwan 2001 351 pages
3.95
546.3K ratings
Historical Fiction
Classics
Romance
Rich Man, Poor Man Summary
Rich Man, Poor Man
by Irwin Shaw 1969 666 pages
4.18
38.3K ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Drama
The World as Will and Representation, Volume II Summary
The World as Will and Representation, Volume II
by Arthur Schopenhauer 1844 720 pages
4.25
5.4K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
German Literature
Carmilla Summary
Carmilla
by J. Sheridan Le Fanu 1872 108 pages
3.87
157.8K ratings
Classics
Horror
Gothic
The Honjin Murders Summary
The Honjin Murders
by Seishi Yokomizo 1946 189 pages
3.64
19.9K ratings
Mystery
Japan
Crime
The Life of a Stupid Man Summary
The Life of a Stupid Man
by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa 1927 55 pages
3.69
9.2K ratings
Classics
Short Stories
Japanese Literature
The Wall Summary
The Wall
by Marlen Haushofer 1963 240 pages
4.03
27.2K ratings
Science Fiction
Dystopia
Classics
On Liberty Summary
On Liberty
by John Stuart Mill 1859 187 pages
3.96
41.3K ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Classics
Atlas Shrugged Summary
Atlas Shrugged
by Ayn Rand 1957 1168 pages
3.69
401.0K ratings
Classics
Philosophy
Politics
Metaphysics Summary
Metaphysics
by Aristotle 365 pages
4.07
17.5K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Metaphysics
The Art of Rhetoric Summary
The Art of Rhetoric
by Aristotle 292 pages
3.88
6.5K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Politics
Água Viva Summary
Água Viva
by Clarice Lispector 1973 88 pages
4.27
17.4K ratings
Poetry
Classics
Philosophy
A Hero of Our Time Summary
A Hero of Our Time
by Mikhail Lermontov 1839 185 pages
4.11
62.0K ratings
Classics
Russia
Russian Literature
As a Man Thinketh Summary
As a Man Thinketh
by James Allen 1902 80 pages
4.24
92.5K ratings
Self Help
Philosophy
Personal Development
North and South Summary
North and South
by Elizabeth Gaskell 1855 521 pages
4.15
178.1K ratings
Romance
Historical Fiction
Classics
Death on the Nile Summary
Death on the Nile
by Agatha Christie 1937 352 pages
4.12
288.7K ratings
Mystery
Crime
Mystery Thriller
The Jungle Summary
The Jungle
by Upton Sinclair 1906 335 pages
3.78
151.2K ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Literature
The Witches Summary
The Witches
by Roald Dahl 1981 208 pages
4.18
417.3K ratings
Fantasy
Childrens
Classics
The Inner Citadel Summary
The Inner Citadel
The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius
by Pierre Hadot 1992 368 pages
4.39
1.2K ratings
Philosophy
History
Self Help
The Three Musketeers Summary
The Three Musketeers
by Alexandre Dumas 1844 431 pages
4.10
338.2K ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Adventure
The Iliad / The Odyssey Summary
The Iliad / The Odyssey
by Homer 1556 pages
4.07
81.4K ratings
Classics
Poetry
Mythology
Twilight of the Idols Summary
Twilight of the Idols
by Friedrich Nietzsche 1889 128 pages
3.95
13.4K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
German Literature
Crossing to Safety Summary
Crossing to Safety
by Wallace Stegner 1987 335 pages
4.16
49.0K ratings
Book Club
Classics
Literary Fiction
A Grief Observed Summary
A Grief Observed
by C.S. Lewis 1961 76 pages
4.22
89.8K ratings
Christian
Religion
Grief
The Cyberiad Summary
The Cyberiad
by Stanisław Lem 1965 295 pages
4.14
13.7K ratings
Science Fiction
Short Stories
Humor
Spring Snow Summary
Spring Snow
by Yukio Mishima 1967 389 pages
4.16
21.8K ratings
Japan
Japanese Literature
Classics
R.U.R. Summary
R.U.R.
by Karel Čapek 1920 58 pages
3.84
16.4K ratings
Science Fiction
Plays
Classics
Quarto de Despejo Summary
Quarto de Despejo
Diário de uma Favelada
by Carolina Maria de Jesus 1960 199 pages
4.48
9.1K ratings
Memoir
Biography
Brazil
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