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The Mayor of Casterbridge Summary
The Mayor of Casterbridge
by Thomas Hardy 2003 393 pages
3.86
65.6K ratings
Classics
Literature
19th Century
The Orphan Master's Son Summary
The Orphan Master's Son
by Adam Johnson 2012 443 pages
4.07
103.5K ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Asia
Delirio Summary
Delirio
by Laura Restrepo 2004 344 pages
3.97
12.0K ratings
Spanish Literature
Latin American
Novels
Les Fleurs du Mal Summary
Les Fleurs du Mal
by Charles Baudelaire 1983 365 pages
4.19
79.1K ratings
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Grendel Summary
Grendel
by John Gardner 2010 174 pages
3.69
42.0K ratings
Fantasy
Classics
Mythology
Tôi Thấy Hoa Vàng Trên Cỏ Xanh Summary
Tôi Thấy Hoa Vàng Trên Cỏ Xanh
by Nguyễn Nhật Ánh 2010 380 pages
4.12
5.6K ratings
Childrens
Novels
Romance
The Quiet American Summary
The Quiet American
by Graham Greene 1955 180 pages
3.98
69.7K ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
War
Poesía completa Summary
Poesía completa
by Alejandra Pizarnik 2009 470 pages
4.56
10.2K ratings
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Fanged Noumena Summary
Fanged Noumena
Collected Writings, 1987–2007
by Nick Land 2011 666 pages
3.85
1.2K ratings
Philosophy
Theory
Politics
Vineland Summary
Vineland
by Thomas Pynchon 1995 480 pages
3.76
15.6K ratings
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The Buccaneers Summary
The Buccaneers
by Edith Wharton 1994 406 pages
3.86
8.4K ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Romance
The Philosopher's Stone Summary
The Philosopher's Stone
by Colin Wilson 1977 320 pages
3.91
730 ratings
Science Fiction
Horror
Philosophy
The House of Mirth Summary
The House of Mirth
by Edith Wharton 2006 351 pages
3.97
104.7K ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Literature
An Ideal Husband Summary
An Ideal Husband
by Oscar Wilde 2001 78 pages
4.01
44.3K ratings
Classics
Plays
Drama
The House of the Seven Gables Summary
The House of the Seven Gables
by Nathaniel Hawthorne 2005 225 pages
3.45
42.6K ratings
Classics
Gothic
Literature
Los jefes / Los cachorros Summary
Los jefes / Los cachorros
by Mario Vargas Llosa 2001 160 pages
3.54
4.2K ratings
Short Stories
Nobel Prize
Spanish Literature
A Room of One’s Own Summary
A Room of One’s Own
by Virginia Woolf 2000 112 pages
4.22
253.0K ratings
Classics
Feminism
Essays
Chesapeake Summary
Chesapeake
by James A. Michener 2003 1024 pages
4.22
27.1K ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
Classics
गुनाहों का देवता Summary
गुनाहों का देवता
by Dharamvir Bharati 2009 257 pages
4.34
5.7K ratings
Classics
Indian Literature
Romance
The Nix Summary
The Nix
by Nathan Hill 2016 625 pages
4.08
84.9K ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Literary Fiction
A Swim in a Pond in the Rain Summary
A Swim in a Pond in the Rain
by George Saunders 2021 403 pages
4.54
24.2K ratings
Writing
Short Stories
Essays
Multiple Choice Summary
Multiple Choice
by Alejandro Zambra 2014 128 pages
3.90
6.6K ratings
Poetry
Short Stories
Contemporary
Entre les murs Summary
Entre les murs
by François Bégaudeau 2007 290 pages
3.06
1.1K ratings
France
French Literature
Contemporary
Salvar el fuego Summary
Salvar el fuego
by Guillermo Arriaga 2020 664 pages
4.3
12.6K ratings
Contemporary
Romance
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The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Writings Summary
The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Writings
by Edgar Allan Poe 2003 488 pages
4.13
3.9K ratings
Classics
Horror
Short Stories
Crimen y castigo 1 Summary
Crimen y castigo 1
by Fyodor Dostoevsky 2006 360 pages
4.37
20.2K ratings
Classics
Novels
Russian Literature
The Adolescent Summary
The Adolescent
by Fyodor Dostoevsky 2004 580 pages
3.93
10.7K ratings
Classics
Russian Literature
Russia
Epistles 1-65 Summary
Epistles 1-65
by Seneca 1917 496 pages
4.45
804 ratings
Philosophy
Classics
History
La casa de Bernarda Alba Summary
La casa de Bernarda Alba
by Federico García Lorca 1945 96 pages
3.88
47.7K ratings
Plays
Classics
Spanish Literature
The Opposing Shore Summary
The Opposing Shore
by Julien Gracq 1993 292 pages
4.02
1.5K ratings
France
Literature
French Literature
The Doors of Perception & Heaven and Hell Summary
The Doors of Perception & Heaven and Hell
by Aldous Huxley 2004 187 pages
3.91
74.9K ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Classics
By Night in Chile Summary
By Night in Chile
by Roberto Bolaño 2011 118 pages
3.9
17.2K ratings
Latin American
Literature
Novels
Absalom, Absalom! Summary
Absalom, Absalom!
by William Faulkner 1990 316 pages
3.99
47.4K ratings
Classics
Literature
Novels
El ruletista Summary
El ruletista
by Mircea Cărtărescu 2012 64 pages
4.21
5.4K ratings
Short Stories
Drama
Romania
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
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
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
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
Under Fire Summary
Under Fire
by Henri Barbusse 2004 318 pages
3.85
2.3K ratings
War
World War I
Classics
The Urth of the New Sun Summary
The Urth of the New Sun
by Gene Wolfe 1997 372 pages
4.06
9.0K ratings
Fantasy
Science Fiction
Science Fiction Fantasy
La dama del lago vol. 1 Summary
La dama del lago vol. 1
by Andrzej Sapkowski 2009 256 pages
4.18
2.6K ratings
Fantasy
Novels
Epic Fantasy
Auē Summary
Auē
by Becky Manawatu 2019 328 pages
4.48
7.3K ratings
Contemporary
Book Club
Literary Fiction
The Pickwick Papers Summary
The Pickwick Papers
by Charles Dickens 2000 801 pages
3.85
32.0K ratings
Classics
Literature
Humor
The Oresteia Summary
The Oresteia
Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, The Eumenides
by Aeschylus 1984 336 pages
4.02
46.5K ratings
Classics
Plays
Drama
Conversations of Socrates Summary
Conversations of Socrates
by Xenophon 1990 366 pages
4.05
3.0K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
History
No Longer at Ease Summary
No Longer at Ease
by Chinua Achebe 1994 196 pages
3.87
12.9K ratings
Africa
Classics
Historical Fiction
Las herederas de la Singer Summary
Las herederas de la Singer
by Ana Lena Rivera 2022 512 pages
4.26
4.5K ratings
Historical Fiction
Spanish Literature
Historical
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