20th Century Book Summaries

Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus Summary
Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus
by Ludwig Wittgenstein 2001 142 pages
4.1
22.2K ratings
Philosophy
Logic
Classics
Don't Look Now and Other Stories Summary
Don't Look Now and Other Stories
by Daphne du Maurier 2013 214 pages
3.82
9.6K ratings
Short Stories
Horror
Classics
The House of Mirth Summary
The House of Mirth
by Edith Wharton 2006 351 pages
3.97
104.7K ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Literature
The Age of Extremes, 1914-1991 Summary
The Age of Extremes, 1914-1991
by Eric J. Hobsbawm 1996 627 pages
4.29
7.8K ratings
History
Politics
World History
Simple French Food Summary
Simple French Food
by Richard Olney 1974 448 pages
4.21
352 ratings
Cookbooks
Cooking
Food
Vineland Summary
Vineland
by Thomas Pynchon 1995 480 pages
3.76
15.6K ratings
Literature
Novels
American
The Age of Empire, 1875–1914 Summary
The Age of Empire, 1875–1914
by Eric J. Hobsbawm 1989 405 pages
4.26
4.5K ratings
History
Politics
World History
Black Shack Alley Summary
Black Shack Alley
by Joseph Zobel 1980 184 pages
4.06
622 ratings
France
Classics
School
The Child in Time Summary
The Child in Time
by Ian McEwan 1999 263 pages
3.58
14.9K ratings
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
British Literature
The Opposing Shore Summary
The Opposing Shore
by Julien Gracq 1993 292 pages
4.02
1.5K ratings
France
Literature
French Literature
Philosophy of Existence Summary
Philosophy of Existence
by Karl Jaspers 1971 128 pages
3.81
311 ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
German Literature
Under Fire Summary
Under Fire
by Henri Barbusse 2004 318 pages
3.85
2.3K ratings
War
World War I
Classics
The Scramble for Africa Summary
The Scramble for Africa
The White Man's Conquest of the Dark Continent from 1876 to 1912
by Thomas Pakenham 1992 738 pages
4.15
2.7K ratings
History
Africa
World History
Segu Summary
Segu
by Maryse Condé 1998 493 pages
4.1
2.1K ratings
Historical Fiction
Africa
Mali
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
Absalom, Absalom! Summary
Absalom, Absalom!
by William Faulkner 1990 316 pages
3.99
47.4K ratings
Classics
Literature
Novels
The Erasers Summary
The Erasers
by Alain Robbe-Grillet 1953 256 pages
3.77
1.9K ratings
France
Mystery
French Literature
1916 Summary
1916
A Novel of the Irish Rebellion
by Morgan Llywelyn 1999 576 pages
4.08
4.0K ratings
Historical Fiction
Ireland
Irish Literature
The Winter of Our Discontent Summary
The Winter of Our Discontent
by John Steinbeck 2008 291 pages
4.01
53.8K ratings
Classics
Literature
American
Moon Palace Summary
Moon Palace
by Paul Auster 1990 320 pages
3.98
29.4K ratings
American
Contemporary
Novels
Poesía completa Summary
Poesía completa
by Idea Vilariño 2008 328 pages
4.57
2.6K ratings
Poetry
Womens
Spanish Literature
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
1066 and all that Summary
1066 and all that
A memorable history of England
by W.C. Sellar 2009 115 pages
3.92
3.5K ratings
History
Humor
Comedy
Dark Tide Summary
Dark Tide
The Great Boston Molasses Flood of 1919
by Stephen Puleo 2004 273 pages
4.03
5.1K ratings
History
Book Club
American History
V. Summary
V.
by Thomas Pynchon 2001 640 pages
3.97
25.3K ratings
Classics
Literature
Novels
I the Supreme Summary
I the Supreme
by Augusto Roa Bastos 2000 433 pages
3.89
985 ratings
Spanish Literature
Historical Fiction
Latin American
Civilization on Trial Summary
Civilization on Trial
by Arnold J. Toynbee 1948 0 pages
3.83
150 ratings
History
Philosophy
Religion
The Trigger Summary
The Trigger
Hunting the Assassin Who Brought the World to War
by Tim Butcher 2014 352 pages
3.81
4.1K ratings
History
War
World War I
The French Lieutenant’s Woman Summary
The French Lieutenant’s Woman
by John Fowles 2009 470 pages
3.88
55.6K ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Romance
The Levant Trilogy Summary
The Levant Trilogy
by Olivia Manning 2001 576 pages
4.34
1.5K ratings
Historical Fiction
Egypt
Middle East
Ah, but Your Land Is Beautiful Summary
Ah, but Your Land Is Beautiful
by Alan Paton 2002 277 pages
3.97
580 ratings
Africa
South Africa
Classics
Curse of the Narrows Summary
Curse of the Narrows
The Halifax Explosion 1917
by Laura Mac Donald 2005 356 pages
3.98
1.2K ratings
History
Canada
World War I
La Modification Summary
La Modification
by Michel Butor 1980 314 pages
3.58
1.4K ratings
France
French Literature
Novels
American Crucible Summary
American Crucible
Race and Nation in the Twentieth Century
by Gary Gerstle 2002 472 pages
3.82
246 ratings
History
American History
Race
The Pursuit of Power Summary
The Pursuit of Power
Europe 1815 - 1914
by Richard J. Evans 2016 848 pages
4.16
2.1K ratings
History
European History
Politics
Sofia Petrovna Summary
Sofia Petrovna
by Lydia Chukovskaya 1994 120 pages
4.07
2.9K ratings
Russia
Classics
Historical Fiction
The Most Dangerous Man In Detroit Summary
The Most Dangerous Man In Detroit
Walter Reuther And The Fate Of American Labor
by Nelson Lichtenstein 1995 592 pages
4.04
96 ratings
Labor
History
Biography
The Populist Vision Summary
The Populist Vision
by Charles Postel 2007 397 pages
3.65
201 ratings
History
American History
Politics
Against the World Summary
Against the World
Anti-Globalism and Mass Politics Between the World Wars
by Tara Zahra 2023 384 pages
3.96
251 ratings
History
Politics
World History
Working Toward Whiteness Summary
Working Toward Whiteness
How America's Immigrants Became White: the Strange Journey from Ellis Island to the Suburbs
by David R. Roediger 2006 339 pages
3.83
370 ratings
History
Race
Sociology
Scandal in Babylon Summary
Scandal in Babylon
by Barbara Hambly 2021 240 pages
3.77
463 ratings
Mystery
Historical Fiction
Historical
Pedra de tartera Summary
Pedra de tartera
by Maria Barbal 2007 123 pages
3.89
1.4K ratings
Historical Fiction
Spain
20th Century
Look Homeward, Angel Summary
Look Homeward, Angel
by Thomas Wolfe 2006 544 pages
3.91
15.8K ratings
Classics
Literature
Novels
The Forsyte Saga Summary
The Forsyte Saga
by John Galsworthy 1999 872 pages
4.18
20.9K ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
British Literature
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