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The Invisible Coup Summary
Immersive
The Invisible Coup
How American Elites and Foreign Powers Use Immigration as a Weapon
by Peter Schweizer 2026 288 pages
4.44
500+ ratings
Politics
History
American
One Nation Under Blackmail Summary
One Nation Under Blackmail
The Sordid Union Between Intelligence and Organized Crime That Gave Rise to Jeffrey Epstein, Vol. 2
by Whitney Alyse Webb 2022 432 pages
4.42
500+ ratings
Politics
History
Conspiracy Theories
Martin Eden Summary
Martin Eden
by Jack London 1909 480 pages
4.48
56k+ ratings
Classics
American
Literature
The Old Man and the Sea Summary
Immersive
The Old Man and the Sea
by Ernest Hemingway 1952 96 pages
3.81
1.3M+ ratings
Classics
Literature
Novels
The Schopenhauer Cure Summary
The Schopenhauer Cure
by Irvin D. Yalom 2005 358 pages
4.28
31k+ ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Novels
The Five Flirting Styles Summary
The Five Flirting Styles
Use the Science of Flirting to Attract the Love You Really Want
by Jeffrey A. Hall 2013 305 pages
3.47
109 ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Relationships
The Pearl Summary
The Pearl
by John Steinbeck 1947 96 pages
3.57
200k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
School
Albion's Seed Summary
Albion's Seed
Four British Folkways in America
by David Hackett Fischer 1989 946 pages
4.38
3k+ ratings
History
American History
American
The Human Stain Summary
The Human Stain
by Philip Roth 2000 361 pages
3.92
46k+ ratings
Literature
Novels
Contemporary
Women Summary
Women
by Charles Bukowski 1978 291 pages
3.80
87k+ ratings
Classics
Novels
Literature
Oil! Summary
Oil!
by Upton Sinclair 1926 528 pages
3.74
7k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Literature
White Noise Summary
White Noise
by Don DeLillo 1985 320 pages
3.86
100k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
Novels
Killing Hope Summary
Killing Hope
U.S. Military and C.I.A. Interventions Since World War II
by William Blum 1995 469 pages
4.27
2k+ ratings
History
Politics
War
Rich Man, Poor Man Summary
Rich Man, Poor Man
by Irwin Shaw 1970 666 pages
4.19
38k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Novels
On the Road Summary
On the Road
by Jack Kerouac 1957 307 pages
3.61
400k+ ratings
Classics
Travel
Literature
Ham on Rye Summary
Ham on Rye
by Charles Bukowski 1982 288 pages
4.14
100k+ ratings
Classics
Novels
Literature
Lullaby Summary
Lullaby
by Chuck Palahniuk 2002 260 pages
3.74
100k+ ratings
Horror
Contemporary
Fantasy
The Corrections Summary
The Corrections
by Jonathan Franzen 2001 653 pages
3.85
100k+ ratings
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
Novels
So Long, See You Tomorrow Summary
So Long, See You Tomorrow
by William Maxwell 1980 135 pages
3.85
17k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Classics
Literary Fiction
Smart Baseball Summary
Smart Baseball
The Story Behind the Old Stats That Are Ruining the Game, the New Ones That Are Running It, and the Right Way to Think About Baseball
by Keith Law 2017 304 pages
3.95
3k+ ratings
Baseball
Sports
American
Underworld Summary
Underworld
by Don DeLillo 1997 827 pages
3.95
34k+ ratings
Novels
Literature
Literary Fiction
Love Is a Dog from Hell Summary
Love Is a Dog from Hell
by Charles Bukowski 1977 312 pages
3.95
39k+ ratings
Poetry
Classics
Literature
The Total Woman Summary
The Total Woman
How to Make Your Marriage Come Alive
by Marabel Morgan 1973 260 pages
3.01
326 ratings
Self Help
Marriage
Relationships
The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson Summary
The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson
by Emily Dickinson 1890 716 pages
4.29
100k+ ratings
Poetry
Classics
Literature
Why Empires Fall Summary
Why Empires Fall
Rome, America and the Future of the West
by Peter Heather and John Rapley 1983 208 pages
3.60
500+ ratings
History
Politics
Economics
The Sun Also Rises Summary
The Sun Also Rises
by Ernest Hemingway 1926 189 pages
3.79
400k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
Historical Fiction
Plato, Not Prozac! Summary
Plato, Not Prozac!
Applying Eternal Wisdom to Everyday Problems
by Lou Marinoff 1999 320 pages
3.47
2k+ ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Self Help
Fight Summary
Fight
Inside the Wildest Battle for the White House
by Jonathan Allen 2025 352 pages
3.93
3k+ ratings
Politics
History
American History
Freedom Summary
Freedom
by Jonathan Franzen 2010 562 pages
3.80
100k+ ratings
Book Club
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
When the Clock Broke Summary
When the Clock Broke
Con Men, Conspiracists, and How America Cracked Up in the Early 1990s
by John Ganz 2024 420 pages
4.07
4k+ ratings
History
Politics
American History
The Sound and the Fury Summary
The Sound and the Fury
by William Faulkner 1929 366 pages
3.86
100k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
Novels
The Names Summary
The Names
by Don DeLillo 1982 339 pages
3.64
5k+ ratings
Novels
American
Mystery
For Whom the Bell Tolls Summary
For Whom the Bell Tolls
by Ernest Hemingway 1940 471 pages
3.99
300k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Literature
The Age of Innocence Summary
The Age of Innocence
by Edith Wharton 1920 293 pages
3.97
100k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Romance
City of Glass Summary
City of Glass
by Paul Auster 1985 203 pages
3.75
24k+ ratings
Mystery
Classics
American
Naked Lunch Summary
Naked Lunch
The Restored Text
by William S. Burroughs 1959 289 pages
3.46
99k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
Novels
Freedom from Fear Summary
Freedom from Fear
The American People in Depression and War, 1929-1945
by David M. Kennedy 1999 936 pages
4.21
5k+ ratings
History
American History
Politics
Leaves of Grass Summary
Leaves of Grass
by Walt Whitman 1855 624 pages
4.11
100k+ ratings
Poetry
Classics
Literature
Suicide of a Superpower Summary
Suicide of a Superpower
Will America Survive to 2025?
by Patrick J. Buchanan 2011 496 pages
4.05
500+ ratings
Politics
History
Cultural
Strategic Vision Summary
Strategic Vision
America and the Crisis of Global Power
by Zbigniew Brzeziński 2012 224 pages
3.80
1k+ ratings
Politics
History
International Relations
Tropic of Cancer Summary
Tropic of Cancer
by Henry Miller 1934 318 pages
3.65
78k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
Novels
The Custom of the Country Summary
The Custom of the Country
by Edith Wharton 1913 370 pages
4.07
16k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Literature
Islands in the Stream Summary
Islands in the Stream
by Ernest Hemingway 1970 448 pages
3.88
17k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
Novels
The Poetry of Robert Frost Summary
The Poetry of Robert Frost
by Robert Frost 1969 607 pages
4.24
49k+ ratings
Poetry
Classics
Literature
Tortilla Flat Summary
Tortilla Flat
by John Steinbeck 1935 256 pages
3.83
64k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
Historical Fiction
Bartleby the Scrivener Summary
Bartleby the Scrivener
by Herman Melville 1853 64 pages
3.93
76k+ ratings
Classics
Short Stories
Literature
Long Day’s Journey into Night Summary
Long Day’s Journey into Night
by Eugene O'Neill 1956 179 pages
4.06
43k+ ratings
Plays
Classics
Drama
بهترین داستان های کوتاه Summary
بهترین داستان های کوتاه
by Ernest Hemingway 1987 439 pages
4.29
38k+ ratings
Short Stories
Classics
Literature
Johnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams Summary
Johnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams
Short Stories, Prose and Diary Excerpts
by Sylvia Plath 1977 336 pages
3.91
6k+ ratings
Short Stories
Classics
Poetry
Cathedral Summary
Cathedral
by Raymond Carver 1983 230 pages
4.24
40k+ ratings
Short Stories
Classics
Literature
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