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Look Back in Anger Summary
Look Back in Anger
by John Osborne 1956 96 pages
3.53
13k+ ratings
Plays
Drama
Classics
Empire Summary
Empire
The Rise and Demise of the British World Order and the Lessons for Global Power
by Niall Ferguson 2003 384 pages
3.93
9k+ ratings
History
Politics
Economics
World Without End Summary
World Without End
by Ken Follett 2007 1237 pages
4.33
200k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
Medieval
A Great Deliverance Summary
A Great Deliverance
by Elizabeth George 1988 413 pages
4.03
52k+ ratings
Mystery
Crime
Mystery Thriller
White Teeth Summary
White Teeth
by Zadie Smith 2000 448 pages
3.79
100k+ ratings
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
Book Club
A Passage to India Summary
A Passage to India
by E.M. Forster 1924 376 pages
3.67
86k+ ratings
Classics
India
Historical Fiction
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry Summary
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
by Rachel Joyce 2012 320 pages
3.94
100k+ ratings
Book Club
Contemporary
British Literature
Three Men in a Boat Summary
Three Men in a Boat
by Jerome K. Jerome 1889 185 pages
3.83
80k+ ratings
Classics
Humor
Comedy
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry Summary
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
by Rachel Joyce 2012 8 pages
3.94
100k+ ratings
Book Club
Contemporary
British Literature
The Other Boleyn Girl Summary
The Other Boleyn Girl
by Philippa Gregory 2001 661 pages
4.09
500k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
Romance
Death at the Sign of the Rook Summary
Death at the Sign of the Rook
by Kate Atkinson 2024 320 pages
3.72
25k+ ratings
Mystery
Crime
Mystery Thriller
Mrs. Dalloway Summary
Mrs. Dalloway
by Virginia Woolf 1925 194 pages
3.77
300k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
Feminism
A Spy Alone Summary
A Spy Alone
by Charles Beaumont 2023 370 pages
4.08
6k+ ratings
Espionage
Thriller
Crime
Of Human Bondage Summary
Of Human Bondage
by W. Somerset Maugham 1915 684 pages
4.16
62k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
Novels
The White Queen Summary
The White Queen
by Philippa Gregory 2009 415 pages
3.96
100k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
Romance
The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13 3/4 Summary
The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13 3/4
by Sue Townsend 1982 272 pages
3.88
52k+ ratings
Young Adult
Humor
Comedy
High Fidelity Summary
High Fidelity
by Nick Hornby 1995 323 pages
3.90
200k+ ratings
Music
Contemporary
Humor
A Column of Fire Summary
A Column of Fire
by Ken Follett 2017 916 pages
4.27
100k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
Fantasy
The Sense of an Ending Summary
The Sense of an Ending
by Julian Barnes 2011 150 pages
3.74
100k+ ratings
Book Club
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
Memento Mori Summary
Memento Mori
by Muriel Spark 1959 224 pages
3.61
7k+ ratings
Classics
Mystery
Novels
On Beauty Summary
On Beauty
by Zadie Smith 2005 445 pages
3.78
91k+ ratings
Contemporary
Book Club
Literary Fiction
Saturday Summary
Saturday
by Ian McEwan 2005 289 pages
3.64
74k+ ratings
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
Book Club
A Room with a View Summary
A Room with a View
by E.M. Forster 1908 119 pages
3.89
200k+ ratings
Classics
Romance
Historical Fiction
Cranford Summary
Cranford
by Elizabeth Gaskell 1853 257 pages
3.83
48k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Victorian
Il cerchio dei giorni Summary
Il cerchio dei giorni
by Ken Follett 2025 704 pages
3.89
30k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
Fantasy
Watching the English Summary
Watching the English
by Kate Fox 2004 583 pages
3.91
11k+ ratings
Anthropology
Sociology
Travel
Lord Jim Summary
Lord Jim
by Joseph Conrad 1900 455 pages
3.61
33k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
Adventure
The Bell Summary
The Bell
by Iris Murdoch 1958 296 pages
3.93
10k+ ratings
Classics
Novels
British Literature
Year of Wonders Summary
Year of Wonders
by Geraldine Brooks 2001 304 pages
4.01
100k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Historical
England's Mistress Summary
England's Mistress
The Infamous Life of Emma Hamilton
by Kate Williams 2005
3.90
1k+ ratings
History
Biography
Historical
The Ministry of Fear Summary
The Ministry of Fear
by Graham Greene 1943 224 pages
3.78
7k+ ratings
Classics
Mystery
Thriller
Of Man Summary
Of Man
by Thomas Hobbes 1658 124 pages
3.50
239 ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Politics
A Village Affair Summary
A Village Affair
an elegantly warm-hearted and, at times, wry story of a marriage, a family, and a village affair from one of Britain’s best loved authors, Joanna Trollope
by Joanna Trollope 1989 277 pages
3.70
2k+ ratings
Romance
Chick Lit
Contemporary
The Complete Novels of Sherlock Holmes Summary
The Complete Novels of Sherlock Holmes
by Arthur Conan Doyle 2015 536 pages
4.34
3k+ ratings
Classics
Mystery
Crime
The Real Thing Summary
The Real Thing
by Tom Stoppard 1982 81 pages
3.91
5k+ ratings
Plays
Drama
Theatre
Sweet Tooth Summary
Sweet Tooth
by Ian McEwan 2012 320 pages
3.44
52k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Mystery
EVERY DAY IS MOTHER S DAY Summary
EVERY DAY IS MOTHER S DAY
by Hilary Mantel 1985 212 pages
3.59
2k+ ratings
British Literature
Literary Fiction
Novels
J.R.R. Tolkien Summary
J.R.R. Tolkien
A Biography
by Humphrey Carpenter 1977 385 pages
4.06
16k+ ratings
Biography
History
Biography Memoir
Is It Ever Just Sex? Summary
Is It Ever Just Sex?
by Darian Leader 2023 284 pages
3.37
479 ratings
Sexuality
Psychology
Theory
King John and the Road to Magna Carta Summary
King John and the Road to Magna Carta
by Stephen Church 2015 330 pages
3.58
171 ratings
History
Biography
Medieval History
English Journey Summary
English Journey
by J.B. Priestley 1934 384 pages
4.09
483 ratings
Travel
History
British Literature
Heroic Failure Summary
Heroic Failure
Brexit and the Politics of Pain
by Fintan O'Toole 2018 240 pages
4.11
2k+ ratings
Politics
History
Current Affairs
Below Stairs Summary
Below Stairs
by Margaret Powell 1968 288 pages
3.58
14k+ ratings
Memoir
History
Biography
Pastoral Song Summary
Pastoral Song
by James Rebanks 2020 304 pages
4.42
8k+ ratings
Nature
Memoir
Environment
The English Summary
The English
A Portrait of a People
by Jeremy Paxman 1998 324 pages
3.55
2k+ ratings
History
British Literature
Politics
The Prelude Summary
The Prelude
by William Wordsworth 1850 704 pages
3.88
4k+ ratings
Poetry
Classics
Romanticism
The Wolf Age Summary
The Wolf Age
The Vikings, the Anglo-Saxons and the Battle for the North Sea Empire
by Tore Skeie 2018 384 pages
4.16
2k+ ratings
History
Medieval
Medieval History
Walking With Plato Summary
Walking With Plato
A Philosophical Hike Through the British Isles
by Gary Hayden 2016 224 pages
3.64
320 ratings
Travel
Philosophy
Walking
The British Industrial Revolution in Global Perspective Summary
The British Industrial Revolution in Global Perspective
by Robert C. Allen 2009 342 pages
4.00
264 ratings
History
Economics
British Literature
Charles Dickens in Love Summary
Charles Dickens in Love
A Biography
by Robert Garnett 2012 368 pages
3.93
70 ratings
Biography
British Literature
Literature
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