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From Here to Eternity Summary
From Here to Eternity
by James Jones 1951 816 pages
4.08
17.9K ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
War
Why Read Moby-Dick? Summary
Why Read Moby-Dick?
by Nathaniel Philbrick 2010 131 pages
3.76
4.3K ratings
Literary Criticism
Books About Books
Classics
Sleeping Beauty Summary
Sleeping Beauty
by Jacob Grimm 1697 32 pages
3.80
2.4K ratings
Classics
Fantasy
Fairy Tales
The Complete Stories and Poems Summary
The Complete Stories and Poems
by Edgar Allan Poe 1849 821 pages
4.40
289.4K ratings
Classics
Poetry
Horror
The Magic Mountain Summary
The Magic Mountain
by Thomas Mann 1924 706 pages
4.13
55.4K ratings
German Literature
Literature
Philosophy
The Great God Pan Summary
The Great God Pan
by Arthur Machen 1890 82 pages
3.68
15.5K ratings
Horror
Classics
Fantasy
The Story of Philosophy Summary
The Story of Philosophy
The Lives and Opinions of the World's Greatest Philosophers
by Will Durant 1926 704 pages
4.15
17.5K ratings
Philosophy
History
Biography
The Outsider Summary
The Outsider
by Colin Wilson 1956 320 pages
4.03
4.4K ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Sociology
On Writing Summary
On Writing
by Ernest Hemingway 1984 160 pages
4.03
4.6K ratings
Writing
Classics
Literature
Five on a Treasure Island Summary
Five on a Treasure Island
by Enid Blyton 1942 256 pages
4.12
35.2K ratings
Childrens
Adventure
Mystery
Ben-Hur Summary
Ben-Hur
A Tale of the Christ
by Lew Wallace 1880 620 pages
4.03
37.2K ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Christian
The Complete Sherlock Holmes Summary
The Complete Sherlock Holmes
Volume II
by Arthur Conan Doyle 1914 709 pages
4.48
81.1K ratings
Classics
Mystery
Short Stories
God Is Dead. God Remains Dead. And We Have Killed Him. Summary
God Is Dead. God Remains Dead. And We Have Killed Him.
by Friedrich Nietzsche 1888 128 pages
3.84
933 ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Religion
Song of Solomon Summary
Song of Solomon
by Toni Morrison 1977 338 pages
4.15
122.1K ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Magical Realism
Observations on the Feeling of the Beautiful and Sublime Summary
Observations on the Feeling of the Beautiful and Sublime
by Immanuel Kant 1764 124 pages
3.56
1.1K ratings
Philosophy
Art
German Literature
All the Pretty Horses Summary
All the Pretty Horses
by Cormac McCarthy 1992 302 pages
4.05
137.7K ratings
Westerns
Historical Fiction
Classics
Essays and Aphorisms Summary
Essays and Aphorisms
by Arthur Schopenhauer 1851 240 pages
4.17
8.7K ratings
Philosophy
Essays
Classics
The Yellow Wall-Paper Summary
The Yellow Wall-Paper
by Charlotte Perkins Gilman 1892 62 pages
4.08
330.2K ratings
Classics
Short Stories
Horror
Story of Civilization Summary
Story of Civilization
by Will Durant 1975 14777 pages
4.43
1.8K ratings
History
Philosophy
World History
The Ministry of Fear Summary
The Ministry of Fear
by Graham Greene 1943 224 pages
3.78
7.3K ratings
Classics
Mystery
Thriller
Nobody Knows My Name Summary
Nobody Knows My Name
by James Baldwin 1961 242 pages
4.37
4.5K ratings
Essays
Race
Classics
The Importance of Living Summary
The Importance of Living
by Lin Yutang 1937 462 pages
4.06
1.4K ratings
Philosophy
China
Self Help
Lazarillo de Tormes and The Swindler Summary
Lazarillo de Tormes and The Swindler
Two Spanish Picaresque Novels
by Francisco de Quevedo 1969 240 pages
3.62
1.2K ratings
Classics
Spanish Literature
Spain
The Man Who Counted Summary
The Man Who Counted
A Collection of Mathematical Adventures
by Malba Tahan 1938 256 pages
4.11
6.5K ratings
Mathematics
Classics
Novels
Sounder Summary
Sounder
by William H. Armstrong 1969 116 pages
3.97
31.0K ratings
Historical Fiction
Classics
Young Adult
The Art of Worldly Wisdom Summary
The Art of Worldly Wisdom
A Pocket Oracle
by Baltasar Gracián 1647 208 pages
4.18
4.6K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Self Help
The War of the End of the World Summary
The War of the End of the World
by Mario Vargas Llosa 1981 568 pages
4.25
12.0K ratings
Historical Fiction
Literature
Novels
Common Sense, The Rights of Man and Other Essential Writings Summary
Common Sense, The Rights of Man and Other Essential Writings
by Thomas Paine 1776 416 pages
4.14
15.7K ratings
Philosophy
History
Politics
Harry Potter Series Box Set Summary
Harry Potter Series Box Set
by J.K. Rowling 2007 4100 pages
4.73
298.1K ratings
Fantasy
Young Adult
Magic
Just So Summary
Just So
Money, Materialism, and the Ineffable, Intelligent Universe
by Alan W. Watts 2020 216 pages
4.24
344 ratings
Philosophy
Self Help
Spirituality
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Summary
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
by Mark Twain 1884 327 pages
3.83
1.3M ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Literature
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom Summary
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
by August Wilson 1984 111 pages
4.00
3.9K ratings
Plays
Drama
Historical Fiction
Give War and Peace a Chance Summary
Give War and Peace a Chance
Tolstoyan Wisdom for Troubled Times
by Andrew D. Kaufman 2014 288 pages
3.88
347 ratings
Books About Books
Literary Criticism
Literature
A Scanner Darkly Summary
A Scanner Darkly
by Philip K. Dick 1977 324 pages
4.03
107.4K ratings
Science Fiction
Dystopia
Classics
Atlas Shrugged & The Fountainhead Summary
Atlas Shrugged & The Fountainhead
by Ayn Rand 1995
4.10
5.0K ratings
Classics
Philosophy
Politics
The Mysterious Affair at Styles Summary
The Mysterious Affair at Styles
by Agatha Christie 1920 121 pages
4.00
475.1K ratings
Mystery
Agatha Christie
Classics
Letter to a Child Never Born Summary
Letter to a Child Never Born
by Oriana Fallaci 1975 128 pages
4.01
22.8K ratings
Novels
Feminism
Italian Literature
Fantastic Mr. Fox Summary
Fantastic Mr. Fox
by Roald Dahl 1970 96 pages
4.08
144.0K ratings
Childrens
Fantasy
Classics
Why We Can't Wait Summary
Why We Can't Wait
by Martin Luther King Jr. 1964 223 pages
4.54
8.9K ratings
History
Politics
Race
Brave New World and Brave New World Revisited Summary
Brave New World and Brave New World Revisited
by Aldous Huxley 1958 340 pages
4.16
170.1K ratings
Science Fiction
Dystopia
Classics
The Twenty-One Balloons Summary
The Twenty-One Balloons
by William Pène du Bois 1947 180 pages
3.95
25.7K ratings
Childrens
Fantasy
Classics
The Story of a Seagull and the Cat Who Taught Her to Fly Summary
The Story of a Seagull and the Cat Who Taught Her to Fly
by Luis Sepúlveda 1996 128 pages
4.23
30.4K ratings
Childrens
Classics
Fantasy
Snow Falling on Cedars Summary
Snow Falling on Cedars
by David Guterson 1994 460 pages
3.86
191.7K ratings
Historical Fiction
Mystery
Book Club
Three Blind Mice and Other Stories Summary
Three Blind Mice and Other Stories
by Agatha Christie 1950 288 pages
3.80
19.4K ratings
Mystery
Short Stories
Crime
Meditations on First Philosophy, with Selections from the Objections and Replies Summary
Meditations on First Philosophy, with Selections from the Objections and Replies
by René Descartes 1641 265 pages
3.74
2.3K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
France
The Socratic Dialogues Summary
The Socratic Dialogues
by Plato 2014 227 pages
3.94
136 ratings
Philosophy
Classics
All Our Yesterdays Summary
All Our Yesterdays
by Natalia Ginzburg 1952 300 pages
3.99
4.5K ratings
Italy
Historical Fiction
Italian Literature
The Mysterious Island Summary
The Mysterious Island
by Jules Verne 1874 723 pages
4.13
57.2K ratings
Classics
Science Fiction
Adventure
Tropic of Cancer Summary
Tropic of Cancer
by Henry Miller 1934 318 pages
3.66
76.0K ratings
Classics
Literature
Novels
Franny and Zooey Summary
Franny and Zooey
by J.D. Salinger 1957 201 pages
3.96
233.0K ratings
Short Stories
Literature
Classics
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