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Up from Slavery Summary
Up from Slavery
by Booker T. Washington 1900 224 pages
4.11
35.4K ratings
History
Biography
Classics
Moby Dick Summary
Moby Dick
by Christophe Chabouté 2014 256 pages
4.09
1.4K ratings
Comics
Graphic Novels
Classics
The Aeneid Summary
The Aeneid
by Virgil 442 pages
3.87
138.5K ratings
Poetry
Mythology
Classics
Long Walk to Freedom - Volume 2 Summary
Long Walk to Freedom - Volume 2
1962 - 1994
by Nelson Mandela 2003 450 pages
4.41
572 ratings
Biography
History
Africa
Slouching Towards Bethlehem Summary
Slouching Towards Bethlehem
by Joan Didion 1968 238 pages
4.19
76.7K ratings
Essays
Memoir
Classics
Six Characters in Search of an Author Summary
Six Characters in Search of an Author
by Luigi Pirandello 1921 64 pages
3.83
21.7K ratings
Plays
Classics
Drama
Amintiri din copilărie Summary
Amintiri din copilărie
by Ion Creangă 1877 130 pages
3.79
6.8K ratings
Romanian Literature
Classics
School
A Study in Scarlet and The Sign of Four Summary
A Study in Scarlet and The Sign of Four
by Arthur Conan Doyle 2003 192 pages
4.14
10.2K ratings
Mystery
Crime
Classics
Less Than Zero Summary
Less Than Zero
by Bret Easton Ellis 1985 208 pages
3.60
93.8K ratings
Contemporary
Novels
Classics
The Harry Potter Collection 1-4 Summary
The Harry Potter Collection 1-4
by J.K. Rowling 1999 1500 pages
4.69
68.7K ratings
Fantasy
Young Adult
Magic
The Book of Laughter and Forgetting Summary
The Book of Laughter and Forgetting
by Milan Kundera 1979 313 pages
3.95
52.5K ratings
Czech Literature
Classics
Literature
Tragedy, the Greeks, and Us Summary
Tragedy, the Greeks, and Us
by Simon Critchley 2019 336 pages
3.89
342 ratings
Philosophy
History
Literary Criticism
How to Be Free Summary
How to Be Free
An Ancient Guide to the Stoic Life
by Epictetus 2018 173 pages
4.10
2.3K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Self Help
Jude the Obscure Summary
Jude the Obscure
by Thomas Hardy 1895 310 pages
3.83
74.3K ratings
Classics
Literature
19th Century
The President Summary
The President
by Miguel Ángel Asturias 1946 287 pages
3.97
6.3K ratings
Classics
Nobel Prize
Spanish Literature
The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales Summary
The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales
by Jacob Grimm 1812 880 pages
4.23
218.1K ratings
Classics
Fantasy
Short Stories
If Beale Street Could Talk Summary
If Beale Street Could Talk
by James Baldwin 1974 197 pages
4.27
76.0K ratings
Classics
Romance
Historical Fiction
Gathering Blue Summary
Gathering Blue
by Lois Lowry 2000 240 pages
3.82
204.5K ratings
Young Adult
Dystopia
Fantasy
The Mystery of the Yellow Room Summary
The Mystery of the Yellow Room
by Gaston Leroux 1907 192 pages
3.65
13.3K ratings
Mystery
Classics
Crime
Ringworld Summary
Ringworld
by Larry Niven 1970 288 pages
3.94
126.3K ratings
Science Fiction
Classics
Science Fiction Fantasy
The Picture of Dorian Gray and Three Stories Summary
The Picture of Dorian Gray and Three Stories
by Oscar Wilde 1891 320 pages
4.09
3.2K ratings
Classics
Horror
Gothic
Westworld Summary
Westworld
by Michael Crichton 1974 107 pages
3.73
2.2K ratings
Science Fiction
Thriller
Fantasy
The Everlasting Man Summary
The Everlasting Man
by G.K. Chesterton 1925 260 pages
4.16
10.3K ratings
Theology
Religion
Philosophy
Oliver Twist Summary
Oliver Twist
by Marian Leighton 1989 240 pages
4.04
3.1K ratings
Classics
Childrens
Young Adult
Civil Disobedience and Other Essays Summary
Civil Disobedience and Other Essays
by Henry David Thoreau 1866 188 pages
4.06
17.5K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Politics
The Complete Stories Summary
The Complete Stories
by Flannery O'Connor 1971 555 pages
4.39
40.2K ratings
Short Stories
Classics
Literature
How to Keep Your Cool Summary
How to Keep Your Cool
An Ancient Guide to Anger Management
by Seneca 2019 240 pages
3.86
1.2K ratings
Philosophy
Self Help
Classics
The Dice Man Summary
The Dice Man
by Luke Rhinehart 1971 541 pages
3.55
21.8K ratings
Psychology
Thriller
Classics
Tales of Edgar Allan Poe Summary
Tales of Edgar Allan Poe
by Edgar Allan Poe 1849 304 pages
4.20
9.4K ratings
Classics
Horror
Short Stories
Darkness at Noon Summary
Darkness at Noon
by Arthur Koestler 1940 216 pages
4.12
32.7K ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Politics
Are You My Mother? Summary
Are You My Mother?
by P.D. Eastman 1960 64 pages
4.22
249.7K ratings
Childrens
Picture Books
Animals
Gabriel García Márquez Summary
Gabriel García Márquez
One Hundred Years of Solitude
by Michael Wood 1990 132 pages
4.54
5.9K ratings
Classics
Novels
Literature
Run With the Hunted Summary
Run With the Hunted
A Charles Bukowski Reader
by Charles Bukowski 1994 497 pages
4.26
4.5K ratings
Poetry
Short Stories
Literature
Go Set a Watchman Summary
Go Set a Watchman
by Harper Lee 2015 278 pages
3.31
285.0K ratings
Historical Fiction
Classics
Book Club
The Real Thing Summary
The Real Thing
by Tom Stoppard 1982 81 pages
3.90
4.8K ratings
Plays
Drama
Theatre
Confucius from the Heart Summary
Confucius from the Heart
by Dan YU 2006 192 pages
3.76
655 ratings
Philosophy
China
Self Help
The Metamorphosis Summary
The Metamorphosis
by Peter Kuper 2004 80 pages
3.79
4.7K ratings
Graphic Novels
Classics
Comics
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Summary
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
by Mark Twain 1884 520 pages
4.10
42.7K ratings
Classics
Adventure
Literature
The Mists of Avalon Summary
The Mists of Avalon
by Marion Zimmer Bradley 1982 884 pages
4.13
211.2K ratings
Fantasy
Historical Fiction
Arthurian
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass Summary
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
by Frederick Douglass 1845 158 pages
4.12
131.0K ratings
History
Classics
Biography
How to Have a Life Summary
How to Have a Life
An Ancient Guide to Using Our Time Wisely
by Seneca 200 pages
3.90
325 ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Personal Development
An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding Summary
An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding
by David Hume 1748 96 pages
3.94
21.7K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Psychology
Speedboat Summary
Speedboat
by Renata Adler 1976 192 pages
3.76
7.1K ratings
Classics
Short Stories
Novels
Homage to Catalonia Summary
Homage to Catalonia
by George Orwell 1938 232 pages
4.09
67.2K ratings
History
Politics
Classics
Rights of Man, Common Sense and Other Political Writings Summary
Rights of Man, Common Sense and Other Political Writings
by Thomas Paine 1776 544 pages
4.02
501 ratings
Politics
Philosophy
History
Prince Caspian Summary
Prince Caspian
by C.S. Lewis 1951 240 pages
3.98
473.5K ratings
Fantasy
Classics
Young Adult
The Magic Ladder to Success Summary
The Magic Ladder to Success
by Napoleon Hill 2002 224 pages
3.92
523 ratings
Self Help
Business
Personal Development
Lyrical and Critical Essays Summary
Lyrical and Critical Essays
by Albert Camus 1970 384 pages
4.30
1.1K ratings
Philosophy
Essays
Literature
Eva Luna Summary
Eva Luna
by Isabel Allende 1987 307 pages
4.00
56.8K ratings
Magical Realism
Historical Fiction
Classics
Life and Fate Summary
Life and Fate
by Vasily Grossman 1960 864 pages
4.45
14.5K ratings
Classics
Russia
Historical Fiction
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