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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
A Study of History, Abridgement of Vols 1-6 Summary
A Study of History, Abridgement of Vols 1-6
by Arnold J. Toynbee 1947 640 pages
4.10
519 ratings
History
Philosophy
World History
Mount Analogue Summary
Mount Analogue
by René Daumal 1952 120 pages
4.10
2.9K ratings
Philosophy
France
Novels
The Gospel Singer Summary
The Gospel Singer
by Harry Crews 1968 300 pages
4.22
1.8K ratings
Southern Gothic
Southern
Classics
Amintiri din copilărie Summary
Amintiri din copilărie
by Ion Creangă 1877 130 pages
3.79
6.8K ratings
Romanian Literature
Classics
School
The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath Summary
The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath
by Sylvia Plath 2000 732 pages
4.27
25.1K ratings
Classics
Poetry
Memoir
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
Great Expectations Summary
Great Expectations
by Charles Dickens 1861 544 pages
3.80
850.5K ratings
Classics
Literature
Historical Fiction
The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick 4 Summary
The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick 4
The Minority Report
by Philip K. Dick 1987 396 pages
4.11
14.4K ratings
Science Fiction
Short Stories
Science Fiction Fantasy
The Complete Stories Summary
The Complete Stories
by Flannery O'Connor 1971 555 pages
4.39
40.2K ratings
Short Stories
Classics
Literature
The Pleasures of the Damned Summary
The Pleasures of the Damned
by Charles Bukowski 2007 557 pages
4.35
6.8K ratings
Poetry
Classics
Short Stories
Another Country Summary
Another Country
by James Baldwin 1962 448 pages
4.30
32.2K ratings
Classics
LGBT
Queer
Introductory Lectures on Aesthetics Summary
Introductory Lectures on Aesthetics
by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel 2004 197 pages
3.89
1.1K ratings
Philosophy
Art
Classics
Life and Fate Summary
Life and Fate
by Vasily Grossman 1960 864 pages
4.45
14.5K ratings
Classics
Russia
Historical Fiction
One, No One, and One Hundred Thousand Summary
One, No One, and One Hundred Thousand
by Luigi Pirandello 1925 174 pages
4.03
28.0K ratings
Classics
Italian Literature
Italy
Holy Bible Summary
Holy Bible
English Standard Version
by Anonymous 2007 1243 pages
4.58
50.5K ratings
Christian
Religion
Reference
Prometheus Bound Summary
Prometheus Bound
by Aeschylus 144 pages
3.94
20.9K ratings
Plays
Mythology
Poetry
Pudd'nhead Wilson Summary
Pudd'nhead Wilson
by Mark Twain 1893 160 pages
3.75
19.1K ratings
Classics
Literature
Humor
Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There Summary
Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There
by Lewis Carroll 1871 228 pages
4.01
140.9K ratings
Classics
Fantasy
Childrens
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 Witch of Blackbird Pond Summary
The Witch of Blackbird Pond
by Elizabeth George Speare 1958 256 pages
4.03
158.1K ratings
Historical Fiction
Young Adult
Classics
The Rig Veda Summary
The Rig Veda
by Anonymous 1001 352 pages
3.92
1.7K ratings
Religion
Philosophy
Hinduism
Foundation and Empire Summary
Foundation and Empire
by Isaac Asimov 1952 256 pages
4.22
218.1K ratings
Science Fiction
Classics
Science Fiction Fantasy
Far From the Madding Crowd Summary
Far From the Madding Crowd
by Thomas Hardy 1874 433 pages
3.97
161.5K ratings
Classics
Romance
Historical Fiction
Bleak House Summary
Bleak House
by Charles Dickens 1853 1017 pages
4.02
112.5K ratings
Classics
Literature
19th Century
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
The Outermost House Summary
The Outermost House
A Year of Life On The Great Beach of Cape Cod
by Henry Beston 1928 256 pages
4.07
3.8K ratings
Nature
Memoir
Travel
The Old Capital Summary
The Old Capital
by Yasunari Kawabata 1962 160 pages
3.73
7.3K ratings
Japan
Japanese Literature
Classics
Slouching Towards Bethlehem Summary
Slouching Towards Bethlehem
by Joan Didion 1968 238 pages
4.19
76.7K ratings
Essays
Memoir
Classics
The Glass Bead Game Summary
The Glass Bead Game
by Hermann Hesse 1943 558 pages
4.10
40.9K ratings
Classics
Philosophy
Literature
The Metamorphosis Summary
The Metamorphosis
by Peter Kuper 2004 80 pages
3.79
4.7K ratings
Graphic Novels
Classics
Comics
Lyrical and Critical Essays Summary
Lyrical and Critical Essays
by Albert Camus 1970 384 pages
4.30
1.1K ratings
Philosophy
Essays
Literature
Voyage of the Beagle Summary
Voyage of the Beagle
by Charles Darwin 1839 432 pages
4.02
8.2K ratings
Science
History
Travel
Self-Reliance and Other Essays Summary
Self-Reliance and Other Essays
by Ralph Waldo Emerson 1844 117 pages
4.12
20.0K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Essays
Master & Commander Summary
Master & Commander
by Patrick O'Brian 1969 464 pages
4.07
61.9K ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
Adventure
Stone Soup Summary
Stone Soup
by Marcia Brown 1947 48 pages
4.25
46.4K ratings
Picture Books
Childrens
Classics
Eleanor Roosevelt's Book of Common Sense Etiquette Summary
Eleanor Roosevelt's Book of Common Sense Etiquette
by Eleanor Roosevelt 1962 665 pages
3.97
61 ratings
Self Help
Classics
To Build a Fire Summary
To Build a Fire
by Jack London 1902 32 pages
3.98
25.6K ratings
Short Stories
Classics
Adventure
The Prelude Summary
The Prelude
by William Wordsworth 1850 704 pages
3.88
4.1K ratings
Poetry
Classics
Romanticism
The Taming of the Shrew Summary
The Taming of the Shrew
by William Shakespeare 1593 291 pages
3.74
177.4K ratings
Classics
Plays
Drama
Less Than Zero Summary
Less Than Zero
by Bret Easton Ellis 1985 208 pages
3.60
93.8K ratings
Contemporary
Novels
Classics
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
رباعيات خيام Summary
رباعيات خيام
by Omar Khayyám 1120 184 pages
4.17
22.5K ratings
Poetry
Classics
Philosophy
Dom Casmurro Summary
Dom Casmurro
by Machado de Assis 1899 176 pages
4.32
35.9K ratings
Classics
Romance
Brazil
Homage to Catalonia Summary
Homage to Catalonia
by George Orwell 1938 232 pages
4.09
67.2K ratings
History
Politics
Classics
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
سینوهه Summary
سینوهه
by Mika Waltari 1945 904 pages
4.22
26.6K ratings
Historical Fiction
Classics
Historical
The Everlasting Man Summary
The Everlasting Man
by G.K. Chesterton 1925 260 pages
4.16
10.3K ratings
Theology
Religion
Philosophy
Up from Slavery Summary
Up from Slavery
by Booker T. Washington 1900 224 pages
4.11
35.4K ratings
History
Biography
Classics
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
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