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Martin Eden Summary
Martin Eden
by Jack London 1909 480 pages
4.48
50.0K ratings
Classics
American
Literature
The Setting Sun Summary
The Setting Sun
by Osamu Dazai 1947 175 pages
3.98
37.8K ratings
Classics
Japanese Literature
Japan
Bel-Ami Summary
Bel-Ami
by Guy de Maupassant 1885 416 pages
3.86
46.3K ratings
France
French Literature
Classics
Self-Reliance Summary
Self-Reliance
An Excerpt from Collected Essays, First Series
by Ralph Waldo Emerson 1841 51 pages
4.00
9.6K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Essays
Man and His Symbols Summary
Man and His Symbols
by C.G. Jung 1964 415 pages
4.19
31.6K ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Science
The Republic Summary
The Republic
by Plato 416 pages
3.96
217.7K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Politics
The Myth of Sisyphus Summary
The Myth of Sisyphus
by Albert Camus 1942 192 pages
4.18
80.0K ratings
France
Essays
Classics
Flowers in the Attic Summary
Flowers in the Attic
by V.C. Andrews 1979 389 pages
3.85
229.6K ratings
Horror
Young Adult
Classics
The Old Man and the Sea Summary
Immersive
The Old Man and the Sea
by Ernest Hemingway 1952 96 pages
3.81
1.2M ratings
Classics
Literature
Novels
The Metamorphosis Summary
Immersive
The Metamorphosis
by Franz Kafka 1915 201 pages
3.89
1.3M ratings
Classics
Fantasy
Philosophy
And Then There Were None Summary
And Then There Were None
by Agatha Christie 1939 264 pages
4.28
1.5M ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Crime
Chronicle of a Death Foretold Summary
Chronicle of a Death Foretold
by Gabriel García Márquez 1981 120 pages
3.97
219.5K ratings
Classics
Magical Realism
School
The Testaments Summary
The Testaments
by Margaret Atwood 2019 422 pages
4.20
386.5K ratings
Dystopia
Science Fiction
Feminism
Diary of an Oxygen Thief Summary
Diary of an Oxygen Thief
by Anonymous 2006 140 pages
2.72
68.6K ratings
Contemporary
Romance
Adult
Les Liaisons dangereuses Summary
Les Liaisons dangereuses
by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos 1782 402 pages
4.05
56.6K ratings
Classics
France
French Literature
Anne of Green Gables Summary
Anne of Green Gables
by L.M. Montgomery 1908 320 pages
4.32
1.1M ratings
Classics
Young Adult
Historical Fiction
War and Peace Summary
War and Peace
by Leo Tolstoy 1869 1392 pages
4.17
353.4K ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Russia
Jurassic Park Summary
Jurassic Park
by Michael Crichton 1990 450 pages
4.12
1.0M ratings
Science Fiction
Thriller
Horror
Der Besuch der alten Dame Summary
Der Besuch der alten Dame
by Friedrich Dürrenmatt 1956 155 pages
3.67
35.1K ratings
Classics
Plays
School
Fahrenheit 451 Summary
Fahrenheit 451
by Ray Bradbury 1953 194 pages
3.97
2.7M ratings
Classics
Science Fiction
Dystopia
Meditations Summary
Meditations
by Marcus Aurelius 254 pages
4.28
310.3K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
History
Sophie’s World Summary
Sophie’s World
by Jostein Gaarder 1991 403 pages
3.97
273.1K ratings
Classics
Young Adult
Fantasy
A Brief History of Time Summary
A Brief History of Time
by Stephen Hawking 1988 226 pages
4.21
461.8K ratings
Science
Physics
History
The World as Will and Representation, Volume I Summary
The World as Will and Representation, Volume I
by Arthur Schopenhauer 1818 534 pages
4.22
10.8K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
German Literature
Parable of the Sower Summary
Parable of the Sower
by Octavia E. Butler 1993 345 pages
4.20
224.7K ratings
Science Fiction
Dystopia
Fantasy
Alice in Wonderland and Philosophy Summary
Alice in Wonderland and Philosophy
Curiouser And Curiouser
by William Irwin 2009 211 pages
4.12
1.7K ratings
Philosophy
Essays
Literary Criticism
A Thousand Splendid Suns Summary
A Thousand Splendid Suns
by Khaled Hosseini 2007 372 pages
4.45
1.7M ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Contemporary
A Book of Five Rings Summary
A Book of Five Rings
The Classic Guide to Strategy
by Miyamoto Musashi 1645 192 pages
3.96
58.3K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
History
On the Suffering of the World Summary
On the Suffering of the World
by Arthur Schopenhauer 1850 132 pages
3.87
3.0K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Essays
The Diary of a Young Girl Summary
The Diary of a Young Girl
by Anne Frank 1947 283 pages
4.20
4.0M ratings
Biography
Memoir
Classics
The Rebel Summary
The Rebel
by Albert Camus 1951 320 pages
4.14
17.7K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Essays
The Unbearable Lightness of Being Summary
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
by Milan Kundera 1984 314 pages
4.11
516.6K ratings
Philosophy
Literature
Novels
Kafka on the Shore Summary
Kafka on the Shore
by Haruki Murakami 2002 467 pages
4.12
519.3K ratings
Magical Realism
Fantasy
Japanese Literature
Night Summary
Night
by Elie Wiesel 1956 120 pages
4.38
1.3M ratings
Classics
History
Memoir
Capital Summary
Capital
A Critique of Political Economy Volume 1
by Karl Marx 1992 1152 pages
4.3
13.8K ratings
Philosophy
Economics
Politics
Kybalion Summary
Kybalion
A Study of the Hermetic Philosophy of Ancient Egypt and Greece
by Three Initiates 1912 223 pages
4.24
15.8K ratings
Philosophy
Spirituality
Occult
Utopia Summary
Utopia
by Thomas More 1516 113 pages
3.55
79.9K ratings
Classics
Philosophy
Politics
Cry, the Beloved Country Summary
Cry, the Beloved Country
by Alan Paton 1948 316 pages
3.92
78.0K ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
South Africa
Bushido Summary
Bushido
The Soul of Japan
by Inazo Nitobe 1899 160 pages
3.85
9.7K ratings
Philosophy
Japan
History
Faust, Part Two Summary
Faust, Part Two
by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1832 304 pages
3.66
8.1K ratings
Classics
Plays
Poetry
Meditations Summary
Meditations
by Marcus Aurelius 254 pages
4.28
310.3K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
History
Totem and Taboo Summary
Totem and Taboo
by Sigmund Freud 1913 224 pages
3.85
10.9K ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Psychoanalysis
Antigone Summary
Antigone
by Sophocles 80 pages
3.68
168.3K ratings
Classics
Plays
School
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Summary
Immersive
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
by Mark Twain 1876 244 pages
3.92
986.9K ratings
Classics
Adventure
Historical Fiction
The Ramayana Summary
The Ramayana
A Shortened Modern Prose Version of the Indian Epic
by R.K. Narayan 1957 157 pages
4.07
12.9K ratings
Classics
Mythology
India
The Red Book Summary
The Red Book
Liber Novus
by C.G. Jung 2009 371 pages
4.49
6.2K ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Spirituality
Utilitarianism Summary
Utilitarianism
by John Stuart Mill 1861 71 pages
3.68
24.4K ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Classics
Stoner Summary
Stoner
by John Williams 1965 292 pages
4.35
210.6K ratings
Historical Fiction
Classics
Literature
When Nietzsche Wept Summary
When Nietzsche Wept
by Irvin D. Yalom 1992 310 pages
4.36
79.4K ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Historical Fiction
The Nicomachean Ethics Summary
The Nicomachean Ethics
by Aristotle 329 pages
4.00
56.1K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Politics
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