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The Man Who Was Thursday Summary
The Man Who Was Thursday
A Nightmare
by G.K. Chesterton 2001 182 pages
3.83
45.5K ratings
Classics
Mystery
Fantasy
Death in the Clouds Summary
Death in the Clouds
by Agatha Christie 2001 336 pages
3.86
64.3K ratings
Mystery
Agatha Christie
Crime
As I Lay Dying Summary
As I Lay Dying
by William Faulkner 1930 288 pages
3.72
184.4K ratings
Classics
Literature
Novels
Piano/Vocal/Guitar Sheet Music Summary
Piano/Vocal/Guitar Sheet Music
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and The Wardrobe
by Harry Gregson-Williams 2006 40 pages
4.38
26.9K ratings
Fantasy
Music
Classics
The Caves of Steel Summary
The Caves of Steel
by Isaac Asimov 1953 206 pages
4.19
110.7K ratings
Science Fiction
Mystery
Classics
Beowulf Summary
Beowulf
A Translation and Commentary, together with Sellic Spell
by J.R.R. Tolkien 2014 679 pages
3.9
11.3K ratings
Classics
Fantasy
Poetry
Foucault’s Pendulum Summary
Foucault’s Pendulum
by Umberto Eco 2007 623 pages
3.91
74.3K ratings
Historical Fiction
Mystery
Literature
Grendel Summary
Grendel
by John Gardner 2010 174 pages
3.69
42.0K ratings
Fantasy
Classics
Mythology
Pensieri Summary
Pensieri
by Blaise Pascal 1670 517 pages
3.94
14.1K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Theology
The Abolition of Man Summary
The Abolition of Man
by C.S. Lewis 2015 113 pages
4.12
39.8K ratings
Philosophy
Christian
Theology
In the Best Families Summary
In the Best Families
by Rex Stout 1950 272 pages
4.29
4.5K ratings
Mystery
Crime
Detective
The Mayor of Casterbridge Summary
The Mayor of Casterbridge
by Thomas Hardy 2003 393 pages
3.86
65.6K ratings
Classics
Literature
19th Century
The Quiet American Summary
The Quiet American
by Graham Greene 1955 180 pages
3.98
69.7K ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
War
Narcissus and Goldmund Summary
Narcissus and Goldmund
by Hermann Hesse 1997 315 pages
4.22
71.1K ratings
Classics
Philosophy
German Literature
Tôi Thấy Hoa Vàng Trên Cỏ Xanh Summary
Tôi Thấy Hoa Vàng Trên Cỏ Xanh
by Nguyễn Nhật Ánh 2010 380 pages
4.12
5.6K ratings
Childrens
Novels
Romance
Don't Look Now and Other Stories Summary
Don't Look Now and Other Stories
by Daphne du Maurier 2013 214 pages
3.82
9.6K ratings
Short Stories
Horror
Classics
The Complete World of Greek Mythology Summary
The Complete World of Greek Mythology
by Richard Buxton 2004 256 pages
4.23
2.1K ratings
Mythology
Greek Mythology
History
Poesía completa Summary
Poesía completa
by Alejandra Pizarnik 2009 470 pages
4.56
10.2K ratings
Poetry
Classics
Spanish Literature
Intellectuals Summary
Intellectuals
From Marx and Tolstoy to Sartre and Chomsky
by Paul Johnson 2007 416 pages
3.87
2.5K ratings
History
Philosophy
Biography
The Big Sleep Summary
The Big Sleep
by Raymond Chandler 1988 231 pages
3.94
166.6K ratings
Mystery
Classics
Crime
Sentimental Education Summary
Sentimental Education
by Gustave Flaubert 2004 460 pages
3.81
24.5K ratings
Classics
France
French Literature
Les Fleurs du Mal Summary
Les Fleurs du Mal
by Charles Baudelaire 1983 365 pages
4.19
79.1K ratings
Poetry
Classics
France
Treasury of Greek Mythology Summary
Treasury of Greek Mythology
Classic Stories of Gods, Goddesses, Heroes & Monsters
by Donna Jo Napoli 2011 192 pages
4.02
3.3K ratings
Mythology
Greek Mythology
Folklore
The House of Mirth Summary
The House of Mirth
by Edith Wharton 2006 351 pages
3.97
104.7K ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Literature
Los jefes / Los cachorros Summary
Los jefes / Los cachorros
by Mario Vargas Llosa 2001 160 pages
3.54
4.2K ratings
Short Stories
Nobel Prize
Spanish Literature
Vineland Summary
Vineland
by Thomas Pynchon 1995 480 pages
3.76
15.6K ratings
Literature
Novels
American
The House of the Seven Gables Summary
The House of the Seven Gables
by Nathaniel Hawthorne 2005 225 pages
3.45
42.6K ratings
Classics
Gothic
Literature
An Ideal Husband Summary
An Ideal Husband
by Oscar Wilde 2001 78 pages
4.01
44.3K ratings
Classics
Plays
Drama
A Room of One’s Own Summary
A Room of One’s Own
by Virginia Woolf 2000 112 pages
4.22
253.0K ratings
Classics
Feminism
Essays
Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion Summary
Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion
by David Hume 1998 160 pages
3.97
6.0K ratings
Philosophy
Religion
Classics
La Navidad en las montañas Summary
La Navidad en las montañas
by Ignacio Manuel Altamirano 1998 125 pages
3.48
1.4K ratings
Christmas
Classics
Spanish Literature
A Swim in a Pond in the Rain Summary
A Swim in a Pond in the Rain
by George Saunders 2021 403 pages
4.54
24.2K ratings
Writing
Short Stories
Essays
The Buccaneers Summary
The Buccaneers
by Edith Wharton 1994 406 pages
3.86
8.4K ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Romance
El Eternauta Summary
El Eternauta
by Héctor Germán Oesterheld 2006 368 pages
4.35
8.6K ratings
Comics
Graphic Novels
Science Fiction
The Number of the Beast Summary
The Number of the Beast
by Robert A. Heinlein 1980 511 pages
3.62
13.3K ratings
Science Fiction
Fantasy
Science Fiction Fantasy
Tutte le poesie Summary
Tutte le poesie
by Eugenio Montale 1984 1192 pages
4.62
705 ratings
Poetry
Italian Literature
Nobel Prize
The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Writings Summary
The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Writings
by Edgar Allan Poe 2003 488 pages
4.13
3.9K ratings
Classics
Horror
Short Stories
The Art of Always Being Right Summary
The Art of Always Being Right
by Arthur Schopenhauer 2004 138 pages
3.51
18.2K ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Classics
La casa de Bernarda Alba Summary
La casa de Bernarda Alba
by Federico García Lorca 1945 96 pages
3.88
47.7K ratings
Plays
Classics
Spanish Literature
Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus Summary
Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus
by Ludwig Wittgenstein 2001 142 pages
4.1
22.2K ratings
Philosophy
Logic
Classics
Crimen y castigo 1 Summary
Crimen y castigo 1
by Fyodor Dostoevsky 2006 360 pages
4.37
20.2K ratings
Classics
Novels
Russian Literature
Paroles de Poilus Summary
Paroles de Poilus
Lettres et carnets du front 1914-1918
by Jean-Pierre Guéno 2004 192 pages
3.84
322 ratings
History
France
School
Absalom, Absalom! Summary
Absalom, Absalom!
by William Faulkner 1990 316 pages
3.99
47.4K ratings
Classics
Literature
Novels
The Opposing Shore Summary
The Opposing Shore
by Julien Gracq 1993 292 pages
4.02
1.5K ratings
France
Literature
French Literature
Chesapeake Summary
Chesapeake
by James A. Michener 2003 1024 pages
4.22
27.1K ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
Classics
Epistles 1-65 Summary
Epistles 1-65
by Seneca 1917 496 pages
4.45
804 ratings
Philosophy
Classics
History
Justine, Philosophy in the Bedroom, and Other Writings Summary
Justine, Philosophy in the Bedroom, and Other Writings
by Marquis de Sade 1994 784 pages
3.69
3.8K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Erotica
The Best of H.P. Lovecraft Summary
The Best of H.P. Lovecraft
Bloodcurdling Tales of Horror and the Macabre
by H.P. Lovecraft 2002 406 pages
4.3
30.1K ratings
Horror
Short Stories
Classics
Tajna Krvavog mosta Summary
Tajna Krvavog mosta
by Marija Jurić Zagorka 1912 494 pages
4.51
1.9K ratings
Historical Fiction
Classics
Romance
The Last of the Wine Summary
The Last of the Wine
by Mary Renault 2001 400 pages
4.04
6.4K ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
LGBT
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