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Ethics Summary
Ethics
by Baruch Spinoza 2005 186 pages
4.1
21.0K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Religion
The Hellbound Heart Summary
The Hellbound Heart
by Clive Barker 1986 164 pages
4.08
67.5K ratings
Horror
Fantasy
Novella
The Doors of Perception & Heaven and Hell Summary
The Doors of Perception & Heaven and Hell
by Aldous Huxley 2004 187 pages
3.91
74.9K ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Classics
Lives of Girls and Women Summary
Lives of Girls and Women
by Alice Munro 2001 277 pages
3.94
15.8K ratings
Short Stories
Canada
Classics
Corelli’s Mandolin Summary
Corelli’s Mandolin
by Louis de Bernières 1995 437 pages
4.03
92.4K ratings
Historical Fiction
Romance
Classics
The Souls of Black Folk Summary
The Souls of Black Folk
by W.E.B. Du Bois 1996 288 pages
4.31
44.6K ratings
History
Classics
Race
Black Shack Alley Summary
Black Shack Alley
by Joseph Zobel 1980 184 pages
4.06
622 ratings
France
Classics
School
The Blazing World Summary
The Blazing World
by Margaret Cavendish 2012 102 pages
2.94
1.9K ratings
Classics
Science Fiction
Fantasy
The Adolescent Summary
The Adolescent
by Fyodor Dostoevsky 2004 580 pages
3.93
10.7K ratings
Classics
Russian Literature
Russia
The Trojan Women Summary
The Trojan Women
by Euripides 2006 80 pages
3.88
12.6K ratings
Plays
Classics
Drama
Under Fire Summary
Under Fire
by Henri Barbusse 2004 318 pages
3.85
2.3K ratings
War
World War I
Classics
The Crystal Stopper Summary
The Crystal Stopper
by Maurice Leblanc 2003 177 pages
3.93
2.3K ratings
Mystery
Classics
Crime
The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born Summary
The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born
by Ayi Kwei Armah 1989 183 pages
3.87
3.4K ratings
Africa
Ghana
African Literature
Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners Summary
Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners
by John Bunyan 2007 88 pages
4.23
3.6K ratings
Christian
Biography
Theology
Triplanetary Summary
Triplanetary
by E.E. "Doc" Smith 1997 287 pages
3.66
7.5K ratings
Science Fiction
Space Opera
Classics
The Age of Reason Summary
The Age of Reason
by Thomas Paine 2007 180 pages
4.12
9.4K ratings
Philosophy
Religion
Classics
गुनाहों का देवता Summary
गुनाहों का देवता
by Dharamvir Bharati 2009 257 pages
4.34
5.7K ratings
Classics
Indian Literature
Romance
Historias de fantasmas de Japón Summary
Historias de fantasmas de Japón
by Lafcadio Hearn 2019 192 pages
4.21
2.1K ratings
Horror
Japan
Fantasy
Epistles 1-65 Summary
Epistles 1-65
by Seneca 1917 496 pages
4.45
804 ratings
Philosophy
Classics
History
Psychology of the Unconscious Summary
Psychology of the Unconscious
by C.G. Jung 2003 624 pages
4.16
1.5K ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Science
The Complete Novels Summary
The Complete Novels
by Jane Austen 1996 1344 pages
4.57
33.9K ratings
Classics
Romance
Historical Fiction
The Way We Live Now Summary
The Way We Live Now
by Anthony Trollope 1875 440 pages
4.09
14.0K ratings
Classics
Victorian
19th Century
Epistles 1-65 Summary
Epistles 1-65
by Seneca 2014 242 pages
4.45
804 ratings
Philosophy
Classics
History
No Longer at Ease Summary
No Longer at Ease
by Chinua Achebe 1994 196 pages
3.87
12.9K ratings
Africa
Classics
Historical Fiction
Conversations of Socrates Summary
Conversations of Socrates
by Xenophon 1990 366 pages
4.05
3.0K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
History
Lectures on Russian Literature Summary
Lectures on Russian Literature
by Vladimir Nabokov 2002 352 pages
4.26
2.1K ratings
Literary Criticism
Russia
Literature
The Claw of the Conciliator Summary
The Claw of the Conciliator
by Gene Wolfe 1982 303 pages
4
17.6K ratings
Fantasy
Science Fiction
Science Fiction Fantasy
The Sword of the Lictor Summary
The Sword of the Lictor
by Gene Wolfe 1981 279 pages
4.22
12.8K ratings
Fantasy
Science Fiction
Classics
The Tin Drum Summary
The Tin Drum
by Günter Grass 2005 580 pages
3.95
46.5K ratings
Classics
German Literature
Historical Fiction
The Currents of Space Summary
The Currents of Space
by Isaac Asimov 1991 304 pages
3.85
21.7K ratings
Science Fiction
Science Fiction Fantasy
Space Opera
Elric of Melniboné Summary
Elric of Melniboné
by Michael Moorcock 1987 181 pages
3.88
30.9K ratings
Fantasy
Sword and Sorcery
Dark Fantasy
The Citadel of the Autarch Summary
The Citadel of the Autarch
by Gene Wolfe 1983 330 pages
4.25
11.0K ratings
Fantasy
Science Fiction
Science Fiction Fantasy
The Inverted World Summary
The Inverted World
by Christopher Priest 1974 239 pages
3.95
10.8K ratings
Science Fiction
Dystopia
Post Apocalyptic
The Stars, Like Dust Summary
The Stars, Like Dust
by Isaac Asimov 1991 293 pages
3.74
26.3K ratings
Science Fiction
Space Opera
Science Fiction Fantasy
A Room of One’s Own Summary
A Room of One’s Own
by Virginia Woolf 2000 112 pages
4.22
255.9K ratings
Classics
Feminism
Essays
The Time Machine / The Invisible Man Summary
The Time Machine / The Invisible Man
by H.G. Wells 2005 288 pages
4.1
56.6K ratings
Classics
Science Fiction
Fantasy
Montauk Summary
Montauk
by Max Frisch 2001 206 pages
3.82
2.6K ratings
German Literature
Classics
Novels
Le troisième mensonge Summary
Le troisième mensonge
by Ágota Kristóf 1991 192 pages
4.03
6.9K ratings
Novels
Hungary
France
Crusade for Justice Summary
Crusade for Justice
The Autobiography of Ida B. Wells
by Ida B. Wells-Barnett 1991 466 pages
4.31
850 ratings
History
Biography
Memoir
The Ten Books on Architecture Summary
The Ten Books on Architecture
by Vitruvius 1960 368 pages
4.04
2.7K ratings
Architecture
Art
History
The History of the Church Summary
The History of the Church
From Christ to Constantine
by Eusebius 1990 435 pages
4
4.8K ratings
History
Religion
Church History
How to Analyze People on Sight Summary
How to Analyze People on Sight
by Elsie Lincoln Benedict 1921 135 pages
3.29
1.4K ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Ebooks
Palace Walk Summary
Palace Walk
by Naguib Mahfouz 1956 501 pages
4.2
22.3K ratings
Historical Fiction
Egypt
Classics
The Oresteia Summary
The Oresteia
Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, The Eumenides
by Aeschylus 1984 336 pages
4.02
46.5K ratings
Classics
Plays
Drama
Poesía completa Summary
Poesía completa
by Idea Vilariño 2008 328 pages
4.57
2.6K ratings
Poetry
Womens
Spanish Literature
Aeschylus Summary
Aeschylus
The Oresteia
by Simon Goldhill 2004 105 pages
3.97
61 ratings
Classics
Ancient
Mythology
Segu Summary
Segu
by Maryse Condé 1998 493 pages
4.1
2.1K ratings
Historical Fiction
Africa
Mali
The Conquest of Gaul Summary
The Conquest of Gaul
by Gaius Julius Caesar 1983 269 pages
4.02
13.5K ratings
History
Classics
Ancient History
Bhagavad-Gita As It Is Summary
Bhagavad-Gita As It Is
by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada 883 pages
4.27
8.1K ratings
Religion
Spirituality
Philosophy
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