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The Autobiography of Malcolm X Summary
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
by Malcolm X 1965 466 pages
4.37
282.3K ratings
Biography
History
Memoir
What Is Art? Summary
What Is Art?
by Leo Tolstoy 1897 252 pages
3.72
3.5K ratings
Art
Philosophy
Classics
The Things They Carried Summary
The Things They Carried
by Tim O'Brien 1990 246 pages
4.14
334.0K ratings
Historical Fiction
Classics
War
Arsène Lupin, Gentleman-Thief Summary
Arsène Lupin, Gentleman-Thief
by Maurice Leblanc 1907 279 pages
3.80
33.2K ratings
Classics
Mystery
Crime
As a Man Thinketh Summary
As a Man Thinketh
by James Allen 1902 80 pages
4.24
92.5K ratings
Self Help
Philosophy
Personal Development
Homo Faber Summary
Homo Faber
by Max Frisch 1957 214 pages
3.68
29.8K ratings
Classics
German Literature
School
Native Son Summary
Native Son
by Richard Wright 1940 504 pages
4.04
102.5K ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Race
Foundation Summary
Foundation
by Isaac Asimov 1951 244 pages
4.17
574.9K ratings
Science Fiction
Science Fiction Fantasy
Fantasy
1984 Summary
1984
George Orwell
by SparkNotes 2014 80 pages
4.30
9.8K ratings
Classics
Science Fiction
Dystopia
Politics As a Vocation Summary
Politics As a Vocation
by Max Weber 2013 52 pages
3.79
597 ratings
Politics
Philosophy
Sociology
Chanakya Neeti Summary
Chanakya Neeti
by Ashwini Parashar 2009 128 pages
3.94
636 ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Self Help
Chess Story Summary
Chess Story
by Stefan Zweig 1942 104 pages
4.27
153.7K ratings
Classics
German Literature
Short Stories
The Name of the Rose Summary
The Name of the Rose
by Umberto Eco 1980 552 pages
4.14
383.8K ratings
Historical Fiction
Mystery
Classics
The Trial and Death of Socrates Summary
The Trial and Death of Socrates
by Plato 58 pages
4.12
44.4K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
History
Mother Courage and Her Children Summary
Mother Courage and Her Children
by Bertolt Brecht 1941 93 pages
3.62
22.1K ratings
Theatre
School
20th Century
Little Women Summary
Immersive
Little Women
by Louisa May Alcott 1868 449 pages
4.16
2.4M ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Young Adult
Fear and Trembling Summary
Fear and Trembling
by Søren Kierkegaard 1843 152 pages
4.00
29.3K ratings
Philosophy
Religion
Classics
The Symposium Summary
The Symposium
by Plato 90 pages
4.09
84.2K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
History
The Holy Bible Summary
The Holy Bible
King James Version
by Anonymous 1611 1590 pages
4.44
305.6K ratings
Classics
Christian
Religion
Interview with the Vampire Summary
Interview with the Vampire
by Anne Rice 1976 346 pages
4.02
628.1K ratings
Horror
Fantasy
Vampires
The Journey to the West, Volume 1 Summary
The Journey to the West, Volume 1
by Wu Cheng'en 1592 544 pages
4.25
2.0K ratings
Classics
Fantasy
China
Howl’s Moving Castle Summary
Howl’s Moving Castle
by Diana Wynne Jones 1986 329 pages
4.29
417.1K ratings
Fantasy
Young Adult
Middle Grade
Catch-22 Summary
Catch-22
by Joseph Heller 1961 453 pages
3.99
866.7K ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
War
Yayati Summary
Yayati
A Classic Tale of Lust
by Vishnu Sakharam Khandekar 1963 251 pages
4.12
5.3K ratings
Marathi
Mythology
India
Walden & Civil Disobedience Summary
Walden & Civil Disobedience
by Henry David Thoreau 1849 320 pages
3.94
38.5K ratings
Classics
Philosophy
Essays
Illusions Summary
Illusions
The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah
by Richard Bach 1977 144 pages
4.15
65.7K ratings
Philosophy
Spirituality
Fantasy
The Bhagavad Gita Summary
The Bhagavad Gita
by Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa 160 pages
4.19
77.2K ratings
Philosophy
Religion
Classics
A Passage to India Summary
A Passage to India
by E.M. Forster 1924 376 pages
3.68
83.8K ratings
Historical Fiction
Classics
Literature
Sula Summary
Sula
by Toni Morrison 1973 174 pages
4.05
114.1K ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
African American
The Art of Living Summary
The Art of Living
The Classical Manual on Virtue, Happiness and Effectiveness
by Epictetus 128 pages
4.25
34.0K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Self Help
The War of the Worlds Summary
The War of the Worlds
by H.G. Wells 1898 192 pages
3.83
336.4K ratings
Science Fiction
Classics
Fantasy
Carrie Summary
Immersive
Carrie
by Stephen King 1974 272 pages
3.99
801.7K ratings
Horror
Thriller
Classics
Phenomenology of Perception Summary
Phenomenology of Perception
by Maurice Merleau-Ponty 1945 544 pages
4.17
6.3K ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Theory
Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird Summary
Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird
by Christopher Sergel 1960 128 pages
4.51
22.6K ratings
Classics
Plays
Historical Fiction
The Mystery of the Blue Train Summary
The Mystery of the Blue Train
by Agatha Christie 1928 317 pages
3.87
76.7K ratings
Mystery
Crime
Classics
The Man in the Iron Mask Summary
The Man in the Iron Mask
by Alexandre Dumas 1847 470 pages
3.99
66.4K ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Adventure
The Spook Who Sat by the Door Summary
The Spook Who Sat by the Door
by Sam Greenlee 1969 256 pages
4.35
3.4K ratings
Historical Fiction
Race
Classics
The Forever War Summary
The Forever War
by Joe Haldeman 1974 278 pages
4.14
175.5K ratings
Science Fiction
War
Space Opera
Tartuffe Summary
Tartuffe
by Molière 1664 180 pages
3.66
41.9K ratings
Plays
Classics
France
The Call of Cthulhu Summary
The Call of Cthulhu
by H.P. Lovecraft 1928 43 pages
4.03
114.7K ratings
Horror
Classics
Short Stories
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame Summary
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
by Victor Hugo 1831 510 pages
4.02
211.3K ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
France
Woman at Point Zero Summary
Woman at Point Zero
by Nawal El Saadawi 1975 108 pages
4.20
26.0K ratings
Feminism
Egypt
Africa
Second Class Citizen Summary
Second Class Citizen
by Buchi Emecheta 1974 174 pages
4.09
4.5K ratings
Africa
Nigeria
African Literature
The Death of Ivan Ilych Summary
The Death of Ivan Ilych
by Leo Tolstoy 1886 86 pages
4.13
197.8K ratings
Classics
Russia
Russian Literature
Flowers for Algernon Summary
Flowers for Algernon
by Daniel Keyes 1966 311 pages
4.23
750.4K ratings
Classics
Science Fiction
Young Adult
Zeno's Conscience Summary
Zeno's Conscience
by Italo Svevo 1923 437 pages
3.77
30.4K ratings
Italian Literature
Italy
Literature
Perfume Summary
Perfume
The Story of a Murderer
by Patrick Süskind 1985 263 pages
4.04
521.3K ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Horror
Rendezvous with Rama Summary
Rendezvous with Rama
by Arthur C. Clarke 1973 243 pages
4.12
177.4K ratings
Science Fiction
Science Fiction Fantasy
Space
The Discourses Summary
The Discourses
by Niccolò Machiavelli 1517 544 pages
4.07
9.5K ratings
Philosophy
Politics
History
Dune Messiah Summary
Dune Messiah
by Frank Herbert 1969 336 pages
3.89
370.0K ratings
Science Fiction
Fantasy
Classics
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