Classics Book Summaries

The Sound of Waves Summary
The Sound of Waves
by Yukio Mishima 1954 183 pages
3.77
22.2K ratings
Japan
Japanese Literature
Classics
Three Men in a Boat Summary
Three Men in a Boat
by Jerome K. Jerome 1889 185 pages
3.84
77.4K ratings
Classics
Humor
Comedy
The Secret Garden Summary
The Secret Garden
by Frances Hodgson Burnett 1911 331 pages
4.16
1.2M ratings
Classics
Childrens
Young Adult
On War Summary
On War
by Carl von Clausewitz 1832 732 pages
3.96
14.1K ratings
History
Philosophy
War
شجرتي شجرة البرتقال الرائعة Summary
شجرتي شجرة البرتقال الرائعة
by José Mauro de Vasconcelos 1968 245 pages
4.38
77.6K ratings
Classics
Childrens
Novels
The Tell-Tale Heart Summary
The Tell-Tale Heart
by Edgar Allan Poe 1843 31 pages
4.24
114.8K ratings
Classics
Short Stories
Horror
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
The Outsiders Summary
The Outsiders
by S.E. Hinton 1967 208 pages
4.14
1.5M ratings
Classics
Young Adult
School
The Feminine Mystique Summary
The Feminine Mystique
by Betty Friedan 1963 562 pages
3.87
29.9K ratings
Feminism
Classics
History
Twelve Angry Men Summary
Twelve Angry Men
by Reginald Rose 1954 96 pages
4.07
35.6K ratings
Plays
Classics
Drama
East of Eden Summary
East of Eden
by John Steinbeck 1952 601 pages
4.43
589.3K ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Literature
Roots Summary
Roots
The Saga of an American Family
by Alex Haley 1976 729 pages
4.44
162.7K ratings
Historical Fiction
Classics
Historical
The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress Summary
The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress
by Robert A. Heinlein 1966 288 pages
4.15
136.0K ratings
Science Fiction
Classics
Science Fiction Fantasy
The Logic of Scientific Discovery Summary
The Logic of Scientific Discovery
by Karl Popper 1934 544 pages
4.03
5.3K ratings
Philosophy
Science
Classics
The Concept of Anxiety Summary
The Concept of Anxiety
A Simple Psychologically Oriented Deliberation in View of the Dogmatic Problem of Hereditary Sin
by Søren Kierkegaard 1844 256 pages
3.96
2.7K ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Religion
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
The Wisdom of Life Summary
The Wisdom of Life
by Arthur Schopenhauer 1851 77 pages
4.07
15.1K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Psychology
The Secret Seven Summary
The Secret Seven
by Enid Blyton 1949 144 pages
3.90
11.1K ratings
Childrens
Mystery
Adventure
Timaeus Summary
Timaeus
by Plato 112 pages
3.85
3.2K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Science
The Elements of Style Summary
The Elements of Style
by William Strunk Jr. 1918 105 pages
4.18
85.9K ratings
Writing
Reference
Language
Emily Post's Etiquette Summary
Emily Post's Etiquette
by Peggy Post 1922 896 pages
4.15
2.7K ratings
Reference
Self Help
Classics
All My Sons Summary
All My Sons
by Arthur Miller 1947 112 pages
3.91
29.5K ratings
Plays
Classics
Drama
Animal Farm / 1984 Summary
Animal Farm / 1984
by George Orwell 1949 400 pages
4.30
209.3K ratings
Classics
Dystopia
Literature
Paradise Lost Summary
Paradise Lost
by John Milton 1667 453 pages
3.85
176.1K ratings
Classics
Poetry
Literature
Dead Souls Summary
Dead Souls
by Nikolai Gogol 1842 464 pages
3.98
92.0K ratings
Classics
Russia
Russian Literature
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Summary
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
by L. Frank Baum 1900 154 pages
4.00
493.9K ratings
Classics
Fantasy
Childrens
Aspects of the Novel Summary
Aspects of the Novel
by E.M. Forster 1927 192 pages
3.80
4.8K ratings
Writing
Literary Criticism
Essays
The Blind Assassin Summary
The Blind Assassin
by Margaret Atwood 2000 637 pages
3.96
160.3K ratings
Historical Fiction
Mystery
Book Club
En agosto nos vemos Summary
En agosto nos vemos
by Gabriel García Márquez 2024 142 pages
3.59
42.3K ratings
Romance
Classics
Spanish Literature
Dale Carnegie's Lifetime Plan for Success Summary
Dale Carnegie's Lifetime Plan for Success
How to Win Friends and Influence People & How to Stop Worrying and Start Living
by Dale Carnegie 2010 438 pages
4.15
2.8K ratings
Self Help
Business
Psychology
Wide Sargasso Sea Summary
Wide Sargasso Sea
by Jean Rhys 1966 176 pages
3.59
101.4K ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Historical
Candide Summary
Candide
by Voltaire 1759 129 pages
3.76
291.6K ratings
Classics
Philosophy
France
The Portable Nietzsche Summary
The Portable Nietzsche
by Friedrich Nietzsche 1954 692 pages
4.21
9.3K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Psychology
Mythos Summary
Mythos
The Greek Myths Retold
by Stephen Fry 2017 416 pages
4.26
148.2K ratings
Mythology
History
Greek Mythology
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
On the Genealogy of Morals Summary
On the Genealogy of Morals
by Friedrich Nietzsche 1887 208 pages
4.13
33.2K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Psychology
Schoolgirl Summary
Schoolgirl
by Osamu Dazai 1939 103 pages
4.00
21.5K ratings
Classics
Japanese Literature
Japan
Orlando Summary
Orlando
by Virginia Woolf 1928 336 pages
3.87
106.8K ratings
Classics
Queer
Historical Fiction
The Prophet Summary
The Prophet
by Kahlil Gibran 1923 127 pages
4.23
317.9K ratings
Poetry
Classics
Philosophy
Things Fall Apart Summary
Things Fall Apart
by Chinua Achebe 1958 215 pages
3.74
398.3K ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Africa
Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals Summary
Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals
by Immanuel Kant 1785 120 pages
3.83
21.9K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
German Literature
The House on Mango Street Summary
The House on Mango Street
by Sandra Cisneros 1984 110 pages
3.69
216.6K ratings
Classics
Young Adult
Short Stories
Lolita Summary
Lolita
by Vladimir Nabokov 1955 368 pages
3.87
907.2K ratings
Classics
Literature
Russia
Pygmalion Summary
Pygmalion
by George Bernard Shaw 1913 82 pages
3.89
107.6K ratings
Classics
Plays
School
Ariel Summary
Ariel
by Sylvia Plath 1965 128 pages
4.19
85.4K ratings
Poetry
Classics
Feminism
The Satanic Verses Summary
The Satanic Verses
by Salman Rushdie 1988 561 pages
3.71
69.6K ratings
Classics
Magical Realism
Fantasy
The Varieties of Religious Experience Summary
The Varieties of Religious Experience
by William James 1902 519 pages
4.01
12.6K ratings
Philosophy
Religion
Psychology
The Birth of Tragedy Summary
The Birth of Tragedy
by Friedrich Nietzsche 1871 121 pages
3.98
20.1K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
German Literature
Giovanni’s Room Summary
Giovanni’s Room
by James Baldwin 1956 178 pages
4.34
212.2K ratings
Classics
LGBT
Queer
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