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Giovanni’s Room Summary
Giovanni’s Room
by James Baldwin 1956 178 pages
4.34
212.2K ratings
Classics
LGBT
Queer
The Last Temptation of Christ Summary
The Last Temptation of Christ
by Nikos Kazantzakis 1955 506 pages
4.18
15.2K ratings
Religion
Classics
Historical Fiction
1984 Summary
1984
George Orwell
by SparkNotes 2014 80 pages
4.30
9.8K ratings
Classics
Science Fiction
Dystopia
The Discourses Summary
The Discourses
by Niccolò Machiavelli 1517 544 pages
4.07
9.5K ratings
Philosophy
Politics
History
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance Summary
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
An Inquiry Into Values
by Robert M. Pirsig 1974 540 pages
3.78
239.8K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Spirituality
Oil! Summary
Oil!
by Upton Sinclair 1926 528 pages
3.74
7.1K ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Literature
Perfume Summary
Perfume
The Story of a Murderer
by Patrick Süskind 1985 263 pages
4.04
521.3K ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Horror
Politics As a Vocation Summary
Politics As a Vocation
by Max Weber 2013 52 pages
3.79
597 ratings
Politics
Philosophy
Sociology
Metaphysics Summary
Metaphysics
by Aristotle 365 pages
4.07
17.5K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Metaphysics
The Fountainhead Summary
The Fountainhead
by Ayn Rand 1943 704 pages
3.89
332.2K ratings
Classics
Philosophy
Literature
The Jungle Summary
The Jungle
by Upton Sinclair 1906 335 pages
3.78
151.2K ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Literature
All Quiet on the Western Front Summary
All Quiet on the Western Front
by Erich Maria Remarque 1928 296 pages
4.10
497.2K ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
War
Zorba the Greek Summary
Zorba the Greek
by Nikos Kazantzakis 1946 335 pages
4.04
55.7K ratings
Classics
Philosophy
Greece
The Poisonwood Bible Summary
The Poisonwood Bible
by Barbara Kingsolver 1998 546 pages
4.11
773.5K ratings
Historical Fiction
Africa
Book Club
The Picture of Dorian Gray Summary
The Picture of Dorian Gray
A Graphic Novel
by Ian Edginton 2008 122 pages
4.17
59.0K ratings
Classics
Graphic Novels
Comics
A Little History of the World Summary
A Little History of the World
by E.H. Gombrich 1936 284 pages
4.10
30.3K ratings
History
World History
Historical
The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism Summary
The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism
by Max Weber 1904 320 pages
3.91
14.6K ratings
Sociology
Philosophy
History
My System Summary
My System
A Treatise on Chess
by Aron Nimzowitsch 1925 378 pages
4.19
1.2K ratings
Chess
Games
Reference
On the Good Life Summary
On the Good Life
by Marcus Tullius Cicero 384 pages
4.00
2.0K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
History
Quarto de Despejo Summary
Quarto de Despejo
Diário de uma Favelada
by Carolina Maria de Jesus 1960 199 pages
4.48
9.1K ratings
Memoir
Biography
Brazil
The Godfather Summary
The Godfather
by Mario Puzo 1969 448 pages
4.40
448.2K ratings
Classics
Crime
Thriller
Women Summary
Women
by Charles Bukowski 1978 291 pages
3.80
83.4K ratings
Novels
Poetry
Literature
The Conquest of Bread Summary
The Conquest of Bread
by Pyotr Kropotkin 1892 224 pages
4.07
9.2K ratings
Politics
Philosophy
Economics
The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson Summary
The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson
by Emily Dickinson 1890 716 pages
4.28
104.3K ratings
Poetry
Classics
Literature
The Epic of Gilgamesh Summary
The Epic of Gilgamesh
by Anonymous 1201 72 pages
3.75
112.8K ratings
Classics
Poetry
Mythology
Imperialism Summary
Imperialism
The Highest Stage of Capitalism
by Vladimir Lenin 1917 192 pages
4.25
9.2K ratings
Politics
Economics
Philosophy
Mrs. Dalloway Summary
Mrs. Dalloway
by Virginia Woolf 1925 194 pages
3.78
334.6K ratings
Classics
Literature
Novels
The Red Badge of Courage Summary
The Red Badge of Courage
by Stephen Crane 1895 149 pages
3.29
108.1K ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
War
Père Goriot Summary
Père Goriot
by Honoré de Balzac 1835 384 pages
3.85
64.2K ratings
Classics
France
French Literature
Walk Two Moons Summary
Walk Two Moons
by Sharon Creech 1994 280 pages
4.00
171.5K ratings
Young Adult
Middle Grade
Childrens
The Idiot Summary
The Idiot
by Fyodor Dostoevsky 1869 667 pages
4.21
203.8K ratings
Russia
Russian Literature
Literature
Journey to the End of the Night Summary
Journey to the End of the Night
by Louis-Ferdinand Céline 1932 453 pages
4.19
45.6K ratings
France
Literature
French Literature
The Road to Serfdom Summary
The Road to Serfdom
by Friedrich A. Hayek 1944 274 pages
4.15
25.2K ratings
Economics
Politics
Philosophy
The Joy Luck Club Summary
The Joy Luck Club
by Amy Tan 1989 288 pages
3.97
699.3K ratings
Historical Fiction
Classics
China
Common Sense Summary
Common Sense
by Thomas Paine 1776 104 pages
4.00
38.2K ratings
History
Classics
Philosophy
The Remains of the Day Summary
The Remains of the Day
by Kazuo Ishiguro 1989 258 pages
4.14
337.3K ratings
Historical Fiction
Classics
Literary Fiction
Dream of the Red Chamber Summary
Dream of the Red Chamber
by Cao Xueqin 1761 329 pages
4.18
5.8K ratings
Classics
China
Historical Fiction
The World as Will and Representation, Volume II Summary
The World as Will and Representation, Volume II
by Arthur Schopenhauer 1844 720 pages
4.25
5.4K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
German Literature
The Art of Happiness Summary
The Art of Happiness
by Epicurus 266 pages
3.81
5.7K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Self Help
Stranger in a Strange Land Summary
Stranger in a Strange Land
by Robert A. Heinlein 1961 525 pages
3.92
321.7K ratings
Science Fiction
Classics
Science Fiction Fantasy
Mere Christianity Summary
Mere Christianity
by C.S. Lewis 1952 191 pages
4.36
443.3K ratings
Christian
Religion
Theology
Casino Royale Summary
Casino Royale
by Ian Fleming 1953 192 pages
3.74
91.4K ratings
Thriller
Classics
Mystery
The Tempest Summary
The Tempest
by William Shakespeare 1611 218 pages
3.78
220.6K ratings
Classics
Plays
Drama
1985 Summary
1985
by Anthony Burgess 1978 240 pages
3.47
1.5K ratings
Science Fiction
Dystopia
Classics
Musashi's Dokkodo (The Way of Walking Alone) Summary
Musashi's Dokkodo (The Way of Walking Alone)
Half Crazy, Half Genius—Finding Modern Meaning in the Sword Saint’s Last Words
by Miyamoto Musashi 1645 278 pages
3.81
559 ratings
Philosophy
Self Help
Martial Arts
Light from Many Lamps Summary
Light from Many Lamps
A Treasury of Inspiration
by Lillian Watson 1988 352 pages
4.34
662 ratings
Self Help
Philosophy
Spirituality
The Amityville Horror Summary
The Amityville Horror
by Jay Anson 1977 315 pages
3.83
135.4K ratings
Horror
Paranormal
Classics
Meditations Summary
Meditations
With Selected Correspondence
by Marcus Aurelius 208 pages
4.26
646 ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Ancient
Mahabharata Summary
Mahabharata
by Vyasa 1951 483 pages
4.32
11.7K ratings
Classics
Mythology
Religion
The Origins of Totalitarianism Summary
The Origins of Totalitarianism
by Hannah Arendt 1951 527 pages
4.30
13.6K ratings
History
Philosophy
Politics
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