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The Portable Nietzsche Summary
The Portable Nietzsche
by Friedrich Nietzsche 1954 692 pages
4.21
9.3K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Psychology
Wide Sargasso Sea Summary
Wide Sargasso Sea
by Jean Rhys 1966 176 pages
3.59
101.4K ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Historical
Romeo and Juliet Summary
Immersive
Romeo and Juliet
by William Shakespeare 1597 281 pages
3.74
2.7M ratings
Classics
Plays
School
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
Number the Stars Summary
Number the Stars
by Lois Lowry 1989 137 pages
4.19
602.8K ratings
Historical Fiction
Young Adult
Classics
Critique of Judgment Summary
Critique of Judgment
by Immanuel Kant 1790 686 pages
4.09
9.4K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Art
Pollyanna Summary
Pollyanna
by Eleanor H. Porter 1913 304 pages
4.01
90.0K ratings
Classics
Childrens
Young Adult
Oil! Summary
Oil!
by Upton Sinclair 1926 528 pages
3.74
7.1K ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Literature
Père Goriot Summary
Père Goriot
by Honoré de Balzac 1835 384 pages
3.85
64.2K ratings
Classics
France
French Literature
Giovanni’s Room Summary
Giovanni’s Room
by James Baldwin 1956 178 pages
4.34
212.2K ratings
Classics
LGBT
Queer
Pygmalion Summary
Pygmalion
by George Bernard Shaw 1913 82 pages
3.89
107.6K ratings
Classics
Plays
School
Schoolgirl Summary
Schoolgirl
by Osamu Dazai 1939 103 pages
4.00
21.5K ratings
Classics
Japanese Literature
Japan
The Pillars of the Earth Summary
The Pillars of the Earth
by Ken Follett 1989 976 pages
4.35
802.1K ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
Fantasy
The Mask of Sanity Summary
The Mask of Sanity
by Hervey M. Cleckley 1941 596 pages
3.99
1.0K ratings
Psychology
Science
Mental Health
The Elements of Style Summary
The Elements of Style
by William Strunk Jr. 1918 105 pages
4.18
85.9K ratings
Writing
Reference
Language
All My Sons Summary
All My Sons
by Arthur Miller 1947 112 pages
3.91
29.5K ratings
Plays
Classics
Drama
The Blind Assassin Summary
The Blind Assassin
by Margaret Atwood 2000 637 pages
3.96
160.3K ratings
Historical Fiction
Mystery
Book Club
Things Fall Apart Summary
Things Fall Apart
by Chinua Achebe 1958 215 pages
3.74
398.3K ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Africa
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
Walk Two Moons Summary
Walk Two Moons
by Sharon Creech 1994 280 pages
4.00
171.5K ratings
Young Adult
Middle Grade
Childrens
The Conquest of Bread Summary
The Conquest of Bread
by Pyotr Kropotkin 1892 224 pages
4.07
9.2K ratings
Politics
Philosophy
Economics
The Idiot Summary
The Idiot
by Fyodor Dostoevsky 1869 667 pages
4.21
203.8K ratings
Russia
Russian Literature
Literature
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
Pan Tadeusz Summary
Pan Tadeusz
by Adam Mickiewicz 1834 598 pages
3.01
18.8K ratings
Classics
School
Polish 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 Godfather Summary
The Godfather
by Mario Puzo 1969 448 pages
4.40
448.2K ratings
Classics
Crime
Thriller
Twelve Angry Men Summary
Twelve Angry Men
by Reginald Rose 1954 96 pages
4.07
35.6K ratings
Plays
Classics
Drama
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
Notes on Nursing Summary
Notes on Nursing
What It Is, and What It Is Not
by Florence Nightingale 1858 160 pages
3.80
1.6K ratings
Nursing
History
Classics
Ariel Summary
Ariel
by Sylvia Plath 1965 128 pages
4.19
85.4K ratings
Poetry
Classics
Feminism
Women Summary
Women
by Charles Bukowski 1978 291 pages
3.80
83.4K ratings
Novels
Poetry
Literature
Mrs. Dalloway Summary
Mrs. Dalloway
by Virginia Woolf 1925 194 pages
3.78
334.6K ratings
Classics
Literature
Novels
The Diaries of Franz Kafka Summary
The Diaries of Franz Kafka
by Franz Kafka 2023 704 pages
4.31
347 ratings
Classics
Philosophy
Memoir
1985 Summary
1985
by Anthony Burgess 1978 240 pages
3.47
1.5K ratings
Science Fiction
Dystopia
Classics
Eugene Onegin Summary
Eugene Onegin
by Alexander Pushkin 1833 240 pages
4.10
68.4K ratings
Classics
Poetry
Russia
The Double Summary
The Double
by Fyodor Dostoevsky 1846 144 pages
3.67
39.1K ratings
Classics
Russian Literature
Russia
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
The Fountainhead Summary
The Fountainhead
by Ayn Rand 1943 704 pages
3.89
332.2K ratings
Classics
Philosophy
Literature
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Summary
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
by Philip K. Dick 1968 244 pages
4.09
488.6K ratings
Science Fiction
Classics
Dystopia
The Poisonwood Bible Summary
The Poisonwood Bible
by Barbara Kingsolver 1998 546 pages
4.11
773.5K ratings
Historical Fiction
Africa
Book Club
Papillon Summary
Papillon
by Henri Charrière 1969 544 pages
4.23
73.5K ratings
Biography
Classics
Memoir
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
Critique of Practical Reason Summary
Critique of Practical Reason
by Immanuel Kant 1788 181 pages
3.94
11.6K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
German Literature
Who Goes There? Summary
Who Goes There?
by John W. Campbell Jr. 1938 161 pages
3.79
11.3K ratings
Horror
Science Fiction
Classics
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
Steppenwolf Summary
Steppenwolf
by Hermann Hesse 1927 256 pages
4.13
203.5K ratings
Classics
Philosophy
German Literature
The Overcoat Summary
The Overcoat
by Nikolai Gogol 1842 57 pages
4.15
48.2K ratings
Short Stories
Russia
Russian Literature
The Art of War/The Prince Summary
The Art of War/The Prince
by Niccolò Machiavelli 1521 312 pages
4.09
1.3K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
History
Human Action Summary
Human Action
A Treatise on Economics
by Ludwig von Mises 1940 924 pages
4.34
4.2K ratings
Economics
Philosophy
Politics
The Philosophy of History Summary
The Philosophy of History
by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel 1831 480 pages
3.82
3.7K ratings
Philosophy
History
Classics
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