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The Catcher in the Rye Summary
Immersive
The Catcher in the Rye
by J.D. Salinger 1951 277 pages
3.80
3.8M ratings
Classics
Young Adult
Literature
1984 Summary
Immersive
1984
by George Orwell 1949 328 pages
4.20
5.1M ratings
Classics
Science Fiction
Dystopia
गोदान [Godaan] Summary
गोदान [Godaan]
by Munshi Premchand 1936 352 pages
4.41
9.2K ratings
Classics
India
Indian Literature
The Great Gatsby Summary
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The Great Gatsby
by F. Scott Fitzgerald 1925 180 pages
3.93
5.7M ratings
Classics
School
Historical Fiction
Pride and Prejudice Summary
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Pride and Prejudice
by Jane Austen 1813 279 pages
4.29
4.6M ratings
Classics
Romance
Historical Fiction
Animal Farm Summary
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Animal Farm
by George Orwell 1945 141 pages
4.00
4.3M ratings
Classics
Dystopia
Fantasy
White Nights Summary
White Nights
by Fyodor Dostoevsky 1848 82 pages
4.07
276.5K ratings
Classics
Russian Literature
Short Stories
To Live Summary
To Live
by Yu Hua 1992 250 pages
4.34
22.1K ratings
China
Historical Fiction
Chinese Literature
The Gambler Summary
The Gambler
by Fyodor Dostoevsky 1866 188 pages
3.91
109.0K ratings
Classics
Russian Literature
Russia
Letters to Milena Summary
Letters to Milena
by Franz Kafka 1952 298 pages
3.91
21.6K ratings
Classics
Romance
Poetry
One Hundred Years of Solitude Summary
One Hundred Years of Solitude
by Gabriel García Márquez 1967 417 pages
4.12
1.1M ratings
Magical Realism
Fantasy
Literature
Shahnameh Summary
Shahnameh
The Persian Book of Kings
by Abolqasem Ferdowsi 1010 886 pages
4.51
5.5K ratings
Poetry
Classics
History
Crime and Punishment Summary
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Crime and Punishment
by Fyodor Dostoevsky 1866 671 pages
4.28
1.0M ratings
Russia
Russian Literature
Literature
The Stranger Summary
Immersive
The Stranger
by Albert Camus 1942 123 pages
4.03
1.3M ratings
Literature
French Literature
School
No Longer Human Summary
No Longer Human
by Osamu Dazai 1948 176 pages
3.96
217.2K ratings
Japanese Literature
Japan
Literature
Thus Spoke Zarathustra Summary
Thus Spoke Zarathustra
by Friedrich Nietzsche 1883 327 pages
4.07
166.8K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
German Literature
Martin Eden Summary
Martin Eden
by Jack London 1909 480 pages
4.48
50.0K ratings
Classics
American
Literature
The Setting Sun Summary
The Setting Sun
by Osamu Dazai 1947 175 pages
3.98
37.8K ratings
Classics
Japanese Literature
Japan
Bel-Ami Summary
Bel-Ami
by Guy de Maupassant 1885 416 pages
3.86
46.3K ratings
France
French Literature
Classics
The Republic Summary
The Republic
by Plato 416 pages
3.96
217.7K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Politics
The Myth of Sisyphus Summary
The Myth of Sisyphus
by Albert Camus 1942 192 pages
4.18
80.0K ratings
France
Essays
Classics
The Trial Summary
The Trial
by Franz Kafka 1925 255 pages
3.95
369.3K ratings
Philosophy
Literature
Novels
The Old Man and the Sea Summary
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The Old Man and the Sea
by Ernest Hemingway 1952 96 pages
3.81
1.2M ratings
Classics
Literature
Novels
The Metamorphosis Summary
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The Metamorphosis
by Franz Kafka 1915 201 pages
3.89
1.3M ratings
Classics
Fantasy
Philosophy
Chronicle of a Death Foretold Summary
Chronicle of a Death Foretold
by Gabriel García Márquez 1981 120 pages
3.97
219.5K ratings
Classics
Magical Realism
School
The Schopenhauer Cure Summary
The Schopenhauer Cure
by Irvin D. Yalom 2005 358 pages
4.28
29.2K ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Novels
War and Peace Summary
War and Peace
by Leo Tolstoy 1869 1392 pages
4.17
353.4K ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Russia
Fahrenheit 451 Summary
Fahrenheit 451
by Ray Bradbury 1953 194 pages
3.97
2.7M ratings
Classics
Science Fiction
Dystopia
Sophie’s World Summary
Sophie’s World
by Jostein Gaarder 1991 403 pages
3.97
273.1K ratings
Classics
Young Adult
Fantasy
Alice in Wonderland and Philosophy Summary
Alice in Wonderland and Philosophy
Curiouser And Curiouser
by William Irwin 2009 211 pages
4.12
1.7K ratings
Philosophy
Essays
Literary Criticism
The Unbearable Lightness of Being Summary
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
by Milan Kundera 1984 314 pages
4.11
516.6K ratings
Philosophy
Literature
Novels
Kafka on the Shore Summary
Kafka on the Shore
by Haruki Murakami 2002 467 pages
4.12
519.3K ratings
Magical Realism
Fantasy
Japanese Literature
Utopia Summary
Utopia
by Thomas More 1516 113 pages
3.55
79.9K ratings
Classics
Philosophy
Politics
Cry, the Beloved Country Summary
Cry, the Beloved Country
by Alan Paton 1948 316 pages
3.92
78.0K ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
South Africa
Faust, Part Two Summary
Faust, Part Two
by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1832 304 pages
3.66
8.1K ratings
Classics
Plays
Poetry
Men Without Women Summary
Men Without Women
by Haruki Murakami 2014 242 pages
3.74
118.7K ratings
Short Stories
Japan
Japanese Literature
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Summary
Immersive
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
by Mark Twain 1876 244 pages
3.92
986.9K ratings
Classics
Adventure
Historical Fiction
Stoner Summary
Stoner
by John Williams 1965 292 pages
4.35
210.6K ratings
Historical Fiction
Classics
Literature
When Nietzsche Wept Summary
When Nietzsche Wept
by Irvin D. Yalom 1992 310 pages
4.36
79.4K ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Historical Fiction
Sun and Steel Summary
Sun and Steel
by Yukio Mishima 2024 110 pages
3.76
276 ratings
Philosophy
Biography
Self Help
The Masnavi Summary
The Masnavi
Book One
by Jalal ad-Din Muhammad ar-Rumi 1270 304 pages
4.42
1.3K ratings
Poetry
Islam
Classics
The Bell Jar Summary
The Bell Jar
by Sylvia Plath 1963 294 pages
4.06
1.1M ratings
Classics
Feminism
Mental Health
The Plague Summary
The Plague
by Albert Camus 1947 308 pages
4.02
294.9K ratings
Classics
Philosophy
France
By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept Summary
By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept
by Paulo Coelho 1994 180 pages
3.57
106.8K ratings
Romance
Philosophy
Novels
Waiting for Godot Summary
Waiting for Godot
by Samuel Beckett 1951 109 pages
3.84
215.0K ratings
Plays
Classics
Drama
Anna Karenina Summary
Anna Karenina
by Leo Tolstoy 1878 964 pages
4.10
895.9K ratings
Classics
Romance
Russia
The Castle Summary
The Castle
by Franz Kafka 1926 328 pages
3.92
70.7K ratings
Literature
Philosophy
German Literature
The Fall Summary
The Fall
by Albert Camus 1956 147 pages
4.04
124.1K ratings
Philosophy
France
Literature
The Brothers Karamazov Summary
The Brothers Karamazov
by Fyodor Dostoevsky 1880 796 pages
4.38
363.0K ratings
Russia
Classics
Russian Literature
The Blind Owl Summary
The Blind Owl
by Sadegh Hedayat 1937 148 pages
3.96
32.2K ratings
Classics
Iran
Horror
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