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Literature Book Summaries

Darkmans Summary
Darkmans
by Nicola Barker 2007 838 pages
3.65
2.4K ratings
Fantasy
Literature
Contemporary
Fantastic Night & Other Stories Summary
Fantastic Night & Other Stories
by Stefan Zweig 1922 164 pages
3.99
1.7K ratings
Short Stories
Classics
German Literature
Hygiène de l'assassin Summary
Hygiène de l'assassin
by Amélie Nothomb 1992 221 pages
3.78
18.3K ratings
France
Contemporary
French Literature
The Beautiful and Damned Summary
The Beautiful and Damned
by F. Scott Fitzgerald 1922 422 pages
3.73
63.7K ratings
Classics
Literature
Romance
El amor, las mujeres y la vida Summary
El amor, las mujeres y la vida
by Mario Benedetti 1995 176 pages
4.23
5.8K ratings
Poetry
Spanish Literature
Romance
Child of All Nations Summary
Child of All Nations
by Pramoedya Ananta Toer 1981 352 pages
4.43
7.7K ratings
Historical Fiction
Novels
Indonesian Literature
Mercure Summary
Mercure
by Amélie Nothomb 1998 188 pages
3.70
7.8K ratings
France
Contemporary
French Literature
Elizabeth Finch Summary
Elizabeth Finch
by Julian Barnes 2022 192 pages
3.17
6.9K ratings
Literary Fiction
Contemporary
Philosophy
Plot Summary
Plot
by Ansen Dibell 1988 170 pages
3.89
879 ratings
Writing
Reference
Research
The Sound of Things Falling Summary
The Sound of Things Falling
by Juan Gabriel Vásquez 2011 302 pages
3.84
20.3K ratings
Historical Fiction
Spanish Literature
Book Club
Gravity’s Rainbow Summary
Gravity’s Rainbow
by Thomas Pynchon 1973 776 pages
4.01
47.2K ratings
Classics
Literature
Science Fiction
Die Physiker Summary
Die Physiker
by Friedrich Dürrenmatt 1962 95 pages
3.89
41.6K ratings
Classics
Plays
German Literature
The Poet's Guide to Life Summary
The Poet's Guide to Life
The Wisdom of Rilke
by Rainer Maria Rilke 2005 215 pages
4.13
358 ratings
Poetry
Philosophy
Literature
Daisy Miller Summary
Daisy Miller
by Henry James 1879 164 pages
3.37
37.2K ratings
Classics
Literature
19th Century
The Importance of Being Earnest Summary
The Importance of Being Earnest
by Oscar Wilde 1895 89 pages
4.17
399.2K ratings
Classics
Plays
Drama
The Lottery and Other Stories Summary
The Lottery and Other Stories
by Shirley Jackson 1949 302 pages
4.02
83.0K ratings
Short Stories
Horror
Classics
The Hour of the Star Summary
The Hour of the Star
by Clarice Lispector 1977 96 pages
4.11
50.2K ratings
Classics
Brazil
Literary Fiction
Humour Summary
Humour
by Terry Eagleton 2019 224 pages
3.20
570 ratings
Philosophy
Humor
Essays
Jellyfish Have No Ears Summary
Jellyfish Have No Ears
by Adèle Rosenfeld 2022 192 pages
3.14
1.3K ratings
Disability
Book Club
Literary Fiction
Multiple Choice Summary
Multiple Choice
by Alejandro Zambra 2014 128 pages
3.90
6.6K ratings
Poetry
Short Stories
Contemporary
The Bridge on the Drina Summary
The Bridge on the Drina
by Ivo Andrić 1945 314 pages
4.33
24.5K ratings
Historical Fiction
Classics
Nobel Prize
Mother Tongue Summary
Mother Tongue
by Demetria Martínez 1990 210 pages
3.82
655 ratings
Historical Fiction
Feminism
School
Choke Summary
Choke
by Chuck Palahniuk 2001 293 pages
3.71
219.4K ratings
Contemporary
Humor
Novels
The Gospel According to Jesus Christ Summary
The Gospel According to Jesus Christ
by José Saramago 1991 496 pages
4.31
37.2K ratings
Religion
Historical Fiction
Portugal
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