Literature Book Summaries

The Essential Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe Summary
The Essential Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe
by Edgar Allan Poe 1843 688 pages
4.36
69.8K ratings
Classics
Poetry
Horror
Daisy Miller Summary
Daisy Miller
by Henry James 1879 164 pages
3.37
37.2K ratings
Classics
Literature
19th Century
Uncle Tom’s Cabin Summary
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
by Harriet Beecher Stowe 1852 438 pages
3.91
237.8K ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Literature
Le gone du Chaâba Summary
Le gone du Chaâba
by Azouz Begag 1986
3.62
1.2K ratings
France
School
Literature
Revolutionary Road Summary
Revolutionary Road
by Richard Yates 2001 355 pages
3.93
92.7K ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Book Club
The Canterbury Tales Summary
The Canterbury Tales
A Retelling
by Peter Ackroyd 2009 436 pages
3.56
2.5K ratings
Classics
Poetry
Historical Fiction
The Fall of the House of Usher Summary
The Fall of the House of Usher
by Edgar Allan Poe 2004 36 pages
3.85
85.3K ratings
Classics
Horror
Short Stories
Description Summary
Description
by Monica Wood 1995 171 pages
4.06
601 ratings
Writing
Reference
Research
Imaginary Lives Summary
Imaginary Lives
by Marcel Schwob 1896 90 pages
3.98
1.2K ratings
Short Stories
France
Literature
Northanger Abbey Summary
Northanger Abbey
by Jane Austen 1817 260 pages
3.85
433.5K ratings
Classics
Gothic
Historical Fiction
Cyclonopedia Summary
Cyclonopedia
Complicity with Anonymous Materials
by Reza Negarestani 2008 268 pages
3.87
1.2K ratings
Philosophy
Horror
Theory
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
The Man Who Created Sherlock Holmes Summary
The Man Who Created Sherlock Holmes
The Life and Times of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
by Andrew Lycett 2007 576 pages
3.92
295 ratings
Biography
History
Mystery
Plot Summary
Plot
by Ansen Dibell 1988 170 pages
3.89
879 ratings
Writing
Reference
Research
The Year of Reading Dangerously Summary
The Year of Reading Dangerously
by Andy Miller 2012 338 pages
3.32
6.1K ratings
Books About Books
Memoir
Biography
The Shadow of a Great Rock Summary
The Shadow of a Great Rock
A Literary Appreciation of the King James Bible
by Harold Bloom 2011 320 pages
3.47
182 ratings
Religion
Literary Criticism
History
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
Darkmans Summary
Darkmans
by Nicola Barker 2007 838 pages
3.65
2.4K ratings
Fantasy
Literature
Contemporary
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
Wreck Summary
Wreck
by Catherine Newman 2025 224 pages
4.19
494 ratings
Literary Fiction
Contemporary
Adult Fiction
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
Moby Dick Summary
Moby Dick
by Rod Espinosa 1851
3.55
5.3K ratings
Classics
Literature
Novels
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
Mother Tongue Summary
Mother Tongue
by Demetria Martínez 1990 210 pages
3.82
655 ratings
Historical Fiction
Feminism
School
Lies of Silence Summary
Lies of Silence
by Brian Moore 1997 192 pages
3.23
2.8K ratings
School
Ireland
Thriller
Choke Summary
Choke
by Chuck Palahniuk 2001 293 pages
3.71
219.4K ratings
Contemporary
Humor
Novels
Elizabeth Finch Summary
Elizabeth Finch
by Julian Barnes 2022 192 pages
3.17
6.9K ratings
Literary Fiction
Contemporary
Philosophy
El coronel no tiene quien le escriba Summary
El coronel no tiene quien le escriba
by Gabriel García Márquez 2006 104 pages
3.8
65.0K ratings
Classics
Spanish Literature
Literature
Humour Summary
Humour
by Terry Eagleton 2019 224 pages
3.20
570 ratings
Philosophy
Humor
Essays
Finnegans Wake Summary
Finnegans Wake
by James Joyce 2002 628 pages
3.68
13.6K ratings
Classics
Literature
Ireland
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
Labyrinths Summary
Labyrinths
Selected Stories & Other Writings
by Jorge Luis Borges 1964 260 pages
4.44
33.5K ratings
Short Stories
Classics
Magical Realism
The Street Summary
The Street
by Ann Petry 1998 435 pages
4.27
13.2K ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
African American
The Catch Summary
The Catch
by Yrsa Daley-Ward 2025 352 pages
3.31
1.1K ratings
Literary Fiction
Mystery
Novels
The Bee Sting Summary
The Bee Sting
by Paul Murray 2023 645 pages
3.89
124.7K ratings
Literary Fiction
Contemporary
Book Club
Lost Illusions Summary
Lost Illusions
by Honoré de Balzac 2006 656 pages
4.16
12.3K ratings
Classics
France
French Literature
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
La hora azul Summary
La hora azul
by Alonso Cueto 2005 304 pages
3.75
1.3K ratings
Romance
Latin American
Literature
The Magus Summary
The Magus
by John Fowles 1965 656 pages
4.05
63.2K ratings
Classics
Fantasy
Mystery
The Unconsoled Summary
The Unconsoled
by Kazuo Ishiguro 1995 535 pages
3.59
18.0K ratings
Literary Fiction
Contemporary
Literature
Beowulf Summary
Beowulf
A Translation and Commentary, together with Sellic Spell
by J.R.R. Tolkien 2014 679 pages
3.9
11.3K ratings
Classics
Fantasy
Poetry
As I Lay Dying Summary
As I Lay Dying
by William Faulkner 1930 288 pages
3.72
184.4K ratings
Classics
Literature
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
The Man Who Was Thursday Summary
The Man Who Was Thursday
A Nightmare
by G.K. Chesterton 2001 182 pages
3.83
45.5K ratings
Classics
Mystery
Fantasy
Grendel Summary
Grendel
by John Gardner 2010 174 pages
3.69
42.0K ratings
Fantasy
Classics
Mythology
Solenoid Summary
Solenoid
by Mircea Cărtărescu 2015 840 pages
4.25
6.2K ratings
Romania
Literature
Romanian Literature
Foucault’s Pendulum Summary
Foucault’s Pendulum
by Umberto Eco 2007 623 pages
3.91
74.3K ratings
Historical Fiction
Mystery
Literature
Poesía completa Summary
Poesía completa
by Alejandra Pizarnik 2009 470 pages
4.56
10.2K ratings
Poetry
Classics
Spanish Literature
The Quiet American Summary
The Quiet American
by Graham Greene 1955 180 pages
3.98
69.7K ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
War
Small Boat Summary
Small Boat
by Vincent Delecroix 2025 122 pages
4.04
8.3K ratings
Literary Fiction
Contemporary
France
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