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Literature

Great books shape how we see ourselves and our world, whether through timeless stories or illuminating reflections on the craft of writing itself. These transformative works explore life's deepest questions while teaching us to read between the lines of human experience.

Literature Book Summaries

The Three Musketeers
by Alexandre Dumas • 1844
4.10
300k+
Classics
Historical Fiction
Adventure
The Three Musketeers Summary
The Three Musketeers
by Alexandre Dumas 1844 625 pages
4.10
300k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Adventure
What Is Existentialism?
by Simone de Beauvoir • 1944
3.91
1k+
Philosophy
Classics
Essays
What Is Existentialism? Summary
What Is Existentialism?
by Simone de Beauvoir 1944
3.91
1k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Essays
Amerika
by Franz Kafka • 1927
3.74
34k+
Classics
German Literature
Literature
Amerika Summary
Amerika
by Franz Kafka 1927 336 pages
3.74
34k+ ratings
Classics
German Literature
Literature
Immortality
by Milan Kundera • 1990
4.14
43k+
Philosophy
Czech Literature
Novels
Immortality Summary
Immortality
by Milan Kundera 1990 400 pages
4.14
43k+ ratings
Philosophy
Czech Literature
Novels
Underworld
by Don DeLillo • 1997
3.95
34k+
Novels
Literature
Literary Fiction
Underworld Summary
Underworld
by Don DeLillo 1997 827 pages
3.95
34k+ ratings
Novels
Literature
Literary Fiction
About Writing
by Samuel R. Delany • 2006
Seven Essays, Four Letters, & Five Interviews
4.26
459
Writing
Essays
Crafts
About Writing Summary
About Writing
Seven Essays, Four Letters, & Five Interviews
by Samuel R. Delany 2006 272 pages
4.26
459 ratings
Writing
Essays
Crafts
Wuthering Heights
by Emily Brontë • 1847
3.90
2.1M+
Classics
Romance
Gothic
Wuthering Heights Summary
Wuthering Heights
by Emily Brontë 1847 464 pages
3.90
2.1M+ ratings
Classics
Romance
Gothic
The Jungle
by Upton Sinclair • 1906
3.78
100k+
Classics
Historical Fiction
Literature
The Jungle Summary
The Jungle
by Upton Sinclair 1906 335 pages
3.78
100k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Literature
Cyrano de Bergerac
by Edmond Rostand • 2003
4.06
92k+
Classics
Plays
Drama
Cyrano de Bergerac Summary
Cyrano de Bergerac
by Edmond Rostand 2003 240 pages
4.06
92k+ ratings
Classics
Plays
Drama
The Picture of Dorian Gray
by Ian Edginton • 2008
A Graphic Novel
4.17
60k+
Classics
Graphic Novels
Comics
The Picture of Dorian Gray Summary
The Picture of Dorian Gray
A Graphic Novel
by Ian Edginton 2008 122 pages
4.17
60k+ ratings
Classics
Graphic Novels
Comics
The Red Badge of Courage
by Stephen Crane • 1894
3.30
100k+
Classics
Historical Fiction
War
The Red Badge of Courage Summary
The Red Badge of Courage
by Stephen Crane 1894 149 pages
3.30
100k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
War
The Lords of Discipline
by Pat Conroy • 1980
4.35
30k+
Historical Fiction
Military Fiction
Southern
The Lords of Discipline Summary
The Lords of Discipline
by Pat Conroy 1980 512 pages
4.35
30k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Military Fiction
Southern
Doctor Faustus
by Thomas Mann • 1999
4.08
14k+
Classics
German Literature
Literature
Doctor Faustus Summary
Doctor Faustus
by Thomas Mann 1999 535 pages
4.08
14k+ ratings
Classics
German Literature
Literature
Hopscotch
by Julio Cortázar • 1963
4.20
49k+
Classics
Spanish Literature
Literature
Hopscotch Summary
Hopscotch
by Julio Cortázar 1963 564 pages
4.20
49k+ ratings
Classics
Spanish Literature
Literature
Walden or, Life in the Woods
by Henry David Thoreau • 1854
3.77
200k+
Classics
Philosophy
Nature
Walden or, Life in the Woods Summary
Walden or, Life in the Woods
by Henry David Thoreau 1854 352 pages
3.77
200k+ ratings
Classics
Philosophy
Nature
Reading Like a Writer
by Francine Prose • 2006
3.77
11k+
Writing
Books About Books
Reference
Reading Like a Writer Summary
Reading Like a Writer
by Francine Prose 2006 320 pages
3.77
11k+ ratings
Writing
Books About Books
Reference
All Quiet on the Western Front
by Erich Maria Remarque • 1987
4.12
500k+
Classics
Historical Fiction
War
All Quiet on the Western Front Summary
All Quiet on the Western Front
by Erich Maria Remarque 1987 296 pages
4.12
500k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
War
The Namesake
by Jhumpa Lahiri • 2003
4.02
200k+
India
Book Club
Contemporary
The Namesake Summary
The Namesake
by Jhumpa Lahiri 2003 304 pages
4.02
200k+ ratings
India
Book Club
Contemporary
Love Is a Dog from Hell
by Charles Bukowski • 1977
3.95
39k+
Poetry
Classics
Literature
Love Is a Dog from Hell Summary
Love Is a Dog from Hell
by Charles Bukowski 1977 312 pages
3.95
39k+ ratings
Poetry
Classics
Literature
The Black Book
by Orhan Pamuk • 1990
3.92
13k+
Turkish Literature
Turkish
Mystery
The Black Book Summary
The Black Book
by Orhan Pamuk 1990 466 pages
3.92
13k+ ratings
Turkish Literature
Turkish
Mystery
Of Human Bondage
by W. Somerset Maugham • 1915
4.16
62k+
Classics
Literature
Novels
Of Human Bondage Summary
Of Human Bondage
by W. Somerset Maugham 1915 684 pages
4.16
62k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
Novels
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass
by Lewis Carroll • 1871
4.06
600k+
Classics
Fantasy
Childrens
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass Summary
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Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass
by Lewis Carroll 1871 239 pages
4.06
600k+ ratings
Classics
Fantasy
Childrens
The Razor’s Edge
by W. Somerset Maugham • 1944
4.20
54k+
Classics
Literature
Philosophy
The Razor’s Edge Summary
The Razor’s Edge
by W. Somerset Maugham 1944 314 pages
4.20
54k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
Philosophy
Sense and Sensibility
by Jane Austen • 1811
4.09
1.3M+
Classics
Romance
Historical Fiction
Sense and Sensibility Summary
Sense and Sensibility
by Jane Austen 1811 409 pages
4.09
1.3M+ ratings
Classics
Romance
Historical Fiction
Flatland
by Edwin A. Abbott • 1884
A Romance of Many Dimensions
3.81
78k+
Science Fiction
Classics
Mathematics
Flatland Summary
Flatland
A Romance of Many Dimensions
by Edwin A. Abbott 1884 96 pages
3.81
78k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Classics
Mathematics
Doctor Zhivago
by Boris Pasternak • 1957
4.01
100k+
Classics
Historical Fiction
Russia
Doctor Zhivago Summary
Doctor Zhivago
by Boris Pasternak 1957 592 pages
4.01
100k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Russia
The Anatomy of Genres
by John Truby • 2022
How Story Forms Explain the Way the World Works
4.21
500+
Writing
Film
Crafts
The Anatomy of Genres Summary
The Anatomy of Genres
How Story Forms Explain the Way the World Works
by John Truby 2022 722 pages
4.21
500+ ratings
Writing
Film
Crafts
Gone with the Wind
by Margaret Mitchell • 1936
4.31
1.2M+
Classics
Historical Fiction
Romance
Gone with the Wind Summary
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Gone with the Wind
by Margaret Mitchell 1936 1037 pages
4.31
1.2M+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Romance
Disgrace
by J.M. Coetzee • 1999
3.86
100k+
Africa
South Africa
Classics
Disgrace Summary
Disgrace
by J.M. Coetzee 1999 220 pages
3.86
100k+ ratings
Africa
South Africa
Classics
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
by Hunter S. Thompson • 1971
A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream
4.06
300k+
Classics
Humor
Journalism
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas Summary
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream
by Hunter S. Thompson 1971 204 pages
4.06
300k+ ratings
Classics
Humor
Journalism
Lonesome Dove
by Larry McMurtry • 1999
4.59
200k+
Historical Fiction
Westerns
Classics
Lonesome Dove Summary
Lonesome Dove
by Larry McMurtry 1999 960 pages
4.59
200k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Westerns
Classics
Crash
by J.G. Ballard • 2001
3.65
33k+
Science Fiction
Horror
Novels
Crash Summary
Crash
by J.G. Ballard 2001 224 pages
3.65
33k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Horror
Novels
Brave New World Revisited
by Aldous Huxley • 2006
3.94
23k+
Classics
Science Fiction
Philosophy
Brave New World Revisited Summary
Brave New World Revisited
by Aldous Huxley 2006 123 pages
3.94
23k+ ratings
Classics
Science Fiction
Philosophy
Alamut
by Vladimir Bartol • 1938
4.32
13k+
Historical Fiction
Classics
Novels
Alamut Summary
Alamut
by Vladimir Bartol 1938 510 pages
4.32
13k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Classics
Novels
Marcovaldo ovvero Le stagioni in città
by Italo Calvino • 1963
3.83
17k+
Short Stories
Italian Literature
Classics
Marcovaldo ovvero Le stagioni in città Summary
Marcovaldo ovvero Le stagioni in città
by Italo Calvino 1963 134 pages
3.83
17k+ ratings
Short Stories
Italian Literature
Classics
Letters To A Young Poet
by Rainer Maria Rilke • 1929
4.27
100k+
Poetry
Classics
Philosophy
Letters To A Young Poet Summary
Letters To A Young Poet
by Rainer Maria Rilke 1929 123 pages
4.27
100k+ ratings
Poetry
Classics
Philosophy
Go Tell It on the Mountain
by James Baldwin • 1953
4.06
83k+
Classics
African American
Race
Go Tell It on the Mountain Summary
Go Tell It on the Mountain
by James Baldwin 1953 256 pages
4.06
83k+ ratings
Classics
African American
Race
The Sun Also Rises
by Ernest Hemingway • 1926
3.79
400k+
Classics
Literature
Historical Fiction
The Sun Also Rises Summary
The Sun Also Rises
by Ernest Hemingway 1926 189 pages
3.79
400k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
Historical Fiction
The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson
by Emily Dickinson • 1890
4.29
100k+
Poetry
Classics
Literature
The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson Summary
The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson
by Emily Dickinson 1890 716 pages
4.29
100k+ ratings
Poetry
Classics
Literature
The Spinoza Problem
by Irvin D. Yalom • 2012
4.26
19k+
Philosophy
Psychology
Historical Fiction
The Spinoza Problem Summary
The Spinoza Problem
by Irvin D. Yalom 2012 321 pages
4.26
19k+ ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Historical Fiction
Freedom
by Jonathan Franzen • 2010
3.80
100k+
Book Club
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
Freedom Summary
Freedom
by Jonathan Franzen 2010 562 pages
3.80
100k+ ratings
Book Club
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
The Death of Artemio Cruz
by Carlos Fuentes • 1962
3.86
11k+
Spanish Literature
Latin American
Classics
The Death of Artemio Cruz Summary
The Death of Artemio Cruz
by Carlos Fuentes 1962 307 pages
3.86
11k+ ratings
Spanish Literature
Latin American
Classics
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler
by Italo Calvino • 1979
4.01
100k+
Classics
Italian Literature
Magical Realism
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler Summary
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler
by Italo Calvino 1979 260 pages
4.01
100k+ ratings
Classics
Italian Literature
Magical Realism
A Moveable Feast
by Ernest Hemingway • 1964
4.02
100k+
Classics
Memoir
Biography
A Moveable Feast Summary
A Moveable Feast
by Ernest Hemingway 1964 192 pages
4.02
100k+ ratings
Classics
Memoir
Biography
The Grapes of Wrath
by John Steinbeck • 1939
4.03
1M+
Classics
Historical Fiction
Literature
The Grapes of Wrath Summary
The Grapes of Wrath
by John Steinbeck 1939 496 pages
4.03
1M+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Literature
The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea
by Yukio Mishima • 1963
3.83
53k+
Japan
Classics
Japanese Literature
The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea Summary
The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea
by Yukio Mishima 1963 181 pages
3.83
53k+ ratings
Japan
Classics
Japanese Literature
The Virgin Suicides
by Jeffrey Eugenides • 2002
3.78
400k+
Classics
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
The Virgin Suicides Summary
The Virgin Suicides
by Jeffrey Eugenides 2002 250 pages
3.78
400k+ ratings
Classics
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
The Outsider
by Colin Wilson • 1956
4.03
4k+
Philosophy
Psychology
Sociology
The Outsider Summary
The Outsider
by Colin Wilson 1956 320 pages
4.03
4k+ ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Sociology
Notes from the Underground
by Fyodor Dostoevsky • 1864
4.17
200k+
Classics
Philosophy
Russia
Notes from the Underground Summary
Notes from the Underground
by Fyodor Dostoevsky 1864 96 pages
4.17
200k+ ratings
Classics
Philosophy
Russia
The Sense of an Ending
by Julian Barnes • 2011
3.74
100k+
Book Club
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
The Sense of an Ending Summary
The Sense of an Ending
by Julian Barnes 2011 150 pages
3.74
100k+ ratings
Book Club
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
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