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Ham on Rye Summary
Ham on Rye
by Charles Bukowski 1982 288 pages
4.14
114.3K ratings
Classics
Novels
Literature
The Corrections Summary
The Corrections
by Jonathan Franzen 2001 653 pages
3.84
192.6K ratings
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
Novels
A Hero of Our Time Summary
A Hero of Our Time
by Mikhail Lermontov 1839 185 pages
4.11
62.0K ratings
Classics
Russia
Russian Literature
Don Quixote Summary
Don Quixote
by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra 1615 1023 pages
3.90
293.6K ratings
Classics
Literature
Spanish Literature
Heart of Darkness Summary
Heart of Darkness
by Joseph Conrad 1899 188 pages
3.43
540.5K ratings
Classics
Literature
Historical Fiction
How to Write a Damn Good Novel, II Summary
How to Write a Damn Good Novel, II
Advanced Techniques for Dramatic Storytelling
by James N. Frey 1994 176 pages
4.07
712 ratings
Writing
Reference
Literature
Underworld Summary
Underworld
by Don DeLillo 1997 827 pages
3.95
32.8K ratings
Novels
Literature
Literary Fiction
Of Human Bondage Summary
Of Human Bondage
by W. Somerset Maugham 1915 684 pages
4.15
59.8K ratings
Classics
Literature
Novels
Twelfth Night Summary
Twelfth Night
by William Shakespeare 1602 272 pages
3.96
190.7K ratings
Plays
Classics
School
Love Is a Dog from Hell Summary
Love Is a Dog from Hell
by Charles Bukowski 1977 312 pages
3.96
37.6K ratings
Classics
Poetry
Literature
If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler Summary
If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler
by Italo Calvino 1979 260 pages
4.02
106.7K ratings
Classics
Italian Literature
Magical Realism
The Black Book Summary
The Black Book
by Orhan Pamuk 1990 466 pages
3.92
12.8K ratings
Turkish Literature
Turkish
Mystery
Go Tell It on the Mountain Summary
Go Tell It on the Mountain
by James Baldwin 1953 256 pages
4.05
76.6K ratings
Classics
African American
Race
Gone with the Wind Summary
Immersive
Gone with the Wind
by Margaret Mitchell 1936 1037 pages
4.31
1.3M ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Romance
The Idiot Summary
The Idiot
by Fyodor Dostoevsky 1869 667 pages
4.21
203.8K ratings
Russia
Russian Literature
Literature
Disgrace Summary
Disgrace
by J.M. Coetzee 1999 220 pages
3.86
113.0K ratings
Africa
South Africa
Classics
How Proust Can Change Your Life Summary
How Proust Can Change Your Life
by Alain de Botton 1998 208 pages
3.76
18.2K ratings
Philosophy
Self Help
Biography
About Writing Summary
About Writing
Seven Essays, Four Letters, & Five Interviews
by Samuel R. Delany 2006 432 pages
4.27
452 ratings
Writing
Essays
Crafts
The Grapes of Wrath Summary
The Grapes of Wrath
by John Steinbeck 1939 496 pages
4.02
961.9K ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Literature
Walden or, Life in the Woods Summary
Walden or, Life in the Woods
by Henry David Thoreau 1854 352 pages
3.78
199.1K ratings
Classics
Philosophy
Nature
How to Read Literature Like a Professor Summary
How to Read Literature Like a Professor
by Thomas C. Foster 2003 314 pages
3.59
32.7K ratings
School
Books About Books
Writing
Shōgun Summary
Shōgun
by James Clavell 1975 1152 pages
4.41
203.2K ratings
Historical Fiction
Japan
Historical
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
4.07
367.3K ratings
Classics
Humor
Journalism
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man Summary
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
by James Joyce 1916 329 pages
3.64
159.6K ratings
Classics
Literature
Irish Literature
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass Summary
Immersive
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass
by Lewis Carroll 1871 239 pages
4.06
592.4K ratings
Classics
Fantasy
Childrens
The Namesake Summary
The Namesake
by Jhumpa Lahiri 2003 304 pages
4.02
278.4K ratings
Book Club
Literary Fiction
Contemporary
Notes from Underground, White Nights, The Dream of a Ridiculous Man, and Selections from The House of the Dead Summary
Notes from Underground, White Nights, The Dream of a Ridiculous Man, and Selections from The House of the Dead
by Fyodor Dostoevsky 1864 233 pages
4.19
77.8K ratings
Classics
Russia
Philosophy
A Farewell to Arms Summary
A Farewell to Arms
by Ernest Hemingway 1929 293 pages
3.82
340.7K ratings
Historical Fiction
Classics
War
Into the Woods Summary
Into the Woods
A Five Act Journey Into Story
by John Yorke 2013 256 pages
4.20
4.3K ratings
Writing
Film
Crafts
Of Love and Other Demons Summary
Of Love and Other Demons
by Gabriel García Márquez 1994 160 pages
3.96
82.8K ratings
Classics
Magical Realism
Historical Fiction
The Sun Also Rises Summary
The Sun Also Rises
by Ernest Hemingway 1926 189 pages
3.79
474.6K ratings
Classics
Literature
Novels
The Merchant of Venice Summary
The Merchant of Venice
by William Shakespeare 1596 249 pages
3.78
197.7K ratings
Classics
Plays
Drama
The Sheltering Sky Summary
The Sheltering Sky
by Paul Bowles 1949 342 pages
3.89
29.8K ratings
Classics
Africa
Travel
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
3.84
48.1K ratings
Japan
Classics
Japanese Literature
The Best Short Stories of Fyodor Dostoevsky Summary
The Best Short Stories of Fyodor Dostoevsky
by Fyodor Dostoevsky 1877 320 pages
4.23
4.1K ratings
Short Stories
Classics
Russia
Sense and Sensibility Summary
Sense and Sensibility
by Jane Austen 1811 409 pages
4.09
1.3M ratings
Classics
Romance
Historical Fiction
Wuthering Heights Summary
Wuthering Heights
by Emily Brontë 1847 464 pages
3.90
1.9M ratings
Gothic
Historical Fiction
Literature
The Wild Duck Summary
The Wild Duck
by Henrik Ibsen 1884 128 pages
3.80
10.8K ratings
Plays
Classics
Theatre
مثنوی معنوی Summary
مثنوی معنوی
by Jalal ad-Din Muhammad ar-Rumi 1273 1145 pages
4.45
4.1K ratings
Poetry
Philosophy
Literature
Doctor Zhivago Summary
Doctor Zhivago
by Boris Pasternak 1957 592 pages
4.01
100.5K ratings
Historical Fiction
Russia
Russian Literature
The Spinoza Problem Summary
The Spinoza Problem
by Irvin D. Yalom 2012 321 pages
4.26
17.5K ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Historical Fiction
Crash Summary
Crash
by J.G. Ballard 1973 224 pages
3.59
28.0K ratings
Science Fiction
Horror
Novels
Macbeth Summary
Immersive
Macbeth
by William Shakespeare 1623 249 pages
3.89
979.6K ratings
Classics
Plays
School
Gulliver’s Travels Summary
Gulliver’s Travels
by Jonathan Swift 1726 306 pages
3.59
291.6K ratings
Classics
Fantasy
Adventure
The White Castle Summary
The White Castle
by Orhan Pamuk 1985 145 pages
3.48
16.2K ratings
Historical Fiction
Turkish Literature
Turkish
King Lear Summary
King Lear
by William Shakespeare 1605 339 pages
3.91
230.5K ratings
Plays
Classics
School
The Sound and the Fury Summary
The Sound and the Fury
by William Faulkner 1929 366 pages
3.86
190.5K ratings
Literature
Classics
Novels
The Maniac Summary
The Maniac
by Benjamín Labatut 2023 368 pages
4.34
20.7K ratings
Historical Fiction
Philosophy
Literary Fiction
The Pleasures of Reading in an Age of Distraction Summary
The Pleasures of Reading in an Age of Distraction
by Alan Jacobs 2011 162 pages
3.94
2.9K ratings
Books About Books
Education
Essays
A Moveable Feast Summary
A Moveable Feast
by Ernest Hemingway 1964 192 pages
4.02
160.9K ratings
Memoir
Biography
France
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