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Great novels transport us into richly imagined worlds where characters grapple with life's deepest questions and society's thorniest challenges. Whether following a New Orleans misfit's misadventures or exploring dystopian futures and spiritual journeys, these transformative stories illuminate the full spectrum of human experience.

Novels Book Summaries

Robinson Crusoe Summary
Robinson Crusoe
by Daniel Defoe 1719 320 pages
3.68
322.2K ratings
Classics
Adventure
Literature
Fight Club Summary
Fight Club
by Chuck Palahniuk 1996 218 pages
4.18
624.3K ratings
Classics
Thriller
Contemporary
Slaughterhouse-Five Summary
Slaughterhouse-Five
by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. 1969 275 pages
4.10
1.4M ratings
Classics
Science Fiction
Historical Fiction
Infinite Jest Summary
Infinite Jest
by David Foster Wallace 1996 1088 pages
4.25
97.6K ratings
Classics
Literature
Novels
Homo Faber Summary
Homo Faber
by Max Frisch 1957 214 pages
3.68
29.8K ratings
Classics
German Literature
School
Stoner Summary
Stoner
by John Williams 1965 292 pages
4.35
210.6K ratings
Historical Fiction
Classics
Literature
Catch-22 Summary
Catch-22
by Joseph Heller 1961 453 pages
3.99
866.7K ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
War
Eleven Minutes Summary
Eleven Minutes
by Paulo Coelho 2003 273 pages
3.71
186.0K ratings
Romance
Novels
Contemporary
The Pearl Summary
The Pearl
by John Steinbeck 1947 96 pages
3.55
258.0K ratings
Literature
School
Historical Fiction
The Plague Summary
The Plague
by Albert Camus 1947 308 pages
4.02
294.9K ratings
Classics
Philosophy
France
Les Misérables Summary
Les Misérables
by Victor Hugo 1862 1463 pages
4.21
827.0K ratings
Historical Fiction
Literature
France
Poor Folk Summary
Poor Folk
by Fyodor Dostoevsky 1846 167 pages
3.77
35.8K ratings
Russian Literature
Russia
Novels
American Psycho Summary
American Psycho
by Bret Easton Ellis 1991 399 pages
3.81
344.1K ratings
Horror
Classics
Thriller
Sula Summary
Sula
by Toni Morrison 1973 174 pages
4.05
114.1K ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
African American
Shantaram Summary
Shantaram
by Gregory David Roberts 2003 936 pages
4.28
230.8K ratings
Travel
Adventure
Historical Fiction
A Visit from the Goon Squad Summary
A Visit from the Goon Squad
by Jennifer Egan 2010 274 pages
3.70
241.6K ratings
Book Club
Contemporary
Music
Zeno's Conscience Summary
Zeno's Conscience
by Italo Svevo 1923 437 pages
3.77
30.4K ratings
Italian Literature
Italy
Literature
Devil on the Cross Summary
Devil on the Cross
by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o 1980 256 pages
3.93
2.0K ratings
Africa
Classics
Kenya
A Passage to India Summary
A Passage to India
by E.M. Forster 1924 376 pages
3.68
83.8K ratings
Historical Fiction
Classics
Literature
Oblomov Summary
Oblomov
by Ivan Goncharov 1859 586 pages
4.13
41.1K ratings
Classics
Russia
Russian Literature
The Human Stain Summary
The Human Stain
by Philip Roth 2000 361 pages
3.92
44.1K ratings
Literature
Novels
American
Warrior of the Light Summary
Warrior of the Light
by Paulo Coelho 1997 142 pages
3.74
31.8K ratings
Philosophy
Spirituality
Self Help
The Castle Summary
The Castle
by Franz Kafka 1926 328 pages
3.92
70.7K ratings
Literature
Philosophy
German Literature
A Fraction of the Whole Summary
A Fraction of the Whole
by Steve Toltz 2008 530 pages
4.14
23.7K ratings
Australia
Novels
Contemporary
شجرتي شجرة البرتقال الرائعة Summary
شجرتي شجرة البرتقال الرائعة
by José Mauro de Vasconcelos 1968 245 pages
4.38
77.6K ratings
Classics
Childrens
Novels
White Teeth Summary
White Teeth
by Zadie Smith 2000 448 pages
3.79
168.8K ratings
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
Book Club
The Master and Margarita Summary
The Master and Margarita
by Mikhail Bulgakov 1967 372 pages
4.29
393.7K ratings
Russia
Fantasy
Russian Literature
Les Misérables Summary
Les Misérables
by Victor Hugo 1862 1463 pages
4.21
827.0K ratings
Historical Fiction
Literature
France
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay Summary
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
by Michael Chabon 2000 639 pages
4.18
208.7K ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Novels
Brave New World Summary
Brave New World
by Aldous Huxley 1932 268 pages
3.99
2.0M ratings
Science Fiction
Dystopia
Literature
Of Mice and Men Summary
Of Mice and Men
by John Steinbeck 1937 107 pages
3.89
2.7M ratings
School
Historical Fiction
Literature
Notes from Underground Summary
Notes from Underground
by Fyodor Dostoevsky 1864 136 pages
4.17
201.5K ratings
Philosophy
Russia
Russian Literature
A Happy Death Summary
A Happy Death
by Albert Camus 1971 144 pages
3.81
23.0K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
France
سمفونی مردگان Summary
سمفونی مردگان
by Abbas Maroufi 1989 352 pages
4.25
19.8K ratings
Novels
Iran
Literature
Don’t Forget to Write Summary
Don’t Forget to Write
by Sara Goodman Confino 2023 334 pages
4.49
67.3K ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Romance
Demons Summary
Demons
by Fyodor Dostoevsky 1872 733 pages
4.30
58.5K ratings
Classics
Russia
Russian Literature
Nausea Summary
Nausea
by Jean-Paul Sartre 1938 178 pages
3.94
131.9K ratings
Philosophy
France
Literature
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle Summary
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
by Haruki Murakami 1994 607 pages
4.14
303.2K ratings
Magical Realism
Fantasy
Japanese Literature
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao Summary
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
by Junot Díaz 2007 335 pages
3.89
273.3K ratings
Book Club
Contemporary
Magical Realism
Pay It Forward Summary
Pay It Forward
by Catherine Ryan Hyde 1999 311 pages
4.20
27.8K ratings
Contemporary
Inspirational
Young Adult
Chess Story Summary
Chess Story
by Stefan Zweig 1942 104 pages
4.27
153.7K ratings
Classics
German Literature
Short Stories
Human Acts Summary
Human Acts
by Han Kang 2014 218 pages
4.26
55.7K ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
Literary Fiction
The Fountainhead Summary
The Fountainhead
by Ayn Rand 1943 704 pages
3.89
332.2K ratings
Classics
Philosophy
Literature
Gangsta Granny Summary
Gangsta Granny
by David Walliams 2011 299 pages
4.24
29.0K ratings
Childrens
Middle Grade
Humor
Roadside Picnic Summary
Roadside Picnic
by Arkady Strugatsky 1972 145 pages
4.13
79.9K ratings
Science Fiction
Russia
Classics
The Illuminatus! Trilogy Summary
The Illuminatus! Trilogy
by Robert Shea 1983 805 pages
4.01
16.0K ratings
Science Fiction
Fantasy
Humor
Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West Summary
Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West
by Cormac McCarthy 1985 351 pages
4.16
198.0K ratings
Historical Fiction
Westerns
Classics
Veronika Decides to Die Summary
Veronika Decides to Die
by Paulo Coelho 1998 285 pages
3.73
234.8K ratings
Contemporary
Philosophy
Novels
The Last Temptation of Christ Summary
The Last Temptation of Christ
by Nikos Kazantzakis 1955 506 pages
4.18
15.2K ratings
Religion
Classics
Historical Fiction
The Suicide Shop Summary
The Suicide Shop
by Jean Teulé 2007 169 pages
3.47
22.0K ratings
Humor
Novels
France
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