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Novels Book Summaries

The Fall

by Albert Camus • 1956

by Albert Camus 1956 147 pages

by Ariana Harwicz • 2012

by Ariana Harwicz 2012 128 pages

By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept

by Paulo Coelho • 1994

By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept

by Paulo Coelho 1994 180 pages

by Fyodor Dostoevsky • 1846

by Fyodor Dostoevsky 1846 112 pages

by Sadegh Hedayat • 1937

by Sadegh Hedayat 1937 148 pages

by Paulo Coelho • 2003

by Paulo Coelho 2003 273 pages

by Gregory David Roberts • 2003

by Gregory David Roberts 2003 936 pages

by Ivan Goncharov • 1859

by Ivan Goncharov 1859 586 pages

by Stefan Zweig • 1942

by Stefan Zweig 1942 104 pages

by Charles Dickens • 1838

by Charles Dickens 1838 608 pages

One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest

by Ken Kesey • 1962

One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest

by Ken Kesey 1962 325 pages

by Chuck Palahniuk • 1996

by Chuck Palahniuk 1996 224 pages

by Albert Camus • 1971

by Albert Camus 1971 144 pages

by Arthur C. Clarke • 1973

Science Fiction Fantasy

Rendezvous with Rama

by Arthur C. Clarke 1973 243 pages

Science Fiction Fantasy

The Pearl

by John Steinbeck • 1947

by John Steinbeck 1947 96 pages

by Vikas Swarup • 2005

by Vikas Swarup 2005 318 pages

by Max Frisch • 1957

by Max Frisch 1957 214 pages

by David Foster Wallace • 1996

by David Foster Wallace 1996 1088 pages

Notes from Underground

by Fyodor Dostoevsky • 1864

Notes from Underground

by Fyodor Dostoevsky 1864 136 pages

by Khaled Hosseini • 2003

Immersive

The Kite Runner

by Khaled Hosseini 2003 371 pages

by Daniel Defoe • 1719

by Daniel Defoe 1719 320 pages

by Juan Rulfo • 1955

by Juan Rulfo 1955 128 pages

The Foundation Trilogy

by Isaac Asimov • 1953

Science Fiction Fantasy

The Foundation Trilogy

by Isaac Asimov 1953 679 pages

Science Fiction Fantasy

American Psycho

by Bret Easton Ellis • 1991

by Bret Easton Ellis 1991 399 pages

by Philip K. Dick • 1981

by Philip K. Dick 1981 242 pages

by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o • 1980

by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o 1980 256 pages

by Chetan Bhagat • 2011

Love, Corruption, Ambition

Love, Corruption, Ambition

by Chetan Bhagat 2011 296 pages

The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay

by Michael Chabon • 2000

The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay

by Michael Chabon 2000 639 pages

by Nikolai Gogol • 1842

by Nikolai Gogol 1842 464 pages

A Visit from the Goon Squad

by Jennifer Egan • 2010

A Visit from the Goon Squad

by Jennifer Egan 2010 274 pages

by Victor Hugo • 1987

by Victor Hugo 1987 1488 pages

The Miracles of the Namiya General Store

by Keigo Higashino • 2019

The Miracles of the Namiya General Store

by Keigo Higashino 2019 320 pages

by John Grisham • 2005

by John Grisham 2005 483 pages

by Paulo Coelho • 1997

by Paulo Coelho 1997 142 pages

by John Steinbeck • 1952

by John Steinbeck 1952 601 pages

by Chetan Bhagat • 2004

What Not to Do at IIT

What Not to Do at IIT

by Chetan Bhagat 2004 267 pages

The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle

by Haruki Murakami • 1994

The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle

by Haruki Murakami 1994 607 pages

by Paulo Coelho • 2006

by Paulo Coelho 2006 336 pages

by Tappei Nagatsuki • 2017

ZERO -Starting Life in Another World-, Vol. 3

ZERO -Starting Life in Another World-, Vol. 3

by Tappei Nagatsuki 2017 264 pages

by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. • 1969

by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. 1969 275 pages

by Italo Svevo • 1923

by Italo Svevo 1923 437 pages

by Dave Eggers • 2013

by Dave Eggers 2013 493 pages

The Master and Margarita

by Mikhail Bulgakov • 1996

The Master and Margarita

by Mikhail Bulgakov 1996 372 pages

by Jean-Paul Sartre • 1938

by Jean-Paul Sartre 1938 178 pages

The Museum of Innocence

by Orhan Pamuk • 2008

The Museum of Innocence

by Orhan Pamuk 2008 536 pages

by Joseph Heller • 1961

by Joseph Heller 1961 453 pages

by Aldous Huxley • 1932

by Aldous Huxley 1932 288 pages

by Toni Morrison • 1973

by Toni Morrison 1973 174 pages

by Nikos Kazantzakis • 1946

by Nikos Kazantzakis 1946 335 pages

by Philip Roth • 2000

by Philip Roth 2000 361 pages

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