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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.

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The Kite Runner Summary
Music Immersive
The Kite Runner
by Khaled Hosseini 2003 371 pages
4.35
3.4M ratings
Historical Fiction
Classics
Contemporary
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
Human Acts Summary
Human Acts
by Han Kang 2014 218 pages
4.26
55.7K ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
Literary Fiction
The Plague Summary
The Plague
by Albert Camus 1947 308 pages
4.02
294.9K ratings
Classics
Philosophy
France
Slaughterhouse-Five Summary
Slaughterhouse-Five
by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. 1969 275 pages
4.10
1.4M ratings
Classics
Science Fiction
Historical Fiction
The Pearl Summary
The Pearl
by John Steinbeck 1947 96 pages
3.55
258.0K ratings
Literature
School
Historical Fiction
Shantaram Summary
Shantaram
by Gregory David Roberts 2003 936 pages
4.28
230.8K ratings
Travel
Adventure
Historical Fiction
Infinite Jest Summary
Infinite Jest
by David Foster Wallace 1996 1088 pages
4.25
97.6K ratings
Classics
Literature
Novels
Poor Folk Summary
Poor Folk
by Fyodor Dostoevsky 1846 167 pages
3.77
35.8K ratings
Russian Literature
Russia
Novels
Gangsta Granny Summary
Gangsta Granny
by David Walliams 2011 299 pages
4.24
29.0K ratings
Childrens
Middle Grade
Humor
The Castle Summary
The Castle
by Franz Kafka 1926 328 pages
3.92
70.7K ratings
Literature
Philosophy
German Literature
Eleven Minutes Summary
Eleven Minutes
by Paulo Coelho 2003 273 pages
3.71
186.0K ratings
Romance
Novels
Contemporary
The Tartar Steppe Summary
The Tartar Steppe
by Dino Buzzati 1940 198 pages
4.21
37.2K ratings
Classics
Italian Literature
Italy
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
Catch-22 Summary
Catch-22
by Joseph Heller 1961 453 pages
3.99
866.7K ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
War
Demons Summary
Demons
by Fyodor Dostoevsky 1872 733 pages
4.30
58.5K ratings
Classics
Russia
Russian Literature
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
American Psycho Summary
American Psycho
by Bret Easton Ellis 1991 399 pages
3.81
344.1K ratings
Horror
Classics
Thriller
Homo Faber Summary
Homo Faber
by Max Frisch 1957 214 pages
3.68
29.8K ratings
Classics
German Literature
School
Sula Summary
Sula
by Toni Morrison 1973 174 pages
4.05
114.1K ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
African American
Oblomov Summary
Oblomov
by Ivan Goncharov 1859 586 pages
4.13
41.1K ratings
Classics
Russia
Russian Literature
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
The Human Stain Summary
The Human Stain
by Philip Roth 2000 361 pages
3.92
44.1K ratings
Literature
Novels
American
Les Misérables Summary
Les Misérables
by Victor Hugo 1862 1463 pages
4.21
827.0K ratings
Historical Fiction
Literature
France
The Kid Summary
The Kid
by Sapphire 2003 374 pages
2.70
2.7K ratings
Novels
Contemporary
Adult Fiction
Zeno's Conscience Summary
Zeno's Conscience
by Italo Svevo 1923 437 pages
3.77
30.4K ratings
Italian Literature
Italy
Literature
White Teeth Summary
White Teeth
by Zadie Smith 2000 448 pages
3.79
168.8K ratings
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
Book Club
A Happy Death Summary
A Happy Death
by Albert Camus 1971 144 pages
3.81
23.0K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
France
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
Q & A Summary
Q & A
by Vikas Swarup 2005 318 pages
4.02
37.5K ratings
India
Contemporary
Book Club
Roadside Picnic Summary
Roadside Picnic
by Arkady Strugatsky 1972 145 pages
4.13
79.9K ratings
Science Fiction
Russia
Classics
Warrior of the Light Summary
Warrior of the Light
by Paulo Coelho 1997 142 pages
3.74
31.8K ratings
Philosophy
Spirituality
Self Help
Notes from Underground Summary
Notes from Underground
by Fyodor Dostoevsky 1864 136 pages
4.17
201.5K ratings
Philosophy
Russia
Russian Literature
The Master and Margarita Summary
The Master and Margarita
by Mikhail Bulgakov 1967 372 pages
4.29
393.7K ratings
Russia
Fantasy
Russian Literature
Chess Story Summary
Chess Story
by Stefan Zweig 1942 104 pages
4.27
153.7K ratings
Classics
German Literature
Short Stories
سمفونی مردگان Summary
سمفونی مردگان
by Abbas Maroufi 1989 352 pages
4.25
19.8K ratings
Novels
Iran
Literature
Brave New World Summary
Brave New World
by Aldous Huxley 1932 268 pages
3.99
2.0M ratings
Science Fiction
Dystopia
Literature
Pay It Forward Summary
Pay It Forward
by Catherine Ryan Hyde 1999 311 pages
4.20
27.8K ratings
Contemporary
Inspirational
Young Adult
Les Misérables Summary
Music Immersive
Les Misérables
by Victor Hugo 1862 1463 pages
4.21
827.0K ratings
Historical Fiction
Literature
France
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
Nausea Summary
Nausea
by Jean-Paul Sartre 1938 178 pages
3.94
131.9K ratings
Philosophy
France
Literature
Invisible Man Summary
Invisible Man
by Ralph Ellison 1952 581 pages
3.92
197.0K ratings
Classics
Literature
Historical Fiction
Of Mice and Men Summary
Music Immersive
Of Mice and Men
by John Steinbeck 1937 107 pages
3.89
2.7M ratings
School
Historical Fiction
Literature
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
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 Zahir Summary
The Zahir
by Paulo Coelho 2005 336 pages
3.58
81.4K ratings
Novels
Philosophy
Contemporary
East of Eden Summary
East of Eden
by John Steinbeck 1952 601 pages
4.43
589.3K ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
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
Revolution 2020 Summary
Revolution 2020
Love, Corruption, Ambition
by Chetan Bhagat 2011 296 pages
3.11
65.2K ratings
Romance
Indian Literature
India
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