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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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Tess of the D’Urbervilles Summary
Tess of the D’Urbervilles
by Thomas Hardy 1891 518 pages
3.84
295.8K ratings
Classics
Literature
Historical Fiction
Oliver Twist Summary
Oliver Twist
by Charles Dickens 1838 608 pages
3.88
416.5K ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Literature
To Kill a Mockingbird Summary
To Kill a Mockingbird
by Harper Lee 1960 323 pages
4.26
6.6M ratings
Historical Fiction
School
Literature
Demons Summary
Demons
by Fyodor Dostoevsky 1872 733 pages
4.30
58.5K ratings
Classics
Russia
Russian Literature
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest Summary
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
by Ken Kesey 1962 325 pages
4.20
762.1K ratings
Classics
Psychology
Literature
Poor Folk Summary
Poor Folk
by Fyodor Dostoevsky 1846 167 pages
3.77
35.8K ratings
Russian Literature
Russia
Novels
Shantaram Summary
Shantaram
by Gregory David Roberts 2003 936 pages
4.28
230.8K ratings
Travel
Adventure
Historical Fiction
The Pearl Summary
The Pearl
by John Steinbeck 1947 96 pages
3.55
258.0K ratings
Literature
School
Historical Fiction
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
Fight Club Summary
Fight Club
by Chuck Palahniuk 1996 218 pages
4.18
624.3K ratings
Classics
Thriller
Contemporary
Oblomov Summary
Oblomov
by Ivan Goncharov 1859 586 pages
4.13
41.1K ratings
Classics
Russia
Russian Literature
Infinite Jest Summary
Infinite Jest
by David Foster Wallace 1996 1088 pages
4.25
97.6K ratings
Classics
Literature
Novels
Robinson Crusoe Summary
Robinson Crusoe
by Daniel Defoe 1719 320 pages
3.68
322.2K ratings
Classics
Adventure
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
The Kid Summary
The Kid
by Sapphire 2003 374 pages
2.70
2.7K ratings
Novels
Contemporary
Adult Fiction
The Kite Runner Summary
Immersive
The Kite Runner
by Khaled Hosseini 2003 371 pages
4.35
3.4M ratings
Historical Fiction
Classics
Contemporary
Roadside Picnic Summary
Roadside Picnic
by Arkady Strugatsky 1972 145 pages
4.13
79.9K ratings
Science Fiction
Russia
Classics
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
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
Q & A Summary
Q & A
by Vikas Swarup 2005 318 pages
4.02
37.5K ratings
India
Contemporary
Book Club
A Happy Death Summary
A Happy Death
by Albert Camus 1971 144 pages
3.81
23.0K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
France
The Camp of the Saints Summary
The Camp of the Saints
by Jean Raspail 1973 316 pages
3.82
1.7K ratings
Politics
Literature
Dystopia
Slaughterhouse-Five Summary
Slaughterhouse-Five
by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. 1969 275 pages
4.10
1.4M ratings
Classics
Science Fiction
Historical Fiction
Homo Faber Summary
Homo Faber
by Max Frisch 1957 214 pages
3.68
29.8K ratings
Classics
German Literature
School
Chess Story Summary
Chess Story
by Stefan Zweig 1942 104 pages
4.27
153.7K ratings
Classics
German Literature
Short Stories
Notes from Underground Summary
Notes from Underground
by Fyodor Dostoevsky 1864 136 pages
4.17
201.5K ratings
Philosophy
Russia
Russian Literature
Die, My Love Summary
Die, My Love
by Ariana Harwicz 2012 128 pages
3.47
7.7K ratings
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
Mental Health
Catch-22 Summary
Catch-22
by Joseph Heller 1961 453 pages
3.99
866.7K ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
War
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
Sula Summary
Sula
by Toni Morrison 1973 174 pages
4.05
114.1K ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
African American
The Human Stain Summary
The Human Stain
by Philip Roth 2000 361 pages
3.92
44.1K ratings
Literature
Novels
American
The Master and Margarita Summary
The Master and Margarita
by Mikhail Bulgakov 1967 372 pages
4.29
393.7K ratings
Russia
Fantasy
Russian Literature
Zeno's Conscience Summary
Zeno's Conscience
by Italo Svevo 1923 437 pages
3.77
30.4K ratings
Italian Literature
Italy
Literature
Les Misérables Summary
Les Misérables
by Victor Hugo 1862 1463 pages
4.21
827.0K ratings
Historical Fiction
Literature
France
Les Misérables Summary
Immersive
Les Misérables
by Victor Hugo 1862 1463 pages
4.21
827.0K ratings
Historical Fiction
Literature
France
White Teeth Summary
White Teeth
by Zadie Smith 2000 448 pages
3.79
168.8K ratings
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
Book Club
Rendezvous with Rama Summary
Rendezvous with Rama
by Arthur C. Clarke 1973 243 pages
4.12
177.4K ratings
Science Fiction
Science Fiction Fantasy
Space
Revolution 2020 Summary
Revolution 2020
Love, Corruption, Ambition
by Chetan Bhagat 2011 296 pages
3.11
65.2K ratings
Romance
Indian Literature
India
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
سمفونی مردگان Summary
سمفونی مردگان
by Abbas Maroufi 1989 352 pages
4.25
19.8K ratings
Novels
Iran
Literature
Nausea Summary
Nausea
by Jean-Paul Sartre 1938 178 pages
3.94
131.9K ratings
Philosophy
France
Literature
Warrior of the Light Summary
Warrior of the Light
by Paulo Coelho 1997 142 pages
3.74
31.8K ratings
Philosophy
Spirituality
Self Help
Dead Souls Summary
Dead Souls
by Nikolai Gogol 1842 464 pages
3.98
92.0K ratings
Classics
Russia
Russian Literature
VALIS Summary
VALIS
by Philip K. Dick 1981 242 pages
3.92
31.7K ratings
Science Fiction
Philosophy
Religion
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
Brave New World Summary
Brave New World
by Aldous Huxley 1932 268 pages
3.99
2.0M ratings
Science Fiction
Dystopia
Literature
Invisible Man Summary
Invisible Man
by Ralph Ellison 1952 581 pages
3.92
197.0K ratings
Classics
Literature
Historical Fiction
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