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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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Pedro Páramo Summary
Pedro Páramo
by Juan Rulfo 1955 124 pages
4.06
89.5K ratings
Classics
Magical Realism
Spanish Literature
Five Point Someone Summary
Five Point Someone
What Not to Do at IIT
by Chetan Bhagat 2004 267 pages
3.43
92.0K ratings
Indian Literature
India
Romance
The Suicide Shop Summary
The Suicide Shop
by Jean Teulé 2007 169 pages
3.47
22.0K ratings
Humor
Novels
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
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
Of Mice and Men Summary
Immersive
Of Mice and Men
by John Steinbeck 1937 107 pages
3.89
2.7M ratings
School
Historical Fiction
Literature
Lolita Summary
Lolita
by Vladimir Nabokov 1955 368 pages
3.87
907.2K ratings
Classics
Literature
Russia
Pay It Forward Summary
Pay It Forward
by Catherine Ryan Hyde 1999 311 pages
4.20
27.8K ratings
Contemporary
Inspirational
Young Adult
Zorba the Greek Summary
Zorba the Greek
by Nikos Kazantzakis 1946 335 pages
4.04
55.7K ratings
Classics
Philosophy
Greece
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
Oil! Summary
Oil!
by Upton Sinclair 1926 528 pages
3.74
7.1K ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Literature
Veronika Decides to Die Summary
Veronika Decides to Die
by Paulo Coelho 1998 285 pages
3.73
234.8K ratings
Contemporary
Philosophy
Novels
Père Goriot Summary
Père Goriot
by Honoré de Balzac 1835 384 pages
3.85
64.2K ratings
Classics
France
French Literature
One Indian Girl Summary
One Indian Girl
by Chetan Bhagat 2016 272 pages
3.30
37.7K ratings
Romance
Indian Literature
India
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 Feast of the Goat Summary
The Feast of the Goat
by Mario Vargas Llosa 2000 475 pages
4.34
39.8K ratings
Historical Fiction
Novels
Spanish Literature
The Idiot Summary
The Idiot
by Fyodor Dostoevsky 1869 667 pages
4.21
203.8K ratings
Russia
Russian Literature
Literature
Journey to the End of the Night Summary
Journey to the End of the Night
by Louis-Ferdinand Céline 1932 453 pages
4.19
45.6K ratings
France
Literature
French Literature
The Godfather Summary
The Godfather
by Mario Puzo 1969 448 pages
4.40
448.2K ratings
Classics
Crime
Thriller
Theo of Golden Summary
Theo of Golden
by Allen Levi 2023 399 pages
4.69
19.7K ratings
Book Club
Literary Fiction
Christian
The Illuminatus! Trilogy Summary
The Illuminatus! Trilogy
by Robert Shea 1983 805 pages
4.01
16.0K ratings
Science Fiction
Fantasy
Humor
One Night at the Call Center Summary
One Night at the Call Center
by Chetan Bhagat 2005 320 pages
2.53
60.8K ratings
Indian Literature
India
Romance
Samarkand Summary
Samarkand
by Amin Maalouf 1988 304 pages
4.24
30.3K ratings
Historical Fiction
Novels
Literature
Mrs. Dalloway Summary
Mrs. Dalloway
by Virginia Woolf 1925 194 pages
3.78
334.6K ratings
Classics
Literature
Novels
Women Summary
Women
by Charles Bukowski 1978 291 pages
3.80
83.4K ratings
Novels
Poetry
Literature
1985 Summary
1985
by Anthony Burgess 1978 240 pages
3.47
1.5K ratings
Science Fiction
Dystopia
Classics
The Double Summary
The Double
by Fyodor Dostoevsky 1846 144 pages
3.67
39.1K ratings
Classics
Russian Literature
Russia
The Fountainhead Summary
The Fountainhead
by Ayn Rand 1943 704 pages
3.89
332.2K ratings
Classics
Philosophy
Literature
A Tale of Two Cities Summary
Immersive
A Tale of Two Cities
by Charles Dickens 1859 489 pages
3.87
990.1K ratings
Historical Fiction
Literature
Historical
The Dawn of Yangchen Summary
The Dawn of Yangchen
by F.C. Yee 2022 336 pages
3.91
9.1K ratings
Fantasy
Young Adult
Adventure
Thank You for Smoking Summary
Thank You for Smoking
by Christopher Buckley 1994 272 pages
3.94
12.9K ratings
Humor
Contemporary
Politics
Steppenwolf Summary
Steppenwolf
by Hermann Hesse 1927 256 pages
4.13
203.5K ratings
Classics
Philosophy
German Literature
Brida Summary
Brida
by Paulo Coelho 1990 264 pages
3.51
82.2K ratings
Fantasy
Philosophy
Romance
Kokoro Summary
Kokoro
by Natsume Sōseki 1914 256 pages
4.04
38.2K ratings
Japan
Classics
Japanese Literature
The Lover Summary
The Lover
by Marguerite Duras 1984 117 pages
3.71
66.2K ratings
France
Romance
French Literature
Fall of Giants Summary
Fall of Giants
by Ken Follett 2010 985 pages
4.32
338.3K ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
War
White Noise Summary
White Noise
by Don DeLillo 1985 320 pages
3.86
122.5K ratings
Classics
Literature
Novels
Sex and Rage Summary
Sex and Rage
by Eve Babitz 1979 256 pages
3.56
16.0K ratings
Contemporary
Classics
Feminism
A Confederacy of Dunces Summary
A Confederacy of Dunces
by John Kennedy Toole 1980 394 pages
3.89
289.3K ratings
Humor
Book Club
Literature
How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia Summary
How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia
by Mohsin Hamid 2013 230 pages
3.81
23.3K ratings
Book Club
Contemporary
Pakistan
Prodigal Summer Summary
Prodigal Summer
by Barbara Kingsolver 2000 444 pages
4.05
121.8K ratings
Book Club
Nature
Contemporary
On the Road Summary
On the Road
by Jack Kerouac 1957 307 pages
3.61
434.1K ratings
Classics
Travel
Literature
Stranger in a Strange Land Summary
Stranger in a Strange Land
by Robert A. Heinlein 1961 525 pages
3.92
321.7K ratings
Science Fiction
Classics
Science Fiction Fantasy
The Namesake Summary
The Namesake
by Jhumpa Lahiri 2003 304 pages
4.02
278.4K ratings
Book Club
Literary Fiction
Contemporary
Crossing to Safety Summary
Crossing to Safety
by Wallace Stegner 1987 335 pages
4.16
49.0K ratings
Book Club
Classics
Literary Fiction
Rich Man, Poor Man Summary
Rich Man, Poor Man
by Irwin Shaw 1969 666 pages
4.18
38.3K ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Drama
Atlas Shrugged Summary
Atlas Shrugged
by Ayn Rand 1957 1168 pages
3.69
401.0K ratings
Classics
Philosophy
Politics
The Night in Lisbon Summary
The Night in Lisbon
by Erich Maria Remarque 1961 272 pages
4.32
23.1K ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
War
Água Viva Summary
Água Viva
by Clarice Lispector 1973 88 pages
4.27
17.4K ratings
Poetry
Classics
Philosophy
The Collector Summary
The Collector
by John Fowles 1963 283 pages
3.97
87.8K ratings
Classics
Horror
Thriller
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