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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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Can Love Happen Twice? Summary
Can Love Happen Twice?
by Ravinder Singh 2011 224 pages
3.30
23.9K ratings
Romance
Love
Indian Literature
The Lover Summary
The Lover
by Marguerite Duras 1984 117 pages
3.71
66.2K ratings
France
Romance
French Literature
For Whom the Bell Tolls Summary
For Whom the Bell Tolls
by Ernest Hemingway 1940 471 pages
3.98
308.5K ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Literature
Identity Summary
Identity
by Milan Kundera 1997 176 pages
3.69
31.6K ratings
Novels
Czech Literature
Literature
Survivor Summary
Survivor
by Chuck Palahniuk 1999 289 pages
3.93
122.0K ratings
Contemporary
Thriller
Novels
The Collector Summary
The Collector
by John Fowles 1963 283 pages
3.97
87.8K ratings
Classics
Horror
Thriller
Omerta Summary
Omerta
by Mario Puzo 2000 369 pages
3.77
18.8K ratings
Crime
Thriller
Mystery
David Copperfield Summary
David Copperfield
by Charles Dickens 1850 882 pages
4.04
251.2K ratings
Literature
Historical Fiction
19th Century
Lord Jim Summary
Lord Jim
by Joseph Conrad 1900 455 pages
3.61
32.2K ratings
Classics
Literature
Adventure
Deeper Than the Dead Summary
Deeper Than the Dead
by Debra Webb 2024 392 pages
4.05
19.3K ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Mystery Thriller
The Sheltering Sky Summary
The Sheltering Sky
by Paul Bowles 1949 342 pages
3.89
29.8K ratings
Classics
Africa
Travel
Wish I Could Tell You Summary
Wish I Could Tell You
by Durjoy Datta 2019 288 pages
3.68
1.7K ratings
Romance
Love Story
India
A Clockwork Orange Summary
A Clockwork Orange
by Anthony Burgess 1962 192 pages
4.00
748.0K ratings
Classics
Science Fiction
Dystopia
Saturday Summary
Saturday
by Ian McEwan 2005 289 pages
3.64
72.2K ratings
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
Book Club
Marcovaldo Summary
Marcovaldo
by Italo Calvino 1963 128 pages
3.84
15.9K ratings
Short Stories
Italian Literature
Classics
The Shadow of the Torturer Summary
The Shadow of the Torturer
by Gene Wolfe 1980 262 pages
3.84
33.1K ratings
Fantasy
Science Fiction
Science Fiction Fantasy
Memento Mori Summary
Memento Mori
by Muriel Spark 1959 224 pages
3.61
7.0K ratings
Classics
Mystery
Novels
The Razor’s Edge Summary
The Razor’s Edge
by W. Somerset Maugham 1944 314 pages
4.19
51.8K ratings
Literature
Classics
Philosophy
The Charismatic Charlie Wade Summary
The Charismatic Charlie Wade
by Lord Leaf
4.32
1.3K ratings
Romance
Novels
Love
Jitterbug Perfume Summary
Jitterbug Perfume
by Tom Robbins 1984 342 pages
4.23
79.2K ratings
Fantasy
Humor
Magical Realism
Ulysses Summary
Ulysses
by James Joyce 1922 783 pages
3.77
137.3K ratings
Classics
Literature
Ireland
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius Summary
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
by Dave Eggers 2000 530 pages
3.69
182.3K ratings
Contemporary
Book Club
Literature
Reef Summary
Reef
by Romesh Gunesekera 1994 190 pages
3.75
2.0K ratings
Historical Fiction
Asia
Literary Fiction
Moby-Dick or, The Whale Summary
Music Immersive
Moby-Dick or, The Whale
by Herman Melville 1851 720 pages
3.56
596.8K ratings
Classics
Literature
Adventure
On Beauty Summary
On Beauty
by Zadie Smith 2005 445 pages
3.78
88.2K ratings
Contemporary
Book Club
Literary Fiction
The Counterfeiters Summary
The Counterfeiters
by André Gide 1925 451 pages
3.83
10.0K ratings
France
Classics
French Literature
Alamut Summary
Alamut
by Vladimir Bartol 1938 510 pages
4.31
13.0K ratings
Historical Fiction
Classics
Novels
The Last Jew Summary
The Last Jew
by Noah Gordon 1999 348 pages
4.16
10.3K ratings
Historical Fiction
Spain
Historical
Everything is Illuminated Summary
Everything is Illuminated
by Jonathan Safran Foer 2002 276 pages
3.89
182.4K ratings
Historical Fiction
Contemporary
Novels
High Fidelity Summary
High Fidelity
by Nick Hornby 1995 323 pages
3.90
210.3K ratings
Music
Contemporary
Humor
The Vendor of Sweets Summary
The Vendor of Sweets
by R.K. Narayan 1967 144 pages
3.75
2.8K ratings
India
Indian Literature
Classics
That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime (Light Novel), Vol. 5 Summary
That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime (Light Novel), Vol. 5
by Fuse 2015 334 pages
4.58
2.2K ratings
Light Novel
Fantasy
Manga
Allah Is Not Obliged Summary
Allah Is Not Obliged
by Ahmadou Kourouma 2000 215 pages
3.68
2.3K ratings
Ivory Coast
African Literature
War
The Death of Artemio Cruz Summary
The Death of Artemio Cruz
by Carlos Fuentes 1962 307 pages
3.86
11.3K ratings
Spanish Literature
Classics
Latin American
Notes from Underground Summary
Notes from Underground
by Fyodor Dostoevsky 1864 136 pages
4.17
201.5K ratings
Philosophy
Russia
Russian Literature
And the Mountains Echoed Summary
And the Mountains Echoed
by Khaled Hosseini 2012 404 pages
4.08
392.2K ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Contemporary
The Invisible Man Summary
The Invisible Man
by H.G. Wells 1897 192 pages
3.63
208.7K ratings
Science Fiction
Horror
Fantasy
The Sense of an Ending Summary
The Sense of an Ending
by Julian Barnes 2011 150 pages
3.74
187.0K ratings
Book Club
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
Shadow Slave Summary
Shadow Slave
Book1
by Guiltythree 2022 591 pages
4.58
1.8K ratings
Fantasy
Light Novel
Action
The Names Summary
The Names
by Don DeLillo 1982 339 pages
3.64
4.8K ratings
Novels
American
Greece
The World According to Garp Summary
The World According to Garp
by John Irving 1978 610 pages
4.11
234.8K ratings
Classics
Literature
Contemporary
Gliff Summary
Gliff
by Ali Smith 2024 288 pages
3.97
4.0K ratings
Dystopia
Literary Fiction
Science Fiction
Women in Love Summary
Women in Love
by D.H. Lawrence 1920 416 pages
3.66
33.0K ratings
Literature
Classics
Romance
Love in the Time of Cholera Summary
Love in the Time of Cholera
by Gabriel García Márquez 1985 348 pages
3.94
530.9K ratings
Historical Fiction
Magical Realism
Literature
The Bell Summary
The Bell
by Iris Murdoch 1958 296 pages
3.92
9.8K ratings
Classics
Novels
British Literature
Hopscotch Summary
Hopscotch
by Julio Cortázar 1963 564 pages
4.20
46.6K ratings
Classics
Spanish Literature
Literature
The Lost Letters of Aisling Summary
The Lost Letters of Aisling
by Cynthia Ellingsen 2024 302 pages
4.32
22.3K ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
Book Club
Three Daughters of Eve Summary
Three Daughters of Eve
by Elif Shafak 2016 384 pages
3.82
31.1K ratings
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
Novels
To the Lighthouse Summary
To the Lighthouse
by Virginia Woolf 1927 209 pages
3.81
203.7K ratings
Classics
Literature
Novels
Wait Until Spring, Bandini Summary
Wait Until Spring, Bandini
by John Fante 1938 266 pages
4.09
14.2K ratings
Classics
Novels
American
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