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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas Summary
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream
by Hunter S. Thompson 1971 204 pages
4.07
367.3K ratings
Classics
Humor
Journalism
The Source Summary
The Source
by James A. Michener 1965 1080 pages
4.29
44.8K ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
Religion
The Razor’s Edge Summary
The Razor’s Edge
by W. Somerset Maugham 1944 314 pages
4.19
51.8K ratings
Literature
Classics
Philosophy
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
High Fidelity Summary
High Fidelity
by Nick Hornby 1995 323 pages
3.90
210.3K ratings
Music
Contemporary
Humor
The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea Summary
The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea
by Yukio Mishima 1963 181 pages
3.84
48.1K ratings
Japan
Classics
Japanese Literature
The Sun Also Rises Summary
The Sun Also Rises
by Ernest Hemingway 1926 189 pages
3.79
474.6K ratings
Classics
Literature
Novels
The Idiot Summary
The Idiot
by Fyodor Dostoevsky 1869 667 pages
4.21
203.8K ratings
Russia
Russian Literature
Literature
The Idiot Summary
The Idiot
by Elif Batuman 2017 423 pages
3.65
98.5K ratings
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
Historical Fiction
Crash Summary
Crash
by J.G. Ballard 1973 224 pages
3.59
28.0K ratings
Science Fiction
Horror
Novels
The Sense of an Ending Summary
The Sense of an Ending
by Julian Barnes 2011 150 pages
3.74
194.2K ratings
Book Club
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
Memento Mori Summary
Memento Mori
by Muriel Spark 1959 224 pages
3.61
7.0K ratings
Classics
Mystery
Novels
Marcovaldo Summary
Marcovaldo
by Italo Calvino 1963 128 pages
3.84
15.9K ratings
Short Stories
Italian Literature
Classics
The Grapes of Wrath Summary
The Grapes of Wrath
by John Steinbeck 1939 496 pages
4.02
961.9K ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Literature
Notes from Underground Summary
Notes from Underground
by Fyodor Dostoevsky 1864 136 pages
4.17
201.5K ratings
Philosophy
Russia
Russian Literature
The Company of Women Summary
The Company of Women
by Khushwant Singh 1999 232 pages
3.27
4.5K ratings
Erotica
Indian Literature
India
Alamut Summary
Alamut
by Vladimir Bartol 1938 510 pages
4.31
13.0K ratings
Historical Fiction
Classics
Novels
Shadow Slave Summary
Shadow Slave
Book1
by Guiltythree 2022 591 pages
4.58
1.8K ratings
Fantasy
Light Novel
Action
The Spinoza Problem Summary
The Spinoza Problem
by Irvin D. Yalom 2012 321 pages
4.26
17.5K ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Historical Fiction
Survivor Summary
Survivor
by Chuck Palahniuk 1999 289 pages
3.93
122.0K ratings
Contemporary
Thriller
Novels
Reef Summary
Reef
by Romesh Gunesekera 1994 190 pages
3.76
2.1K ratings
Historical Fiction
Asia
Asian Literature
Immortality Summary
Immortality
by Milan Kundera 1990 400 pages
4.14
41.5K ratings
Philosophy
Czech Literature
Novels
Freedom Summary
Freedom
by Jonathan Franzen 2010 562 pages
3.79
172.6K ratings
Book Club
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
Notes from Underground, White Nights, The Dream of a Ridiculous Man, and Selections from The House of the Dead Summary
Notes from Underground, White Nights, The Dream of a Ridiculous Man, and Selections from The House of the Dead
by Fyodor Dostoevsky 1864 233 pages
4.19
77.8K ratings
Classics
Russia
Philosophy
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man Summary
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
by James Joyce 1916 329 pages
3.64
159.6K ratings
Classics
Literature
Irish Literature
A Farewell to Arms Summary
A Farewell to Arms
by Ernest Hemingway 1929 304 pages
3.82
356.6K ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
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
Night Lords Summary
Night Lords
The Omnibus
by Aaron Dembski-Bowden 2014 944 pages
4.65
1.8K ratings
40k
Science Fiction
Fantasy
The White Castle Summary
The White Castle
by Orhan Pamuk 1985 145 pages
3.48
16.2K ratings
Historical Fiction
Turkish Literature
Turkish
Love in the Time of Cholera Summary
Love in the Time of Cholera
by Gabriel GarcΓ­a MΓ‘rquez 1985 348 pages
3.94
530.9K ratings
Historical Fiction
Magical Realism
Literature
Omerta Summary
Omerta
by Mario Puzo 2000 369 pages
3.77
18.8K ratings
Crime
Thriller
Mystery
The Sound and the Fury Summary
The Sound and the Fury
by William Faulkner 1929 366 pages
3.86
197.3K ratings
Classics
Literature
Novels
Gulliver’s Travels Summary
Gulliver’s Travels
by Jonathan Swift 1726 306 pages
3.59
291.6K ratings
Classics
Fantasy
Adventure
On Beauty Summary
On Beauty
by Zadie Smith 2005 445 pages
3.78
88.2K ratings
Contemporary
Book Club
Literary Fiction
Adultery Summary
Adultery
by Paulo Coelho 2012 272 pages
3.09
59.1K ratings
Romance
Novels
Contemporary
Cloud Atlas Summary
Cloud Atlas
by David Mitchell 2004 509 pages
4.01
268.4K ratings
Science Fiction
Fantasy
Historical Fiction
The Director Summary
Immersive
The Director
by Daniel Kehlmann 2025 352 pages
4.18
4.5K ratings
Historical Fiction
German Literature
Germany
Visitation Summary
Visitation
by Jenny Erpenbeck 2008 160 pages
3.61
5.9K ratings
Historical Fiction
Germany
German 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
The Magic Mountain Summary
The Magic Mountain
by Thomas Mann 1924 706 pages
4.13
55.4K ratings
German Literature
Literature
Philosophy
Identity Summary
Identity
by Milan Kundera 1997 176 pages
3.69
31.6K ratings
Novels
Czech Literature
Literature
A Clockwork Orange Summary
A Clockwork Orange
by Anthony Burgess 1962 192 pages
4.00
748.0K ratings
Classics
Science Fiction
Dystopia
The Story of a Seagull and the Cat Who Taught Her to Fly Summary
The Story of a Seagull and the Cat Who Taught Her to Fly
by Luis SepΓΊlveda 1996 128 pages
4.23
30.4K ratings
Childrens
Classics
Fantasy
City of Glass Summary
City of Glass
by Paul Auster 1985 203 pages
3.76
22.7K ratings
Mystery
Classics
Literature
We Were the Mulvaneys Summary
We Were the Mulvaneys
by Joyce Carol Oates 1996 454 pages
3.75
103.7K ratings
Book Club
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
The Names Summary
The Names
by Don DeLillo 1982 339 pages
3.64
4.8K ratings
Novels
American
Greece
Gilead Summary
Gilead
by Marilynne Robinson 2004 247 pages
3.85
119.4K ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Literary Fiction
Jitterbug Perfume Summary
Jitterbug Perfume
by Tom Robbins 1984 342 pages
4.23
79.2K ratings
Fantasy
Humor
Magical Realism
That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime (Light Novel), Vol. 3 Summary
That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime (Light Novel), Vol. 3
by Fuse 2014 342 pages
4.39
2.3K ratings
Light Novel
Fantasy
Manga
Gliff Summary
Gliff
by Ali Smith 2024 288 pages
3.97
4.0K ratings
Dystopia
Literary Fiction
Science Fiction
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