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Novels

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.

Novels Book Summaries

The Company of Women
by Khushwant Singh • 1999
3.27
4k+
Erotica
Indian Literature
India
The Company of Women Summary
The Company of Women
by Khushwant Singh 1999 232 pages
3.27
4k+ ratings
Erotica
Indian Literature
India
Go Tell It on the Mountain
by James Baldwin • 1953
4.06
83k+
Classics
African American
Race
Go Tell It on the Mountain Summary
Go Tell It on the Mountain
by James Baldwin 1953 256 pages
4.06
83k+ ratings
Classics
African American
Race
The Sun Also Rises
by Ernest Hemingway • 1926
3.79
400k+
Classics
Literature
Historical Fiction
The Sun Also Rises Summary
The Sun Also Rises
by Ernest Hemingway 1926 189 pages
3.79
400k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
Historical Fiction
The Spinoza Problem
by Irvin D. Yalom • 2012
4.26
19k+
Philosophy
Psychology
Historical Fiction
The Spinoza Problem Summary
The Spinoza Problem
by Irvin D. Yalom 2012 321 pages
4.26
19k+ ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Historical Fiction
Freedom
by Jonathan Franzen • 2010
3.80
100k+
Book Club
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
Freedom Summary
Freedom
by Jonathan Franzen 2010 562 pages
3.80
100k+ ratings
Book Club
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
The Death of Artemio Cruz
by Carlos Fuentes • 1962
3.86
11k+
Spanish Literature
Latin American
Classics
The Death of Artemio Cruz Summary
The Death of Artemio Cruz
by Carlos Fuentes 1962 307 pages
3.86
11k+ ratings
Spanish Literature
Latin American
Classics
The Namesake
by Jhumpa Lahiri • 2003
4.02
200k+
India
Book Club
Contemporary
The Namesake Summary
The Namesake
by Jhumpa Lahiri 2003 304 pages
4.02
200k+ ratings
India
Book Club
Contemporary
The Idiot
by Elif Batuman • 2017
3.64
100k+
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
Historical Fiction
The Idiot Summary
The Idiot
by Elif Batuman 2017 423 pages
3.64
100k+ ratings
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
Historical Fiction
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
by Jonathan Safran Foer • 2005
3.97
400k+
Contemporary
Book Club
Historical Fiction
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Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
by Jonathan Safran Foer 2005 326 pages
3.97
400k+ ratings
Contemporary
Book Club
Historical Fiction
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler
by Italo Calvino • 1979
4.01
100k+
Classics
Italian Literature
Magical Realism
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler Summary
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler
by Italo Calvino 1979 260 pages
4.01
100k+ ratings
Classics
Italian Literature
Magical Realism
That Was Then, This Is Now
by S.E. Hinton • 1998
3.94
41k+
Young Adult
Classics
Coming Of Age
That Was Then, This Is Now Summary
That Was Then, This Is Now
by S.E. Hinton 1998 159 pages
3.94
41k+ ratings
Young Adult
Classics
Coming Of Age
The Grapes of Wrath
by John Steinbeck • 1939
4.03
1M+
Classics
Historical Fiction
Literature
The Grapes of Wrath Summary
The Grapes of Wrath
by John Steinbeck 1939 496 pages
4.03
1M+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Literature
The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea
by Yukio Mishima • 1963
3.83
53k+
Japan
Classics
Japanese Literature
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
3.83
53k+ ratings
Japan
Classics
Japanese Literature
The Virgin Suicides
by Jeffrey Eugenides • 2002
3.78
400k+
Classics
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
The Virgin Suicides Summary
The Virgin Suicides
by Jeffrey Eugenides 2002 250 pages
3.78
400k+ ratings
Classics
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
Notes from the Underground
by Fyodor Dostoevsky • 1864
4.17
200k+
Classics
Philosophy
Russia
Notes from the Underground Summary
Notes from the Underground
by Fyodor Dostoevsky 1864 96 pages
4.17
200k+ ratings
Classics
Philosophy
Russia
Night Lords
by Aaron Dembski-Bowden • 2014
The Omnibus
4.67
2k+
40k
Science Fiction
Fantasy
Night Lords Summary
Night Lords
The Omnibus
by Aaron Dembski-Bowden 2014 944 pages
4.67
2k+ ratings
40k
Science Fiction
Fantasy
The Sense of an Ending
by Julian Barnes • 2011
3.74
100k+
Book Club
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
The Sense of an Ending Summary
The Sense of an Ending
by Julian Barnes 2011 150 pages
3.74
100k+ ratings
Book Club
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
Omerta
by Mario Puzo • 2000
3.78
19k+
Crime
Thriller
Mystery
Omerta Summary
Omerta
by Mario Puzo 2000 369 pages
3.78
19k+ ratings
Crime
Thriller
Mystery
The White Castle
by Orhan Pamuk • 1985
3.48
17k+
Historical Fiction
Turkish Literature
Turkish
The White Castle Summary
The White Castle
by Orhan Pamuk 1985 145 pages
3.48
17k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Turkish Literature
Turkish
The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
by Fyodor Dostoevsky • 1869
4.21
200k+
Classics
Russia
Russian Literature
The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoyevsky Summary
The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
by Fyodor Dostoevsky 1869
4.21
200k+ ratings
Classics
Russia
Russian Literature
Memento Mori
by Muriel Spark • 1959
3.61
7k+
Classics
Mystery
Novels
Memento Mori Summary
Memento Mori
by Muriel Spark 1959 224 pages
3.61
7k+ ratings
Classics
Mystery
Novels
The Kindly Ones
by Jonathan Littell • 2009
4.03
15k+
Historical Fiction
War
World War II
The Kindly Ones Summary
The Kindly Ones
by Jonathan Littell 2009 984 pages
4.03
15k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
War
World War II
Adultery
by Paulo Coelho • 2014
3.1
61k+
Romance
Novels
Contemporary
Adultery Summary
Adultery
by Paulo Coelho 2014 272 pages
3.1
61k+ ratings
Romance
Novels
Contemporary
The Sound and the Fury
by William Faulkner • 1929
3.86
100k+
Classics
Literature
Novels
The Sound and the Fury Summary
The Sound and the Fury
by William Faulkner 1929 366 pages
3.86
100k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
Novels
Gilead
by Marilynne Robinson • 2004
3.85
100k+
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Literary Fiction
Gilead Summary
Gilead
by Marilynne Robinson 2004 247 pages
3.85
100k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Literary Fiction
Reef
by Romesh Gunesekera • 1994
3.76
2k+
Historical Fiction
Asia
Asian Literature
Reef Summary
Reef
by Romesh Gunesekera 1994 190 pages
3.76
2k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Asia
Asian Literature
The Transit of Venus
by Shirley Hazzard • 1980
4.01
5k+
Classics
Historical Fiction
Australia
The Transit of Venus Summary
The Transit of Venus
by Shirley Hazzard 1980 337 pages
4.01
5k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Australia
On Beauty
by Zadie Smith • 2005
3.78
91k+
Contemporary
Book Club
Literary Fiction
On Beauty Summary
On Beauty
by Zadie Smith 2005 445 pages
3.78
91k+ ratings
Contemporary
Book Club
Literary Fiction
Identity
by Milan Kundera • 1997
3.69
33k+
Novels
Czech Literature
Literature
Identity Summary
Identity
by Milan Kundera 1997 176 pages
3.69
33k+ ratings
Novels
Czech Literature
Literature
A Farewell to Arms
by Ernest Hemingway • 1929
3.82
300k+
Classics
Historical Fiction
War
A Farewell to Arms Summary
A Farewell to Arms
by Ernest Hemingway 1929 304 pages
3.82
300k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
War
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
by Roald Dahl • 2005
4.17
900k+
Classics
Fantasy
Childrens
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Summary
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
by Roald Dahl 2005 176 pages
4.17
900k+ ratings
Classics
Fantasy
Childrens
The Names
by Don DeLillo • 1982
3.64
5k+
Novels
American
Mystery
The Names Summary
The Names
by Don DeLillo 1982 339 pages
3.64
5k+ ratings
Novels
American
Mystery
Madame Bovary
by Gustave Flaubert • 2004
3.71
300k+
Classics
France
Literature
Madame Bovary Summary
Madame Bovary
by Gustave Flaubert 2004 329 pages
3.71
300k+ ratings
Classics
France
Literature
Historia de una gaviota y del gato que le enseñó a volar
by Luis Sepúlveda • 1996
4.23
32k+
Childrens
Classics
Fantasy
Historia de una gaviota y del gato que le enseñó a volar Summary
Historia de una gaviota y del gato que le enseñó a volar
by Luis Sepúlveda 1996 144 pages
4.23
32k+ ratings
Childrens
Classics
Fantasy
City of Glass
by Paul Auster • 1985
3.75
24k+
Mystery
Classics
American
City of Glass Summary
City of Glass
by Paul Auster 1985 203 pages
3.75
24k+ ratings
Mystery
Classics
American
Notes from Underground, White Nights, The Dream of a Ridiculous Man, and Selections from The House of the Dead
by Fyodor Dostoevsky • 1864
4.19
78k+
Classics
Russia
Philosophy
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
78k+ ratings
Classics
Russia
Philosophy
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
by James Joyce • 1916
3.64
100k+
Classics
Literature
Irish Literature
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
100k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
Irish Literature
Sputnik Sweetheart
by Haruki Murakami • 1999
3.83
100k+
Japan
Japanese Literature
Magical Realism
Sputnik Sweetheart Summary
Sputnik Sweetheart
by Haruki Murakami 1999 229 pages
3.83
100k+ ratings
Japan
Japanese Literature
Magical Realism
Visitation
by Jenny Erpenbeck • 2008
3.43
8k+
Historical Fiction
Germany
German Literature
Visitation Summary
Visitation
by Jenny Erpenbeck 2008 160 pages
3.43
8k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Germany
German Literature
The Magic Mountain
by Thomas Mann • 1924
4.13
63k+
Classics
German Literature
Literature
The Magic Mountain Summary
The Magic Mountain
by Thomas Mann 1924 706 pages
4.13
63k+ ratings
Classics
German Literature
Literature
That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime (Light Novel), Vol. 3
by Fuse • 2014
4.38
2k+
Light Novel
Fantasy
Manga
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
4.38
2k+ ratings
Light Novel
Fantasy
Manga
A Clockwork Orange
by Anthony Burgess • 1962
4.00
700k+
Classics
Science Fiction
Dystopia
A Clockwork Orange Summary
A Clockwork Orange
by Anthony Burgess 1962 240 pages
4.00
700k+ ratings
Classics
Science Fiction
Dystopia
The Obscene Bird of Night
by José Donoso • 1970
4.21
4k+
Horror
Magical Realism
Classics
The Obscene Bird of Night Summary
The Obscene Bird of Night
by José Donoso 1970 438 pages
4.21
4k+ ratings
Horror
Magical Realism
Classics
Jitterbug Perfume
by Tom Robbins • 1984
4.23
81k+
Fantasy
Humor
Magical Realism
Jitterbug Perfume Summary
Jitterbug Perfume
by Tom Robbins 1984 342 pages
4.23
81k+ ratings
Fantasy
Humor
Magical Realism
For Whom the Bell Tolls
by Ernest Hemingway • 1940
3.99
300k+
Classics
Historical Fiction
Literature
For Whom the Bell Tolls Summary
For Whom the Bell Tolls
by Ernest Hemingway 1940 471 pages
3.99
300k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Literature
Gulivers Travels
by Jonathan Swift • 1726
3.59
300k+
Classics
Fantasy
Adventure
Gulivers Travels Summary
Gulivers Travels
by Jonathan Swift 1726 352 pages
3.59
300k+ ratings
Classics
Fantasy
Adventure
David Copperfield
by Charles Dickens • 1850
4.05
200k+
Classics
Literature
Historical Fiction
David Copperfield Summary
David Copperfield
by Charles Dickens 1850 882 pages
4.05
200k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
Historical Fiction
Saturday
by Ian McEwan • 2005
3.64
74k+
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
Book Club
Saturday Summary
Saturday
by Ian McEwan 2005 289 pages
3.64
74k+ ratings
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
Book Club
The Dice Man
by Luke Rhinehart • 1971
3.54
22k+
Psychology
Thriller
Classics
The Dice Man Summary
The Dice Man
by Luke Rhinehart 1971 541 pages
3.54
22k+ ratings
Psychology
Thriller
Classics
The Tortilla Curtain
by T. Coraghessan Boyle • 1995
3.66
34k+
Book Club
Contemporary
School
The Tortilla Curtain Summary
The Tortilla Curtain
by T. Coraghessan Boyle 1995 355 pages
3.66
34k+ ratings
Book Club
Contemporary
School
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