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Visitation Summary
Visitation
by Jenny Erpenbeck 2008 160 pages
3.61
5.9K ratings
Historical Fiction
Germany
German Literature
A Hero of Our Time Summary
A Hero of Our Time
by Mikhail Lermontov 1839 185 pages
4.11
62.0K ratings
Classics
Russia
Russian Literature
The Custom of the Country Summary
The Custom of the Country
by Edith Wharton 1913 370 pages
4.06
15.2K ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
American
The Death of Virgil Summary
The Death of Virgil
by Hermann Broch 1945 493 pages
4.14
1.7K ratings
Historical Fiction
Classics
German Literature
Tortilla Flat Summary
Tortilla Flat
by John Steinbeck 1935 256 pages
3.83
60.2K ratings
Classics
Literature
Historical Fiction
The Second Lady Summary
The Second Lady
by Irving Wallace 1980 341 pages
3.92
5.0K ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Suspense
Middlemarch Summary
Middlemarch
by George Eliot 1872 912 pages
4.03
173.3K ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Literature
Night Lords Summary
Night Lords
The Omnibus
by Aaron Dembski-Bowden 2014 944 pages
4.65
1.8K ratings
40k
Science Fiction
Fantasy
The Transit of Venus Summary
The Transit of Venus
by Shirley Hazzard 1980 337 pages
4.00
4.8K ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Australia
The Palace of Dreams Summary
The Palace of Dreams
by Ismail Kadare 1981 208 pages
3.96
5.8K ratings
Fantasy
Dystopia
Classics
The Museum of Innocence Summary
The Museum of Innocence
by Orhan Pamuk 2008 536 pages
3.78
35.9K ratings
Turkish Literature
Turkish
Romance
Immortality Summary
Immortality
by Milan Kundera 1990 400 pages
4.14
41.5K ratings
Philosophy
Czech Literature
Novels
From Here to Eternity Summary
From Here to Eternity
by James Jones 1951 816 pages
4.08
17.9K ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
War
Adultery Summary
Adultery
by Paulo Coelho 2012 272 pages
3.09
59.1K ratings
Romance
Novels
Contemporary
The Magic Mountain Summary
The Magic Mountain
by Thomas Mann 1924 706 pages
4.13
55.4K ratings
German Literature
Literature
Philosophy
Everyone Has A Story Summary
Everyone Has A Story
by Savi Sharma 2015 184 pages
3.33
12.7K ratings
Romance
Indian Literature
Novels
Song of Solomon Summary
Song of Solomon
by Toni Morrison 1977 338 pages
4.15
122.1K ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Magical Realism
All the Pretty Horses Summary
All the Pretty Horses
by Cormac McCarthy 1992 302 pages
4.05
137.7K ratings
Westerns
Historical Fiction
Classics
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao Summary
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
by Junot Díaz 2007 335 pages
3.89
273.3K ratings
Book Club
Contemporary
Magical Realism
The Man Who Counted Summary
The Man Who Counted
A Collection of Mathematical Adventures
by Malba Tahan 1938 256 pages
4.11
6.5K ratings
Mathematics
Classics
Novels
The War of the End of the World Summary
The War of the End of the World
by Mario Vargas Llosa 1981 568 pages
4.25
12.0K ratings
Historical Fiction
Literature
Novels
Atlas Shrugged & The Fountainhead Summary
Atlas Shrugged & The Fountainhead
by Ayn Rand 1995
4.10
5.0K ratings
Classics
Philosophy
Politics
Little, Big Summary
Little, Big
by John Crowley 1981 538 pages
3.81
12.0K ratings
Fantasy
Magical Realism
Novels
Gilead Summary
Gilead
by Marilynne Robinson 2004 247 pages
3.85
119.4K ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Literary Fiction
Hypnotizing Maria Summary
Hypnotizing Maria
by Richard Bach 2009 160 pages
3.67
1.4K ratings
The United States Of America
Aviation
Self Help
A Scanner Darkly Summary
A Scanner Darkly
by Philip K. Dick 1977 324 pages
4.03
107.4K ratings
Science Fiction
Dystopia
Classics
Letter to a Child Never Born Summary
Letter to a Child Never Born
by Oriana Fallaci 1975 128 pages
4.01
22.8K ratings
Novels
Feminism
Italian Literature
Every Day Is Mother's Day Summary
Every Day Is Mother's Day
by Hilary Mantel 1985 224 pages
3.59
2.0K ratings
British Literature
Literary Fiction
Novels
Brave New World and Brave New World Revisited Summary
Brave New World and Brave New World Revisited
by Aldous Huxley 1958 340 pages
4.16
170.1K ratings
Science Fiction
Dystopia
Classics
Ajaya Summary
Ajaya
Roll of the Dice
by Anand Neelakantan 2013 456 pages
4.05
5.4K ratings
Mythology
Historical Fiction
Indian Literature
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 Sepúlveda 1996 128 pages
4.23
30.4K ratings
Childrens
Classics
Fantasy
The Patron Saint of Liars Summary
The Patron Saint of Liars
by Ann Patchett 1992 352 pages
3.90
63.0K ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Literary Fiction
Thrawn Summary
Thrawn
by Timothy Zahn 2017 427 pages
4.31
54.8K ratings
Star Wars
Science Fiction
Fantasy
Franny and Zooey Summary
Franny and Zooey
by J.D. Salinger 1957 201 pages
3.96
233.0K ratings
Short Stories
Literature
Classics
Tropic of Cancer Summary
Tropic of Cancer
by Henry Miller 1934 318 pages
3.66
76.0K ratings
Classics
Literature
Novels
The Obscene Bird of Night Summary
The Obscene Bird of Night
by José Donoso 1970 438 pages
4.20
4.0K ratings
Horror
Magical Realism
Spanish Literature
Islands in the Stream Summary
Islands in the Stream
by Ernest Hemingway 1970 448 pages
3.88
16.5K ratings
Classics
Literature
Novels
The Plot Against America Summary
The Plot Against America
by Philip Roth 2004 391 pages
3.81
66.4K ratings
Historical Fiction
Alternate History
Literature
Too Loud a Solitude Summary
Too Loud a Solitude
by Bohumil Hrabal 1976 112 pages
3.98
24.9K ratings
Czech Literature
Classics
Novels
Tarkin Summary
Tarkin
by James Luceno 2014 288 pages
3.76
20.4K ratings
Star Wars
Science Fiction
Fantasy
The Tortilla Curtain Summary
The Tortilla Curtain
by T. Coraghessan Boyle 1995 355 pages
3.66
33.8K ratings
Book Club
Contemporary
School
In the First Circle Summary
In the First Circle
by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn 1968 742 pages
4.36
1.7K ratings
Russia
Classics
Literature
Despair Summary
Despair
by Vladimir Nabokov 1934 212 pages
3.91
11.1K ratings
Classics
Russia
Russian Literature
Alaska Summary
Alaska
by James A. Michener 1988 868 pages
4.16
16.0K ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
Travel
City of Glass Summary
City of Glass
by Paul Auster 1985 203 pages
3.76
22.7K ratings
Mystery
Classics
Literature
Die, My Love Summary
Die, My Love
by Ariana Harwicz 2012 128 pages
3.47
7.7K ratings
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
Mental Health
Counter-Clock World Summary
Counter-Clock World
by Philip K. Dick 1967 218 pages
3.55
5.1K ratings
Science Fiction
Speculative Fiction
Time Travel
Rule of Two Summary
Rule of Two
by Drew Karpyshyn 2007 318 pages
4.24
26.7K ratings
Star Wars
Science Fiction
Fantasy
The Flamethrowers Summary
The Flamethrowers
by Rachel Kushner 2013 383 pages
3.50
23.3K ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Literary Fiction
Complicity Summary
Complicity
by Iain Banks 1993 313 pages
3.92
13.5K ratings
Crime
Thriller
Mystery
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