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Sputnik Sweetheart Summary
Sputnik Sweetheart
by Haruki Murakami 1999 229 pages
3.83
172.9K ratings
Japan
Japanese Literature
Magical Realism
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
Women in Love Summary
Women in Love
by D.H. Lawrence 1920 416 pages
3.66
33.0K ratings
Literature
Classics
Romance
The Transit of Venus Summary
The Transit of Venus
by Shirley Hazzard 1980 337 pages
4.00
4.8K ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Australia
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 Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny Summary
The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny
by Kiran Desai 2025 688 pages
3.96
3.4K ratings
India
Literary Fiction
Romance
Lord Jim Summary
Lord Jim
by Joseph Conrad 1900 455 pages
3.61
32.2K ratings
Classics
Literature
Adventure
Everyone Has A Story Summary
Everyone Has A Story
by Savi Sharma 2015 184 pages
3.33
12.7K ratings
Romance
Indian Literature
Novels
Middlemarch Summary
Middlemarch
by George Eliot 1872 912 pages
4.03
173.3K ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Literature
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 Tortilla Curtain Summary
The Tortilla Curtain
by T. Coraghessan Boyle 1995 355 pages
3.66
33.8K ratings
Book Club
Contemporary
School
Three Daughters of Eve Summary
Three Daughters of Eve
by Elif Shafak 2016 384 pages
3.82
31.1K ratings
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
Novels
The Counterfeiters Summary
The Counterfeiters
by André Gide 1925 451 pages
3.83
10.0K ratings
France
Classics
French Literature
The Palace of Dreams Summary
The Palace of Dreams
by Ismail Kadare 1981 208 pages
3.96
5.8K ratings
Fantasy
Dystopia
Classics
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
The Invisible Man Summary
The Invisible Man
by H.G. Wells 1897 192 pages
3.63
208.7K ratings
Science Fiction
Horror
Fantasy
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
Ulysses Summary
Ulysses
by James Joyce 1922 783 pages
3.77
137.3K ratings
Classics
Literature
Ireland
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
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
Naked Lunch Summary
Naked Lunch
The Restored Text
by William S. Burroughs 1959 289 pages
3.46
96.2K ratings
Classics
Literature
Novels
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
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
The Last Jew Summary
The Last Jew
by Noah Gordon 1999 348 pages
4.16
10.3K ratings
Historical Fiction
Spain
Historical
Moby-Dick or, The Whale Summary
Immersive
Moby-Dick or, The Whale
by Herman Melville 1851 720 pages
3.56
596.8K ratings
Classics
Literature
Adventure
Despair Summary
Despair
by Vladimir Nabokov 1934 212 pages
3.91
11.1K ratings
Classics
Russia
Russian Literature
Solo leveling - light Novel 2 Summary
Solo leveling - light Novel 2
by Chugong 400 pages
4.51
5.7K ratings
Fantasy
Light Novel
Manga
The Bell Summary
The Bell
by Iris Murdoch 1958 296 pages
3.92
9.8K ratings
Classics
Novels
British Literature
City of the Beasts Summary
City of the Beasts
by Isabel Allende 2002 408 pages
3.74
44.5K ratings
Fantasy
Young Adult
Adventure
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
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
Thrawn Summary
Thrawn
by Timothy Zahn 2017 427 pages
4.31
54.8K ratings
Star Wars
Science Fiction
Fantasy
Tortilla Flat Summary
Tortilla Flat
by John Steinbeck 1935 256 pages
3.83
60.2K ratings
Classics
Literature
Historical Fiction
Ajaya Summary
Ajaya
Roll of the Dice
by Anand Neelakantan 2013 456 pages
4.05
5.4K ratings
Mythology
Historical Fiction
Indian Literature
The Second Lady Summary
The Second Lady
by Irving Wallace 1980 341 pages
3.92
5.0K ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Suspense
Tropic of Cancer Summary
Tropic of Cancer
by Henry Miller 1934 318 pages
3.66
76.0K ratings
Classics
Literature
Novels
The New York Trilogy Summary
The New York Trilogy
by Paul Auster 1987 308 pages
3.87
83.2K ratings
Mystery
American
Novels
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
Little, Big Summary
Little, Big
by John Crowley 1981 538 pages
3.81
12.0K ratings
Fantasy
Magical Realism
Novels
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
Islands in the Stream Summary
Islands in the Stream
by Ernest Hemingway 1970 448 pages
3.88
16.5K ratings
Classics
Literature
Novels
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 Red and the Black Summary
The Red and the Black
by Stendhal 1830 577 pages
3.86
81.5K ratings
Classics
France
French Literature
The Days of Abandonment Summary
The Days of Abandonment
by Elena Ferrante 2002 188 pages
3.87
54.5K ratings
Contemporary
Italy
Literary Fiction
From Here to Eternity Summary
From Here to Eternity
by James Jones 1951 816 pages
4.08
17.9K ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
War
Wait Until Spring, Bandini Summary
Wait Until Spring, Bandini
by John Fante 1938 266 pages
4.09
14.2K ratings
Classics
Novels
American
Alaska Summary
Alaska
by James A. Michener 1988 868 pages
4.16
16.0K ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
Travel
Le Temps Des Secrets Summary
Le Temps Des Secrets
by Marcel Pagnol 1962 285 pages
4.05
1.8K ratings
France
Classics
French Literature
The Flamethrowers Summary
The Flamethrowers
by Rachel Kushner 2013 383 pages
3.50
23.3K ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Literary Fiction
Thank You for Leaving Summary
Thank You for Leaving
by Rithvik Singh 2025 200 pages
4.09
676 ratings
Love
Poetry
Self Help
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