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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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One, No One, and One Hundred Thousand Summary
One, No One, and One Hundred Thousand
by Luigi Pirandello 1925 174 pages
4.03
28.0K ratings
Classics
Italian Literature
Italy
The Accidental Malay Summary
The Accidental Malay
by Karina Robles Bahrin 2022 232 pages
3.50
1.0K ratings
Contemporary
Religion
Family
The Glass Bead Game Summary
The Glass Bead Game
by Hermann Hesse 1943 558 pages
4.10
40.9K ratings
Classics
Philosophy
Literature
Mexico Summary
Mexico
by James A. Michener 1992 672 pages
3.75
5.5K ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
Travel
Thank You for Leaving Summary
Thank You for Leaving
by Rithvik Singh 2025 200 pages
4.09
676 ratings
Love
Poetry
Self Help
The Book of Laughter and Forgetting Summary
The Book of Laughter and Forgetting
by Milan Kundera 1979 313 pages
3.95
52.5K ratings
Czech Literature
Classics
Literature
Less Than Zero Summary
Less Than Zero
by Bret Easton Ellis 1985 208 pages
3.60
93.8K ratings
Contemporary
Novels
Classics
Flesh Summary
Flesh
by David Szalay 2025 368 pages
3.83
9.3K ratings
Literary Fiction
Contemporary
Novels
The Star Outside My Window Summary
The Star Outside My Window
by Onjali Q. Raúf 2019 306 pages
4.32
2.4K ratings
Middle Grade
Family
Adventure
سینوهه Summary
سینوهه
by Mika Waltari 1945 904 pages
4.22
26.6K ratings
Historical Fiction
Classics
Historical
Day of the Oprichnik Summary
Day of the Oprichnik
by Vladimir Sorokin 2006 191 pages
3.75
9.2K ratings
Russia
Dystopia
Russian Literature
Halo Summary
Halo
The Flood
by William C. Dietz 2003 341 pages
3.72
18.3K ratings
Science Fiction
Video Games
Military Fiction
The Land of Green Plums Summary
The Land of Green Plums
by Herta Müller 1994 256 pages
3.67
6.1K ratings
Romania
Nobel Prize
Historical Fiction
The Gangster We Are All Looking For Summary
The Gangster We Are All Looking For
by Lê Thi Diem Thúy 2003 160 pages
3.68
3.1K ratings
Historical Fiction
Asian American
School
The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin Summary
The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin
by David Nobbs 1975 285 pages
3.93
1.1K ratings
Humor
Comedy
Psychology
Speedboat Summary
Speedboat
by Renata Adler 1976 192 pages
3.76
7.1K ratings
Classics
Short Stories
Novels
Gravity’s Rainbow Summary
Gravity’s Rainbow
by Thomas Pynchon 1973 776 pages
4.01
47.2K ratings
Classics
Literature
Science Fiction
What We Can Know Summary
What We Can Know
by Ian McEwan 2025 303 pages
3.96
6.1K ratings
Science Fiction
Dystopia
Literary Fiction
Running Summary
Running
by Jean Echenoz 2008 128 pages
3.81
2.6K ratings
Sports
France
French Literature
Jude the Obscure Summary
Jude the Obscure
by Thomas Hardy 1895 310 pages
3.83
74.3K ratings
Classics
Literature
19th Century
The Solar War Summary
The Solar War
by John French 2019 407 pages
4.03
3.5K ratings
Science Fiction
40k
Fantasy
Accelerando Summary
Accelerando
by Charles Stross 2005 415 pages
3.87
22.0K ratings
Science Fiction
Cyberpunk
Singularity
All Those Things We Never Said Summary
All Those Things We Never Said
by Marc Levy 2008 318 pages
3.87
14.5K ratings
Romance
France
Contemporary
Thrawn Summary
Thrawn
Alliances
by Timothy Zahn 2018 342 pages
3.97
33.0K ratings
Star Wars
Science Fiction
Fantasy
Family of Origin Summary
Family of Origin
by C.J. Hauser 2019 287 pages
3.48
1.6K ratings
Novels
Literary Fiction
Contemporary
The Spinning Heart Summary
The Spinning Heart
by Donal Ryan 2012 160 pages
3.94
10.6K ratings
Ireland
Irish Literature
Literary Fiction
Gabriel García Márquez Summary
Gabriel García Márquez
One Hundred Years of Solitude
by Michael Wood 1990 132 pages
4.54
5.9K ratings
Classics
Novels
Literature
Legacy of Blood Summary
Legacy of Blood
by Richard A. Knaak 2001 355 pages
3.75
3.1K ratings
Fantasy
Horror
Video Games
Generation A Summary
Generation A
by Douglas Coupland 2009 320 pages
3.52
7.7K ratings
Science Fiction
Canada
Contemporary
Splinter Cell Summary
Splinter Cell
by David Michaels 2004 355 pages
3.88
13.1K ratings
Thriller
Action
Espionage
What Is the What Summary
What Is the What
by Dave Eggers 2006 475 pages
4.15
86.5K ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
War
Canada Summary
Canada
by Richard Ford 2012 420 pages
3.52
27.7K ratings
Book Club
Canada
Literary Fiction
The Smell of Apples Summary
The Smell of Apples
by Mark Behr 1993 200 pages
3.55
1.3K ratings
South Africa
Africa
Historical Fiction
The Lonely Londoners Summary
The Lonely Londoners
by Sam Selvon 1956 142 pages
3.70
13.1K ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
20th Century
Revan Summary
Revan
by Drew Karpyshyn 2011 289 pages
4.01
23.3K ratings
Star Wars
Science Fiction
Fantasy
Get Rich or Get Lucky Summary
Get Rich or Get Lucky
by Max Nowaz 2019 276 pages
4.25
14.0K ratings
Fantasy
Novels
Epic
Disquiet Gods Summary
Disquiet Gods
by Christopher Ruocchio 2024 704 pages
4.59
8.9K ratings
Science Fiction
Fantasy
Space Opera
Wind/Pinball Summary
Wind/Pinball
Two Novels
by Haruki Murakami 1980 234 pages
3.53
32.7K ratings
Japan
Japanese Literature
Magical Realism
Star Wars Summary
Star Wars
Dark Lord - The Rise of Darth Vader
by James Luceno 2005 368 pages
3.90
10.4K ratings
Star Wars
Science Fiction
Fantasy
Light of the Jedi Summary
Light of the Jedi
by Charles Soule 2021 380 pages
3.93
31.6K ratings
Star Wars
Science Fiction
Fantasy
Hygiène de l'assassin Summary
Hygiène de l'assassin
by Amélie Nothomb 1992 221 pages
3.78
18.3K ratings
France
Contemporary
French Literature
The Beautiful and Damned Summary
The Beautiful and Damned
by F. Scott Fitzgerald 1922 422 pages
3.73
63.7K ratings
Classics
Literature
Romance
Star Wars Summary
Star Wars
Rogue Planet
by Greg Bear 2000 336 pages
3.40
7.2K ratings
Star Wars
Science Fiction
Fantasy
The Fallen Star Summary
The Fallen Star
by Claudia Gray 2022 345 pages
4.08
9.9K ratings
Star Wars
Science Fiction
Fantasy
This Side of Paradise Summary
This Side of Paradise
by F. Scott Fitzgerald 1920 275 pages
3.64
78.7K ratings
Classics
Literature
Novels
The Warriors Summary
The Warriors
by Sol Yurick 1965 212 pages
3.38
2.4K ratings
Crime
Classics
Thriller
Shōgun, Volume 1 Summary
Shōgun, Volume 1
by James Clavell 1975 533 pages
4.53
13.5K ratings
Historical Fiction
Classics
Historical
Star Wars Summary
Star Wars
Knight Errant
by John Jackson Miller 2011 372 pages
3.62
3.6K ratings
Star Wars
Science Fiction
Fantasy
The Hour of the Star Summary
The Hour of the Star
by Clarice Lispector 1977 96 pages
4.11
50.2K ratings
Classics
Brazil
Literary Fiction
Edge of Eternity Summary
Edge of Eternity
by Ken Follett 2014 36 pages
4.20
114.3K ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
War
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