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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.

Novels Book Summaries

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 Earth Will Shake Summary
The Earth Will Shake
The History of the Early Illuminati
by Robert Anton Wilson 1982 376 pages
4.11
1.2K ratings
Fantasy
Science Fiction
Historical Fiction
The Beautiful and Damned Summary
The Beautiful and Damned
by F. Scott Fitzgerald 1922 422 pages
3.73
63.7K ratings
Classics
Literature
Romance
Sacrifice Summary
Sacrifice
by Paul Finch 2013 432 pages
4.19
2.4K ratings
Crime
Thriller
Mystery
Child of All Nations Summary
Child of All Nations
by Pramoedya Ananta Toer 1981 352 pages
4.43
7.7K ratings
Historical Fiction
Novels
Indonesian Literature
Elizabeth Finch Summary
Elizabeth Finch
by Julian Barnes 2022 192 pages
3.17
6.9K ratings
Literary Fiction
Contemporary
Philosophy
Mercure Summary
Mercure
by Amélie Nothomb 1998 188 pages
3.70
7.8K ratings
France
Contemporary
French Literature
El vampiro de la colonia Roma Summary
El vampiro de la colonia Roma
by Luis Zapata 1979 224 pages
3.91
2.9K ratings
LGBT
Queer
Spanish Literature
Gravity’s Rainbow Summary
Gravity’s Rainbow
by Thomas Pynchon 1973 776 pages
4.01
47.2K ratings
Classics
Literature
Science Fiction
Master of Reality Summary
Master of Reality
by John Darnielle 2008 112 pages
4.07
2.2K ratings
Music
Novels
The United States Of America
Accelerando Summary
Accelerando
by Charles Stross 2005 415 pages
3.87
22.0K ratings
Science Fiction
Cyberpunk
Singularity
A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian Summary
A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian
by Marina Lewycka 2005 326 pages
3.45
36.3K ratings
Contemporary
Ukraine
Book Club
Les Fourmis Summary
Les Fourmis
by Bernard Werber 1991 306 pages
4.04
14.6K ratings
Science Fiction
Fantasy
France
Olor a hormiga Summary
Olor a hormiga
by Júlia Peró 2024 240 pages
3.94
1.7K ratings
Book Club
Spanish Literature
Novels
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
The Lives of Others Summary
The Lives of Others
by Neel Mukherjee 2014 530 pages
3.68
5.0K ratings
India
Historical Fiction
Indian Literature
Moonglow Summary
Moonglow
by Michael Chabon 2016 430 pages
3.80
34.5K ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Literary Fiction
The Seventh Function of Language Summary
The Seventh Function of Language
by Laurent Binet 2015 359 pages
3.76
6.7K ratings
France
Philosophy
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
Troubling Love Summary
Troubling Love
by Elena Ferrante 1992 144 pages
3.25
24.1K ratings
Italy
Italian Literature
Contemporary
The Devil of the Provinces Summary
The Devil of the Provinces
by Juan Cárdenas 2017 176 pages
3.42
1.0K ratings
Mystery
Contemporary
Adult
Scaffolding Summary
Scaffolding
by Lauren Elkin 2024 388 pages
3.69
3.9K ratings
Literary Fiction
Historical Fiction
France
Filth Summary
Filth
by Irvine Welsh 1998 393 pages
3.82
31.7K ratings
Crime
Contemporary
Mystery
The Bridge on the Drina Summary
The Bridge on the Drina
by Ivo Andrić 1945 314 pages
4.33
24.5K ratings
Historical Fiction
Classics
Nobel Prize
Should We Stay or Should We Go Summary
Should We Stay or Should We Go
by Lionel Shriver 2021 288 pages
3.65
6.6K ratings
Book Club
Contemporary
Death
Choke Summary
Choke
by Chuck Palahniuk 2001 293 pages
3.71
219.4K ratings
Contemporary
Humor
Novels
House of Leaves Summary
House of Leaves
by Mark Z. Danielewski 2000 710 pages
4.09
184.0K ratings
Horror
Fantasy
Mystery
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