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Self-Reliance and Other Essays Summary
Self-Reliance and Other Essays
by Ralph Waldo Emerson 1844 117 pages
4.12
20.0K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
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The Rig Veda Summary
The Rig Veda
by Anonymous 1001 352 pages
3.92
1.7K ratings
Religion
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Hinduism
The Pleasures of the Damned Summary
The Pleasures of the Damned
by Charles Bukowski 2007 557 pages
4.35
6.8K ratings
Poetry
Classics
Short Stories
The Waste Land, Prufrock and Other Poems Summary
The Waste Land, Prufrock and Other Poems
by T.S. Eliot 1922 88 pages
4.14
12.0K ratings
Poetry
Classics
Literature
The Prelude Summary
The Prelude
by William Wordsworth 1850 704 pages
3.88
4.1K ratings
Poetry
Classics
Romanticism
The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath Summary
The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath
by Sylvia Plath 2000 732 pages
4.27
25.1K ratings
Classics
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Memoir
The Aeneid Summary
The Aeneid
by Virgil 442 pages
3.87
138.5K ratings
Poetry
Mythology
Classics
The Anatomy of Influence Summary
The Anatomy of Influence
Literature as a Way of Life
by Harold Bloom 2011 368 pages
3.93
470 ratings
Literary Criticism
Literature
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The Labyrinth of Solitude and Other Writings Summary
The Labyrinth of Solitude and Other Writings
by Octavio Paz 1950 398 pages
4.10
14.3K ratings
Essays
History
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Unspoken Feelings of a Gentleman II Summary
Unspoken Feelings of a Gentleman II
by Pierre Alex Jeanty 2016 190 pages
4.34
217 ratings
Poetry
The Book of Healing Summary
The Book of Healing
Selected Poetry and Prose
by Najwa Zebian 2021 288 pages
4.37
724 ratings
Poetry
Self Help
Mental Health
The Book of (More) Delights Summary
The Book of (More) Delights
Essays
by Ross Gay 2023 304 pages
4.24
2.3K ratings
Essays
Poetry
Memoir
The Practice of Poetry Summary
The Practice of Poetry
Writing Exercises From Poets Who Teach
by Robin Behn 1992 300 pages
4.05
1.2K ratings
Poetry
Writing
Reference
Perseverance Summary
Perseverance
by Margaret J. Wheatley 2010 168 pages
4.35
298 ratings
Leadership
Spirituality
Self Help
Flowers on the Moon Summary
Flowers on the Moon
by Billy Chapata 2020 304 pages
4.12
4.2K ratings
Poetry
Self Help
Mental Health
The Millionth Circle Summary
The Millionth Circle
How to Change Ourselves and the World. The Essential Guide to Women's Circles
by Jean Shinoda Bolen 1999 87 pages
4.07
421 ratings
Womens
Spirituality
Feminism
Another Bullshit Night in Suck City Summary
Another Bullshit Night in Suck City
by Nick Flynn 2004 347 pages
3.80
11.8K ratings
Memoir
Biography
Poetry
Have a Beautiful, Terrible Day! Summary
Have a Beautiful, Terrible Day!
Daily Meditations for the Ups, Downs & In-Betweens
by Kate Bowler 2024 240 pages
4.33
1.3K ratings
Faith
Self Help
Christian
When Women Were Birds Summary
When Women Were Birds
Fifty-four Variations on Voice
by Terry Tempest Williams 2012 208 pages
4.20
9.0K ratings
Memoir
Essays
Feminism
Shark Girl Summary
Shark Girl
by Kelly Bingham 2007 288 pages
3.85
3.8K ratings
Young Adult
Realistic Fiction
Poetry
Essential Sufism Summary
Essential Sufism
by James Fadiman 1997 288 pages
4.07
957 ratings
Religion
Islam
Philosophy
Run With the Hunted Summary
Run With the Hunted
A Charles Bukowski Reader
by Charles Bukowski 1994 497 pages
4.26
4.5K ratings
Poetry
Short Stories
Literature
Walt Whitman Summary
Walt Whitman
A Life
by Justin Kaplan 1980 464 pages
3.95
311 ratings
Biography
Poetry
History
The Book of Grief and Hamburgers Summary
The Book of Grief and Hamburgers
by Stuart Ross 2022 152 pages
3.80
176 ratings
Poetry
Grief
Memoir
The Two Gentlemen of Verona Summary
The Two Gentlemen of Verona
by William Shakespeare 1594 245 pages
3.39
16.6K ratings
Classics
Plays
Drama
William Blake vs the World Summary
William Blake vs the World
by John Higgs 2021 280 pages
4.16
981 ratings
Biography
Art
Poetry
Grief Lessons Summary
Grief Lessons
Four Plays by Euripides
by Anne Carson 312 pages
4.37
2.0K ratings
Plays
Classics
Poetry
Letters on Cézanne Summary
Letters on Cézanne
by Rainer Maria Rilke 1907 112 pages
4.18
897 ratings
Art
Poetry
Classics
How To Catch A Mole Summary
How To Catch A Mole
by Marc Hamer 2019 256 pages
4.16
1.8K ratings
Nature
Memoir
Animals
The Essays of Ralph Waldo Emerson Summary
The Essays of Ralph Waldo Emerson
by Ralph Waldo Emerson 1844 398 pages
4.23
2.7K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Essays
Prometheus Bound Summary
Prometheus Bound
by Aeschylus 144 pages
3.94
20.9K ratings
Plays
Mythology
Poetry
The Essential Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe Summary
The Essential Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe
by Edgar Allan Poe 1843 688 pages
4.36
69.8K ratings
Classics
Poetry
Horror
This Is All Summary
This Is All
The Pillow Book of Cordelia Kenn
by Aidan Chambers 2005 808 pages
4.31
2.4K ratings
Young Adult
Romance
Contemporary
Beowulf Summary
Beowulf
by Unknown 1000 259 pages
3.50
339.2K ratings
Poetry
Fantasy
Classics
The Canterbury Tales Summary
The Canterbury Tales
A Retelling
by Peter Ackroyd 2009 436 pages
3.56
2.5K ratings
Classics
Poetry
Historical Fiction
Tales from the Perilous Realm Summary
Tales from the Perilous Realm
by J.R.R. Tolkien 1997 178 pages
4.07
11.6K ratings
Fantasy
Short Stories
Classics
El amor, las mujeres y la vida Summary
El amor, las mujeres y la vida
by Mario Benedetti 1995 176 pages
4.23
5.8K ratings
Poetry
Spanish Literature
Romance
The Poet's Guide to Life Summary
The Poet's Guide to Life
The Wisdom of Rilke
by Rainer Maria Rilke 2005 215 pages
4.13
358 ratings
Poetry
Philosophy
Literature
They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us Summary
They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us
by Hanif Abdurraqib 2017 291 pages
4.55
18.2K ratings
Essays
Music
Poetry
Dr. Seuss's Green Eggs and Ham Summary
Dr. Seuss's Green Eggs and Ham
For Soprano, Boy Soprano, and Orchestra
by Robert Kapilow 1996 96 pages
4.47
135.4K ratings
Childrens
Picture Books
Kids
Cántame al dormir Summary
Cántame al dormir
by Gilraen Eärfalas 2023 154 pages
4.23
311 ratings
Romance
Poetry
Multiple Choice Summary
Multiple Choice
by Alejandro Zambra 2014 128 pages
3.90
6.6K ratings
Poetry
Short Stories
Contemporary
Tutte le poesie Summary
Tutte le poesie
by Eugenio Montale 1984 1192 pages
4.62
705 ratings
Poetry
Italian Literature
Nobel Prize
Everyone's a Aliebn When Ur a Aliebn Too Summary
Everyone's a Aliebn When Ur a Aliebn Too
by Jomny Sun 2017 256 pages
4.08
35.7K ratings
Graphic Novels
Comics
Science Fiction
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