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Peter Pan Summary
Peter Pan
by J.M. Barrie 1911 155 pages
4.03
300k+ ratings
Classics
Fantasy
Childrens
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance Summary
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
An Inquiry Into Values
by Robert M. Pirsig 1974 464 pages
3.78
200k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Spirituality
So Long, See You Tomorrow Summary
So Long, See You Tomorrow
by William Maxwell 1980 135 pages
3.85
17k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Classics
Literary Fiction
The First Man Summary
The First Man
by Albert Camus 1994 359 pages
3.96
12k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
France
Der Vorleser Summary
Der Vorleser
by Bernhard Schlink 1995 207 pages
3.79
200k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Classics
German Literature
At the Mountains of Madness Summary
At the Mountains of Madness
by H.P. Lovecraft 1936 194 pages
3.78
65k+ ratings
Horror
Classics
Science Fiction
The Sorrows of Young Werther Summary
The Sorrows of Young Werther
by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1774 149 pages
3.70
100k+ ratings
Classics
German Literature
Literature
The Rhetoric & The Poetics of Aristotle Summary
The Rhetoric & The Poetics of Aristotle
by Aristotle 336 pages
4.00
2k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Poetry
Dracula Summary
Immersive
Dracula
by Bram Stoker 1897 488 pages
4.02
1.4M+ ratings
Classics
Horror
Fantasy
Crossing to Safety Summary
Crossing to Safety
by Wallace Stegner 1987 335 pages
4.16
51k+ ratings
Book Club
Classics
Literary Fiction
The Three Musketeers Summary
The Three Musketeers
by Alexandre Dumas 1844 625 pages
4.10
300k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Adventure
Introductory Lectures on Psychoanalysis Summary
Introductory Lectures on Psychoanalysis
by Sigmund Freud 1917 560 pages
3.79
11k+ ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Psychoanalysis
Suite Française Summary
Suite Française
by Irène Némirovsky 2004 431 pages
3.86
78k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
France
Book Club
An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations Summary
An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations
by Adam Smith 1776 1076 pages
3.89
35k+ ratings
Economics
Philosophy
Classics
Pippi Longstocking Summary
Pippi Longstocking
by Astrid Lindgren 1945 160 pages
4.15
200k+ ratings
Classics
Childrens
Middle Grade
Amerika Summary
Amerika
by Franz Kafka 1927 336 pages
3.74
34k+ ratings
Classics
German Literature
Literature
What Is Existentialism? Summary
What Is Existentialism?
by Simone de Beauvoir 1944
3.91
1k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Essays
Mrs. Dalloway Summary
Mrs. Dalloway
by Virginia Woolf 1925 194 pages
3.77
300k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
Feminism
A Grief Observed Summary
A Grief Observed
by C.S. Lewis 1961 76 pages
4.22
97k+ ratings
Christian
Religion
Grief
How to Live on 24 Hours a Day Summary
How to Live on 24 Hours a Day
The Complete Original Edition
by Arnold Bennett 1908 96 pages
3.62
9k+ ratings
Self Help
Philosophy
Productivity
The Missing Piece Summary
The Missing Piece
by Shel Silverstein 1976 112 pages
4.28
31k+ ratings
Poetry
Childrens
Picture Books
How to Die Summary
How to Die
An Ancient Guide to the End of Life
by Seneca 2017 230 pages
4.02
2k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Death
The Sheltering Sky Summary
The Sheltering Sky
by Paul Bowles 1949 342 pages
3.88
31k+ ratings
Classics
Africa
Travel
The Tempest Summary
The Tempest
by William Shakespeare 1611 218 pages
3.78
200k+ ratings
Classics
Plays
Shakespeare
Del amor y otros demonios Summary
Del amor y otros demonios
by Gabriel García Márquez 1994 176 pages
3.95
88k+ ratings
Classics
Magical Realism
Historical Fiction
Mahabharata Summary
Mahabharata
by Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa 1951 483 pages
4.32
12k+ ratings
Classics
Mythology
Religion
Eichmann in Jerusalem Summary
Eichmann in Jerusalem
A Report on the Banality of Evil
by Hannah Arendt 1963 312 pages
4.20
34k+ ratings
History
Philosophy
Politics
A Scanner Darkly Summary
A Scanner Darkly
by Philip K. Dick 1977 217 pages
4.02
100k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Dystopia
Classics
The Concept of Mind Summary
The Concept of Mind
by Gilbert Ryle 1949 348 pages
3.92
1k+ ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Science
My Left Foot Summary
My Left Foot
by Christy Brown 1954 184 pages
4.05
9k+ ratings
Biography
Memoir
Disability
The Jungle Summary
The Jungle
by Upton Sinclair 1906 335 pages
3.78
100k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Literature
Ishmael Summary
Ishmael
by Daniel Quinn 1992 338 pages
4.01
100k+ ratings
Philosophy
Spirituality
Classics
The Dispossessed Summary
The Dispossessed
An Ambiguous Utopia
by Ursula K. Le Guin 1974 387 pages
4.26
100k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Fantasy
Classics
Corpus Hermeticum Summary
Corpus Hermeticum
The Divine Pymander
by Hermes Trismegistus 70 pages
4.17
500+ ratings
Philosophy
Occult
Religion
Wuthering Heights Summary
Wuthering Heights
by Emily Brontë 1847 464 pages
3.90
2.1M+ ratings
Classics
Romance
Gothic
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Summary
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
by Arthur Conan Doyle 1892 389 pages
4.30
300k+ ratings
Classics
Mystery
Short Stories
The Pilgrim's Progress Summary
The Pilgrim's Progress
by John Bunyan 1678 324 pages
4.08
100k+ ratings
Classics
Christian
Religion
The Picture of Dorian Gray Summary
The Picture of Dorian Gray
A Graphic Novel
by Ian Edginton 2008 122 pages
4.17
60k+ ratings
Classics
Graphic Novels
Comics
The Red Badge of Courage Summary
The Red Badge of Courage
by Stephen Crane 1894 149 pages
3.30
100k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
War
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time Summary
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
by Mark Haddon 2003 226 pages
3.89
1.6M+ ratings
Mystery
Young Adult
Contemporary
How to Enjoy Your Life and Your Job Summary
How to Enjoy Your Life and Your Job
by Dale Carnegie 1990 224 pages
3.99
4k+ ratings
Self Help
Personal Development
Business
Doctor Faustus Summary
Doctor Faustus
by Thomas Mann 1947 535 pages
4.08
14k+ ratings
Classics
German Literature
Literature
Underworld Summary
Underworld
by Don DeLillo 1997 827 pages
3.95
34k+ ratings
Novels
Literature
Literary Fiction
On the Good Life Summary
On the Good Life
by Marcus Tullius Cicero 384 pages
4.00
2k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
History
Cyrano de Bergerac Summary
Cyrano de Bergerac
by Edmond Rostand 1897 240 pages
4.06
91k+ ratings
Classics
Plays
Drama
The Lords of Discipline Summary
The Lords of Discipline
by Pat Conroy 1980 512 pages
4.35
30k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Military Fiction
Southern
The Art of War Summary
The Art of War
by Thomas Cuong Huynh 2008 252 pages
3.96
497 ratings
Philosophy
Spirituality
Self Help
The Time Machine Summary
The Time Machine
by H.G. Wells 1895 118 pages
3.89
500k+ ratings
Classics
Science Fiction
Time Travel
Hopscotch Summary
Hopscotch
by Julio Cortázar 1963 564 pages
4.20
49k+ ratings
Classics
Spanish Literature
Literature
All Quiet on the Western Front Summary
All Quiet on the Western Front
by Erich Maria Remarque 1928 296 pages
4.11
500k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
War
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