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The Way to Wealth Summary
The Way to Wealth
by Benjamin Franklin 1757 40 pages
4.09
3k+ ratings
Finance
Business
History
Letters To A Young Poet Summary
Letters To A Young Poet
by Rainer Maria Rilke 1929 123 pages
4.27
100k+ ratings
Poetry
Classics
Philosophy
A Farewell to Arms Summary
A Farewell to Arms
by Ernest Hemingway 1929 304 pages
3.82
300k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
War
Green Eggs and Ham Summary
Green Eggs and Ham
by Dr. Seuss 1960 64 pages
4.32
800k+ ratings
Childrens
Picture Books
Classics
Girl with a Pearl Earring Summary
Girl with a Pearl Earring
by Tracy Chevalier 1999 233 pages
3.93
700k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Classics
Historical
The Great God Pan Summary
The Great God Pan
by Arthur Machen 1890 82 pages
3.67
17k+ ratings
Horror
Classics
Fantasy
Drawing the Head and Hands Summary
Drawing the Head and Hands
by Andrew Loomis 1956 154 pages
4.23
6k+ ratings
Art
Drawing
Reference
The Color Purple Summary
Immersive
The Color Purple
by Alice Walker 1982 287 pages
4.28
700k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Feminism
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions Summary
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
by Thomas S. Kuhn 1962 226 pages
4.03
30k+ ratings
Science
Philosophy
History
Identity Summary
Identity
by Milan Kundera 1997 176 pages
3.69
33k+ ratings
Novels
Czech Literature
Literature
A Moveable Feast Summary
A Moveable Feast
by Ernest Hemingway 1964 192 pages
4.02
100k+ ratings
Classics
Memoir
Biography
The Merchant of Venice Summary
The Merchant of Venice
by William Shakespeare 1596 249 pages
3.77
200k+ ratings
Classics
Plays
Shakespeare
The Words Summary
The Words
The Autobiography of Jean-Paul Sartre
by Jean-Paul Sartre 1963 256 pages
3.73
10k+ ratings
Philosophy
France
Biography
The Essential Tao Summary
The Essential Tao
by Lao Tzu 1991 168 pages
4.11
500+ ratings
Philosophy
Religion
Taoism
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man Summary
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
by James Joyce 1916 329 pages
3.64
100k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
Irish Literature
Essential Confucius Summary
Essential Confucius
by Confucius 1992 179 pages
3.80
262 ratings
Philosophy
Religion
History
The Yellow Wall-Paper Summary
The Yellow Wall-Paper
by Charlotte Perkins Gilman 1892 54 pages
4.07
11k+ ratings
Classics
Short Stories
Horror
Forever... Summary
Forever...
by Judy Blume 1975 178 pages
3.62
67k+ ratings
Young Adult
Romance
Banned Books
The Transit of Venus Summary
The Transit of Venus
by Shirley Hazzard 1980 337 pages
4.01
5k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Australia
Lord of the Flies Summary
Lord of the Flies
by William Golding 1954 182 pages
3.70
3.2M+ ratings
Classics
Young Adult
School
The Sign of Four Summary
The Sign of Four
by Arthur Conan Doyle 1890 129 pages
3.88
100k+ ratings
Classics
Mystery
Crime
The Outsider Summary
The Outsider
by Colin Wilson 1956 320 pages
4.03
4k+ ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Sociology
The Imitation of Christ Summary
The Imitation of Christ
by Thomas à Kempis 1427 242 pages
4.24
27k+ ratings
Religion
Christian
Theology
Historia de una gaviota y del gato que le enseñó a volar Summary
Historia de una gaviota y del gato que le enseñó a volar
by Luis Sepúlveda 1996 144 pages
4.23
32k+ ratings
Childrens
Classics
Fantasy
The Cherry Orchard Summary
The Cherry Orchard
by Anton Chekhov 1903 96 pages
3.69
45k+ ratings
Plays
Classics
Drama
None Dare Call It Conspiracy Summary
None Dare Call It Conspiracy
by Gary Allen 1971 141 pages
4.03
2k+ ratings
Politics
History
Conspiracy Theories
The Handmaid’s Tale Summary
The Handmaid’s Tale
by Margaret Atwood 1985 311 pages
4.15
2.4M+ ratings
Classics
Dystopia
Science Fiction
On the Genealogy of Morals / Ecce Homo Summary
On the Genealogy of Morals / Ecce Homo
by Friedrich Nietzsche 1887 367 pages
4.17
15k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
German Literature
Lazarillo de Tormes and The Swindler Summary
Lazarillo de Tormes and The Swindler
Two Spanish Picaresque Novels
by Francisco de Quevedo 1969 240 pages
3.62
1k+ ratings
Classics
Spanish Literature
Spain
City of Glass Summary
City of Glass
by Paul Auster 1985 203 pages
3.75
24k+ ratings
Mystery
Classics
American
The Wind in the Willows Summary
The Wind in the Willows
by Kenneth Grahame 1908 197 pages
4.02
200k+ ratings
Classics
Childrens
Fantasy
The Magic Mountain Summary
The Magic Mountain
by Thomas Mann 1924 706 pages
4.13
63k+ ratings
Classics
German Literature
Literature
The Silver Chair Summary
The Silver Chair
by C.S. Lewis 1953 243 pages
3.96
300k+ ratings
Fantasy
Classics
Young Adult
Bless Me, Ultima Summary
Bless Me, Ultima
by Rudolfo Anaya 1972 290 pages
3.83
37k+ ratings
Classics
Magical Realism
Young Adult
The Wild Duck Summary
The Wild Duck
by Henrik Ibsen 1884 128 pages
3.81
11k+ ratings
Plays
Classics
Drama
The Koran Summary
The Koran
by Anonymous 463 pages
4.38
73k+ ratings
Religion
Islam
Classics
Story of Civilization Summary
Story of Civilization
by Will Durant 1975 14777 pages
4.43
1k+ ratings
History
Philosophy
World History
The Black Tulip Summary
The Black Tulip
by Alexandre Dumas 1850 258 pages
3.86
24k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
France
Emma Bovary Summary
Emma Bovary
by Harold Bloom 1856 222 pages
3.71
300k+ ratings
Classics
France
Literature
Kindred Summary
Kindred
by Octavia E. Butler 1979 288 pages
4.31
200k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Science Fiction
Fantasy
For Whom the Bell Tolls Summary
For Whom the Bell Tolls
by Ernest Hemingway 1940 471 pages
3.99
300k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Literature
Jock of the Bushveld Summary
Jock of the Bushveld
by J. Percy FitzPatrick 1907 280 pages
4.08
1k+ ratings
Africa
South Africa
Classics
The Cay Summary
The Cay
by Theodore Taylor 1969 156 pages
3.80
38k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Young Adult
Classics
بن هور Summary
بن هور
by Lew Wallace 1880 628 pages
4.03
37k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Christian
The Good Earth Summary
The Good Earth
by Pearl S. Buck 1931 418 pages
4.01
200k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
China
Gulivers Travels Summary
Gulivers Travels
by Jonathan Swift 1726 352 pages
3.59
300k+ ratings
Classics
Fantasy
Adventure
Parable of the Sower Summary
Parable of the Sower
A Graphic Novel Adaptation
by Damian Duffy 2020 266 pages
3.97
5k+ ratings
Graphic Novels
Science Fiction
Comics
The Age of Innocence Summary
The Age of Innocence
by Edith Wharton 1920 293 pages
3.97
100k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Romance
The Canterbury Tales Summary
The Canterbury Tales
by Geoffrey Chaucer 1400 504 pages
3.53
200k+ ratings
Classics
Poetry
Literature
King Lear Summary
King Lear
by William Shakespeare 1605 339 pages
3.91
200k+ ratings
Classics
Plays
Shakespeare
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