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A Clockwork Orange Summary
A Clockwork Orange
by Anthony Burgess 1962 240 pages
4.00
700k+ ratings
Classics
Science Fiction
Dystopia
The Persian Expedition Summary
The Persian Expedition
by Xenophon 375 pages
4.11
10k+ ratings
History
Classics
Ancient History
The Twenty-One Balloons Summary
The Twenty-One Balloons
by William Pène du Bois 1947 180 pages
3.95
26k+ ratings
Childrens
Fantasy
Classics
The Man in the High Castle Summary
The Man in the High Castle
by Philip K. Dick 1962 259 pages
3.59
200k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Classics
Dystopia
Masnavi I Ma'navi Summary
Masnavi I Ma'navi
The Spiritual Couplets of Maulana Jalalu-'D-Din Muhammad Rumi
by Jalal ad-Din Muhammad ar-Rumi 1273 483 pages
4.45
4k+ ratings
Poetry
Philosophy
Literature
Agnes Grey Summary
Agnes Grey
by Anne Brontë 1847 226 pages
3.71
83k+ ratings
Classics
Romance
19th Century
Rain of Gold Summary
Rain of Gold
by Victor Villaseñor 1991 576 pages
4.50
8k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Magical Realism
Book Club
The Art of Worldly Wisdom Summary
The Art of Worldly Wisdom
by Baltasar Gracián 1647 208 pages
4.17
4k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Self Help
On Human Nature Summary
On Human Nature
by Arthur Schopenhauer 1851 67 pages
3.96
500+ ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Classics
The Professor Summary
The Professor
by Charlotte Brontë 1857 269 pages
3.54
30k+ ratings
Classics
Romance
Victorian
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1 Summary
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1
by Philip K. Dick 2011 144 pages
4.04
4k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Graphic Novels
Comics
The Great Divorce Summary
The Great Divorce
by C.S. Lewis 1946 146 pages
4.32
100k+ ratings
Christian
Religion
Classics
David Copperfield Summary
David Copperfield
by Charles Dickens 1850 882 pages
4.05
200k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
Historical Fiction
O Chiste e Sua Relação com o Inconsciente Summary
O Chiste e Sua Relação com o Inconsciente
by Sigmund Freud 1905 368 pages
3.69
1k+ ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Psychoanalysis
The Riddle of the Sands Summary
The Riddle of the Sands
by Erskine Childers 1903 336 pages
3.63
7k+ ratings
Classics
Mystery
Espionage
Toward a Psychology of Being Summary
Toward a Psychology of Being
by Abraham H. Maslow 1961 192 pages
4.17
6k+ ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Self Help
The Scarlet Letter Summary
The Scarlet Letter
by Nathaniel Hawthorne 1850 279 pages
3.44
900k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
School
We Were the Mulvaneys Summary
We Were the Mulvaneys
by Joyce. Carol Oats 1996 454 pages
3.75
100k+ ratings
Book Club
Literary Fiction
Contemporary
Prometheus Unbound Summary
Prometheus Unbound
by Percy Bysshe Shelley 1820 112 pages
3.75
2k+ ratings
Poetry
Classics
Plays
Naked Lunch Summary
Naked Lunch
The Restored Text
by William S. Burroughs 1959 289 pages
3.46
99k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
Novels
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Summary
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
by Lewis Carroll 1865 320 pages
3.99
400k+ ratings
Classics
Fantasy
Childrens
Ten Days in a Mad-House Summary
Ten Days in a Mad-House
Feigning Insanity in Order to Reveal Asylum Horrors
by Nellie Bly 1887 97 pages
3.86
24k+ ratings
History
Classics
Psychology
Leaves of Grass Summary
Leaves of Grass
by Walt Whitman 1855 624 pages
4.11
100k+ ratings
Poetry
Classics
Literature
A Room with a View Summary
A Room with a View
by E.M. Forster 1908 119 pages
3.89
200k+ ratings
Classics
Romance
Historical Fiction
The Call of the Wild Summary
The Call of the Wild
by Jack London 1903 172 pages
3.92
400k+ ratings
Classics
Adventure
Young Adult
The Awakening Summary
The Awakening
by Kate Chopin 1899 195 pages
3.69
200k+ ratings
Classics
Feminism
School
The Horse Whisperer Summary
The Horse Whisperer
by Nicholas Evans 1995 451 pages
3.86
62k+ ratings
Romance
Animals
Horses
Phenomenology of Spirit Summary
Phenomenology of Spirit
by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel 1807 640 pages
3.97
20k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Theory
Blood Wedding Summary
Blood Wedding
by Federico García Lorca 1932 72 pages
3.89
35k+ ratings
Plays
Classics
Spanish Literature
The Obscene Bird of Night Summary
The Obscene Bird of Night
by José Donoso 1970 438 pages
4.21
4k+ ratings
Horror
Magical Realism
Classics
The Silmarillion Summary
The Silmarillion
by J.R.R. Tolkien 1977 386 pages
4.04
300k+ ratings
Fantasy
Classics
High Fantasy
The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays Summary
The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays
by Albert Camus 1942 212 pages
4.21
65k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Essays
50 Philosophy Classics Summary
50 Philosophy Classics
Thinking, Being, Acting Seeing - Profound Insights and Powerful Thinking from Fifty Key Books
by Tom Butler-Bowdon 2013 336 pages
4.09
1k+ ratings
Philosophy
Reference
Politics
Dr. Jeckyll and Mr. Hide Summary
Dr. Jeckyll and Mr. Hide
by Robert Louis Stevenson 1886 36 pages
3.83
600k+ ratings
Classics
Horror
Gothic
The English Patient Summary
The English Patient
by Michael Ondaatje 1992 320 pages
3.86
100k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Classics
Romance
The Return of the King Summary
Immersive
The Return of the King
by J.R.R. Tolkien 1955 432 pages
4.58
1M+ ratings
Fantasy
Classics
Adventure
Democracy in America Summary
Democracy in America
by Alexis de Tocqueville 1835 983 pages
4.05
27k+ ratings
History
Politics
Philosophy
Beezus and Ramona Summary
Beezus and Ramona
by Beverly Cleary 1955 160 pages
4.03
100k+ ratings
Childrens
Middle Grade
Classics
Cranford Summary
Cranford
by Elizabeth Gaskell 1853 257 pages
3.83
48k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Victorian
A Night to Remember Summary
A Night to Remember
by Walter Lord 1955 182 pages
4.10
29k+ ratings
History
Classics
Historical
The Seven Military Classics of Ancient China, including The Art of War Summary
The Seven Military Classics of Ancient China, including The Art of War
by Ralph D. Sawyer 1993 586 pages
4.20
500+ ratings
History
China
Military Fiction
The Problems of Philosophy Summary
The Problems of Philosophy
by Bertrand Russell 1912 116 pages
3.90
18k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
History
Silence Summary
Silence
by Shūsaku Endō 1966 294 pages
4.10
39k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Japan
Religion
Angela's Ashes Summary
Angela's Ashes
by Frank McCourt 1996 452 pages
4.15
600k+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
Classics
The Palace of Dreams Summary
The Palace of Dreams
by Ismail Kadare 1981 208 pages
3.94
6k+ ratings
Fantasy
Classics
Dystopia
Women in Love Summary
Women in Love
by D.H. Lawrence 1920 416 pages
3.66
33k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
Romance
White Fang Summary
White Fang
by Jack London 1906 252 pages
4.03
200k+ ratings
Classics
Adventure
Animals
The Iliad Summary
The Iliad
by Homer 848 pages
3.93
500k+ ratings
Classics
Poetry
Mythology
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight Summary
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
by Burton Raffel 1375 144 pages
3.76
78k+ ratings
Classics
Poetry
Fantasy
The Dice Man Summary
The Dice Man
by Luke Rhinehart 1971 541 pages
3.54
22k+ ratings
Psychology
Thriller
Classics
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