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Desesperación Summary
Desesperación
by Vladimir Nabokov 1934 208 pages
3.90
11k+ ratings
Classics
Russia
Russian Literature
The Arabian Nights Summary
The Arabian Nights
Tales of 1001 Nights, Volume 1
by Anonymous 982 pages
4.01
4k+ ratings
Classics
Fantasy
Short Stories
Villette Summary
Villette
by Charlotte Brontë 1853 573 pages
3.78
81k+ ratings
Classics
Romance
19th Century
Holy Bible Summary
Holy Bible
New International Version
by Anonymous 1985 1213 pages
4.63
98k+ ratings
Religion
Christian
Classics
On the Beach Summary
On the Beach
by Nevil Shute 1957 296 pages
3.98
50k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Classics
Post Apocalyptic
The War of the End of the World Summary
The War of the End of the World
by Mario Vargas Llosa 1981 568 pages
4.25
12k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Literature
Novels
As You Think Summary
As You Think
Second Edition
by James Allen 1987 96 pages
4.09
1k+ ratings
Self Help
Philosophy
Psychology
Paul Auster's The New York Trilogy Summary
Paul Auster's The New York Trilogy
City of Glass, Ghosts, The Locked Room
by Paul Karasik 2025 400 pages
4.08
408 ratings
Comics
Graphic Novels
Graphic Novels Comics
Lord Jim Summary
Lord Jim
by Joseph Conrad 1900 455 pages
3.61
33k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
Adventure
The Custom of the Country Summary
The Custom of the Country
by Edith Wharton 1913 370 pages
4.07
16k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Literature
The Bell Summary
The Bell
by Iris Murdoch 1958 296 pages
3.93
10k+ ratings
Classics
Novels
British Literature
We the Living Summary
We the Living
by Ayn Rand 1936 464 pages
3.96
30k+ ratings
Classics
Philosophy
Historical Fiction
The Two Towers Summary
The Two Towers
by J.R.R. Tolkien 1954 448 pages
4.50
1.1M+ ratings
Fantasy
Classics
Adventure
Le Temps des secrets Summary
Le Temps des secrets
by Marcel Pagnol 1962 285 pages
4.06
1k+ ratings
France
Classics
French Literature
Othello Summary
Othello
by William Shakespeare 1603 319 pages
3.89
400k+ ratings
Classics
Plays
Shakespeare
God Is Dead. God Remains Dead. And We Have Killed Him. Summary
God Is Dead. God Remains Dead. And We Have Killed Him.
by Friedrich Nietzsche 1888 128 pages
3.85
1k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Religion
How We Think Summary
How We Think
by John Dewey 1910 328 pages
3.86
1k+ ratings
Philosophy
Education
Psychology
We Have Always Lived in the Castle Summary
We Have Always Lived in the Castle
by Shirley Jackson 1962 152 pages
3.91
300k+ ratings
Horror
Classics
Gothic
Vathek Summary
Vathek
by William Beckford 1786 180 pages
3.23
7k+ ratings
Gothic
Classics
Horror
Hell House Summary
Hell House
by Richard Matheson 1971 301 pages
3.69
64k+ ratings
Horror
Paranormal
Classics
Relativity Summary
Relativity
The Special and the General Theory
by Albert Einstein 1916 130 pages
4.20
23k+ ratings
Science
Physics
Classics
Midnight’s Children Summary
Midnight’s Children
by Salman Rushdie 1981 647 pages
3.97
100k+ ratings
Magical Realism
Classics
India
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin Summary
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
by Benjamin Franklin 1791 143 pages
3.85
92k+ ratings
Biography
History
Classics
My Bondage and My Freedom Summary
My Bondage and My Freedom
by Frederick Douglass 1855 432 pages
4.38
12k+ ratings
History
Biography
Classics
Brave New World and Brave New World Revisited Summary
Brave New World and Brave New World Revisited
by Aldous Huxley 1932 340 pages
4.16
100k+ ratings
Classics
Science Fiction
Dystopia
1984 Summary
1984
by Michael Dean 1949 71 pages
4.40
38k+ ratings
Classics
Science Fiction
Dystopia
Listen, Little Man! Summary
Listen, Little Man!
by Wilhelm Reich 1946 144 pages
3.96
9k+ ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Politics
Go Ask Alice Summary
Go Ask Alice
by Beatrice Sparks 1971 185 pages
3.73
200k+ ratings
Young Adult
Classics
Contemporary
Philosophical Investigations Summary
Philosophical Investigations
by Ludwig Wittgenstein 1953 246 pages
4.26
15k+ ratings
Philosophy
Language
Classics
Sylvia Plath Summary
Sylvia Plath
Poems
by Sylvia Plath 1975 150 pages
4.07
1k+ ratings
Poetry
Classics
Feminism
Planet of the Apes Summary
Planet of the Apes
by Pierre Boulle 1963 276 pages
4.00
49k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Classics
Fantasy
Angle of Repose Summary
Angle of Repose
by Wallace Stegner 1971 569 pages
4.24
62k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Classics
Book Club
The Mists of Avalon Summary
The Mists of Avalon
by Marion Zimmer Bradley 1982 1009 pages
4.13
200k+ ratings
Fantasy
Historical Fiction
Arthurian
How to Be a Friend Summary
How to Be a Friend
An Ancient Guide to True Friendship
by Marcus Tullius Cicero 188 pages
3.86
3k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Friendship
Cyrus the Great Summary
Cyrus the Great
The Arts of Leadership and War
by Larry Hedrick 2007 320 pages
4.23
500+ ratings
History
Biography
Leadership
Dialogues and Essays Summary
Dialogues and Essays
by Seneca 304 pages
4.30
1k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Essays
A Midsummer Night’s Dream Summary
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
by William Shakespeare 1595 298 pages
3.94
500k+ ratings
Classics
Plays
Shakespeare
Twelve Years a Slave Summary
Twelve Years a Slave
by Solomon Northup 1853 363 pages
4.23
100k+ ratings
History
Classics
Biography
The Lord of the Rings Summary
The Lord of the Rings
by J.R.R. Tolkien 1959 1216 pages
4.54
700k+ ratings
Fantasy
Classics
Adventure
Kidnapped Summary
Kidnapped
by Robert Louis Stevenson 1886 288 pages
3.79
68k+ ratings
Classics
Adventure
Historical Fiction
Bartleby the Scrivener Summary
Bartleby the Scrivener
by Herman Melville 1853 64 pages
3.93
76k+ ratings
Classics
Short Stories
Literature
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies Summary
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
by Seth Grahame-Smith 2009 320 pages
3.32
100k+ ratings
Horror
Fantasy
Zombies
Long Day’s Journey into Night Summary
Long Day’s Journey into Night
by Eugene O'Neill 1956 179 pages
4.06
43k+ ratings
Plays
Classics
Drama
The Poetry of Robert Frost Summary
The Poetry of Robert Frost
by Robert Frost 1969 607 pages
4.24
49k+ ratings
Poetry
Classics
Literature
Tortilla Flat Summary
Tortilla Flat
by John Steinbeck 1935 256 pages
3.83
64k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
Historical Fiction
The Diaries of Franz Kafka Summary
The Diaries of Franz Kafka
1910-1913
by Franz Kafka 1948 345 pages
4.22
260 ratings
Classics
Memoir
Diary
El hombre que calculaba Summary
El hombre que calculaba
by Malba Tahan 1938 227 pages
4.10
6k+ ratings
Mathematics
Classics
Novels
Lady Chatterley’s Lover Summary
Lady Chatterley’s Lover
by D.H. Lawrence 1928 376 pages
3.50
100k+ ratings
Classics
Romance
Literature
Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now Summary
Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now
by Maya Angelou 1993 144 pages
4.30
11k+ ratings
Memoir
Poetry
Biography
Storm of Steel Summary
Storm of Steel
by Ernst Jünger 1920 289 pages
4.16
22k+ ratings
History
War
Biography
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