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Little, Big Summary
Little, Big
by John Crowley 1981 538 pages
3.81
12k+ ratings
Fantasy
Magical Realism
Novels
Coming of Age in Samoa Summary
Coming of Age in Samoa
A Psychological Study of Primitive Youth for Western Civilisation
by Margaret Mead 1928 223 pages
3.55
3k+ ratings
Anthropology
Psychology
Sociology
The Three Sisters Summary
The Three Sisters
by Anton Chekhov 1900 81 pages
3.71
24k+ ratings
Plays
Classics
Drama
Becoming a Writer Summary
Becoming a Writer
by Dorothea Brande 1934 192 pages
4.00
6k+ ratings
Writing
Reference
Crafts
Beyond Good and Evil and The Genealogy of Morals Summary
Beyond Good and Evil and The Genealogy of Morals
by Friedrich Nietzsche 1887 450 pages
4.16
452 ratings
Philosophy
Classics
German Literature
Sounder Summary
Sounder
by William H. Armstrong 1969 116 pages
3.97
31k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Classics
Young Adult
The Hobbit, Part One Summary
The Hobbit, Part One
by J.R.R. Tolkien 1937 230 pages
4.32
300k+ ratings
Fantasy
Classics
Adventure
Cuentos Summary
Cuentos
La Cenicienta, Caperucita Roja, La Bella Durmiente y Otros
by Jacob Grimm 1812 153 pages
4.23
200k+ ratings
Classics
Fantasy
Fairy Tales
Ozma of Oz Summary
Ozma of Oz
by L. Frank Baum 1907 188 pages
3.95
27k+ ratings
Fantasy
Classics
Childrens
Palm Sunday Summary
Palm Sunday
An Autobiographical Collage
by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. 1981 300 pages
3.78
6k+ ratings
Essays
Classics
Short Stories
Gravity’s Rainbow Summary
Gravity’s Rainbow
by Thomas Pynchon 1973 776 pages
4.02
48k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
Science Fiction
بهترین داستان های کوتاه Summary
بهترین داستان های کوتاه
by Ernest Hemingway 1987 439 pages
4.29
38k+ ratings
Short Stories
Classics
Literature
Johnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams Summary
Johnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams
Short Stories, Prose and Diary Excerpts
by Sylvia Plath 1977 336 pages
3.91
6k+ ratings
Short Stories
Classics
Poetry
Cathedral Summary
Cathedral
by Raymond Carver 1983 230 pages
4.24
40k+ ratings
Short Stories
Classics
Literature
The Art of Peace Summary
The Art of Peace
Teachings of the Founder of Aikido
by Morihei Ueshiba 1992 128 pages
4.20
5k+ ratings
Philosophy
Martial Arts
Spirituality
El señor presidente Summary
El señor presidente
by Miguel Ángel Asturias 1946 432 pages
3.97
6k+ ratings
Classics
Nobel Prize
Spanish Literature
Death of a Salesman Summary
Death of a Salesman
by Arthur Miller 1949 144 pages
3.59
200k+ ratings
Classics
Plays
Drama
Too Loud a Solitude Summary
Too Loud a Solitude
by Bohumil Hrabal 1976 112 pages
3.97
26k+ ratings
Czech Literature
Classics
Literature
Prince Caspian Summary
Prince Caspian
by C.S. Lewis 1951 240 pages
3.98
400k+ ratings
Fantasy
Classics
Young Adult
The Sonnets and A Lover's Complaint Summary
The Sonnets and A Lover's Complaint
by William Shakespeare 1609 458 pages
4.18
2k+ ratings
Poetry
Classics
Shakespeare
A Calendar of Wisdom Summary
A Calendar of Wisdom
Daily Thoughts to Nourish the Soul
by Leo Tolstoy 1906 384 pages
3.98
2k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Self Help
The Ministry of Fear Summary
The Ministry of Fear
by Graham Greene 1943 224 pages
3.78
7k+ ratings
Classics
Mystery
Thriller
Faust, First Part Summary
Faust, First Part
by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1808 327 pages
3.83
86k+ ratings
Classics
Plays
Poetry
Gift from the Sea Summary
Gift from the Sea
by Anne Morrow Lindbergh 1955 130 pages
4.13
56k+ ratings
Memoir
Classics
Book Club
The Story of My Life Summary
The Story of My Life
by Helen Keller 1902 152 pages
4.07
100k+ ratings
Biography
Classics
Memoir
In the First Circle Summary
In the First Circle
by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn 1968 742 pages
4.26
10k+ ratings
Classics
Russia
Russian Literature
From Here to Eternity Summary
From Here to Eternity
by James Jones 1951 816 pages
4.08
18k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
War
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Tales of Terror Summary
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Tales of Terror
by Robert Louis Stevenson 1886 224 pages
3.91
100k+ ratings
Classics
Horror
Gothic
The Phantom of the Opera Summary
The Phantom of the Opera
by Gaston Leroux 1910 360 pages
3.96
200k+ ratings
Classics
Horror
Gothic
Franny and Zoey Summary
Franny and Zoey
by J.D. Salinger 1957
3.96
200k+ ratings
Classics
Short Stories
Literature
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Summary
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
by Mark Twain 1885 327 pages
3.83
1.3M+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Adventure
El Anticristo Summary
El Anticristo
by Friedrich Nietzsche 1888 176 pages
3.88
33k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Religion
Of Man Summary
Of Man
by Thomas Hobbes 1658 124 pages
3.50
239 ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Politics
Girl, Interrupted Summary
Girl, Interrupted
by Susanna Kaysen 1993 169 pages
3.95
200k+ ratings
Memoir
Mental Health
Psychology
El misterio del cuarto amarillo Summary
El misterio del cuarto amarillo
by Gaston Leroux 1907 352 pages
3.65
14k+ ratings
Mystery
Classics
Crime
Uno, nessuno e centomila Summary
Uno, nessuno e centomila
by Luigi Pirandello 1925 200 pages
4.03
31k+ ratings
Classics
Italian Literature
Italy
The Importance of Living Summary
The Importance of Living
by Lin Yutang 1937 462 pages
4.06
1k+ ratings
Philosophy
China
Self Help
How To Win Friends And Influence People (Unabridged) Summary
How To Win Friends And Influence People (Unabridged)
Proven interpersonal skills and influential communication for making friends and getting things done
by Dale Carnegie 2010 333 pages
4.13
3k+ ratings
Self Help
Business
Psychology
Potiki Summary
Potiki
by Patricia Grace 1986 185 pages
3.87
2k+ ratings
Indigenous
Classics
Magical Realism
All the Pretty Horses Summary
All the Pretty Horses
by Cormac McCarthy 1992 302 pages
4.06
100k+ ratings
Westerns
Historical Fiction
Classics
Wait Until Spring, Bandini Summary
Wait Until Spring, Bandini
by John Fante 1938 266 pages
4.10
14k+ ratings
Classics
Novels
American
Physics and Philosophy Summary
Physics and Philosophy
The Revolution in Modern Science
by Werner Heisenberg 1958 176 pages
4.03
3k+ ratings
Philosophy
Science
Physics
The Golden Notebook Summary
The Golden Notebook
by Doris Lessing 1962 640 pages
3.77
24k+ ratings
Classics
Feminism
Nobel Prize
A Man Without a Country Summary
A Man Without a Country
by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. 2005 145 pages
4.10
50k+ ratings
Essays
Memoir
Humor
The Complete Sherlock Holmes Summary
The Complete Sherlock Holmes
by Arthur Conan Doyle 1887 1796 pages
4.51
200k+ ratings
Classics
Mystery
Crime
The Painted Bird Summary
The Painted Bird
by Jerzy Kosiński 1965 234 pages
3.90
28k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Classics
Horror
Il barone rampante Summary
Il barone rampante
by Italo Calvino 1957 246 pages
4.02
54k+ ratings
Classics
Italian Literature
Italy
Possession Summary
Possession
by A.S. Byatt 1990 555 pages
3.90
84k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Romance
Classics
Introduction to Metaphysics Summary
Introduction to Metaphysics
by Martin Heidegger 1929 254 pages
4.03
4k+ ratings
Philosophy
Metaphysics
German Literature
Tajuplný ostrov Summary
Tajuplný ostrov
by Jules Verne 1875 492 pages
4.14
59k+ ratings
Classics
Science Fiction
Adventure
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