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Thus Spoke Zarathustra Summary
Thus Spoke Zarathustra
by Friedrich Nietzsche 1883 327 pages
4.07
100k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
German Literature
The Second Sex Summary
The Second Sex
by Simone de Beauvoir 1949 746 pages
4.18
47k+ ratings
Feminism
Philosophy
Classics
Escape from Freedom Summary
Escape from Freedom
by Erich Fromm 1941 301 pages
4.28
16k+ ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Politics
The Communist Manifesto Summary
The Communist Manifesto
by Karl Marx 1848 288 pages
3.69
200k+ ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Classics
Crime and Punishment Summary
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Crime and Punishment
by Fyodor Dostoevsky 1866 671 pages
4.29
1.1M+ ratings
Classics
Russia
Russian Literature
The Perks of Being a Wallflower Summary
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
by Stephen Chbosky 1999 213 pages
4.24
2M+ ratings
Young Adult
Contemporary
Classics
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Summary
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The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
by C.S. Lewis 1950 206 pages
4.24
3.1M+ ratings
Fantasy
Classics
Young Adult
Being and Time Summary
Being and Time
by Martin Heidegger 1927 589 pages
4.05
28k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Psychology
The Secret History Summary
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The Secret History
by Donna Tartt 1992 559 pages
4.15
1M+ ratings
Dark Academia
Mystery
Classics
The Will to Power Summary
The Will to Power
by Friedrich Nietzsche 1901 575 pages
4.07
11k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Psychology
Martin Eden Summary
Martin Eden
by Jack London 1909 480 pages
4.48
56k+ ratings
Classics
American
Literature
Flowers in the Attic Summary
Flowers in the Attic
by V.C. Andrews 1979 389 pages
3.86
200k+ ratings
Horror
Young Adult
Classics
The Shining Summary
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The Shining
by Stephen King 1977 497 pages
4.28
1.7M+ ratings
Horror
Thriller
Classics
Being and Nothingness Summary
Being and Nothingness
by Jean-Paul Sartre 1943 688 pages
3.99
35k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
France
Train to Pakistan Summary
Train to Pakistan
by Khushwant Singh 1956 181 pages
3.94
32k+ ratings
India
Historical Fiction
Classics
The Republic Summary
The Republic
by Plato 416 pages
3.97
200k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Politics
The Teachings of Don Juan Summary
The Teachings of Don Juan
A Yaqui Way of Knowledge
by Carlos Castaneda 1968 288 pages
3.93
45k+ ratings
Philosophy
Spirituality
Anthropology
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd Summary
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
by Agatha Christie 1926 288 pages
4.26
300k+ ratings
Mystery
Agatha Christie
Classics
The Myth of Sisyphus Summary
The Myth of Sisyphus
by Albert Camus 1942 192 pages
4.17
98k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
France
Suicide Summary
Suicide
A Study in Sociology
by Émile Durkheim 1897 405 pages
3.86
4k+ ratings
Sociology
Psychology
Philosophy
The Notebook Summary
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The Notebook
by Nicholas Sparks 1996 227 pages
4.16
1.8M+ ratings
Romance
Chick Lit
Contemporary
Bel-Ami Summary
Bel-Ami
by Guy de Maupassant 1885 416 pages
3.86
49k+ ratings
Classics
France
French Literature
Man and His Symbols Summary
Man and His Symbols
by C.G. Jung 1964 415 pages
4.19
34k+ ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Science
Self-Reliance Summary
Self-Reliance
by Ralph Waldo Emerson 1841 51 pages
3.99
9k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Essays
Critique of Pure Reason Summary
Critique of Pure Reason
by Immanuel Kant 1781 785 pages
3.96
42k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
German Literature
Dune Summary
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Dune
by Frank Herbert 1965 658 pages
4.29
1.6M+ ratings
Science Fiction
Fantasy
Classics
Capital Summary
Capital
A Critique of Political Economy Volume 1
by Karl Marx 1887 1152 pages
4.30
14k+ ratings
Philosophy
Economics
Politics
The Setting Sun Summary
The Setting Sun
by Osamu Dazai 1947 175 pages
3.97
44k+ ratings
Classics
Japanese Literature
Japan
Life of Pi Summary
Immersive
Life of Pi
by Yann Martel 2001 460 pages
3.94
1.7M+ ratings
Fantasy
Classics
Book Club
The Old Man and the Sea Summary
Immersive
The Old Man and the Sea
by Ernest Hemingway 1952 96 pages
3.81
1.3M+ ratings
Classics
Literature
Novels
The Rebel Summary
The Rebel
by Albert Camus 1951 320 pages
4.13
19k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Essays
Diary of an Oxygen Thief Summary
Diary of an Oxygen Thief
by Anonymous 2006 140 pages
2.71
76k+ ratings
Contemporary
Romance
Adult
Stoner Summary
Stoner
by John Williams 1965 292 pages
4.36
200k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Literature
Les liaisons dangereuses Summary
Les liaisons dangereuses
by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos 1782 402 pages
4.05
59k+ ratings
Classics
France
Romance
Dead Poets Society Summary
Dead Poets Society
by N.H. Kleinbaum 1988 166 pages
4.17
100k+ ratings
Classics
Dark Academia
Young Adult
Sophie’s World Summary
Sophie’s World
by Jostein Gaarder 1991 403 pages
3.97
200k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Young Adult
Night Summary
Night
by Elie Wiesel 1956 120 pages
4.38
1.3M+ ratings
Classics
History
Memoir
The Trial Summary
The Trial
by Franz Kafka 1925 255 pages
3.94
400k+ ratings
Classics
Philosophy
Literature
And Then There Were None Summary
And Then There Were None
by Agatha Christie 1939 264 pages
4.27
1.6M+ ratings
Mystery
Classics
Agatha Christie
Chronicle of a Death Foretold Summary
Chronicle of a Death Foretold
by Gabriel García Márquez 1981 120 pages
3.97
200k+ ratings
Classics
Magical Realism
School
The Diary of a Young Girl Summary
The Diary of a Young Girl
by Anne Frank 1947 283 pages
4.20
4.2M+ ratings
Classics
History
Biography
The Four Loves Summary
The Four Loves
by C.S. Lewis 1960 192 pages
4.16
69k+ ratings
Christian
Theology
Religion
A Thousand Splendid Suns Summary
A Thousand Splendid Suns
by Khaled Hosseini 2007 372 pages
4.46
1.7M+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Contemporary
Jurassic Park Summary
Jurassic Park
by Michael Crichton 1990 466 pages
4.13
1M+ ratings
Science Fiction
Thriller
Horror
The Unbearable Lightness of Being Summary
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
by Milan Kundera 1984 314 pages
4.10
500k+ ratings
Classics
Philosophy
Literature
The World as Will and Representation, Volume I Summary
The World as Will and Representation, Volume I
by Arthur Schopenhauer 1818 534 pages
4.22
11k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
German Literature
Demons Summary
Demons
by Fyodor Dostoevsky 1872 733 pages
4.31
64k+ ratings
Classics
Russia
Russian Literature
Fahrenheit 451 Summary
Fahrenheit 451
by Ray Bradbury 1953 249 pages
3.97
2.8M+ ratings
Classics
Science Fiction
Dystopia
Anne of Green Gables Summary
Anne of Green Gables
by L.M. Montgomery 1908 320 pages
4.33
1.1M+ ratings
Classics
Young Adult
Historical Fiction
Alice in Wonderland and Philosophy Summary
Alice in Wonderland and Philosophy
Curiouser and Curiouser
by Richard Brian Davis 2009 240 pages
4.12
1k+ ratings
Philosophy
Essays
Literary Criticism
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