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Wise Blood Summary
Wise Blood
by Flannery O'Connor 1952 256 pages
3.82
38k+ ratings
Classics
Southern Gothic
Novels
Gods and Robots Summary
Gods and Robots
Myths, Machines, and Ancient Dreams of Technology
by Adrienne Mayor 2018 407 pages
3.73
500+ ratings
History
Technology
Science
My Family and Other Animals Summary
My Family and Other Animals
by Gerald Durrell 1956 273 pages
4.16
64k+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
Humor
The Magic Faraway Tree Summary
The Magic Faraway Tree
by Enid Blyton 1943 177 pages
4.29
39k+ ratings
Fantasy
Childrens
Classics
Satantango Summary
Satantango
by László Krasznahorkai 1985 274 pages
4.06
16k+ ratings
Hungary
Hungarian Literature
Classics
The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas Summary
The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas
by Gertrude Stein 1933 252 pages
3.54
13k+ ratings
Biography
Classics
Memoir
The End of the Affair Summary
The End of the Affair
by Graham Greene 1951 160 pages
3.90
72k+ ratings
Classics
Romance
Literature
Lucky Jim Summary
Lucky Jim
by Kingsley Amis 1954 296 pages
3.74
32k+ ratings
Classics
Humor
British Literature
The Weight of Glory Summary
The Weight of Glory
by C.S. Lewis 1949 208 pages
4.39
26k+ ratings
Christian
Theology
Christianity
Moral Letters to Lucilius Volume 2 Summary
Moral Letters to Lucilius Volume 2
by Seneca 238 pages
4.37
315 ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Essays
Curtain Summary
Curtain
by Agatha Christie 1975 215 pages
4.10
51k+ ratings
Mystery
Agatha Christie
Crime
The Hiding Place Summary
The Hiding Place
The Triumphant True Story of Corrie Ten Boom
by Corrie ten Boom 1971 242 pages
4.48
300k+ ratings
Biography
History
Christian
The 39 Steps Summary
The 39 Steps
by John Buchan 1915 100 pages
3.59
47k+ ratings
Classics
Mystery
Thriller
Travels with Charley Summary
Travels with Charley
In Search of America
by John Steinbeck 1961 214 pages
4.08
100k+ ratings
Travel
Classics
Memoir
Maud Martha Summary
Maud Martha
by Gwendolyn Brooks 1953 192 pages
4.10
4k+ ratings
Classics
Poetry
African American
The Go-Between by Hartley, L. P. (2013) Hardcover Summary
The Go-Between by Hartley, L. P. (2013) Hardcover
by L.P. Hartley 1953
4.01
15k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Coming Of Age
A Shorter Summa Summary
A Shorter Summa
The Essential Philosophical Passages of Saint Thomas Aquinas' Summa Theologica
by Peter Kreeft 1485 165 pages
4.04
462 ratings
Philosophy
Theology
Religion
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead Summary
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
by Tom Stoppard 1967 126 pages
4.04
93k+ ratings
Plays
Classics
Drama
The Murder on the Links Summary
The Murder on the Links
by Agatha Christie 1923 240 pages
3.86
100k+ ratings
Mystery
Agatha Christie
Classics
Appointment with Death Summary
Appointment with Death
by Agatha Christie 1938 303 pages
3.87
71k+ ratings
Mystery
Agatha Christie
Crime
Arcadia Summary
Arcadia
by Tom Stoppard 1993 144 pages
4.13
24k+ ratings
Plays
Drama
Classics
A Month in the Country Summary
A Month in the Country
by J.L. Carr 1980 160 pages
4.07
30k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Literary Fiction
What a Carve Up! Summary
What a Carve Up!
by Jonathan Coe 1994 501 pages
4.11
13k+ ratings
Classics
Contemporary
British Literature
Wittgenstein’s Nephew Summary
Wittgenstein’s Nephew
by Thomas Bernhard 1982 101 pages
4.02
7k+ ratings
German Literature
Novels
Philosophy
The Tale of Gengi Summary
The Tale of Gengi
by Murasaki Shikibu 1000 1090 pages
3.72
15k+ ratings
Classics
Japan
Japanese Literature
Three Act Tragedy Summary
Three Act Tragedy
by Agatha Christie 1935 336 pages
3.84
50k+ ratings
Mystery
Agatha Christie
Crime
One, Two, Buckle My Shoe Summary
One, Two, Buckle My Shoe
by Agatha Christie 1940
3.78
46k+ ratings
Mystery
Agatha Christie
Crime
The Moviegoer by Walker Percy Summary
The Moviegoer by Walker Percy
by Walker Percy 1961
3.64
31k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
Novels
Dumb Witness Summary
Dumb Witness
by Agatha Christie 1937 317 pages
3.92
50k+ ratings
Mystery
Agatha Christie
Crime
Three Bedrooms in Manhattan Summary
Three Bedrooms in Manhattan
by Georges Simenon 1946 176 pages
3.36
4k+ ratings
Classics
France
New York
La tregua Summary
La tregua
by Mario Benedetti 1960 215 pages
4.17
45k+ ratings
Classics
Romance
Spanish Literature
Pnin Summary
Pnin
by Vladimir Nabokov 1957 184 pages
3.87
30k+ ratings
Classics
Russia
Russian Literature
The Loser Summary
The Loser
by Thomas Bernhard 1983 208 pages
4.02
13k+ ratings
Classics
German Literature
Novels
Mrs. McGinty's Dead Summary
Mrs. McGinty's Dead
by Agatha Christie 1952 244 pages
3.86
41k+ ratings
Mystery
Agatha Christie
Crime
Evil Under the Sun Summary
Evil Under the Sun
by Agatha Christie 1941 220 pages
3.98
90k+ ratings
Mystery
Agatha Christie
Crime
Cards on the Table Summary
Cards on the Table
by Agatha Christie 1936 324 pages
3.96
74k+ ratings
Mystery
Agatha Christie
Crime
The Wind off the Small Isles Summary
The Wind off the Small Isles
by Mary Stewart 1968 96 pages
3.76
500+ ratings
Romance
Mystery
Short Stories
The Hollow Summary
The Hollow
by Agatha Christie 1946 384 pages
3.80
45k+ ratings
Mystery
Agatha Christie
Crime
Moon Tiger Summary
Moon Tiger
by Penelope Lively 1987 224 pages
3.91
19k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Literary Fiction
Book Club
Ragtime Summary
Ragtime
by E.L. Doctorow 1975 320 pages
3.90
47k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Classics
Novels
Big Sur Summary
Big Sur
by Jack Kerouac 1962 256 pages
3.83
38k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
Novels
The Snow Leopard Summary
The Snow Leopard
by Peter Matthiessen 1978 338 pages
4.06
21k+ ratings
Travel
Nature
Memoir
Peril at End House Summary
Peril at End House
by Agatha Christie 1932 287 pages
4.02
85k+ ratings
Mystery
Agatha Christie
Crime
The Naked Sun Summary
The Naked Sun
by Isaac Asimov 1958 204 pages
4.20
64k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Mystery
Classics
Lord Edgware Dies Summary
Lord Edgware Dies
by Agatha Christie 1933 219 pages
3.95
64k+ ratings
Mystery
Agatha Christie
Crime
Crossing The River Summary
Crossing The River
by Caryl Phillips 1993 237 pages
3.72
1k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Novels
Africa
Hickory Dickory Dock Summary
Hickory Dickory Dock
by Agatha Christie 1955
3.77
40k+ ratings
Mystery
Agatha Christie
Crime
Andromaque Summary
Andromaque
by Jean Racine 1667 175 pages
3.70
10k+ ratings
Classics
Plays
Theatre
Ada, or Ardor Summary
Ada, or Ardor
A Family Chronicle
by Vladimir Nabokov 1969 606 pages
4.12
13k+ ratings
Classics
Russia
Literature
Taken at the Flood Summary
Taken at the Flood
by Agatha Christie 1948 352 pages
3.75
31k+ ratings
Mystery
Agatha Christie
Crime
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