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Taken at the Flood Summary
Taken at the Flood
by Agatha Christie 1948 352 pages
3.75
31k+ ratings
Mystery
Agatha Christie
Crime
Last Exit to Brooklyn Summary
Last Exit to Brooklyn
by Hubert Selby Jr. 1964 290 pages
3.95
33k+ ratings
Classics
Contemporary
Thriller
Hallowe'en Party Summary
Hallowe'en Party
by Agatha Christie 1969 336 pages
3.56
100k+ ratings
Mystery
Agatha Christie
Classics
Murder in Mesopotamia Summary
Murder in Mesopotamia
by Agatha Christie 1936 264 pages
3.94
72k+ ratings
Mystery
Agatha Christie
Crime
Progress and Poverty Summary
Progress and Poverty
An Inquiry in the Cause of Industrial Depressions and of Increase of Want with Increase of Wealth... The Remedy
by Henry George 1879 599 pages
4.30
500+ ratings
Economics
Politics
Philosophy
Five Little Pigs Summary
Five Little Pigs
by Agatha Christie 1942 216 pages
4.03
95k+ ratings
Mystery
Agatha Christie
Crime
Dead Man's Folly Summary
Dead Man's Folly
by Agatha Christie 1956 6 pages
3.82
38k+ ratings
Mystery
Agatha Christie
Crime
The True Deceiver Summary
The True Deceiver
by Tove Jansson 1982 181 pages
3.81
8k+ ratings
Classics
Literary Fiction
Scandinavian Literature
Money Summary
Money
by Martin Amis 1984 394 pages
3.70
26k+ ratings
Classics
Novels
Contemporary
Sad Cypress Summary
Sad Cypress
by Agatha Christie 1940 336 pages
3.94
48k+ ratings
Mystery
Agatha Christie
Crime
Sleeping Murder Summary
Sleeping Murder
by Agatha Christie 1976 242 pages
4.00
54k+ ratings
Mystery
Agatha Christie
Crime
The Cruel Sea Summary
The Cruel Sea
by Nicholas Monsarrat 1951 520 pages
4.23
8k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
War
World War II
The Lowlife Summary
The Lowlife
by Alexander Baron 1963 208 pages
4.25
500+ ratings
London
Crime
Classics
IGNORANCE (L') by MILAN KUNDERA Summary
IGNORANCE (L') by MILAN KUNDERA
by Milan Kundera 2000
3.81
28k+ ratings
Czech Literature
Novels
Literature
Cat Among the Pigeons Summary
Cat Among the Pigeons
by Agatha Christie 1959 352 pages
3.86
52k+ ratings
Mystery
Agatha Christie
Crime
Sabbath's Theater Summary
Sabbath's Theater
by Philip Roth 1995 451 pages
3.89
12k+ ratings
Novels
Literature
American
A Handful of Dust Summary
A Handful of Dust
by Evelyn Waugh 1934 308 pages
3.88
29k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
Novels
J R Summary
J R
by William Gaddis 1975 752 pages
4.32
3k+ ratings
Classics
Novels
Literature
Mr. Bridge Summary
Mr. Bridge
by Evan S. Connell 1969 367 pages
4.00
2k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Novels
[Vile Bodies] [by Summary
[Vile Bodies] [by
Evelyn Waugh]
by Evelyn Waugh 1930
3.71
17k+ ratings
Classics
Humor
Literature
The Fatal Shore Summary
The Fatal Shore
The Epic of Australia's Founding
by Robert Hughes 1986 688 pages
4.09
10k+ ratings
History
Australia
World History
A Caribbean Mystery Summary
A Caribbean Mystery
by Agatha Christie 1964 224 pages
3.86
54k+ ratings
Mystery
Agatha Christie
Crime
Frankestein Summary
Frankestein
The Modern Prometheus
by Mary Shelley’s 2025 189 pages
4.20
368 ratings
Classics
Science Fiction
The Third Girl by Agatha Christie Summary
The Third Girl by Agatha Christie
by Agatha Christie 1966
3.69
39k+ ratings
Mystery
Agatha Christie
Crime
Wise Children by Angela Carter Summary
Wise Children by Angela Carter
by Angela Carter 1991
3.89
9k+ ratings
Magical Realism
Historical Fiction
Classics
I Promessi Sposi Summary
I Promessi Sposi
by Alessandro Manzoni 1827 1096 pages
3.89
18k+ ratings
Classics
Italian Literature
Historical Fiction
The Daughter of Time Summary
The Daughter of Time
by Josephine Tey 1951 206 pages
3.89
39k+ ratings
Mystery
Historical Fiction
Crime
The Post-Office Girl Summary
The Post-Office Girl
by Stefan Zweig 1982 257 pages
4.15
10k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Literary Fiction
4 Summary
4
50 from Paddington
by Agatha Christie 1957 286 pages
3.97
78k+ ratings
Mystery
Agatha Christie
Crime
Scoop by Waugh, Evelyn Reprint Edition Summary
Scoop by Waugh, Evelyn Reprint Edition
by Evelyn Waugh 1938
3.78
22k+ ratings
Classics
Humor
Satire
Island Summary
Island
by Aldous Huxley 1962 354 pages
3.85
36k+ ratings
Classics
Science Fiction
Philosophy
The Sea, the Sea Summary
The Sea, the Sea
by Iris Murdoch 1978 528 pages
3.96
26k+ ratings
Classics
Literary Fiction
Novels
A Pocket Full of Rye Summary
A Pocket Full of Rye
by Agatha Christie 1953 220 pages
3.94
55k+ ratings
Mystery
Agatha Christie
Crime
Nemesis Summary
Nemesis
by Agatha Christie 1971 213 pages
3.87
46k+ ratings
Mystery
Agatha Christie
Crime
The Moving Finger Summary
The Moving Finger
by Agatha Christie 1942 299 pages
3.85
59k+ ratings
Mystery
Agatha Christie
Crime
Excellent Women Summary
Excellent Women
by Barbara Pym 1952 231 pages
3.91
21k+ ratings
Classics
Humor
British Literature
The Peregrine Summary
The Peregrine
by J.A. Baker 2004 191 pages
4.15
6k+ ratings
Nature
Birds
Science
They Do It With Mirrors Summary
They Do It With Mirrors
by Agatha Christie 1952 224 pages
3.78
47k+ ratings
Mystery
Agatha Christie
Crime
A Murder Is Announced Summary
A Murder Is Announced
by Agatha Christie 1950 288 pages
4.01
88k+ ratings
Mystery
Agatha Christie
Crime
The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side Summary
The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side
by Agatha Christie 1962 351 pages
3.96
55k+ ratings
Mystery
Agatha Christie
Crime
Appointment in Samarra Summary
Appointment in Samarra
by John O'Hara 1934 251 pages
3.81
16k+ ratings
Classics
Novels
Literature
Gather Together in My Name Summary
Gather Together in My Name
by Maya Angelou 1974 224 pages
4.32
18k+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
Autobiography
Cat’s Cradle Summary
Cat’s Cradle
by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. 1963 306 pages
4.15
400k+ ratings
Classics
Science Fiction
Humor
The Member of the Wedding by Carson McCullers Summary
The Member of the Wedding by Carson McCullers
by Carson McCullers 1946
3.81
20k+ ratings
Classics
Coming Of Age
Literary Fiction
Towards Zero (Agatha Christie Collection) by Christie, Agatha (2008) Paperback Summary
Towards Zero (Agatha Christie Collection) by Christie, Agatha (2008) Paperback
by Agatha Christie 1944
3.96
31k+ ratings
Mystery
Agatha Christie
Crime
The Pilgrim's Regress Summary
The Pilgrim's Regress
by C.S. Lewis 1933 211 pages
3.86
10k+ ratings
Christian
Fantasy
Religion
The Great Conversation Summary
The Great Conversation
A Reader's Guide to Great Books of the Western World
by Mortimer J. Adler 1952 200 pages
4.17
500+ ratings
Education
Philosophy
Classics
Crooked House Summary
Crooked House
by Agatha Christie 1949 276 pages
4.08
94k+ ratings
Mystery
Agatha Christie
Classics
Broken April by Ismail Kadare Summary
Broken April by Ismail Kadare
by Ismail Kadare 1978
4.00
8k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Classics
Albanian Literature
The Sittaford Mystery Summary
The Sittaford Mystery
by Agatha Christie 1931 248 pages
3.77
31k+ ratings
Mystery
Agatha Christie
Crime
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