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It Summary
It
by Stephen King 1986 1184 pages
4.24
1.2M+ ratings
Horror
Thriller
Fantasy
The Blind Owl Summary
The Blind Owl
by Sadegh Hedayat 1937 148 pages
3.95
35k+ ratings
Classics
Iran
Horror
Acres of Diamonds Summary
Acres of Diamonds
by Russell H. Conwell 1915 68 pages
4.17
10k+ ratings
Business
Self Help
Personal Development
Heretics of Dune Summary
Heretics of Dune
by Frank Herbert 1984 669 pages
3.85
100k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Fantasy
Science Fiction Fantasy
The Baburnama Summary
The Baburnama
Memoirs of Babur, Prince and Emperor
by Zahir ud-Din Muhammad Babur 1531 608 pages
3.95
500+ ratings
History
Biography
India
The Hound of the Baskervilles Summary
The Hound of the Baskervilles
by Arthur Conan Doyle 1902 256 pages
4.14
300k+ ratings
Classics
Mystery
Crime
The Bell Jar Summary
The Bell Jar
by Sylvia Plath 1963 294 pages
4.05
1.2M+ ratings
Classics
Feminism
Mental Health
The Silence of the Lambs Summary
The Silence of the Lambs
by Thomas Harris 1988 421 pages
4.26
500k+ ratings
Horror
Thriller
Mystery
Gray's Anatomy Summary
Gray's Anatomy
by Henry Gray 1858 1257 pages
4.31
3k+ ratings
Reference
Science
Medicine
The Talented Mr. Ripley Summary
The Talented Mr. Ripley
by Patricia Highsmith 1955 271 pages
3.95
100k+ ratings
Classics
Mystery
Thriller
The Secret Adversary Summary
The Secret Adversary
by Agatha Christie 1922 266 pages
3.84
72k+ ratings
Mystery
Agatha Christie
Classics
Treasure Island Summary
Treasure Island
by Robert Louis Stevenson 1882 352 pages
3.85
500k+ ratings
Classics
Adventure
Historical Fiction
Jonathan Livingstone Seagull Summary
Jonathan Livingstone Seagull
by Richard Bach 1970 96 pages
3.86
200k+ ratings
Classics
Philosophy
Fantasy
The Analects Summary
The Analects
by Confucius 249 pages
3.80
24k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
China
Phenomenology of Perception Summary
Phenomenology of Perception
by Maurice Merleau-Ponty 1945 544 pages
4.18
6k+ ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Theory
Cry, the Beloved Country Summary
Cry, the Beloved Country
by Alan Paton 1948 316 pages
3.93
80k+ ratings
Classics
Africa
Historical Fiction
The Road Summary
The Road
by Cormac McCarthy 2006 241 pages
4.00
1M+ ratings
Science Fiction
Dystopia
Classics
The Masnavi Summary
The Masnavi
Book One
by Jalal ad-Din Muhammad ar-Rumi 1270 304 pages
4.41
1k+ ratings
Poetry
Islam
Classics
Siddhartha Summary
Immersive
Siddhartha
by Hermann Hesse 1922 152 pages
4.08
800k+ ratings
Classics
Philosophy
Spirituality
Oblomov Summary
Oblomov
by Ivan Goncharov 1859 586 pages
4.14
43k+ ratings
Classics
Russia
Russian Literature
Civilization and Its Discontents Summary
Civilization and Its Discontents
by Sigmund Freud 1930 127 pages
3.80
45k+ ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Psychoanalysis
Oliver Twist Summary
Oliver Twist
by Charles Dickens 1838 608 pages
3.88
400k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Literature
The Exorcist Summary
The Exorcist
by William Peter Blatty 1971 385 pages
4.21
200k+ ratings
Horror
Classics
Thriller
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest Summary
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
by Ken Kesey 1962 325 pages
4.20
700k+ ratings
Classics
Psychology
Literature
To Kill a Mockingbird Summary
To Kill a Mockingbird
by Harper Lee 1960 323 pages
4.26
6.9M+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
School
The Essential Rumi Summary
The Essential Rumi
by Coleman Barks 1273 416 pages
4.39
50k+ ratings
Poetry
Classics
Spirituality
The Go-Getter Summary
The Go-Getter
A Story That Tells You How to Be One
by Peter B. Kyne 1920 64 pages
4.15
9k+ ratings
Business
Self Help
Personal Development
Tess of the D’Urbervilles Summary
Tess of the D’Urbervilles
by Thomas Hardy 1891 518 pages
3.84
300k+ ratings
Classics
Romance
Literature
Fight Club Summary
Fight Club
by Chuck Palahniuk 1996 224 pages
4.18
600k+ ratings
Classics
Thriller
Contemporary
Chess Story Summary
Chess Story
by Stefan Zweig 1942 104 pages
4.26
100k+ ratings
Classics
Short Stories
German Literature
Tao Te Ching Summary
Tao Te Ching
Annotated & Explained
by Lao Tzu 208 pages
4.29
100k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Spirituality
Look Back in Anger Summary
Look Back in Anger
by John Osborne 1956 96 pages
3.53
13k+ ratings
Plays
Drama
Classics
The Crowd Summary
The Crowd
A Study of the Popular Mind
by Gustave Le Bon 1895 104 pages
3.80
22k+ ratings
Psychology
Sociology
Politics
The Interpretation of Dreams Summary
The Interpretation of Dreams
by Sigmund Freud 1899 630 pages
3.84
81k+ ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Classics
The Conquest of Happiness Summary
The Conquest of Happiness
by Bertrand Russell 1930 190 pages
4.02
16k+ ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Self Help
A History of Western Philosophy Summary
A History of Western Philosophy
by Bertrand Russell 1945 906 pages
4.13
41k+ ratings
Philosophy
History
Classics
The Pearl Summary
The Pearl
by John Steinbeck 1947 96 pages
3.57
200k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
School
The Prince of Tides Summary
The Prince of Tides
by Pat Conroy 1986 679 pages
4.26
200k+ ratings
Classics
Romance
Southern
The Complete Art of War Summary
The Complete Art of War
by Sun Tzu 1996 320 pages
4.14
7k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
History
Waiting for Godot Summary
Waiting for Godot
by Samuel Beckett 1951 109 pages
3.84
200k+ ratings
Plays
Classics
Drama
The Tell-Tale Heart Summary
The Tell-Tale Heart
by Edgar Allan Poe 1843 31 pages
4.24
100k+ ratings
Classics
Short Stories
Horror
Hatchet Summary
Hatchet
by Gary Paulsen 1987 208 pages
3.80
400k+ ratings
Young Adult
Classics
Adventure
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas Summary
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
by John Boyne 2006 224 pages
4.16
900k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Young Adult
Historical
The Thorn Birds Summary
The Thorn Birds
by Colleen McCullough 1977 692 pages
4.25
300k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Romance
Classics
Security Analysis Summary
Security Analysis
by Benjamin Graham 1934 816 pages
4.30
9k+ ratings
Finance
Business
Economics
Politics As a Vocation Summary
Politics As a Vocation
by Max Weber 2013 52 pages
3.77
500+ ratings
Politics
Philosophy
Sociology
Neuromancer Summary
Neuromancer
by William Gibson 1984 268 pages
3.89
300k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Cyberpunk
Classics
A Happy Death Summary
A Happy Death
by Albert Camus 1971 144 pages
3.80
26k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
France
Infinite Jest Summary
Infinite Jest
by David Foster Wallace 1996 1088 pages
4.25
100k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
Novels
The Westing Game Summary
The Westing Game
by Ellen Raskin 1978 182 pages
3.99
200k+ ratings
Mystery
Young Adult
Middle Grade
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