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Yayati Summary
Yayati
A Classic Tale of Lust
by Vishnu Sakharam Khandekar 1963 251 pages
4.13
5k+ ratings
Marathi
Mythology
India
Little Women Summary
Immersive
Little Women
by Louisa May Alcott 1868 449 pages
4.17
2.4M+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Young Adult
The Archetypes and the Collective Unconscious Summary
The Archetypes and the Collective Unconscious
by C.G. Jung 1959 550 pages
4.30
7k+ ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Psychoanalysis
The Green Mile Summary
The Green Mile
by Stephen King 1996 592 pages
4.49
300k+ ratings
Horror
Fantasy
Thriller
The Trial and Death of Socrates Summary
The Trial and Death of Socrates
by Plato 58 pages
4.12
46k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
History
The Art of Living Summary
The Art of Living
The Classical Manual on Virtue, Happiness, and Effectiveness
by Epictetus 126 pages
4.24
37k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Self Help
Tartuffe Summary
Tartuffe
by Molière 1664 180 pages
3.66
43k+ ratings
Plays
Classics
Drama
Mythology Summary
Mythology
by Edith Hamilton 1942 497 pages
4.04
60k+ ratings
Mythology
Classics
History
The Birth of Tragedy Summary
The Birth of Tragedy
by Friedrich Nietzsche 1871 121 pages
3.98
21k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
German Literature
Interview with the Vampire Summary
Interview with the Vampire
by Anne Rice 1976 346 pages
4.02
600k+ ratings
Horror
Fantasy
Vampires
The Road to Serfdom Summary
The Road to Serfdom
by Friedrich A. Hayek 1944 274 pages
4.15
26k+ ratings
Economics
Politics
Philosophy
East of Eden Summary
East of Eden
by John Steinbeck 1952 601 pages
4.44
600k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Literature
Slaughterhouse-Five Summary
Slaughterhouse-Five
by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. 1969 275 pages
4.10
1.4M+ ratings
Classics
Science Fiction
Historical Fiction
Native Son Summary
Native Son
by Richard Wright 1940 504 pages
4.04
100k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
African American
The Spook Who Sat by the Door Summary
The Spook Who Sat by the Door
by Sam Greenlee 1969 256 pages
4.34
3k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Race
Classics
The Things They Carried Summary
The Things They Carried
by Tim O'Brien 1990 246 pages
4.15
300k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Classics
War
The Origins of Totalitarianism Summary
The Origins of Totalitarianism
by Hannah Arendt 1951 527 pages
4.30
15k+ ratings
History
Philosophy
Politics
Papillon Summary
Papillon
by Henri Charrière 1969 544 pages
4.23
76k+ ratings
Biography
Classics
Memoir
Pollyanna Summary
Pollyanna
by Eleanor H. Porter 1913 304 pages
4.02
92k+ ratings
Classics
Childrens
Young Adult
Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird Summary
Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird
by Christopher Sergel 1960 128 pages
4.51
24k+ ratings
Classics
Plays
Historical Fiction
The War of the Worlds Summary
The War of the Worlds
by H.G. Wells 1898 192 pages
3.83
300k+ ratings
Classics
Science Fiction
Fantasy
The Picture of Dorian Gray Summary
Immersive
The Picture of Dorian Gray
by Oscar Wilde 1890 272 pages
4.14
1.9M+ ratings
Classics
Horror
Gothic
Zeno's Conscience Summary
Zeno's Conscience
by Italo Svevo 1923 437 pages
3.77
33k+ ratings
Classics
Italian Literature
Italy
On the Genealogy of Morals Summary
On the Genealogy of Morals
by Friedrich Nietzsche 1887 208 pages
4.12
36k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Psychology
Imperialism Summary
Imperialism
The Highest Stage of Capitalism
by Vladimir Lenin 1917 192 pages
4.27
10k+ ratings
Politics
Philosophy
Economics
Flowers for Algernon Summary
Flowers for Algernon
by Daniel Keyes 1966 311 pages
4.24
800k+ ratings
Classics
Science Fiction
Young Adult
Emma Summary
Immersive
Emma
by Jane Austen 1815 474 pages
4.05
900k+ ratings
Classics
Romance
Historical Fiction
The Master and Margarita Summary
The Master and Margarita
by Mikhail Bulgakov 1967 372 pages
4.28
400k+ ratings
Classics
Fantasy
Russia
Ecce Homo Summary
Ecce Homo
by Friedrich Nietzsche 1908 144 pages
3.81
20k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Biography
Timaeus Summary
Timaeus
by Plato 112 pages
3.85
3k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Ancient
The Mystery of the Blue Train Summary
The Mystery of the Blue Train
by Agatha Christie 1928 317 pages
3.88
84k+ ratings
Mystery
Agatha Christie
Crime
Nausea Summary
Nausea
by Jean-Paul Sartre 1938 178 pages
3.93
100k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
France
Catch-22 Summary
Catch-22
by Joseph Heller 1961 453 pages
3.99
800k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
War
El gato negro (Biblioteca Edgar Allan Poe nº 4) Summary
El gato negro (Biblioteca Edgar Allan Poe nº 4)
by Edgar Allan Poe 1843 26 pages
4.03
58k+ ratings
Classics
Horror
Short Stories
The Prophet Summary
The Prophet
by Kahlil Gibran 1923 127 pages
4.23
300k+ ratings
Poetry
Classics
Philosophy
The Outsiders Summary
The Outsiders
by S.E. Hinton 1967 208 pages
4.15
1.6M+ ratings
Classics
Young Adult
School
Sula Summary
Sula
by Toni Morrison 1973 174 pages
4.06
100k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Literary Fiction
Eugene Onegin Summary
Eugene Onegin
by Alexander Pushkin 1831 240 pages
4.11
71k+ ratings
Classics
Poetry
Russia
The Human Stain Summary
The Human Stain
by Philip Roth 2000 361 pages
3.92
46k+ ratings
Literature
Novels
Contemporary
The Divine Comedy Summary
The Divine Comedy
Inferno - Purgatorio - Paradiso
by Dante Alighieri 1320 798 pages
4.09
100k+ ratings
Classics
Poetry
Literature
The Concept of Anxiety Summary
The Concept of Anxiety
A Simple Psychologically Oriented Deliberation in View of the Dogmatic Problem of Hereditary Sin
by Søren Kierkegaard 1844 256 pages
3.95
2k+ ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Religion
Brave New World Summary
Brave New World
by Aldous Huxley 1932 288 pages
3.98
2.1M+ ratings
Classics
Science Fiction
Dystopia
The Sound of Waves Summary
The Sound of Waves
by Yukio Mishima 1954 183 pages
3.77
24k+ ratings
Japan
Japanese Literature
Classics
Woman at Point Zero Summary
Woman at Point Zero
by Nawal El Saadawi 1975 108 pages
4.24
31k+ ratings
Feminism
Egypt
Classics
The Queen's Gambit Summary
The Queen's Gambit
by Walter Tevis 1983 258 pages
4.18
100k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Classics
Contemporary
The Mask of Sanity Summary
The Mask of Sanity
by Hervey M. Cleckley 1941 596 pages
3.99
1k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Mental Health
Emily Post's Etiquette Summary
Emily Post's Etiquette
Manners for Today
by Lizzie Post 1922
4.15
2k+ ratings
Reference
Self Help
Classics
The Satanic Verses Summary
The Satanic Verses
by Salman Rushdie 1988 561 pages
3.71
72k+ ratings
Classics
Magical Realism
Fantasy
My System Summary
My System
A Treatise on Chess
by Aron Nimzowitsch 1925 378 pages
4.19
1k+ ratings
Chess
Games
Reference
Zorba the Greek Summary
Zorba the Greek
by Nikos Kazantzakis 1946 335 pages
4.02
59k+ ratings
Classics
Philosophy
Greece
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