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Walt Whitman Summary
Walt Whitman
A Life
by Justin Kaplan 1980 464 pages
3.94
326 ratings
Biography
Poetry
History
Humour Summary
Humour
by Terry Eagleton 2019 224 pages
3.19
500+ ratings
Philosophy
Humor
Essays
Darkmans Summary
Darkmans
by Nicola Barker 2007 838 pages
3.65
2k+ ratings
Fantasy
Contemporary
Literature
Delirio Summary
Delirio
by Laura Restrepo 2004 344 pages
3.97
12k+ ratings
Spanish Literature
Latin American
Novels
Grendel Summary
Grendel
by John Gardner 1971 174 pages
3.69
42k+ ratings
Fantasy
Classics
Mythology
Fantastic Night & Other Stories Summary
Fantastic Night & Other Stories
by Stefan Zweig 1922 164 pages
3.98
1k+ ratings
Short Stories
Classics
German Literature
La hora azul Summary
La hora azul
by Alonso Cueto 2005 304 pages
3.74
1k+ ratings
Romance
Latin American
Literature
Solenoid Summary
Solenoid
by Mircea Cărtărescu 2015 840 pages
4.25
7k+ ratings
Romania
Literature
Romanian Literature
Description Summary
Description
by Monica Wood 1995 176 pages
4.06
500+ ratings
Writing
Reference
Research
Interventions 2020 Summary
Interventions 2020
by Michel Houellebecq 2020 265 pages
3.57
500+ ratings
Essays
France
Politics
کلبه ی عمو تام Summary
کلبه ی عمو تام
by Harriet Beecher Stowe 1852
3.92
200k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Literature
As I Lay Dying Summary
As I Lay Dying
by William Faulkner 1930 288 pages
3.72
100k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
Novels
Los jefes / Los cachorros Summary
Los jefes / Los cachorros
by Mario Vargas Llosa 1967 160 pages
3.54
4k+ ratings
Short Stories
Nobel Prize
Spanish Literature
Lezioni di letteratura russa. Gogol', Turgenev, Dostoevskij, Tolstoj, Čechov e Gor'kij nelle lezioni di un grande maestro Summary
Lezioni di letteratura russa. Gogol', Turgenev, Dostoevskij, Tolstoj, Čechov e Gor'kij nelle lezioni di un grande maestro
by Vladimir Nabokov 1981 364 pages
4.26
2k+ ratings
Literary Criticism
Russia
Russian Literature
Book Lust Summary
Book Lust
Recommended Reading for Every Mood, Moment, and Reason
by Nancy Pearl 2003 287 pages
3.77
3k+ ratings
Books About Books
Reference
Writing
Tôi Thấy Hoa Vàng Trên Cỏ Xanh Summary
Tôi Thấy Hoa Vàng Trên Cỏ Xanh
by Nguyễn Nhật Ánh 2010 380 pages
4.12
5k+ ratings
Childrens
Novels
Romance
The Shadow of a Great Rock Summary
The Shadow of a Great Rock
A Literary Appreciation of the King James Bible
by Harold Bloom 2011 320 pages
3.48
185 ratings
Religion
Literary Criticism
History
The Man Who Created Sherlock Holmes Summary
The Man Who Created Sherlock Holmes
The Life and Times of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
by Andrew Lycett 2007 825 pages
3.91
299 ratings
Biography
History
Mystery
Beowulf Summary
Beowulf
A Translation and Commentary, together with Sellic Spell
by J.R.R. Tolkien 2014 679 pages
3.90
11k+ ratings
Classics
Fantasy
Poetry
Hard Times Summary
Hard Times
by Charles Dickens 1854 384 pages
3.55
75k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
19th Century
The House of Mirth Summary
The House of Mirth
by Edith Wharton 1905 351 pages
3.98
100k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Literature
The Quiet American Summary
The Quiet American
by Graham Greene 1955 180 pages
3.98
72k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
War
The Year of Reading Dangerously Summary
The Year of Reading Dangerously
by Andy Miller 2012 338 pages
3.31
6k+ ratings
Books About Books
Memoir
Biography
اورستیا Summary
اورستیا
by Aeschylus 280 pages
4.02
47k+ ratings
Classics
Plays
Drama
The Child in Time Summary
The Child in Time
by Ian McEwan 1987 263 pages
3.58
15k+ ratings
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
British Literature
Crimen y castigo 1 Summary
Crimen y castigo 1
by Fyodor Dostoevsky 1866 360 pages
4.37
20k+ ratings
Classics
Novels
Russian Literature
Moby Dick Summary
Moby Dick
by Rod Espinosa 1851
3.55
5k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
Novels
The House of the Seven Gables Summary
The House of the Seven Gables
by Nathaniel Hawthorne 1851 225 pages
3.45
43k+ ratings
Classics
Gothic
Literature
Salvar el fuego Summary
Salvar el fuego
by Guillermo Arriaga 2020 664 pages
4.30
13k+ ratings
Contemporary
Romance
Book Club
Vineland Summary
Vineland
by Thomas Pynchon 1990 480 pages
3.75
18k+ ratings
Literature
Literary Fiction
Novels
The Pickwick Papers Summary
The Pickwick Papers
by Charles Dickens 1837 801 pages
3.85
32k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
19th Century
Le Rivage des Syrtes Summary
Le Rivage des Syrtes
by Julien Gracq 1951 321 pages
4.01
1k+ ratings
France
Literature
French Literature
The Winter of Our Discontent Summary
The Winter of Our Discontent
by John Steinbeck 1961 291 pages
4.01
54k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
American
A Room of One’s Own Summary
A Room of One’s Own
by Virginia Woolf 1929 112 pages
4.22
200k+ ratings
Classics
Feminism
Essays
No Longer at Ease Summary
No Longer at Ease
by Chinua Achebe 1961 196 pages
3.87
13k+ ratings
Africa
Classics
Historical Fiction
Moon Palace Summary
Moon Palace
by Paul Auster 1989 320 pages
3.98
29k+ ratings
American
Contemporary
Novels
The Sea Summary
The Sea
winner of the Booker Prize, a haunting literary novel of childhood and seaside secrets
by John Banville 2005 270 pages
3.55
35k+ ratings
Ireland
Irish Literature
Literary Fiction
The Poet's Guide to Life Summary
The Poet's Guide to Life
The Wisdom of Rilke
by Rainer Maria Rilke 2005 215 pages
4.12
368 ratings
Poetry
Philosophy
Classics
La classe Summary
La classe
by François Bégaudeau 2006 228 pages
3.05
1k+ ratings
France
French Literature
Contemporary
A Swim in a Pond in the Rain Summary
A Swim in a Pond in the Rain
by George Saunders 2021 403 pages
4.53
25k+ ratings
Writing
Short Stories
Essays
The Erasers Summary
The Erasers
by Alain Robbe-Grillet 1953 256 pages
3.77
1k+ ratings
France
Mystery
French Literature
Absalom, Absalom! Summary
Absalom, Absalom!
by William Faulkner 1936 316 pages
3.99
48k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
Novels
Lila Summary
Lila
An Inquiry Into Morals
by Robert M. Pirsig 1991 480 pages
3.84
7k+ ratings
Philosophy
Literature
Novels
The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Writings Summary
The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Writings
by Edgar Allan Poe 1967 488 pages
4.13
4k+ ratings
Classics
Horror
Short Stories
Stella Maris Summary
Stella Maris
by Cormac McCarthy 2022 190 pages
3.84
23k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Literary Fiction
Literature
Nicholas Nickleby Summary
Nicholas Nickleby
by Charles Dickens 1839 817 pages
3.95
47k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
19th Century
[No Country for Old Men] (By Summary
[No Country for Old Men] (By
Cormac McCarthy) [published: December, 2007]
by Cormac McCarthy 2005
4.17
200k+ ratings
Thriller
Westerns
Crime
The Old Curiosity Shop Summary
The Old Curiosity Shop
by Charles Dickens 1840 576 pages
3.79
24k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
19th Century
Phyl-Undhu Summary
Phyl-Undhu
Abstract Horror, Exterminator
by Nick Land 2014 71 pages
3.56
284 ratings
Horror
Philosophy
Science Fiction
The Time Machine / The Invisible Man Summary
The Time Machine / The Invisible Man
by H.G. Wells 2007 288 pages
4.10
56k+ ratings
Classics
Science Fiction
Fantasy
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