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Invisible Cities Summary
Invisible Cities
by Italo Calvino 1972 165 pages
4.09
99k+ ratings
Classics
Fantasy
Short Stories
Time's Arrow Summary
Time's Arrow
by Martin Amis 1991 165 pages
3.76
18k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Literary Fiction
Novels
Bonheur d'occasion Summary
Bonheur d'occasion
by Gabrielle Roy 1945 464 pages
3.71
5k+ ratings
Canada
Classics
France
O Pioneers! Summary
O Pioneers!
by Willa Cather 1913 159 pages
3.90
59k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Tolstoy or Dostoevsky Summary
Tolstoy or Dostoevsky
An Essay in the Old Criticism
by George Steiner 1959 386 pages
4.26
466 ratings
Literary Criticism
Literature
Essays
The Waterworks Summary
The Waterworks
by E.L. Doctorow 1994 253 pages
3.45
3k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Mystery
New York
Children of the Days Summary
Children of the Days
A Calendar of Human History
by Eduardo Galeano 2012 423 pages
4.18
4k+ ratings
History
Literature
Politics
The Invention of Morel Summary
The Invention of Morel
by Adolfo Bioy Casares 1940 103 pages
3.95
35k+ ratings
Classics
Science Fiction
Spanish Literature
The Box Man Summary
The Box Man
by Kōbō Abe 1973 178 pages
3.58
7k+ ratings
Japan
Japanese Literature
Literature
El golem Summary
El golem
by Gustav Meyrink 1915 264 pages
3.82
9k+ ratings
Horror
Classics
Fantasy
Julio Cortázar Summary
Julio Cortázar
Rayuela
by Robert Brody 1976 85 pages
4.37
8k+ ratings
Classics
Spanish Literature
Literature
The Portrait of a Lady, Volume 1 Summary
The Portrait of a Lady, Volume 1
by Henry James 1881 649 pages
3.93
500+ ratings
Classics
Literature
Historical Fiction
The Monk Summary
The Monk
by Matthew Gregory Lewis 1796 385 pages
3.86
34k+ ratings
Classics
Gothic
Horror
Near to the Wild Heart Summary
Near to the Wild Heart
by Clarice Lispector 1943 192 pages
4.02
18k+ ratings
Classics
Brazil
Literary Fiction
Doctor Glas Summary
Doctor Glas
by Hjalmar Söderberg 1905 160 pages
3.67
17k+ ratings
Classics
Swedish Literature
Sweden
Delirious Summary
Delirious
by Damien Wilkins 2024 312 pages
3.84
500+ ratings
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
Grief
The Inklings Summary
The Inklings
C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, Charles Williams, and Their Friends
by Humphrey Carpenter 1978 287 pages
3.94
3k+ ratings
Biography
History
Biography Memoir
Tirant lo Blanc Summary
Tirant lo Blanc
by Joanot Martorell 1490 271 pages
3.00
3k+ ratings
Classics
Medieval
Literature
Tristan and Isolde Summary
Tristan and Isolde
by Gottfried von Strassburg 1988 320 pages
3.63
1k+ ratings
Classics
Romance
Poetry
Mariner Summary
Mariner
A Voyage with Samuel Taylor Coleridge
by Malcolm Guite 2017 471 pages
4.59
145 ratings
Poetry
Biography
Literature
A Little History of Literature Summary
A Little History of Literature
by John Sutherland 2013 276 pages
3.82
2k+ ratings
History
Literature
Books About Books
Transcription Summary
Transcription
by Ben Lerner 2026 144 pages
3.99
3k+ ratings
Literary Fiction
Contemporary
Literature
La Peau de chagrin Summary
La Peau de chagrin
by Honoré de Balzac 1831 407 pages
3.67
12k+ ratings
Classics
France
French Literature
Washington Square Summary
Washington Square
by Henry James 1880 240 pages
3.71
26k+ ratings
Classics
19th Century
Historical Fiction
Dostoevsky Summary
Dostoevsky
A Writer in His Time
by Joseph Frank 2002 984 pages
4.49
1k+ ratings
Biography
History
Russia
The Art of the Poetic Line Summary
The Art of the Poetic Line
by James Longenbach 2007 120 pages
4.03
500+ ratings
Poetry
Writing
Crafts
Mother Night Summary
Mother Night
by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. 1961 288 pages
4.24
100k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
War
Wise Blood Summary
Wise Blood
by Flannery O'Connor 1952 256 pages
3.82
38k+ ratings
Classics
Southern Gothic
Novels
Satantango Summary
Satantango
by László Krasznahorkai 1985 274 pages
4.06
16k+ ratings
Hungary
Hungarian Literature
Classics
Lucky Jim Summary
Lucky Jim
by Kingsley Amis 1954 296 pages
3.74
32k+ ratings
Classics
Humor
British Literature
The End of the Affair Summary
The End of the Affair
by Graham Greene 1951 160 pages
3.90
72k+ ratings
Classics
Romance
Literature
The Name of the World Summary
The Name of the World
by Denis Johnson 2000 129 pages
3.55
2k+ ratings
Literary Fiction
Novella
Novels
There But For The Summary
There But For The
by Ali Smith 2011 357 pages
3.5
10k+ ratings
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
Book Club
Maud Martha Summary
Maud Martha
by Gwendolyn Brooks 1953 192 pages
4.10
4k+ ratings
Classics
Poetry
African American
And the Ass Saw the Angel Summary
And the Ass Saw the Angel
by Nick Cave 1989 320 pages
3.84
11k+ ratings
Horror
Gothic
Southern Gothic
Wittgenstein’s Nephew Summary
Wittgenstein’s Nephew
by Thomas Bernhard 1982 101 pages
4.02
7k+ ratings
German Literature
Novels
Philosophy
La tregua Summary
La tregua
by Mario Benedetti 1960 215 pages
4.17
45k+ ratings
Classics
Romance
Spanish Literature
The Tale of Gengi Summary
The Tale of Gengi
by Murasaki Shikibu 1000 1090 pages
3.72
15k+ ratings
Classics
Japan
Japanese Literature
The Moviegoer by Walker Percy Summary
The Moviegoer by Walker Percy
by Walker Percy 1961
3.64
31k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
Novels
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
The Rotters' Club Summary
The Rotters' Club
by Jonathan Coe 2001 415 pages
3.96
16k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Contemporary
British Literature
[The Music of Chance] [By Summary
[The Music of Chance] [By
Auster, Paul] [December, 1991]
by Paul Auster 1990
3.93
13k+ ratings
American
Literature
Novels
The Broom of the System Summary
The Broom of the System
by David Foster Wallace 1987 467 pages
3.85
24k+ ratings
Novels
Literature
Literary Fiction
Big Sur Summary
Big Sur
by Jack Kerouac 1962 256 pages
3.83
38k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
Novels
[Timbuktu] [by Summary
[Timbuktu] [by
Paul Auster]
by Paul Auster 1999
3.73
17k+ ratings
Dogs
Animals
Contemporary
Ragtime Summary
Ragtime
by E.L. Doctorow 1975 320 pages
3.90
47k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Classics
Novels
Crossing The River Summary
Crossing The River
by Caryl Phillips 1993 237 pages
3.72
1k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Novels
Africa
Mr. Vértigo (Biblioteca Paul Auster) Summary
Mr. Vértigo (Biblioteca Paul Auster)
by Paul Auster 1994 348 pages
3.95
16k+ ratings
American
Novels
Literature
Ada, or Ardor Summary
Ada, or Ardor
A Family Chronicle
by Vladimir Nabokov 1969 606 pages
4.12
13k+ ratings
Classics
Russia
Literature
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