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The Fall Summary
The Fall
by Albert Camus 1956 147 pages
4.03
100k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
France
By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept Summary
By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept
by Paulo Coelho 1994 180 pages
3.57
100k+ ratings
Romance
Philosophy
Novels
The Count of Monte Cristo Summary
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The Count of Monte Cristo
by Alexandre Dumas 1844 1276 pages
4.33
1M+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Adventure
Anna Karenina Summary
Anna Karenina
by Leo Tolstoy 1878 964 pages
4.10
900k+ ratings
Classics
Romance
Russia
Poor People Summary
Poor People
by Fyodor Dostoevsky 1846 112 pages
3.77
40k+ ratings
Classics
Russian Literature
Russia
The Blind Owl Summary
The Blind Owl
by Sadegh Hedayat 1937 148 pages
3.95
35k+ ratings
Classics
Iran
Horror
Eleven Minutes Summary
Eleven Minutes
by Paulo Coelho 2003 273 pages
3.72
100k+ ratings
Romance
Novels
Contemporary
The Bell Jar Summary
The Bell Jar
by Sylvia Plath 1963 294 pages
4.05
1.2M+ ratings
Classics
Feminism
Mental Health
Cry, the Beloved Country Summary
Cry, the Beloved Country
by Alan Paton 1948 316 pages
3.93
80k+ ratings
Classics
Africa
Historical Fiction
Siddhartha Summary
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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
Oliver Twist Summary
Oliver Twist
by Charles Dickens 1838 608 pages
3.88
400k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Literature
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
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
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
Waiting for Godot Summary
Waiting for Godot
by Samuel Beckett 1951 109 pages
3.84
200k+ ratings
Plays
Classics
Drama
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 Book of Disquiet Summary
The Book of Disquiet
by Fernando Pessoa 1982 544 pages
4.39
38k+ ratings
Classics
Poetry
Philosophy
Homo Faber Summary
Homo Faber
by Max Frisch 1957 214 pages
3.68
31k+ ratings
Classics
German Literature
School
Beloved Summary
Beloved
by Toni Morrison 1987 325 pages
3.98
400k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Magical Realism
Jane Eyre Summary
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Jane Eyre
by Charlotte Brontë 1847 532 pages
4.16
2.3M+ ratings
Classics
Romance
Gothic
Notes from Underground Summary
Notes from Underground
by Fyodor Dostoevsky 1864 136 pages
4.17
200k+ ratings
Classics
Philosophy
Russia
The Name of the Rose Summary
The Name of the Rose
by Umberto Eco 1980 552 pages
4.14
300k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Mystery
Classics
The Death of Ivan Ilych Summary
The Death of Ivan Ilych
by Leo Tolstoy 1886 86 pages
4.14
200k+ ratings
Classics
Russia
Russian Literature
Robinson Crusoe Summary
Robinson Crusoe
by Daniel Defoe 1719 320 pages
3.68
300k+ ratings
Classics
Adventure
Literature
Devil on the Cross Summary
Devil on the Cross
by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o 1980 256 pages
3.93
2k+ ratings
Africa
Classics
Kenya
The Home and the World Summary
The Home and the World
by Rabindranath Tagore 1916 213 pages
3.83
6k+ ratings
Classics
India
Indian Literature
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay Summary
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
by Michael Chabon 2000 639 pages
4.19
200k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Literary Fiction
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame Summary
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
by Victor Hugo 1831 510 pages
4.02
200k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
France
The Art of Fiction Summary
The Art of Fiction
Notes on Craft for Young Writers
by John Gardner 1984 240 pages
3.99
6k+ ratings
Writing
Crafts
Reference
The Man in the Iron Mask Summary
The Man in the Iron Mask
by Alexandre Dumas 1847 470 pages
4.00
66k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Adventure
Pedro Páramo Summary
Pedro Páramo
by Juan Rulfo 1955 128 pages
4.05
100k+ ratings
Classics
Magical Realism
Spanish Literature
The Journey to the West, Volume 1 Summary
The Journey to the West, Volume 1
by Wu Cheng'en 1592 544 pages
4.26
2k+ ratings
Classics
Fantasy
China
Dead Souls Summary
Dead Souls
by Nikolai Gogol 1842 464 pages
3.98
97k+ ratings
Classics
Russia
Russian Literature
Les Miserables Summary
Immersive
Les Miserables
by Victor Hugo 1862 1376 pages
4.21
800k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Literature
Walden Or, Life In The Woods And "On The Duty Of Civil Disobedience" Summary
Walden Or, Life In The Woods And "On The Duty Of Civil Disobedience"
by Henry David Thoreau 1849 305 pages
3.93
39k+ ratings
Classics
Philosophy
Essays
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 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
The Zahir Summary
The Zahir
by Paulo Coelho 2005 336 pages
3.58
83k+ ratings
Philosophy
Novels
Contemporary
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
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