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The First Man Summary
The First Man
by Albert Camus 1994 359 pages
3.96
12k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
France
How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia Summary
How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia
by Mohsin Hamid 2013 230 pages
3.82
23k+ ratings
Asia
Book Club
Contemporary
The Border Summary
The Border
by Don Winslow 2019 768 pages
4.47
19k+ ratings
Crime
Thriller
Mystery
Crossing to Safety Summary
Crossing to Safety
by Wallace Stegner 1987 335 pages
4.16
51k+ ratings
Book Club
Classics
Literary Fiction
The Flea Palace Summary
The Flea Palace
by Elif Shafak 2002 448 pages
3.39
7k+ ratings
Turkish Literature
Turkish
Contemporary
Shadow Slave Summary
Shadow Slave
Book1
by Guiltythree 2022 591 pages
4.56
2k+ ratings
Fantasy
Light Novel
Novels
Winter of the World Summary
Winter of the World
by Ken Follett 2012 940 pages
4.39
100k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
War
Amerika Summary
Amerika
by Franz Kafka 1927 336 pages
3.74
34k+ ratings
Classics
German Literature
Literature
Mrs. Dalloway Summary
Mrs. Dalloway
by Virginia Woolf 1925 194 pages
3.77
300k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
Feminism
The Sheltering Sky Summary
The Sheltering Sky
by Paul Bowles 1949 342 pages
3.88
31k+ ratings
Classics
Africa
Travel
Can Love Happen Twice? Summary
Can Love Happen Twice?
by Ravinder Singh 2011 224 pages
3.30
24k+ ratings
Romance
Love
Indian Literature
A Scanner Darkly Summary
A Scanner Darkly
by Philip K. Dick 1977 217 pages
4.02
100k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Dystopia
Classics
The Namesake Summary
The Namesake
A Portrait of the Film
by Jhumpa Lahiri 2003 144 pages
4.02
200k+ ratings
India
Book Club
Contemporary
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao Summary
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
by Junot Díaz 2007 335 pages
3.89
200k+ ratings
Book Club
Contemporary
Magical Realism
Doctor Faustus Summary
Doctor Faustus
by Thomas Mann 1947 535 pages
4.08
14k+ ratings
Classics
German Literature
Literature
Everything is Illuminated Summary
Everything is Illuminated
by Jonathan Safran Foer 2002 276 pages
3.89
100k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Contemporary
Novels
Underworld Summary
Underworld
by Don DeLillo 1997 827 pages
3.95
34k+ ratings
Novels
Literature
Literary Fiction
Hopscotch Summary
Hopscotch
by Julio Cortázar 1963 564 pages
4.20
49k+ ratings
Classics
Spanish Literature
Literature
The Black Book Summary
The Black Book
by Orhan Pamuk 1990 466 pages
3.92
13k+ ratings
Turkish Literature
Turkish
Mystery
Of Human Bondage Summary
Of Human Bondage
by W. Somerset Maugham 1915 684 pages
4.16
62k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
Novels
Immortality Summary
Immortality
by Milan Kundera 1990 400 pages
4.14
43k+ ratings
Philosophy
Czech Literature
Novels
A Song of Ice and Fire Summary
A Song of Ice and Fire
by George R.R. Martin 2000 5216 pages
4.61
65k+ ratings
Fantasy
Adventure
Science Fiction Fantasy
For One More Day Summary
For One More Day
by Mitch Albom 2006 197 pages
4.13
100k+ ratings
Inspirational
Contemporary
Book Club
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas Summary
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream
by Hunter S. Thompson 1971 204 pages
4.06
300k+ ratings
Classics
Humor
Journalism
Outline Summary
Outline
by Rachel Cusk 2014 249 pages
3.67
71k+ ratings
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
Novels
High Fidelity Summary
High Fidelity
by Nick Hornby 1995 323 pages
3.90
200k+ ratings
Music
Contemporary
Humor
Survivor Summary
Survivor
by Chuck Palahniuk 1999 304 pages
3.93
100k+ ratings
Contemporary
Thriller
Novels
Disgrace Summary
Disgrace
by J.M. Coetzee 1999 220 pages
3.86
100k+ ratings
Africa
South Africa
Classics
The Razor’s Edge Summary
The Razor’s Edge
by W. Somerset Maugham 1944 314 pages
4.20
54k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
Philosophy
Wish I Could Tell You Summary
Wish I Could Tell You
by Durjoy Datta 2019 288 pages
3.67
1k+ ratings
Romance
Love Story
Indian Literature
Go Tell It on the Mountain Summary
Go Tell It on the Mountain
by James Baldwin 1953 256 pages
4.06
83k+ ratings
Classics
African American
Race
Crash Summary
Crash
by J.G. Ballard 1973 224 pages
3.63
32k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Horror
Novels
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close Summary
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
by Jonathan Safran Foer 2005 326 pages
3.97
400k+ ratings
Contemporary
Book Club
Historical Fiction
The Sun Also Rises Summary
The Sun Also Rises
by Ernest Hemingway 1926 189 pages
3.79
400k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
Historical Fiction
The Company of Women Summary
The Company of Women
by Khushwant Singh 1999 232 pages
3.27
4k+ ratings
Erotica
Indian Literature
India
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler Summary
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler
by Italo Calvino 1979 260 pages
4.01
100k+ ratings
Classics
Italian Literature
Magical Realism
The Namesake Summary
The Namesake
by Jhumpa Lahiri 2003 304 pages
4.02
200k+ ratings
India
Book Club
Contemporary
Marcovaldo ovvero Le stagioni in città Summary
Marcovaldo ovvero Le stagioni in città
by Italo Calvino 1963 134 pages
3.83
17k+ ratings
Short Stories
Italian Literature
Classics
The Idiot Summary
The Idiot
by Elif Batuman 2017 423 pages
3.64
100k+ ratings
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
Historical Fiction
Alamut Summary
Alamut
by Vladimir Bartol 1938 510 pages
4.32
13k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Classics
Novels
The Spinoza Problem Summary
The Spinoza Problem
by Irvin D. Yalom 2012 321 pages
4.26
19k+ ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Historical Fiction
Freedom Summary
Freedom
by Jonathan Franzen 2010 562 pages
3.80
100k+ ratings
Book Club
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
The Grapes of Wrath Summary
The Grapes of Wrath
by John Steinbeck 1939 496 pages
4.03
1M+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Literature
Notes from the Underground Summary
Notes from the Underground
by Fyodor Dostoevsky 1864 96 pages
4.17
200k+ ratings
Classics
Philosophy
Russia
The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea Summary
The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea
by Yukio Mishima 1963 181 pages
3.83
53k+ ratings
Japan
Classics
Japanese Literature
The Sense of an Ending Summary
The Sense of an Ending
by Julian Barnes 2011 150 pages
3.74
100k+ ratings
Book Club
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
The Death of Artemio Cruz Summary
The Death of Artemio Cruz
by Carlos Fuentes 1962 307 pages
3.86
11k+ ratings
Spanish Literature
Latin American
Classics
Memento Mori Summary
Memento Mori
by Muriel Spark 1959 224 pages
3.61
7k+ ratings
Classics
Mystery
Novels
The Sound and the Fury Summary
The Sound and the Fury
by William Faulkner 1929 366 pages
3.86
100k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
Novels
The White Castle Summary
The White Castle
by Orhan Pamuk 1985 145 pages
3.48
17k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Turkish Literature
Turkish
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