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Islands in the Stream Summary
Islands in the Stream
by Ernest Hemingway 1970 448 pages
3.88
17k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
Novels
Desesperación Summary
Desesperación
by Vladimir Nabokov 1934 208 pages
3.90
11k+ ratings
Classics
Russia
Russian Literature
Alaska by James A. Michener Summary
Alaska by James A. Michener
by Steve Berry 1988
4.17
17k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
Travel
The Flamethrowers Summary
The Flamethrowers
by Rachel Kushner 2013 383 pages
3.51
24k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Literary Fiction
Ajaya Summary
Ajaya
Roll of the Dice
by Anand Neelakantan 2013 456 pages
4.05
5k+ ratings
Mythology
Historical Fiction
Indian Literature
The War of the End of the World Summary
The War of the End of the World
by Mario Vargas Llosa 1981 568 pages
4.25
12k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Literature
Novels
The Second Lady Summary
The Second Lady
by Irving Wallace 1980 341 pages
3.92
5k+ ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Suspense
Lord Jim Summary
Lord Jim
by Joseph Conrad 1900 455 pages
3.61
33k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
Adventure
Mercure Summary
Mercure
by Amélie Nothomb 1998 188 pages
3.70
8k+ ratings
France
Contemporary
Roman
The Custom of the Country Summary
The Custom of the Country
by Edith Wharton 1913 370 pages
4.07
16k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Literature
The Bell Summary
The Bell
by Iris Murdoch 1958 296 pages
3.93
10k+ ratings
Classics
Novels
British Literature
Le Temps des secrets Summary
Le Temps des secrets
by Marcel Pagnol 1962 285 pages
4.06
1k+ ratings
France
Classics
French Literature
The Days of Abandonment Summary
The Days of Abandonment
by Elena Ferrante 2002 188 pages
3.86
60k+ ratings
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
Italy
The Patron Saint of Liars Summary
The Patron Saint of Liars
by Ann Patchett 1992 352 pages
3.90
70k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Literary Fiction
Brave New World and Brave New World Revisited Summary
Brave New World and Brave New World Revisited
by Aldous Huxley 1932 340 pages
4.16
100k+ ratings
Classics
Science Fiction
Dystopia
Complicity Summary
Complicity
by Iain Banks 1993 313 pages
3.92
13k+ ratings
Thriller
Crime
Mystery
Tortilla Flat Summary
Tortilla Flat
by John Steinbeck 1935 256 pages
3.83
64k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
Historical Fiction
El hombre que calculaba Summary
El hombre que calculaba
by Malba Tahan 1938 227 pages
4.10
6k+ ratings
Mathematics
Classics
Novels
Little, Big Summary
Little, Big
by John Crowley 1981 538 pages
3.81
12k+ ratings
Fantasy
Magical Realism
Novels
Lady Chatterley’s Lover Summary
Lady Chatterley’s Lover
by D.H. Lawrence 1928 376 pages
3.50
100k+ ratings
Classics
Romance
Literature
The Last Jew Summary
The Last Jew
by Noah Gordon 1999 348 pages
4.16
10k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
Spain
Gravity’s Rainbow Summary
Gravity’s Rainbow
by Thomas Pynchon 1973 776 pages
4.02
48k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
Science Fiction
Too Loud a Solitude Summary
Too Loud a Solitude
by Bohumil Hrabal 1976 112 pages
3.97
26k+ ratings
Czech Literature
Classics
Literature
The Mind Parasites Summary
The Mind Parasites
The Supernatural Metaphysical Cult Thriller
by Colin Wilson 1967 240 pages
3.72
1k+ ratings
Horror
Science Fiction
Novels
From Here to Eternity Summary
From Here to Eternity
by James Jones 1951 816 pages
4.08
18k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
War
Franny and Zoey Summary
Franny and Zoey
by J.D. Salinger 1957
3.96
200k+ ratings
Classics
Short Stories
Literature
Day of the Oprichnik Summary
Day of the Oprichnik
by Vladimir Sorokin 2006 191 pages
3.74
9k+ ratings
Russia
Dystopia
Russian Literature
Uno, nessuno e centomila Summary
Uno, nessuno e centomila
by Luigi Pirandello 1925 200 pages
4.03
31k+ ratings
Classics
Italian Literature
Italy
Wait Until Spring, Bandini Summary
Wait Until Spring, Bandini
by John Fante 1938 266 pages
4.10
14k+ ratings
Classics
Novels
American
All the Pretty Horses Summary
All the Pretty Horses
by Cormac McCarthy 1992 302 pages
4.06
100k+ ratings
Westerns
Historical Fiction
Classics
Courir Summary
Courir
by Jean Echenoz 2008 142 pages
3.80
2k+ ratings
Sports
France
Roman
The Golden Notebook Summary
The Golden Notebook
by Doris Lessing 1962 640 pages
3.77
24k+ ratings
Classics
Feminism
Nobel Prize
Cyclonopedia Summary
Cyclonopedia
Complicity with Anonymous Materials
by Reza Negarestani 2008 268 pages
3.86
1k+ ratings
Philosophy
Horror
Theory
Forsaken Summary
Forsaken
by Oliver Bowden 2012 464 pages
3.99
6k+ ratings
Fantasy
Historical Fiction
Video Games
Sometimes a Great Notion Summary
Sometimes a Great Notion
by Ken Kesey 1964 628 pages
4.26
24k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
Novels
Halo Summary
Halo
First Strike
by Eric S. Nylund 2003 352 pages
4.17
18k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Video Games
Military Fiction
Tarkin Summary
Tarkin
by James Luceno 2014 288 pages
3.76
21k+ ratings
Star Wars
Science Fiction
Fantasy
Métaphysique des tubes Summary
Métaphysique des tubes
by Amélie Nothomb 2000 156 pages
3.98
26k+ ratings
France
Contemporary
Roman
Dynasty of Evil Summary
Dynasty of Evil
by Drew Karpyshyn 2009 296 pages
4.32
25k+ ratings
Star Wars
Science Fiction
Fantasy
Invitation to a Beheading by Vladimir Nabokov Summary
Invitation to a Beheading by Vladimir Nabokov
by Vladimir Nabokov 1935
3.92
20k+ ratings
Classics
Russia
Russian Literature
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius Summary
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
by Dave Eggers 2000 530 pages
3.69
100k+ ratings
Contemporary
Book Club
Literature
Life Summary
Life
A User's Manual
by Georges Perec 1978 581 pages
4.17
10k+ ratings
France
Classics
French Literature
A Village Affair Summary
A Village Affair
an elegantly warm-hearted and, at times, wry story of a marriage, a family, and a village affair from one of Britain’s best loved authors, Joanna Trollope
by Joanna Trollope 1989 277 pages
3.70
2k+ ratings
Romance
Chick Lit
Contemporary
Atlas Shrugged & The Fountainhead Summary
Atlas Shrugged & The Fountainhead
by Ayn Rand 1995
4.10
5k+ ratings
Classics
Philosophy
Politics
The Lost Letters of Aisling Summary
The Lost Letters of Aisling
by Cynthia Ellingsen 2024 302 pages
4.31
24k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
Book Club
Filth Summary
Filth
by Irvine Welsh 1998 393 pages
3.82
32k+ ratings
Crime
Contemporary
Mystery
Revolutionary Road Summary
Revolutionary Road
by Richard Yates 1961 355 pages
3.93
94k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Fatal Alliance Summary
Fatal Alliance
by Sean Williams 2010 417 pages
3.74
11k+ ratings
Star Wars
Science Fiction
Fantasy
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao Summary
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
by Junot Díaz 2007 11 pages
3.89
200k+ ratings
Book Club
Contemporary
Magical Realism
Cancer Ward Summary
Cancer Ward
by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn 1967 576 pages
4.26
17k+ ratings
Classics
Russia
Russian Literature
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