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El Filibusterismo Summary
El Filibusterismo
by José Rizal 1891 360 pages
4.26
6k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Historical
Native Son Summary
Native Son
by Richard Wright 1940 504 pages
4.03
100k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Race
Fight Club Summary
Fight Club
by Chuck Palahniuk 1996 218 pages
4.18
600k+ ratings
Classics
Thriller
Novels
The Joy Luck Club Summary
The Joy Luck Club
by Amy Tan 1989 288 pages
3.97
600k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Classics
China
Caps for Sale Summary
Caps for Sale
A Tale of a Peddler, Some Monkeys and Their Monkey Business
by Esphyr Slobodkina 1940 48 pages
4.17
94k+ ratings
Picture Books
Childrens
Classics
Nausea Summary
Nausea
by Jean-Paul Sartre 1938 178 pages
3.94
100k+ ratings
Philosophy
France
Literature
The Words Summary
The Words
The Autobiography of Jean-Paul Sartre
by Jean-Paul Sartre 1963 256 pages
3.74
9k+ ratings
Philosophy
France
Biography
We Were the Mulvaneys Summary
We Were the Mulvaneys
by Joyce Carol Oates 1996 454 pages
3.75
100k+ ratings
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
Classics
Emile, or On Education Summary
Emile, or On Education
by Jean-Jacques Rousseau 1762 501 pages
3.58
5k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
France
On the Shortness of Life Summary
On the Shortness of Life
Life Is Long if You Know How to Use It
by Seneca 106 pages
4.17
40k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Self Help
On Human Nature Summary
On Human Nature
by Arthur Schopenhauer 1851 67 pages
3.98
500+ ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Classics
Studies in Pessimism Summary
Studies in Pessimism
The Essays
by Arthur Schopenhauer 1890 76 pages
3.89
2k+ ratings
Philosophy
Essays
Classics
Counsels and Maxims Summary
Counsels and Maxims
by Arthur Schopenhauer 1851 116 pages
4.19
100+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
German Literature
Briefly Summary
Briefly
Aristotle's The Nicomachean Ethics: Book I-III, VI and X
by David Mills Daniel 2007 96 pages
3.80
100+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
College
Franny and Zooey Summary
Franny and Zooey
by J.D. Salinger 1957 201 pages
3.96
200k+ ratings
Short Stories
Literature
Classics
A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge Summary
A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge
by George Berkeley 1710 80 pages
3.72
3k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Metaphysics
Principles of Human Knowledge / Three Dialogues Between Hylas and Philonous Summary
Principles of Human Knowledge / Three Dialogues Between Hylas and Philonous
by George Berkeley 1710 224 pages
3.84
1k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
18th Century
Three Dialogues Between Hylas and Philonous Summary
Three Dialogues Between Hylas and Philonous
by George Berkeley 1713 105 pages
3.74
2k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Religion
The God of Small Things Summary
The God of Small Things
by Arundhati Roy 1997 321 pages
3.96
300k+ ratings
India
Historical Fiction
Classics
Meditations on First Philosophy, with Selections from the Objections and Replies Summary
Meditations on First Philosophy, with Selections from the Objections and Replies
by René Descartes 1641 265 pages
3.75
2k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
France
North and South Summary
North and South
by Elizabeth Gaskell 1855 521 pages
4.15
100k+ ratings
Romance
Historical Fiction
Classics
Philosophy Summary
Philosophy
The Classics
by Nigel Warburton 2000 280 pages
3.95
500+ ratings
Philosophy
History
Reference
Bodas de sangre Summary
Bodas de sangre
by Federico García Lorca 1932 167 pages
3.87
30k+ ratings
Plays
Classics
Spanish Literature
The Cyberiad Summary
The Cyberiad
by Stanisław Lem 1965 295 pages
4.14
13k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Short Stories
Humor
Six Characters in Search of an Author Summary
Six Characters in Search of an Author
by Luigi Pirandello 1921 64 pages
3.83
21k+ ratings
Plays
Classics
Drama
The Wasteland, Prufrock and Other Poems Summary
The Wasteland, Prufrock and Other Poems
by T.S. Eliot 1922 88 pages
4.15
11k+ ratings
Poetry
Classics
Literature
Aspects of the Novel Summary
Aspects of the Novel
by E.M. Forster 1927 192 pages
3.81
4k+ ratings
Writing
Literary Criticism
Essays
Drawing the Head and Hands Summary
Drawing the Head and Hands
by Andrew Loomis 1956 154 pages
4.23
6k+ ratings
Art
Drawing
Reference
The Human Stain Summary
The Human Stain
by Philip Roth 2000 361 pages
3.92
43k+ ratings
Literature
Novels
American
Love Is a Dog from Hell Summary
Love Is a Dog from Hell
by Charles Bukowski 1977 312 pages
3.97
37k+ ratings
Classics
Poetry
Literature
Discourse on Method and Meditations on First Philosophy Summary
Discourse on Method and Meditations on First Philosophy
by René Descartes 1637 103 pages
3.77
35k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
France
The Five People You Meet in Heaven Summary
The Five People You Meet in Heaven
by Mitch Albom 2003 196 pages
4.00
700k+ ratings
Contemporary
Inspirational
Fantasy
Schoolgirl Summary
Schoolgirl
by Osamu Dazai 1939 103 pages
4.00
20k+ ratings
Classics
Japanese Literature
Japan
Arsène Lupin, Gentleman-Thief Summary
Arsène Lupin, Gentleman-Thief
by Maurice Leblanc 1907 279 pages
3.81
32k+ ratings
Classics
Mystery
Crime
The Old Regime and the French Revolution Summary
The Old Regime and the French Revolution
by Alexis de Tocqueville 1856 300 pages
4.05
2k+ ratings
History
Politics
France
Lectures of Col. Robert Green Ingersoll Summary
Lectures of Col. Robert Green Ingersoll
by Robert G. Ingersoll 1942 334 pages
4.59
100+ ratings
Philosophy
Skepticism
Religion
The Perks of Being a Wallflower Summary
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
by Stephen Chbosky 1999 213 pages
4.23
1.9M+ ratings
Young Adult
Classics
Coming Of Age
Phenomenology of Spirit Summary
Phenomenology of Spirit
by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel 1807 640 pages
3.96
19k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Theory
The Honjin Murders Summary
The Honjin Murders
by Seishi Yokomizo 1946 189 pages
3.65
18k+ ratings
Mystery
Japan
Crime
Of Human Bondage Summary
Of Human Bondage
by W. Somerset Maugham 1915 684 pages
4.15
59k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
Novels
The Enchanted Wood Summary
The Enchanted Wood
by Enid Blyton 1939 213 pages
4.25
29k+ ratings
Fantasy
Childrens
Classics
Les Liaisons dangereuses Summary
Les Liaisons dangereuses
by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos 1782 402 pages
4.06
55k+ ratings
Classics
France
French Literature
The Wild Duck Summary
The Wild Duck
by Henrik Ibsen 1884 128 pages
3.80
10k+ ratings
Plays
Classics
Theatre
Julius Caesar Summary
Julius Caesar
by William Shakespeare 1599 175 pages
3.71
200k+ ratings
Plays
Drama
School
The Essential Marcus Aurelius Summary
The Essential Marcus Aurelius
by Marcus Aurelius 111 pages
4.39
1k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
History
Because of Winn-Dixie Summary
Because of Winn-Dixie
by Kate DiCamillo 2000 182 pages
4.10
200k+ ratings
Middle Grade
Childrens
Realistic Fiction
Voyage of the Beagle Summary
Voyage of the Beagle
by Charles Darwin 1839 432 pages
4.02
8k+ ratings
Science
History
Travel
The Poisonwood Bible Summary
The Poisonwood Bible
by Barbara Kingsolver 1998 546 pages
4.10
700k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Africa
Classics
I Capture the Castle Summary
I Capture the Castle
by Dodie Smith 1948 408 pages
3.99
100k+ ratings
Classics
Young Adult
Historical Fiction
An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge Summary
An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
by Ambrose Bierce 1890 36 pages
4.02
25k+ ratings
Short Stories
Classics
Horror
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