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Yayati Summary
Yayati
A Classic Tale of Lust
by Vishnu Sakharam Khandekar 1963 251 pages
4.12
5k+ ratings
Marathi
Mythology
India
An Old-Fashioned Girl Summary
An Old-Fashioned Girl
by Louisa May Alcott 1870 288 pages
4.09
21k+ ratings
Classics
Young Adult
Historical Fiction
गोदान [Godaan] Summary
गोदान [Godaan]
by Munshi Premchand 1936 352 pages
4.41
9k+ ratings
Classics
India
Indian Literature
Look Back in Anger Summary
Look Back in Anger
by John Osborne 1956 96 pages
3.54
12k+ ratings
Plays
Drama
Classics
On Drinking Summary
On Drinking
by Charles Bukowski 2019 263 pages
3.88
1k+ ratings
Poetry
Short Stories
Essays
Dubliners Summary
Dubliners
by James Joyce 1914 352 pages
3.84
100k+ ratings
Classics
Short Stories
Ireland
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Summary
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
by Arthur Conan Doyle 1892 389 pages
4.30
300k+ ratings
Mystery
Short Stories
Crime
The Ramayana Summary
The Ramayana
A Shortened Modern Prose Version of the Indian Epic
by R.K. Narayan 1957 157 pages
4.07
12k+ ratings
Classics
Mythology
India
Orlando Summary
Orlando
by Virginia Woolf 1928 336 pages
3.87
100k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Queer
A Doll's House Summary
A Doll's House
by Henrik Ibsen 1879 122 pages
3.77
100k+ ratings
Plays
Drama
School
Cry, the Beloved Country Summary
Cry, the Beloved Country
by Alan Paton 1948 316 pages
3.92
76k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
South Africa
Walk Two Moons Summary
Walk Two Moons
by Sharon Creech 1994 280 pages
4.00
100k+ ratings
Young Adult
Middle Grade
Childrens
The Custom of the Country Summary
The Custom of the Country
by Edith Wharton 1913 370 pages
4.06
15k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
American
Who Goes There? Summary
Who Goes There?
by John W. Campbell Jr. 1938 161 pages
3.79
11k+ ratings
Horror
Science Fiction
Classics
The Discovery of India Summary
The Discovery of India
by Jawaharlal Nehru 1946 656 pages
4.09
8k+ ratings
History
India
Politics
Tartuffe Summary
Tartuffe
by Molière 1664 180 pages
3.66
41k+ ratings
Plays
Classics
France
The Country Girls Summary
The Country Girls
by Edna O'Brien 1960 175 pages
3.69
7k+ ratings
Ireland
Irish Literature
Classics
Anne Frank Summary
Anne Frank
The Biography
by Melissa Müller 1998 330 pages
4.34
25k+ ratings
Biography
History
Holocaust
The Shawshank Redemption Summary
The Shawshank Redemption
Different Seasons
by Stephen King 1994 507 pages
4.48
4k+ ratings
Horror
Thriller
Short Stories
Sylvia Plath Summary
Sylvia Plath
Poems
by Sylvia Plath 1975 150 pages
4.07
1k+ ratings
Poetry
Classics
Feminism
So Long, See You Tomorrow Summary
So Long, See You Tomorrow
by William Maxwell 1980 135 pages
3.90
13k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Classics
Literary Fiction
Birdsong Summary
Birdsong
by Sebastian Faulks 1993 483 pages
4.11
81k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
War
Classics
From Here to Eternity Summary
From Here to Eternity
by James Jones 1951 816 pages
4.08
17k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
War
The Gospel Singer Summary
The Gospel Singer
by Harry Crews 1968 300 pages
4.22
1k+ ratings
Southern Gothic
Southern
Classics
Glimpses of World History Summary
Glimpses of World History
by Jawaharlal Nehru 1934 1193 pages
4.32
2k+ ratings
History
India
World History
The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick 4 Summary
The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick 4
The Minority Report
by Philip K. Dick 1987 396 pages
4.11
14k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Short Stories
Science Fiction Fantasy
Villette Summary
Villette
by Charlotte Brontë 1853 573 pages
3.78
76k+ ratings
Classics
Romance
19th Century
To Live Summary
To Live
by Yu Hua 1992 250 pages
4.34
21k+ ratings
China
Historical Fiction
Chinese Literature
Observations on the Feeling of the Beautiful and Sublime Summary
Observations on the Feeling of the Beautiful and Sublime
by Immanuel Kant 1764 124 pages
3.56
1k+ ratings
Philosophy
Art
German Literature
SCUM Manifesto Summary
SCUM Manifesto
by Valerie Solanas 1967 96 pages
3.76
10k+ ratings
Feminism
Politics
Philosophy
Interview with the Vampire Summary
Interview with the Vampire
by Anne Rice 1976 346 pages
4.02
600k+ ratings
Horror
Fantasy
Vampires
Riders of the Purple Sage Summary
Riders of the Purple Sage
by Zane Grey 1912 320 pages
3.75
13k+ ratings
Westerns
Classics
Historical Fiction
The Forever War Summary
The Forever War
by Joe Haldeman 1974 278 pages
4.14
100k+ ratings
Science Fiction
War
Space Opera
Crash Summary
Crash
by J.G. Ballard 1973 224 pages
3.59
27k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Horror
Novels
The Bell Summary
The Bell
by Iris Murdoch 1958 296 pages
3.92
9k+ ratings
Classics
Novels
British Literature
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall Summary
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
by Anne Brontë 1848 576 pages
4.02
100k+ ratings
Classics
Romance
19th Century
The Return of the Native Summary
The Return of the Native
by Thomas Hardy 1878 426 pages
3.88
39k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
19th Century
Vathek Summary
Vathek
by William Beckford 1786 180 pages
3.24
6k+ ratings
Gothic
Classics
Horror
Cranford Summary
Cranford
by Elizabeth Gaskell 1853 257 pages
3.84
45k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
19th Century
Prokleta avlija Summary
Prokleta avlija
by Ivo Andrić 1954 120 pages
4.26
10k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
School
Flowers in the Attic Summary
Flowers in the Attic
by V.C. Andrews 1979 389 pages
3.85
200k+ ratings
Horror
Young Adult
Classics
We the Living Summary
We the Living
by Ayn Rand 1936 464 pages
3.96
30k+ ratings
Classics
Philosophy
Historical Fiction
Bel-Ami Summary
Bel-Ami
by Guy de Maupassant 1885 416 pages
3.86
45k+ ratings
France
French Literature
Classics
The Jungle Summary
The Jungle
by Upton Sinclair 1906 335 pages
3.77
100k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Literature
Wait Until Spring, Bandini Summary
Wait Until Spring, Bandini
by John Fante 1938 266 pages
4.10
13k+ ratings
Classics
Novels
American
The Socratic Dialogues Summary
The Socratic Dialogues
by Plato 2014 227 pages
3.94
100+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Early Socratic Dialogues Summary
Early Socratic Dialogues
by Plato 399 pages
4.06
100+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Ancient
The Psychology of Love Summary
The Psychology of Love
by Sigmund Freud 2006 368 pages
3.35
500+ ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Classics
Ariel Summary
Ariel
by Sylvia Plath 1965 128 pages
4.19
84k+ ratings
Classics
Feminism
Poetry
My Bondage and My Freedom Summary
My Bondage and My Freedom
by Frederick Douglass 1855 432 pages
4.38
12k+ ratings
History
Biography
Classics
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