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Classics Book Summaries

The Secret History Summary
The Secret History
by Donna Tartt 1992 559 pages
4.17
800k+ ratings
Mystery
Classics
Contemporary
The Diary of a Young Girl Summary
The Diary of a Young Girl
by Anne Frank 1947 283 pages
4.20
3.9M+ ratings
Biography
Memoir
Classics
Matilda Summary
Matilda
by Roald Dahl 1988 240 pages
4.34
1M+ ratings
Childrens
Fantasy
Middle Grade
Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West Summary
Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West
by Cormac McCarthy 1985 351 pages
4.16
100k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Westerns
Classics
The Republic Summary
The Republic
by Plato 416 pages
3.96
200k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Politics
The Best Short Stories of Fyodor Dostoevsky Summary
The Best Short Stories of Fyodor Dostoevsky
by Fyodor Dostoevsky 1877 320 pages
4.24
4k+ ratings
Short Stories
Classics
Russia
White Nights Summary
White Nights
by Fyodor Dostoevsky 1848 82 pages
4.07
200k+ ratings
Russian Literature
Short Stories
Russia
It Summary
It
by Stephen King 1986 1116 pages
4.24
1.1M+ ratings
Horror
Thriller
Fantasy
The Shining Summary
The Shining
by Stephen King 1977 497 pages
4.28
1.6M+ ratings
Horror
Thriller
Classics
Thus Spoke Zarathustra Summary
Thus Spoke Zarathustra
by Friedrich Nietzsche 1883 327 pages
4.07
100k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
German Literature
The Death of Ivan Ilych Summary
The Death of Ivan Ilych
by Leo Tolstoy 1886 86 pages
4.13
100k+ ratings
Classics
Russia
Russian Literature
The Silence of the Lambs Summary
The Silence of the Lambs
by Thomas Harris 1988 421 pages
4.25
500k+ ratings
Horror
Thriller
Mystery
Faust, First Part Summary
Faust, First Part
by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1808 327 pages
3.86
100k+ ratings
Plays
Poetry
German Literature
Faust, Part Two Summary
Faust, Part Two
by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1832 304 pages
3.66
7k+ ratings
Classics
Plays
Poetry
Siddhartha Summary
Siddhartha
by Hermann Hesse 1922 152 pages
4.08
800k+ ratings
Philosophy
Spirituality
Literature
The Hobbit, Part One Summary
The Hobbit, Part One
by J.R.R. Tolkien 1937 230 pages
4.31
300k+ ratings
Fantasy
Classics
Adventure
The Picture of Dorian Gray Summary
The Picture of Dorian Gray
by Oscar Wilde 1890 272 pages
4.13
1.7M+ ratings
Classics
Horror
Gothic
Dracula Summary
Dracula
by Bram Stoker 1897 488 pages
4.02
1.3M+ ratings
Classics
Horror
Fantasy
Never Let Me Go Summary
Never Let Me Go
by Kazuo Ishiguro 2005 288 pages
3.85
700k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Dystopia
Contemporary
Animal Farm / 1984 Summary
Animal Farm / 1984
by George Orwell 1949 400 pages
4.30
200k+ ratings
Classics
Dystopia
Literature
The Man in the Iron Mask Summary
The Man in the Iron Mask
by Alexandre Dumas 1847 470 pages
3.99
70k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Adventure
The Pillars of the Earth Summary
The Pillars of the Earth
by Ken Follett 1989 976 pages
4.34
700k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
Fantasy
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas Summary
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
by Hunter S. Thompson 1971 204 pages
4.07
300k+ ratings
Classics
Humor
Journalism
Paradise Lost Summary
Paradise Lost
by John Milton 1667 512 pages
3.85
100k+ ratings
Poetry
Classics
Literature
Harry Potter Series Box Set Summary
Harry Potter Series Box Set
by J.K. Rowling 2007 4100 pages
4.73
200k+ ratings
Fantasy
Young Adult
Magic
1984 Summary
1984
George Orwell
by SparkNotes 2014 80 pages
4.29
9k+ ratings
Classics
Science Fiction
Dystopia
Beyond Good and Evil Summary
Beyond Good and Evil
by Friedrich Nietzsche 1886 240 pages
4.03
100k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Psychology
A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful Summary
A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful
by Edmund Burke 1757 208 pages
3.69
2k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Art
The Problems of Philosophy Summary
The Problems of Philosophy
by Bertrand Russell 1912 116 pages
3.91
17k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
History
On Sparta Summary
On Sparta
by Plutarch 260 pages
4.12
1k+ ratings
History
Classics
Ancient History
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Summary
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
by C.S. Lewis 1950 206 pages
4.24
2.9M+ ratings
Fantasy
Young Adult
Childrens
The Chronicles of Narnia Summary
The Chronicles of Narnia
by C.S. Lewis 1956 767 pages
4.28
600k+ ratings
Fantasy
Classics
Young Adult
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Summary
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
by Mark Twain 1884 327 pages
3.83
1.2M+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Literature
Antigone Summary
Antigone
by Sophocles 80 pages
3.67
100k+ ratings
Classics
Plays
School
The Unbearable Lightness of Being Summary
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
by Milan Kundera 1984 314 pages
4.11
500k+ ratings
Philosophy
Literature
Novels
Dune Messiah Summary
Dune Messiah
by Frank Herbert 1969 336 pages
3.89
300k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Fantasy
Classics
The Interpretation of Dreams Summary
The Interpretation of Dreams
by Sigmund Freud 1899 630 pages
3.84
77k+ ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Classics
The Godfather Summary
The Godfather
by Mario Puzo 1969 448 pages
4.39
400k+ ratings
Classics
Crime
Thriller
A Brief History of Time Summary
A Brief History of Time
by Stephen Hawking 1988 226 pages
4.21
400k+ ratings
Science
Physics
History
On the Genealogy of Morals Summary
On the Genealogy of Morals
by Friedrich Nietzsche 1887 208 pages
4.13
32k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Psychology
The Idiot Summary
The Idiot
by Fyodor Dostoevsky 1869 667 pages
4.21
100k+ ratings
Russia
Russian Literature
Literature
Ulysses Summary
Ulysses
by James Joyce 1922 783 pages
3.76
100k+ ratings
Literature
Classics
Ireland
A Tale of Two Cities Summary
A Tale of Two Cities
by Charles Dickens 1859 489 pages
3.87
900k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Literature
القرآن الكريم Summary
القرآن الكريم
by Anonymous 604 pages
4.38
70k+ ratings
Classics
Philosophy
Religion
Stoner Summary
Stoner
by John Williams 1965 292 pages
4.34
200k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Literature
Novels
Jane Eyre Summary
Jane Eyre
by Charlotte Brontë 1847 532 pages
4.15
2.2M+ ratings
Classics
Gothic
Historical Fiction
The Art of War and Other Classics of Eastern Thought Summary
The Art of War and Other Classics of Eastern Thought
by Sun Tzu 2013 760 pages
4.21
1k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
History
مقدمة ابن خلدون Summary
مقدمة ابن خلدون
by Ibn Khaldun 1377 3864 pages
4.30
4k+ ratings
History
Philosophy
Sociology
Capitalism Summary
Capitalism
The Unknown Ideal
by Ayn Rand 1946 340 pages
3.90
4k+ ratings
Philosophy
Economics
Politics
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Summary
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
by Mark Twain 1876 244 pages
3.92
900k+ ratings
Classics
Adventure
Historical Fiction
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