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Notes from Underground, White Nights, The Dream of a Ridiculous Man, and Selections from The House of the Dead Summary
Notes from Underground, White Nights, The Dream of a Ridiculous Man, and Selections from The House of the Dead
by Fyodor Dostoevsky 1864 233 pages
4.19
77k+ ratings
Classics
Russia
Philosophy
Bhagavad-Gita As It Is Summary
Bhagavad-Gita As It Is
by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada 883 pages
4.27
7k+ ratings
Religion
Spirituality
Philosophy
A Tale of Two Cities / Great Expectations Summary
A Tale of Two Cities / Great Expectations
by Charles Dickens 1859 834 pages
4.02
17k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Literature
1984 Summary
1984
by Michael Dean 1949 71 pages
4.41
32k+ ratings
Classics
Science Fiction
Dystopia
The Archetypes and the Collective Unconscious Summary
The Archetypes and the Collective Unconscious
by C.G. Jung 1959 550 pages
4.30
6k+ ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Psychoanalysis
Mein Kampf Summary
Mein Kampf
by Adolf Hitler 1925 722 pages
3.18
42k+ ratings
History
Biography
Politics
The Nicomachean Ethics Summary
The Nicomachean Ethics
by Aristotle 329 pages
4.00
54k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Politics
Infinite Jest Summary
Infinite Jest
by David Foster Wallace 1996 1088 pages
4.25
96k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
Novels
Around the World in Eighty Days Summary
Around the World in Eighty Days
by Jules Verne 1872 252 pages
3.95
200k+ ratings
Classics
Adventure
Science Fiction
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea Summary
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
by Jules Verne 1869 269 pages
3.89
200k+ ratings
Classics
Science Fiction
Adventure
Don Quixote Summary
Don Quixote
by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra 1615 1023 pages
3.90
200k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
Spanish Literature
The Origin of Species Summary
The Origin of Species
by Charles Darwin 1859 703 pages
4.01
100k+ ratings
Science
Classics
Biology
Brave New World Revisited Summary
Brave New World Revisited
by Aldous Huxley 1958 123 pages
3.94
21k+ ratings
Classics
Science Fiction
Philosophy
Oliver Twist Summary
Oliver Twist
by Charles Dickens 1838 608 pages
3.88
400k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Literature
Oliver Twist Summary
Oliver Twist
by Marian Leighton 1989 240 pages
4.04
3k+ ratings
Classics
Childrens
Young Adult
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd Summary
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
by Agatha Christie 1926 288 pages
4.27
300k+ ratings
Mystery
Crime
Mystery Thriller
The Sorrows of Young Werther Summary
The Sorrows of Young Werther
by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1774 149 pages
3.69
100k+ ratings
German Literature
Classics
Literature
The Teachings of Don Juan Summary
The Teachings of Don Juan
A Yaqui Way of Knowledge
by Carlos Castaneda 1968 288 pages
3.94
44k+ ratings
Philosophy
Spirituality
Anthropology
The Canterbury Tales Summary
The Canterbury Tales
by Geoffrey Chaucer 1400 504 pages
3.52
200k+ ratings
Classics
Poetry
Literature
Carrie Summary
Carrie
by Stephen King 1974 272 pages
3.99
700k+ ratings
Horror
Thriller
Classics
The Green Mile Summary
The Green Mile
by Stephen King 1996 592 pages
4.48
300k+ ratings
Horror
Fantasy
Thriller
The Catcher in the Rye Summary
The Catcher in the Rye
by J.D. Salinger 1951 277 pages
3.80
3.7M+ ratings
Classics
Young Adult
Literature
The Spook Who Sat by the Door Summary
The Spook Who Sat by the Door
by Sam Greenlee 1969 256 pages
4.35
3k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Race
Classics
Wide Sargasso Sea Summary
Wide Sargasso Sea
by Jean Rhys 1966 176 pages
3.59
99k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Historical
Ben Hogan's Five Lessons The Modern Fundamentals of Golf Summary
Ben Hogan's Five Lessons The Modern Fundamentals of Golf
by Ben Hogan 1957 127 pages
4.55
7k+ ratings
Sports
Reference
Self Help
Kafka on the Shore Summary
Kafka on the Shore
by Haruki Murakami 2002 467 pages
4.12
500k+ ratings
Magical Realism
Fantasy
Japanese Literature
Letters to Milena Summary
Letters to Milena
by Franz Kafka 1952 298 pages
3.91
20k+ ratings
Classics
Romance
Poetry
Mythos Summary
Mythos
The Greek Myths Retold
by Stephen Fry 2017 416 pages
4.26
100k+ ratings
Mythology
History
Greek Mythology
Zorba the Greek Summary
Zorba the Greek
by Nikos Kazantzakis 1946 335 pages
4.04
55k+ ratings
Classics
Philosophy
Greece
Holy Bible Summary
Holy Bible
New International Version
by Anonymous 1455 1213 pages
4.62
92k+ ratings
Christian
Classics
Christianity
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time Summary
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
by Mark Haddon 2003 226 pages
3.89
1.5M+ ratings
Mystery
Young Adult
Classics
The Silmarillion Summary
The Silmarillion
by J.R.R. Tolkien 1977 386 pages
4.02
300k+ ratings
Fantasy
Classics
High Fantasy
The Symposium Summary
The Symposium
by Plato 90 pages
4.09
82k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
School
The Good Earth Summary
The Good Earth
by Pearl S. Buck 1931 418 pages
4.01
200k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
China
Classics
The Myth of Sisyphus Summary
The Myth of Sisyphus
by Albert Camus 1942 192 pages
4.18
75k+ ratings
Philosophy
France
Essays
Tess of the D’Urbervilles Summary
Tess of the D’Urbervilles
by Thomas Hardy 1891 518 pages
3.84
200k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
Historical Fiction
How to Do the Right Thing Summary
How to Do the Right Thing
An Ancient Guide to Treating People Fairly
by Seneca 2023 288 pages
3.72
100+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
The Time Machine Summary
The Time Machine
by H.G. Wells 1895 118 pages
3.90
500k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Classics
Time Travel
Introduction to Metaphysics Summary
Introduction to Metaphysics
by Martin Heidegger 1929 254 pages
4.04
4k+ ratings
Philosophy
Metaphysics
German Literature
The Road to Serfdom Summary
The Road to Serfdom
by Friedrich A. Hayek 1944 274 pages
4.16
24k+ ratings
Economics
Politics
Philosophy
The Federalist Papers Summary
The Federalist Papers
by Alexander Hamilton 1788 688 pages
4.10
41k+ ratings
History
Politics
Classics
Leviathan Summary
Leviathan
by Thomas Hobbes 1651 736 pages
3.71
50k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
History
Democracy in America Summary
Democracy in America
by Alexis de Tocqueville 1835 983 pages
4.05
26k+ ratings
History
Politics
Philosophy
The Origins of Totalitarianism Summary
The Origins of Totalitarianism
by Hannah Arendt 1951 527 pages
4.30
13k+ ratings
History
Philosophy
Politics
An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations Summary
An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations
by Adam Smith 1776 1076 pages
3.88
35k+ ratings
Economics
Philosophy
Classics
Why We Can't Wait Summary
Why We Can't Wait
by Martin Luther King Jr. 1964 223 pages
4.54
8k+ ratings
History
Politics
Race
The Rhetoric & The Poetics of Aristotle Summary
The Rhetoric & The Poetics of Aristotle
by Aristotle 336 pages
4.00
2k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Poetry
Stranger in a Strange Land Summary
Stranger in a Strange Land
by Robert A. Heinlein 1961 525 pages
3.92
300k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Classics
Science Fiction Fantasy
The Handmaid’s Tale Summary
The Handmaid’s Tale
by Margaret Atwood 1985 311 pages
4.14
2.2M+ ratings
Classics
Dystopia
Science Fiction
The Testaments Summary
The Testaments
by Margaret Atwood 2019 422 pages
4.19
300k+ ratings
Dystopia
Science Fiction
Feminism
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