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Classics Book Summaries

Heidi Summary
Heidi
by Johanna Spyri 1880 352 pages
4.03
200k+ ratings
Classics
Childrens
Young Adult
A Room with a View Summary
A Room with a View
by E.M. Forster 1908 119 pages
3.90
100k+ ratings
Classics
Romance
Historical Fiction
The Tempest Summary
The Tempest
by William Shakespeare 1611 218 pages
3.78
200k+ ratings
Plays
Classics
Fantasy
King Lear Summary
King Lear
by William Shakespeare 1605 339 pages
3.91
200k+ ratings
Plays
Classics
School
To the Lighthouse Summary
To the Lighthouse
by Virginia Woolf 1927 209 pages
3.80
100k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
Novels
Lady Chatterley’s Lover Summary
Lady Chatterley’s Lover
by D.H. Lawrence 1928 376 pages
3.50
100k+ ratings
Romance
Classics
Literature
Waiting for Godot Summary
Waiting for Godot
by Samuel Beckett 1952 109 pages
3.84
200k+ ratings
Plays
Classics
Theatre
White Fang Summary
White Fang
by Jack London 1906 252 pages
4.03
100k+ ratings
Classics
Adventure
Animals
The Gay Science Summary
The Gay Science
With a Prelude in Rhymes and an Appendix of Songs
by Friedrich Nietzsche 1882 396 pages
4.26
19k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
German Literature
The Varieties of Religious Experience Summary
The Varieties of Religious Experience
by William James 1902 519 pages
4.01
12k+ ratings
Philosophy
Religion
Psychology
Twilight of the Idols Summary
Twilight of the Idols
by Friedrich Nietzsche 1889 128 pages
3.95
13k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
German Literature
The Analects Summary
The Analects
by Confucius 249 pages
3.81
22k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
China
Candide Summary
Candide
by Voltaire 1759 129 pages
3.76
200k+ ratings
Philosophy
France
Classics
The Logic of Scientific Discovery Summary
The Logic of Scientific Discovery
by Karl Popper 1934 544 pages
4.03
5k+ ratings
Philosophy
Science
Classics
The Outsiders Summary
The Outsiders
by S.E. Hinton 1967 208 pages
4.14
1.4M+ ratings
Classics
Young Adult
School
The Dhammapada Summary
The Dhammapada
by Anonymous 114 pages
4.27
29k+ ratings
Buddhism
Philosophy
Spirituality
Celebrating Silence Summary
Celebrating Silence
by Ravi Shankar 2001 206 pages
4.63
1k+ ratings
Spirituality
Self Help
Philosophy
The Setting Sun Summary
The Setting Sun
by Osamu Dazai 1947 175 pages
3.98
36k+ ratings
Classics
Japanese Literature
Japan
The Gambler Summary
The Gambler
by Fyodor Dostoevsky 1866 188 pages
3.91
100k+ ratings
Classics
Russia
Russian Literature
The Westing Game Summary
The Westing Game
by Ellen Raskin 1978 182 pages
4.00
200k+ ratings
Mystery
Young Adult
Middle Grade
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest Summary
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
by Ken Kesey 1962 325 pages
4.20
700k+ ratings
Classics
Psychology
Literature
The Sun Also Rises Summary
The Sun Also Rises
by Ernest Hemingway 1926 189 pages
3.79
400k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
Novels
Song of Solomon Summary
Song of Solomon
by Toni Morrison 1977 338 pages
4.15
100k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Magical Realism
Neuromancer Summary
Neuromancer
by William Gibson 1984 271 pages
3.89
300k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Cyberpunk
Classics
The Giver Summary
The Giver
by Lois Lowry 1993 208 pages
4.12
2.6M+ ratings
Young Adult
Classics
Dystopia
The Red Badge of Courage Summary
The Red Badge of Courage
by Stephen Crane 1895 149 pages
3.29
100k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
War
Suicide Summary
Suicide
A Study in Sociology
by Émile Durkheim 1897 405 pages
3.85
4k+ ratings
Sociology
Psychology
Philosophy
Invisible Man Summary
Invisible Man
by Ralph Ellison 1952 581 pages
3.92
100k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
Historical Fiction
The Iliad Summary
The Iliad
by Homer 683 pages
3.92
400k+ ratings
Poetry
Mythology
Classics
An Inspector Calls Summary
An Inspector Calls
by J.B. Priestley 1945 117 pages
3.82
42k+ ratings
Plays
Classics
School
The Blind Assassin Summary
The Blind Assassin
by Margaret Atwood 2000 637 pages
3.96
100k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Mystery
Literary Fiction
The Blind Owl Summary
The Blind Owl
by Sadegh Hedayat 1937 148 pages
3.97
31k+ ratings
Classics
Horror
Novels
The World as Will and Representation, Volume II Summary
The World as Will and Representation, Volume II
by Arthur Schopenhauer 1818 720 pages
4.25
5k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
German Literature
The Remains of the Day Summary
The Remains of the Day
by Kazuo Ishiguro 1989 258 pages
4.14
300k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Classics
Literary Fiction
Shahnameh Summary
Shahnameh
The Persian Book of Kings
by Abolqasem Ferdowsi 1010 886 pages
4.51
5k+ ratings
Poetry
Classics
History
I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream Summary
I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream
by Harlan Ellison 1967 20 pages
3.69
9k+ ratings
Horror
Short Stories
Science Fiction
The Persian Boy Summary
The Persian Boy
by Mary Renault 1972 420 pages
4.18
10k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
LGBT
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man Summary
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
by James Joyce 1916 329 pages
3.64
100k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
Irish Literature
The Clown Summary
The Clown
by Heinrich Böll 1963 272 pages
3.93
30k+ ratings
German Literature
Classics
Novels
The Man in the Brown Suit Summary
The Man in the Brown Suit
by Agatha Christie 1924 381 pages
3.96
100k+ ratings
Mystery
Crime
Classics
Introductory Lectures on Psychoanalysis Summary
Introductory Lectures on Psychoanalysis
by Sigmund Freud 1917 560 pages
3.80
11k+ ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Psychoanalysis
1985 Summary
1985
by Anthony Burgess 1978 240 pages
3.48
1k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Dystopia
Classics
سمفونی مردگان Summary
سمفونی مردگان
by Abbas Maroufi 1989 352 pages
4.24
19k+ ratings
Novels
Iran
Literature
The Masnavi Summary
The Masnavi
Book One
by Jalal ad-Din Muhammad ar-Rumi 1270 304 pages
4.42
1k+ ratings
Poetry
Islam
Classics
Four Great Tragedies Summary
Four Great Tragedies
Hamlet / Othello / King Lear / Macbeth
by William Shakespeare 1606 592 pages
4.42
17k+ ratings
Classics
Plays
Drama
Essays and Aphorisms Summary
Essays and Aphorisms
by Arthur Schopenhauer 1851 240 pages
4.17
8k+ ratings
Philosophy
Essays
Classics
Das Kapital Summary
Das Kapital
by Karl Marx 1867 356 pages
4.08
22k+ ratings
Philosophy
Economics
Politics
The Man in the High Castle Summary
The Man in the High Castle
by Philip K. Dick
3.60
200k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Classics
Dystopia
The Second Sex Summary
The Second Sex
by Simone de Beauvoir 1949 746 pages
4.17
44k+ ratings
Feminism
Philosophy
Classics
Norwegian Wood Summary
Norwegian Wood
by Haruki Murakami 1987 296 pages
4.00
600k+ ratings
Romance
Japan
Japanese Literature
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