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Literature Book Summaries

Highcastle Summary
Highcastle
A Remembrance
by Stanisław Lem 1966 160 pages
3.66
500+ ratings
Biography
Polish Literature
Literature
The Lord of the Rings and Philosophy Summary
The Lord of the Rings and Philosophy
One Book to Rule Them All
by Gregory Bassham 2003 240 pages
4.27
5k+ ratings
Philosophy
Essays
Books About Books
Romeo and Juliet Summary
Romeo and Juliet
by William Shakespeare 1597 281 pages
3.74
2.7M+ ratings
Plays
Classics
School
1984 Summary
1984
by George Orwell 1949 328 pages
4.20
5M+ ratings
Classics
Science Fiction
Dystopia
The Grapes of Wrath Summary
The Grapes of Wrath
by John Steinbeck 1939 496 pages
4.02
900k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Literature
Doctor Faustus Summary
Doctor Faustus
by Thomas Mann 1947 535 pages
4.08
13k+ ratings
Classics
German Literature
Literature
Steppenwolf Summary
Steppenwolf
by Hermann Hesse 1927 256 pages
4.13
100k+ ratings
Classics
Philosophy
German Literature
Death of a Salesman Summary
Death of a Salesman
by Arthur Miller 1949 144 pages
3.58
200k+ ratings
Classics
Plays
Drama
Lord Jim Summary
Lord Jim
by Joseph Conrad 1900 455 pages
3.62
32k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
Adventure
East of Eden Summary
East of Eden
by John Steinbeck 1952 601 pages
4.42
500k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Literature
Fahrenheit 451 Summary
Fahrenheit 451
by Ray Bradbury 1953 194 pages
3.97
2.6M+ ratings
Science Fiction
Dystopia
School
Othello Summary
Othello
by William Shakespeare 1603 319 pages
3.89
400k+ ratings
Classics
Plays
School
The Magic Mountain Summary
The Magic Mountain
by Thomas Mann 1924 706 pages
4.13
54k+ ratings
German Literature
Literature
Philosophy
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay Summary
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
by Michael Chabon 2000 639 pages
4.18
200k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Novels
Literary Fiction
The Fountainhead Summary
The Fountainhead
by Ayn Rand 1943 704 pages
3.89
300k+ ratings
Classics
Philosophy
Literature
The Scarlet Letter Summary
The Scarlet Letter
by Nathaniel Hawthorne 1850 279 pages
3.44
800k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
School
Literature
The Kite Runner Summary
The Kite Runner
by Khaled Hosseini 2003 371 pages
4.35
3.3M+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Contemporary
Novels
Les Misérables Summary
Les Misérables
by Victor Hugo 1862 1463 pages
4.21
800k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Literature
France
Animal Farm Summary
Animal Farm
by George Orwell 1945 141 pages
4.00
4.1M+ ratings
Dystopia
Fantasy
School
The Metamorphosis, In the Penal Colony, and Other Stories Summary
The Metamorphosis, In the Penal Colony, and Other Stories
The Great Short Works of Franz Kafka
by Franz Kafka 1915 352 pages
4.09
20k+ ratings
Classics
Short Stories
Literature
Crime and Punishment Summary
Crime and Punishment
by Fyodor Dostoevsky 1866 671 pages
4.28
900k+ ratings
Russia
Russian Literature
Literature
The Stranger Summary
The Stranger
by Albert Camus 1942 123 pages
4.03
1.2M+ ratings
Classics
Philosophy
France
The Plague Summary
The Plague
by Albert Camus 1947 308 pages
4.02
200k+ ratings
Classics
Philosophy
France
The Idiot Summary
The Idiot
by Fyodor Dostoevsky 1869 667 pages
4.21
100k+ ratings
Russia
Russian Literature
Literature
Demons Summary
Demons
by Fyodor Dostoevsky 1872 733 pages
4.30
57k+ ratings
Russia
Russian Literature
Literature
War and Peace Summary
War and Peace
by Leo Tolstoy 1869 1392 pages
4.16
300k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Russia
The Brothers Karamazov Summary
The Brothers Karamazov
by Fyodor Dostoevsky 1880 796 pages
4.38
300k+ ratings
Russia
Classics
Russian Literature
No Longer Human Summary
No Longer Human
by Osamu Dazai 1948 176 pages
3.97
200k+ ratings
Japanese Literature
Japan
Literature
The Metamorphosis Summary
The Metamorphosis
by Franz Kafka 1915 201 pages
3.89
1.2M+ ratings
Classics
Fantasy
Philosophy
Notes from Underground Summary
Notes from Underground
by Fyodor Dostoevsky 1864 136 pages
4.18
100k+ ratings
Philosophy
Russia
Russian Literature
Macbeth Summary
Macbeth
by William Shakespeare 1623 249 pages
3.89
900k+ ratings
Classics
Plays
School
Moby-Dick or, The Whale Summary
Moby-Dick or, The Whale
by Herman Melville 1851 720 pages
3.56
500k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
Adventure
Pride and Prejudice Summary
Pride and Prejudice
by Jane Austen 1813 279 pages
4.29
4.4M+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
Literature
A Clockwork Orange Summary
A Clockwork Orange
by Anthony Burgess 1962 192 pages
4.00
700k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Dystopia
Horror
The Road Summary
The Road
by Cormac McCarthy 2006 241 pages
3.99
900k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Dystopia
Post Apocalyptic
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
To Kill a Mockingbird Summary
To Kill a Mockingbird
by Harper Lee 1960 323 pages
4.26
6.5M+ ratings
Historical Fiction
School
Literature
The Republic Summary
The Republic
by Plato 416 pages
3.96
200k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Politics
Hamlet Summary
Hamlet
by William Shakespeare 1601 289 pages
4.02
900k+ ratings
Plays
School
Literature
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
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
Walden Summary
Walden
by Henry David Thoreau 1854 352 pages
3.78
100k+ ratings
Philosophy
Nature
Memoir
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
Shōgun Summary
Shōgun
by James Clavell 1975 1152 pages
4.41
100k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Japan
Historical
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
The Count of Monte Cristo Summary
The Count of Monte Cristo
by Alexandre Dumas 1846 1276 pages
4.31
900k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Adventure
Literature
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