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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 Odyssey Summary
The Odyssey
by Homer 541 pages
3.82
1.1M+ ratings
Poetry
Mythology
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
1984 Summary
1984
George Orwell
by SparkNotes 2014 80 pages
4.29
9k+ ratings
Classics
Science Fiction
Dystopia
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
The Unbearable Lightness of Being Summary
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
by Milan Kundera 1984 314 pages
4.11
500k+ ratings
Philosophy
Literature
Novels
Anna Karenina Summary
Anna Karenina
by Leo Tolstoy 1878 964 pages
4.10
800k+ ratings
Romance
Russia
Historical Fiction
The Great Gatsby Summary
The Great Gatsby
by F. Scott Fitzgerald 1925 180 pages
3.93
5.5M+ ratings
School
Historical Fiction
Romance
Brave New World Summary
Brave New World
by Aldous Huxley 1932 268 pages
3.99
1.9M+ ratings
Literature
Science Fiction
Novels
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
One Hundred Years of Solitude Summary
One Hundred Years of Solitude
by Gabriel García Márquez 1967 417 pages
4.12
1M+ ratings
Magical Realism
Fantasy
Literature
Love in the Time of Cholera Summary
Love in the Time of Cholera
by Gabriel García Márquez 1985 348 pages
3.94
500k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Magical Realism
Literature
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
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 Adventures of Tom Sawyer Summary
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
by Mark Twain 1876 244 pages
3.92
900k+ ratings
Classics
Adventure
Historical Fiction
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
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
Wuthering Heights Summary
Wuthering Heights
by Emily Brontë 1847 464 pages
3.90
1.9M+ ratings
Gothic
Historical Fiction
Literature
Infinite Jest Summary
Infinite Jest
by David Foster Wallace 1996 1088 pages
4.25
96k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
Novels
Don Quixote Summary
Don Quixote
by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra 1615 1023 pages
3.90
200k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
Spanish Literature
The Name of the Rose Summary
The Name of the Rose
by Umberto Eco 1980 552 pages
4.14
300k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Mystery
Historical
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 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 Canterbury Tales Summary
The Canterbury Tales
by Geoffrey Chaucer 1400 504 pages
3.52
200k+ ratings
Classics
Poetry
Literature
Of Mice and Men Summary
Of Mice and Men
by John Steinbeck 1937 107 pages
3.89
2.6M+ ratings
School
Historical Fiction
Literature
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
Eleven Minutes Summary
Eleven Minutes
by Paulo Coelho 2003 273 pages
3.71
100k+ ratings
Romance
Novels
Contemporary
Wide Sargasso Sea Summary
Wide Sargasso Sea
by Jean Rhys 1966 176 pages
3.59
99k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Historical
The Trial Summary
The Trial
by Franz Kafka 1925 255 pages
3.95
300k+ ratings
Philosophy
Literature
German Literature
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
Zorba the Greek Summary
Zorba the Greek
by Nikos Kazantzakis 1946 335 pages
4.04
55k+ ratings
Classics
Philosophy
Greece
Notes from Underground Summary
Notes from Underground
by Fyodor Dostoevsky 1864 136 pages
4.18
100k+ ratings
Philosophy
Russia
Russian Literature
Lolita Summary
Lolita
by Vladimir Nabokov 1955 368 pages
3.87
800k+ ratings
Literature
Russia
Novels
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
On Beauty Summary
On Beauty
by Zadie Smith 2005 445 pages
3.78
87k+ ratings
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
Novels
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
The Rhetoric & The Poetics of Aristotle Summary
The Rhetoric & The Poetics of Aristotle
by Aristotle 336 pages
4.00
2k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Poetry
Little Women Summary
Little Women
by Louisa May Alcott 1868 449 pages
4.16
2.3M+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Young Adult
Romance
Why Read Moby-Dick? Summary
Why Read Moby-Dick?
by Nathaniel Philbrick 2010 131 pages
3.76
4k+ ratings
Literary Criticism
Books About Books
Classics
The Epic of Gilgamesh Summary
The Epic of Gilgamesh
by Anonymous 1201 72 pages
3.74
100k+ ratings
Poetry
Mythology
Classics
The Three Musketeers Summary
The Three Musketeers
by Alexandre Dumas 1844 431 pages
4.10
300k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Classics
Adventure
Emma Summary
Emma
by Jane Austen 1815 474 pages
4.05
900k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Literature
Historical
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