Non-fiction/History
The Gulag Archipelago by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn The Gulag Archipelago is not merely a book; it is a monumental act of …
Famous Books
Literary Criticism, Postcolonial Theory
Orientalism by Edward Said Plot Summary Orientalism, first published in 1978, is not a conventional narrative with a plot, but …
Children’s Literature
The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame Plot Summary The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame is a …
Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
The Road by Cormac McCarthy Plot Summary Cormac McCarthy’s The Road is a haunting and poetic portrayal of a post-apocalyptic …
Historical Mystery, Philosophical Fiction
The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco Plot Summary The year is 1327. Franciscan friar William of Baskerville, accompanied …
Literary Fiction
Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak Plot Summary Boris Pasternak’s Doctor Zhivago is an epic novel that follows the life of …
Philosophical Fiction
The Stranger (L’Étranger) by Albert Camus Albert Camus’s “The Stranger” (L’Étranger), first published in 1942, remains a cornerstone of existentialist …
Literary Fiction
The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie Plot Summary The Satanic Verses begins in spectacular fashion: Gibreel Farishta, a Bollywood superstar, …
Science Fiction, Adventure
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas by Jules Verne Jules Verne’s Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas (originally published as …
Satirical Fiction
A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole John Kennedy Toole’s posthumously published masterpiece, A Confederacy of Dunces, is not …