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Altorių šešėly

By Vincas Mykolaitis-Putinas

Summary•English
80 chapters
Historical FictionLiterary FictionReligious Drama

Tsitsi Dangarembga

Nervous Conditions (Nervous Conditions Series)

NS2021 edition
Summarsky
Nervous Conditions (Nervous Conditions Series)

By Tsitsi Dangarembga

Summary•English
11 chapters
African LiteraturePostcolonial FictionComing‑of‑Age

Anonymous

The Underground Railroad

TR2026 edition
Summarsky
The Underground Railroad
Summary•English
1 chapter

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

Frankenstein (Barnes & Noble Classics Series)

FSReading copy
Summarsky
Frankenstein (Barnes & Noble Classics Series)

By Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

Summary•English
32 chapters
Gothic FictionScience FictionClassic Literature
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Oryx and Crake

By Margaret Atwood

Summary•English
66 chapters
Dystopian FictionPost-ApocalypticGenetic Engineering
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The Shadow Lines

By Amitav Ghosh

Summary•English
3 chapters
Historical FictionSouth Asian HistoryPartition Literature
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АЛТАЙД
Summary•Native (mn)
37 chapters
Historical FictionAdventureTravel
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The World's Wife

By Carol Ann Duffy

Summary•English
25 chapters
MythologyFeminist FictionRetellings
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Pride and Prejudice

By Jane Austen

Summary•English
57 chapters
RomanceHistorical FictionClassic Literature
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Chronicle of a Death Foretold

By Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Summary•English
5 chapters
Literary FictionMagical RealismCrime & Murder
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Hamlet

By William Shakespeare

Summary•English
16 chapters
DramaTragedyShakespeare
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The God of Small Things

By Arundhati Roy

Summary•English
3 chapters
Literary FictionFamily SagaCaste Issues
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The Handmaid’s Tale

By Margaret Atwood

Summary•English
46 chapters
Dystopian FictionFeminist LiteraturePolitical Thriller
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The Scarlet Letter

By Nathaniel Hawthorne

Summary•English
24 chapters
Classic LiteratureHistorical FictionPuritan America
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On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

By Ocean Vuong

Summary•English
16 chapters
Immigrant FictionTrauma & AbuseLGBTQ Relationships
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The Great Gatsby

By F. Scott Fitzgerald

Summary•English
8 chapters
Classic FictionAmerican LiteratureJazz Age
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The Stranger

By Albert Camus

Summary•English
11 chapters
Philosophical FictionExistentialismAbsurdist Fiction
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Macbeth

By William Shakespeare

Summary•English
5 chapters
TragedyShakespeareClassic Literature
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Fahrenheit 451

By Ray Bradbury

Summary•English
3 chapters
Dystopian FictionScience FictionCensorship
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Purple Hibiscus

By Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Summary•English
4 chapters
Literary FictionFamily DramaPolitical Thriller
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Antigone

By Sophocles

Summary•English
2 chapters
Greek TragedyClassic LiteratureMythology
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The Sorrow of War

By Bao Ninh

Summary•English
2 chapters
Vietnam WarHistorical FictionMilitary Fiction
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АЛТАЙД
Summary•English
37 chapters
AdventureHistorical FictionGeology
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The Thing Around Your Neck

By Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Summary•English
12 chapters
African DiasporaImmigrant FictionFamily Saga
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A Streetcar Named Desire

By Tennessee Williams

Summary•English
9 chapters
Classic LiteratureDramaTragedy