spectrekitty says:
I agree, but I like to see just the titles at first, so I think you should have to click on the title to see its synopsis - unless, of course, that would run into too much in terms of bandwidth cost!

As for me, I don't really mind looking stuff up on Google, and for the time being, I'm familiar with most of the titles here.

spectrekitty says:
Oh, it already does that! (Show a blurb if you click on the title...)

cresswga says:
Another possibility would to have a very short critical essay on the novel. Something to say how the book fitted into the society of the time and its impact - kind of like the introductions Robert Osbourne does on Turner Classic Movies.

Sometimes knowing why a book was influential is as interesting as knowing what it is about and can make it more attractive to readers.

spectrekitty says:
Oh, I like cresswga's idea!

bezbozhnik says:
Better start writing them, then! ;) Or check out the reviews on librarything.com. (There's clearly a lot of scope on DL for information-sharing with LT.)

Kajeenith says:
Though this is a very old topic, I must still agree, a Summary of the book, even just a paragraph stating what the book is about would be immensly helpful in choosing what books to read beyond just the opening lines.

MaggieH says:
Good news! We are slowly but surely starting to add short summaries of many of the classic works and their authors (see Anna Karenina or Pride and Prejudice for examples).