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A Spark of Light Summary
A Spark of Light
by Jodi Picoult 2018 381 pages
3.75
158.3K ratings
Contemporary
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Adult
This Time Tomorrow Summary
This Time Tomorrow
by Emma Straub 2022 310 pages
3.80
149.2K ratings
Time Travel
Science Fiction
Fantasy
Enter Ghost Summary
Enter Ghost
by Isabella Hammad 2023 336 pages
4.11
9.1K ratings
Literary Fiction
Contemporary
Historical Fiction
Orphan Train Summary
Orphan Train
by Christina Baker Kline 2013 278 pages
4.20
456.1K ratings
Historical Fiction
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Historical
The Sense of an Ending Summary
The Sense of an Ending
by Julian Barnes 2011 150 pages
3.74
187.0K ratings
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Contemporary
Literary Fiction
The Dinner Summary
The Dinner
by Herman Koch 2009 292 pages
3.21
171.0K ratings
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Mystery
Thriller
When We Believed in Mermaids Summary
When We Believed in Mermaids
by Barbara O'Neal 2019 348 pages
4.17
238.3K ratings
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Romance
Mystery
The Book of Longings Summary
The Book of Longings
by Sue Monk Kidd 2020 416 pages
4.23
135.6K ratings
Historical Fiction
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Historical
If In Doubt, Wash Your Hair Summary
If In Doubt, Wash Your Hair
A Manual for Life
by Anya Hindmarch 2021 257 pages
3.65
1.5K ratings
Self Help
Personal Development
Memoir
Every Last Secret Summary
Every Last Secret
by A.R. Torre 2020 291 pages
3.95
132.0K ratings
Thriller
Mystery Thriller
Mystery
Real Americans Summary
Real Americans
by Rachel Khong 2024 399 pages
3.97
72.8K ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Literary Fiction
Marching Powder Summary
Marching Powder
by Rusty Young 2003 398 pages
4.31
28.8K ratings
Travel
Biography
Crime
The Beauty of Dusk Summary
The Beauty of Dusk
by Frank Bruni 2022 306 pages
4.06
4.0K ratings
Memoir
Biography
Medical
The Moment of Lift Summary
The Moment of Lift
How Empowering Women Changes the World
by Melinda French Gates 2019 273 pages
4.27
63.1K ratings
Feminism
Memoir
Book Club
The Light Pirate Summary
The Light Pirate
by Lily Brooks-Dalton 2022 336 pages
4.04
38.6K ratings
Science Fiction
Dystopia
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Fates and Furies Summary
Fates and Furies
by Lauren Groff 2015 390 pages
3.59
144.8K ratings
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Contemporary
Literary Fiction
The Splendid and the Vile Summary
The Splendid and the Vile
A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz
by Erik Larson 2020 546 pages
4.30
129.7K ratings
History
Biography
World War II
Strangers Drowning Summary
Strangers Drowning
Grappling with Impossible Idealism, Drastic Choices, and the Overpowering Urge to Help
by Larissa MacFarquhar 2015 336 pages
3.91
2.8K ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Sociology
The Dutch House Summary
The Dutch House
by Ann Patchett 2019 337 pages
4.10
513.1K ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Literary Fiction
All Good People Here Summary
All Good People Here
by Ashley Flowers 2022 312 pages
3.83
300.8K ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Mystery Thriller
Finding Dorothy Summary
Finding Dorothy
by Elizabeth Letts 2019 351 pages
4.18
32.9K ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Historical
The Girls Summary
The Girls
by Emma Cline 2016 355 pages
3.51
233.9K ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Contemporary
Gilead Summary
Gilead
by Marilynne Robinson 2004 247 pages
3.85
119.4K ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Literary Fiction
Let's Pretend This Never Happened Summary
Let's Pretend This Never Happened
A Mostly True Memoir
by Jenny Lawson 2012 318 pages
3.90
197.8K ratings
Memoir
Book Club
Biography
The Art Thief Summary
The Art Thief
A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession
by Michael Finkel 2023 224 pages
3.95
68.0K ratings
True Crime
Art
History
The Last Flight Summary
The Last Flight
by Julie Clark 2020 320 pages
4.10
252.1K ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Mystery Thriller
How to Age Disgracefully Summary
How to Age Disgracefully
by Clare Pooley 2024 337 pages
4.15
34.4K ratings
Humor
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Contemporary
No Impact Man Summary
No Impact Man
by Colin Beavan 2009 288 pages
3.78
5.2K ratings
Environment
Memoir
Sustainability
Wild Game Summary
Wild Game
My Mother, Her Lover, and Me
by Adrienne Brodeur 2019 256 pages
3.98
32.4K ratings
Memoir
Book Club
Biography
The Liars' Club Summary
The Liars' Club
by Mary Karr 1995 352 pages
3.94
70.7K ratings
Memoir
Biography
Biography Memoir
Reactivity Summary
Reactivity
How the Gospel Transforms Our Actions and Reactions
by Paul David Tripp 2022 170 pages
4.34
392 ratings
Christian Living
Christian
Faith
Their Eyes Were Watching God Summary
Their Eyes Were Watching God
by Zora Neale Hurston 1937 238 pages
3.99
372.8K ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
School
Pour Me Summary
Pour Me
A Life
by A.A. Gill 2014 256 pages
4.08
2.4K ratings
Memoir
Biography
Autobiography
The Interestings Summary
The Interestings
by Meg Wolitzer 2013 468 pages
3.60
121.6K ratings
Book Club
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
Every Day Is Mother's Day Summary
Every Day Is Mother's Day
by Hilary Mantel 1985 224 pages
3.59
2.0K ratings
British Literature
Literary Fiction
Novels
The Lost Painting Summary
The Lost Painting
The Quest for a Caravaggio Masterpiece
by Jonathan Harr 2005 320 pages
3.87
35.0K ratings
Art
History
Art History
How We Eat Summary
How We Eat
The Brave New World of Food and Drink
by Paco Underhill 2022 256 pages
3.52
440 ratings
Food
Business
Science
These Precious Days Summary
These Precious Days
Essays
by Ann Patchett 2021 320 pages
4.43
43.3K ratings
Essays
Memoir
Book Club
Without the Mask Summary
Without the Mask
Coming Out and Coming Into God's Light
by Charlie Bird 2020 176 pages
4.53
2.4K ratings
Memoir
Religion
Lds
Sing, Unburied, Sing Summary
Sing, Unburied, Sing
by Jesmyn Ward 2017 285 pages
4.00
143.5K ratings
Book Club
Magical Realism
Contemporary
Carrie Soto Is Back Summary
Carrie Soto Is Back
by Taylor Jenkins Reid 2022 384 pages
4.20
640.0K ratings
Historical Fiction
Contemporary
Romance
Bye, Baby Summary
Bye, Baby
by Carola Lovering 2024 352 pages
3.76
46.8K ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Mystery Thriller
The Girl Before Summary
The Girl Before
by J.P. Delaney 2017 341 pages
3.70
163.7K ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Mystery Thriller
Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother Summary
Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother
by Amy Chua 2011 237 pages
3.66
53.5K ratings
Parenting
Memoir
Book Club
Room Summary
Room
by Emma Donoghue 2010 321 pages
4.08
823.3K ratings
Book Club
Contemporary
Thriller
7 Tipping Points That Saved the World Summary
7 Tipping Points That Saved the World
by Chris Stewart 2011 320 pages
3.97
1.9K ratings
History
Historical
Politics
New Passages Summary
New Passages
Mapping Your Life Across Time
by Gail Sheehy 1995 528 pages
3.69
347 ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Sociology
The Lincoln Highway Summary
The Lincoln Highway
by Amor Towles 2021 576 pages
4.22
293.6K ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Historical
The Year of Magical Thinking Summary
The Year of Magical Thinking
by Joan Didion 2005 227 pages
3.93
279.4K ratings
Memoir
Biography
Grief
Kabul Beauty School Summary
Kabul Beauty School
An American Woman Goes Behind the Veil
by Deborah Rodriguez 2007 275 pages
3.67
25.6K ratings
Memoir
Book Club
Biography
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