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The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao Summary
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
by Junot Díaz 2007 335 pages
3.89
273.3K ratings
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Contemporary
Magical Realism
The Japanese Lover Summary
The Japanese Lover
by Isabel Allende 2015 322 pages
3.88
92.6K ratings
Historical Fiction
Romance
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All the Forgivenesses Summary
All the Forgivenesses
by Elizabeth Hardinger 2019 371 pages
4.26
17.0K ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
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All Good People Here Summary
All Good People Here
by Ashley Flowers 2022 312 pages
3.83
300.8K ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Mystery Thriller
Factory Man Summary
Factory Man
How One Furniture Maker Battled Offshoring, Stayed Local - and Helped Save an American Town
by Beth Macy 2014 464 pages
3.86
2.9K ratings
Business
History
Biography
Exhalation Summary
Exhalation
by Ted Chiang 2019 368 pages
4.27
106.0K ratings
Short Stories
Science Fiction
Fantasy
Gilead Summary
Gilead
by Marilynne Robinson 2004 247 pages
3.85
119.4K ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Literary Fiction
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
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
Snow Falling on Cedars Summary
Snow Falling on Cedars
by David Guterson 1994 460 pages
3.86
191.7K ratings
Historical Fiction
Mystery
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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 Big Truck that Went By Summary
The Big Truck that Went By
How the World Came to Save Haiti and Left Behind a Disaster
by Jonathan M. Katz 2013 320 pages
4.12
1.8K ratings
History
Politics
International Development
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 Patron Saint of Liars Summary
The Patron Saint of Liars
by Ann Patchett 1992 352 pages
3.90
63.0K ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Literary Fiction
New Passages Summary
New Passages
Mapping Your Life Across Time
by Gail Sheehy 1995 528 pages
3.69
347 ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Sociology
Elizabeth Is Missing Summary
Elizabeth Is Missing
by Emma Healey 2014 320 pages
3.72
70.8K ratings
Mystery
Book Club
Contemporary
The Sisters Brothers Summary
The Sisters Brothers
by Patrick deWitt 2011 328 pages
3.85
101.0K ratings
Westerns
Historical Fiction
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Orange Is the New Black Summary
Orange Is the New Black
by Piper Kerman 2010 322 pages
3.72
204.2K ratings
Memoir
Biography
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Bye, Baby Summary
Bye, Baby
by Carola Lovering 2024 352 pages
3.76
46.8K ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Mystery Thriller
The Push Summary
The Push
by Ashley Audrain 2021 307 pages
4.04
410.4K ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Mystery Thriller
Speak Summary
Speak
Find Your Voice, Trust Your Gut, and Get from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be
by Tunde Oyeneyin 2022 240 pages
4.30
11.4K ratings
Memoir
Self Help
Biography
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn Summary
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
by Betty Smith 1943 496 pages
4.30
492.8K ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Classics
No Impact Man Summary
No Impact Man
by Colin Beavan 2009 288 pages
3.78
5.2K ratings
Environment
Memoir
Sustainability
Take My Hand Summary
Take My Hand
by Dolen Perkins-Valdez 2022 359 pages
4.36
100.1K ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Historical
Sweet Tooth Summary
Sweet Tooth
by Ian McEwan 2012 320 pages
3.44
51.6K ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Mystery
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
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Smoke Gets in Your Eyes & Other Lessons from the Crematory Summary
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes & Other Lessons from the Crematory
by Caitlin Doughty 2014 254 pages
4.22
102.8K ratings
Memoir
Death
Science
Spark Summary
Spark
How to Lead Yourself and Others to Greater Success
by Angie Morgan 2017 224 pages
3.84
729 ratings
Leadership
Business
Self Help
A Long Petal of the Sea Summary
A Long Petal of the Sea
by Isabel Allende 2019 325 pages
4.06
108.3K ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Historical
Finding Dorothy Summary
Finding Dorothy
by Elizabeth Letts 2019 351 pages
4.18
32.9K ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Historical
The Kitchen Front Summary
The Kitchen Front
by Jennifer Ryan 2021 408 pages
3.98
32.6K ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
World War II
Real Americans Summary
Real Americans
by Rachel Khong 2024 399 pages
3.97
72.8K ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Literary Fiction
The Disappearing Spoon Summary
The Disappearing Spoon
And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements
by Sam Kean 2010 394 pages
3.93
54.2K ratings
Science
History
Chemistry
These Precious Days Summary
These Precious Days
Essays
by Ann Patchett 2021 320 pages
4.43
43.3K ratings
Essays
Memoir
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Unaccustomed Earth Summary
Unaccustomed Earth
by Jhumpa Lahiri 2008 352 pages
4.13
95.2K ratings
Short Stories
India
Book Club
Girl With No Job Summary
Girl With No Job
The Crazy Beautiful Life of an Instagram Thirst Monster
by Claudia Oshry 2021 240 pages
3.82
21.5K ratings
Memoir
Biography
Pop Culture
Three Cups of Tea Summary
Three Cups of Tea
One Man's Mission to Promote Peace ... One School at a Time
by Greg Mortenson 2006 349 pages
3.66
358.5K ratings
Book Club
Memoir
Biography
The Last Thing He Told Me Summary
The Last Thing He Told Me
by Laura Dave 2021 307 pages
3.83
1.1M ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Book Club
The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid Summary
The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid
by Bill Bryson 2006 288 pages
3.93
67.2K ratings
Memoir
Humor
Biography
Writers & Lovers Summary
Writers & Lovers
by Lily King 2020 320 pages
4.00
157.7K ratings
Romance
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
How Not to Die Alone Summary
How Not to Die Alone
by Richard Roper 2019 321 pages
3.68
22.1K ratings
Romance
Contemporary
Book Club
The Tortilla Curtain Summary
The Tortilla Curtain
by T. Coraghessan Boyle 1995 355 pages
3.66
33.8K ratings
Book Club
Contemporary
School
The World Played Chess Summary
The World Played Chess
by Robert Dugoni 2021 400 pages
4.45
35.1K ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Coming Of Age
The Road to Tender Hearts Summary
The Road to Tender Hearts
by Annie Hartnett 2025 384 pages
4.40
8.8K ratings
Contemporary
Romance
Literary Fiction
True Grit Summary
True Grit
by Charles Portis 1968 224 pages
4.17
67.0K ratings
Westerns
Historical Fiction
Classics
If the Oceans Were Ink Summary
If the Oceans Were Ink
An Unlikely Friendship and a Journey to the Heart of the Quran
by Carla Power 2015 352 pages
4.11
2.0K ratings
Islam
Religion
Memoir
Maame Summary
Maame
by Jessica George 2023 320 pages
4.05
116.7K ratings
Contemporary
Book Club
Literary Fiction
A Great Country Summary
A Great Country
by Shilpi Somaya Gowda 2024 256 pages
3.89
7.4K ratings
Contemporary
Book Club
Literary Fiction
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
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
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