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Cue the Sun! The Invention of Reality TV Summary
Cue the Sun! The Invention of Reality TV
by Emily Nussbaum 2024 464 pages
3.93
7.6K ratings
History
Pop Culture
Tv
How to Be a Woman Summary
How to Be a Woman
by Caitlin Moran 2011 312 pages
3.71
109.7K ratings
Feminism
Memoir
Humor
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle Summary
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle
A Year of Food Life
by Barbara Kingsolver 2007 370 pages
4.05
111.9K ratings
Food
Memoir
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The Heretic's Daughter Summary
The Heretic's Daughter
by Kathleen Kent 2008 332 pages
3.79
37.0K ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Historical
Somewhere Towards the End Summary
Somewhere Towards the End
by Diana Athill 2008 182 pages
3.72
3.0K ratings
Memoir
Biography
Autobiography
A Gentleman in Moscow Summary
A Gentleman in Moscow
by Amor Towles 2016 462 pages
4.32
625.2K ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Historical
The Light We Lost Summary
The Light We Lost
by Jill Santopolo 2017 328 pages
3.84
194.4K ratings
Romance
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Contemporary
Saving Grace Summary
Saving Grace
Speak Your Truth, Stay Centered, and Learn to Coexist with People Who Drive You Nuts
by Kirsten Powers 2021 224 pages
4.04
445 ratings
Spirituality
Self Help
Christian
The Stories We Tell Summary
The Stories We Tell
Every Piece of Your Story Matters
by Joanna Gaines 2022 247 pages
3.48
11.6K ratings
Memoir
Biography
Self Help
The Idaho Four Summary
The Idaho Four
An American Tragedy
by James Patterson 2025 448 pages
4.32
5.7K ratings
True Crime
Crime
Mystery Thriller
All the Birds, Singing Summary
All the Birds, Singing
by Evie Wyld 2013 240 pages
3.61
14.4K ratings
Mystery
Contemporary
Australia
Call Me American Summary
Call Me American
A Memoir
by Abdi Nor Iftin 2018 320 pages
4.52
4.6K ratings
Memoir
Africa
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Handle with Care Summary
Handle with Care
by Jodi Picoult 2009 477 pages
4.00
136.1K ratings
Contemporary
Chick Lit
Drama
The Dictionary of Lost Words Summary
The Dictionary of Lost Words
by Pip Williams 2020 384 pages
4.02
181.3K ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Historical
Persuasion Summary
Persuasion
Convincing Others When Facts Don't Seem to Matter
by Lee Hartley Carter 2019 272 pages
3.66
157 ratings
Business
Psychology
Personal Development
The Ragged Edge of Night Summary
The Ragged Edge of Night
by Olivia Hawker 2018 340 pages
4.16
47.1K ratings
Historical Fiction
World War II
Historical
Seven Days in June Summary
Seven Days in June
by Tia Williams 2021 336 pages
3.99
210.1K ratings
Romance
Contemporary
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Merry Christmas, You Filthy Animal Summary
Merry Christmas, You Filthy Animal
by Meghan Quinn 2025 464 pages
4.55
823 ratings
Christmas
Holiday
Romance
The Spinning Heart Summary
The Spinning Heart
by Donal Ryan 2012 160 pages
3.94
10.6K ratings
Ireland
Irish Literature
Literary Fiction
Family of Origin Summary
Family of Origin
by C.J. Hauser 2019 287 pages
3.48
1.6K ratings
Novels
Literary Fiction
Contemporary
The Love of My Life Summary
The Love of My Life
by Rosie Walsh 2022 372 pages
3.88
91.9K ratings
Mystery
Book Club
Thriller
Quarterlife Summary
Quarterlife
The Search for Self in Early Adulthood
by Satya Doyle Byock 2022 240 pages
3.99
3.8K ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Mental Health
Painted Horses Summary
Immersive
Painted Horses
by Malcolm Brooks 2014 367 pages
3.48
2.3K ratings
Historical Fiction
Westerns
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The Lost City of the Monkey God Summary
The Lost City of the Monkey God
by Douglas Preston 2017 326 pages
3.93
60.5K ratings
History
Adventure
Travel
God's Hotel Summary
God's Hotel
A Doctor, a Hospital, and a Pilgrimage to the Heart of Medicine
by Victoria Sweet 2012 372 pages
4.11
5.8K ratings
Medicine
Memoir
Medical
What Is the What Summary
What Is the What
by Dave Eggers 2006 475 pages
4.15
86.5K ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
War
Jesus Land Summary
Jesus Land
A Memoir
by Julia Scheeres 2005 384 pages
3.97
19.4K ratings
Memoir
Religion
Biography
Some Girls Summary
Some Girls
My Life in a Harem
by Jillian Lauren 2010 336 pages
3.35
8.9K ratings
Memoir
Biography
Biography Memoir
Danger Music Summary
Danger Music
by Eddie Ayres 2017 304 pages
4.05
663 ratings
Music
Biography
Book Club
Apples Never Fall Summary
Apples Never Fall
by Liane Moriarty 2021 467 pages
3.76
423.8K ratings
Mystery
Book Club
Thriller
The Dogs of Babel Summary
The Dogs of Babel
by Carolyn Parkhurst 2003 278 pages
3.58
19.3K ratings
Mystery
Book Club
Animals
The Etiquette of Illness Summary
The Etiquette of Illness
What to Say When You Can't Find the Words
by Susan P. Halpern 2004 256 pages
3.76
593 ratings
Health
Self Help
Psychology
Bisexual Men Exist Summary
Bisexual Men Exist
by Vaneet Mehta 2023 256 pages
3.81
132 ratings
LGBT
Queer
Bisexual
Canada Summary
Canada
by Richard Ford 2012 420 pages
3.52
27.7K ratings
Book Club
Canada
Literary Fiction
Another Bullshit Night in Suck City Summary
Another Bullshit Night in Suck City
by Nick Flynn 2004 347 pages
3.80
11.8K ratings
Memoir
Biography
Poetry
The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu and Their Race to Save the World’s Most Precious Manuscripts Summary
The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu and Their Race to Save the World’s Most Precious Manuscripts
by Joshua Hammer 2016 280 pages
3.49
12.1K ratings
History
Africa
Books About Books
The Empathy Exams Summary
The Empathy Exams
by Leslie Jamison 2014 230 pages
3.67
15.6K ratings
Essays
Memoir
Psychology
Truth in Advertising Summary
Truth in Advertising
by John Kenney 2013 320 pages
3.70
3.2K ratings
Humor
Book Club
Contemporary
Wolf Hall Summary
Wolf Hall
by Hilary Mantel 2009 653 pages
3.91
224.9K ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
Book Club
The Three Lives of Cate Kay Summary
The Three Lives of Cate Kay
by Kate Fagan 2025 294 pages
3.76
63.2K ratings
LGBT
Contemporary
Mystery
When Women Were Birds Summary
When Women Were Birds
Fifty-four Variations on Voice
by Terry Tempest Williams 2012 208 pages
4.20
9.0K ratings
Memoir
Essays
Feminism
Red Mountain Summary
Red Mountain
by Boo Walker 2016 360 pages
4.04
17.8K ratings
Book Club
Literary Fiction
Contemporary
Without You, There Is No Us Summary
Without You, There Is No Us
My Time with the Sons of North Korea's Elite
by Suki Kim 2014 291 pages
3.93
21.9K ratings
Memoir
History
Politics
Wench Summary
Wench
by Dolen Perkins-Valdez 2009 290 pages
3.73
18.1K ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Historical
All The Young Men Summary
All The Young Men
by Ruth Coker Burks 2020 304 pages
4.49
8.5K ratings
Memoir
LGBT
History
A Keeper Summary
A Keeper
by Graham Norton 2018 326 pages
3.99
29.6K ratings
Mystery
Ireland
Book Club
One in a Millennial Summary
One in a Millennial
On Friendship, Feelings, Fangirls, and Fitting In
by Kate Kennedy 2024 328 pages
3.72
19.3K ratings
Memoir
Essays
Book Club
Life and Other Near-Death Experiences Summary
Life and Other Near-Death Experiences
by Camille Pagán 2015 255 pages
3.88
37.0K ratings
Romance
Chick Lit
Contemporary
What the Dog Knows Summary
What the Dog Knows
The Science and Wonder of Working Dogs
by Cat Warren 2013 352 pages
3.98
1.8K ratings
Dogs
Animals
Science
Sisters in Law Summary
Sisters in Law
How Sandra Day O'Connor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg Went to the Supreme Court and Changed the World
by Linda R. Hirshman 2015 390 pages
3.84
5.3K ratings
History
Biography
Feminism
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