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Love Is a Dog from Hell Summary

Love Is a Dog from Hell

by Charles Bukowski 1977 312 pages

The Original Daughter Summary

The Original Daughter

by Jemimah Wei 2025 368 pages

Historical Fiction

Literary Fiction

After You Summary

by Jojo Moyes 2015 352 pages

It's Kind of a Funny Story Summary

It's Kind of a Funny Story

by Ned Vizzini 2006 444 pages

Finlay Donovan Is Killing It Summary

Finlay Donovan Is Killing It

by Elle Cosimano 2021 355 pages

Mystery Thriller

Charming as a Verb Summary

Charming as a Verb

by Ben Philippe 2020 328 pages

Destroy Me Summary

by Michelle Heard 2023 273 pages

Enemies To Lovers

Aftermath Summary

On Marriage and Separation

by Rachel Cusk 2012 153 pages

Wild Card Summary

by Elsie Silver 2025 464 pages

Contemporary Romance

Small Town Romance

Welcome to the Hyunam-Dong Bookshop Summary

Welcome to the Hyunam-Dong Bookshop

by Hwang Bo-Reum 2022 307 pages

Books About Books

Love Arranged Summary

by Lauren Asher 2025 562 pages

Contemporary Romance

The Christmas Tree Farm Summary

The Christmas Tree Farm

by Laurie Gilmore 2024 369 pages

Disgrace Summary

by J.M. Coetzee 1999 220 pages

Angry God Summary

by L.J. Shen 2020 386 pages

Enemies To Lovers

Dear Evan Hansen Summary

Dear Evan Hansen

by Val Emmich 2018 368 pages

The Girl in the White Van Summary

The Girl in the White Van

by April Henry 2020 224 pages

If I Stay Summary

by Gayle Forman 2009 208 pages

by Luna Mason 2024 342 pages

Our Wives Under the Sea Summary

Our Wives Under the Sea

by Julia Armfield 2022 240 pages

The Sun and Her Flowers Summary

The Sun and Her Flowers

by Rupi Kaur 2018 256 pages

Scandalous Summary

by L.J. Shen 2017 315 pages

Enemies To Lovers

The Answer Is No Summary

The Answer Is No

by Fredrik Backman 2024 68 pages

Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close Summary

Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

by Jonathan Safran Foer 2005 326 pages

Historical Fiction

Done and Dusted Summary

Done and Dusted

by Lyla Sage 2023 356 pages

The Last Song Summary

by Nicholas Sparks 2008 390 pages

Good Girl Complex Summary

Good Girl Complex

by Elle Kennedy 2022 368 pages

Three Wishes Summary

by Liane Moriarty 2003 384 pages

Devil Mine Summary

by Khai Hara 2024 550 pages

The Unwanted Marriage Summary

The Unwanted Marriage

by Catharina Maura 2023 374 pages

Contemporary Romance

Billionaire Romance

Sing, Unburied, Sing Summary

Sing, Unburied, Sing

by Jesmyn Ward 2017 285 pages

Magical Realism

For One More Day Summary

For One More Day

by Mitch Albom 2006 208 pages

The Factory Summary

by Hiroko Oyamada 2010 116 pages

Japanese Literature

Magical Realism

The Namesake Summary

by Jhumpa Lahiri 2003 304 pages

Literary Fiction

by Kate Stewart 2017 412 pages

Contemporary Romance

Middlesex Summary

by Jeffrey Eugenides 2002 529 pages

Historical Fiction

A Dog's Purpose Summary

A Dog's Purpose

by W. Bruce Cameron 2010 319 pages

Dear Ava Summary

by Ilsa Madden-Mills 2020 376 pages

Enemies To Lovers

by Mia Sheridan 2021 320 pages

Friends To Lovers

Contemporary Romance

by Tammara Webber 2012 336 pages

Rejection Summary

by Tony Tulathimutte 2024 272 pages

Literary Fiction

Camera Shy Summary

by Kay Cove 2023 446 pages

Contemporary Romance

Friends To Lovers

Starter Villain Summary

Starter Villain

by John Scalzi 2023 264 pages

Science Fiction

Us Against You Summary

by Fredrik Backman 2017 448 pages

Literary Fiction

Entwined with You Summary

Entwined with You

by Sylvia Day 2013 356 pages

If We Were Villains Summary

If We Were Villains

by M.L. Rio 2017 354 pages

Three Mothers Summary

by Hannah Beckerman 2025 325 pages

The Idiot Summary

by Elif Batuman 2017 423 pages

Literary Fiction

Historical Fiction

by Jennifer Hartmann 2024 436 pages

That One Night Summary

by Emily Rath 2023 124 pages

The Flatshare Summary

by Beth O'Leary 2019 394 pages

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