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Till The Last Breath Summary

Till The Last Breath

by Durjoy Datta 2013 237 pages

Indian Literature

So This Is War Summary

by Meghan Quinn 2024 446 pages

Burned Dreams Summary

by Neva Altaj 2023 290 pages

The Corrections Summary

The Corrections

by Jonathan Franzen 2001 653 pages

Literary Fiction

The Girl in the White Van Summary

The Girl in the White Van

by April Henry 2020 224 pages

Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World Summary

Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World

by Haruki Murakami 1985 400 pages

Magical Realism

City of Night Birds Summary

City of Night Birds

by Juhea Kim 2024 320 pages

Historical Fiction

Literary Fiction

Redeemed Summary

by Lauren Asher 2021 423 pages

Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist Summary

Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist

by Rachel Cohn 2006 183 pages

Vera Wong's Guide to Snooping [On a Dead Man] Summary

Vera Wong's Guide to Snooping [On a Dead Man]

by Jesse Q. Sutanto 2025 325 pages

Mystery Thriller

The Wiener Across the Way Summary

The Wiener Across the Way

by Amy Award 2024 420 pages

The Annihilator Summary

The Annihilator

by RuNyx 2022 257 pages

by Patricia McCormick 2006 268 pages

Realistic Fiction

The Answer Is No Summary

The Answer Is No

by Fredrik Backman 2024 68 pages

For One More Day Summary

For One More Day

by Mitch Albom 2006 208 pages

Things I Wanted to Say, But Never Did Summary

Things I Wanted to Say, But Never Did

by Monica Murphy 2021 506 pages

Enemies To Lovers

One Day in December Summary

One Day in December

by Josie Silver 2018 393 pages

Love, Utley Summary

by S.J. Tilly 2024 428 pages

Mr Salary Summary

by Sally Rooney 2016 33 pages

That Was Then, This Is Now Summary

That Was Then, This Is Now

by S.E. Hinton 1971 159 pages

Breathe and Count Back from Ten Summary

Breathe and Count Back from Ten

by Natalia Sylvester 2022 352 pages

How to End a Love Story Summary

How to End a Love Story

by Yulin Kuang 2024 384 pages

Contemporary Romance

The Mafia and His Angel Summary

The Mafia and His Angel

by Lylah James 2017 472 pages

More Days at the Morisaki Bookshop Summary

More Days at the Morisaki Bookshop

by Satoshi Yagisawa 2011 176 pages

Japanese Literature

The DUFF Summary

Designated Ugly Fat Friend

by Kody Keplinger 2010 280 pages

Forever... Summary

by Judy Blume 1975 178 pages

Pineapple Street Summary

Pineapple Street

by Jenny Jackson 2023 304 pages

Literary Fiction

Girl, Missing Summary

by Sophie McKenzie 2006 283 pages

And the Mountains Echoed Summary

And the Mountains Echoed

by Khaled Hosseini 2012 404 pages

Historical Fiction

Point of Retreat Summary

Point of Retreat

by Colleen Hoover 2012 322 pages

Rich Man, Poor Man Summary

Rich Man, Poor Man

by Irwin Shaw 1969 666 pages

Historical Fiction

The Miracles of the Namiya General Store Summary

The Miracles of the Namiya General Store

by Keigo Higashino 2012 314 pages

Magical Realism

Troubles in Paradise Summary

Troubles in Paradise

by Elin Hilderbrand 2020 352 pages

Expiration Dates Summary

Expiration Dates

by Rebecca Serle 2024 272 pages

Magical Realism

Real Estate Summary

by Deborah Levy 2021 297 pages

Murder at the Bookstore Summary

Murder at the Bookstore

by Sue Minix 2023 326 pages

Finlay Donovan Rolls the Dice Summary

Finlay Donovan Rolls the Dice

by Elle Cosimano 2024 320 pages

Mystery Thriller

The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot Summary

The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot

by Marianne Cronin 2021 322 pages

Someone Like You Summary

Someone Like You

by Sarah Dessen 1998 281 pages

Beautiful Beast Summary

Beautiful Beast

by Neva Altaj 2024 372 pages

Made You Up Summary

by Francesca Zappia 2015 428 pages

One Plus One Summary

by Jojo Moyes 2014 368 pages

This Is How It Always Is Summary

This Is How It Always Is

by Laurie Frankel 2017 338 pages

Kings of Quarantine Summary

Kings of Quarantine

by Caroline Peckham 2020 658 pages

Lonely Castle in the Mirror Summary

Lonely Castle in the Mirror

by Mizuki Tsujimura 2017 355 pages

Magical Realism

It's a Love Story Summary

It's a Love Story

by Annabel Monaghan 2025 368 pages

Where Sleeping Girls Lie Summary

Where Sleeping Girls Lie

by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé 2024 416 pages

The Thing About Jellyfish Summary

The Thing About Jellyfish

by Ali Benjamin 2015 352 pages

Realistic Fiction

White Noise Summary

by Don DeLillo 1985 320 pages

I Kissed Shara Wheeler Summary

I Kissed Shara Wheeler

by Casey McQuiston 2022 356 pages

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