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The Ex Vows Summary

by Jessica Joyce 2024 399 pages

No Fixed Address Summary

No Fixed Address

by Susin Nielsen 2018 288 pages

Realistic Fiction

Wish I Could Tell You Summary

Wish I Could Tell You

by Durjoy Datta 2019 288 pages

The Perfect Nanny Summary

The Perfect Nanny

by Leïla Slimani 2016 228 pages

Savage Lover Summary

by Sophie Lark 2020 412 pages

The Last Song Summary

by Nicholas Sparks 2008 390 pages

Like a House on Fire Summary

Like a House on Fire

by Cate Kennedy 2012 288 pages

The Sunshine Court Summary

The Sunshine Court

by Nora Sakavic 2024

Aftermath Summary

On Marriage and Separation

by Rachel Cusk 2012 153 pages

The Unhoneymooners Summary

The Unhoneymooners

by Christina Lauren 2019 432 pages

Enemies To Lovers

Contemporary Romance

High Fidelity Summary

by Nick Hornby 1995 323 pages

How to Age Disgracefully Summary

How to Age Disgracefully

by Clare Pooley 2024 337 pages

Bel Canto Summary

by Ann Patchett 2001 318 pages

Literary Fiction

If Cats Disappeared from the World Summary

If Cats Disappeared from the World

by Genki Kawamura 2012 202 pages

Magical Realism

If We Were Villains Summary

If We Were Villains

by M.L. Rio 2017 354 pages

The Original Daughter Summary

The Original Daughter

by Jemimah Wei 2025 368 pages

Historical Fiction

Literary Fiction

Walking Disaster Summary

Walking Disaster

by Jamie McGuire 2013 448 pages

The Idiot Summary

by Elif Batuman 2017 423 pages

Literary Fiction

Historical Fiction

Three Wishes Summary

by Liane Moriarty 2003 384 pages

Camera Shy Summary

by Kay Cove 2023 446 pages

Contemporary Romance

Friends To Lovers

Still Beating Summary

by Jennifer Hartmann 2020 314 pages

by Luna Mason 2025 524 pages

Middlesex Summary

by Jeffrey Eugenides 2002 529 pages

Historical Fiction

Angry God Summary

by L.J. Shen 2020 386 pages

Enemies To Lovers

It's Kind of a Funny Story Summary

It's Kind of a Funny Story

by Ned Vizzini 2006 444 pages

The Sense of an Ending Summary

The Sense of an Ending

by Julian Barnes 2011 150 pages

Literary Fiction

The Heir Apparent Summary

The Heir Apparent

by Rebecca Armitage 2025 416 pages

Boulevard Summary

by Flor M. Salvador 2020 316 pages

The Company of Women Summary

The Company of Women

by Khushwant Singh 1999 232 pages

Indian Literature

The Virgin Suicides Summary

The Virgin Suicides

by Jeffrey Eugenides 1993 250 pages

Literary Fiction

Good Girl Complex Summary

Good Girl Complex

by Elle Kennedy 2022 368 pages

The Black Kids Summary

by Christina Hammonds Reed 2020

Historical Fiction

Your Dad Will Do Summary

Your Dad Will Do

by Katee Robert 2020 150 pages

Entwined with You Summary

Entwined with You

by Sylvia Day 2013 372 pages

Contemporary Romance

Kiss the Sky Summary

by Krista Ritchie 2014 443 pages

Survivor Summary

by Chuck Palahniuk 1999 289 pages

Winter in Paradise Summary

Winter in Paradise

by Elin Hilderbrand 2018 310 pages

Immortality Summary

by Milan Kundera 1990 400 pages

Czech Literature

Code of Silence Summary

Code of Silence

by Shantel Tessier 2020 201 pages

by Tammara Webber 2012 336 pages

Radio Silence Summary

by Alice Oseman 2016 496 pages

by Romesh Gunesekera 1994 190 pages

Historical Fiction

Asian Literature

Starter Villain Summary

Starter Villain

by John Scalzi 2023 264 pages

Science Fiction

Dear Ava Summary

by Ilsa Madden-Mills 2020 376 pages

Enemies To Lovers

Freedom Summary

by Jonathan Franzen 2010 562 pages

Literary Fiction

by S.J. Tilly 2023 432 pages

Best Offer Wins Summary

Best Offer Wins

by Marisa Kashino 2025 288 pages

Mystery Thriller

The Princess Diaries Summary

The Princess Diaries

by Meg Cabot 2000 283 pages

The Refugees Summary

by Viet Thanh Nguyen 2017 209 pages

Historical Fiction

Forget Me Not Summary

by Ellie Terry 2017 336 pages

Realistic Fiction

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