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The Satisfaction Café Summary

The Satisfaction Café

by Kathy Wang 2025 352 pages

Literary Fiction

Severance Summary

by Ling Ma 2018 291 pages

Science Fiction

And the Mountains Echoed Summary

And the Mountains Echoed

by Khaled Hosseini 2012 12 pages

Historical Fiction

Pineapple Street Summary

Pineapple Street

by Jenny Jackson 2023 304 pages

Literary Fiction

by Emma Donoghue 2010 321 pages

The World According to Garp Summary

The World According to Garp

by John Irving 1978 610 pages

Nocturnes Summary

Five Stories of Music and Nightfall

by Kazuo Ishiguro 2009 221 pages

Still Me Summary

by Jojo Moyes 2018 368 pages

by Carian Cole 2016 480 pages

Contemporary Romance

Pinkie Promise Summary

by Sapphire Hale 2024 391 pages

Notes on an Execution Summary

Notes on an Execution

by Danya Kukafka 2022 306 pages

Mystery Thriller

Don't Let Me Fall Summary

Don't Let Me Fall

by Kelsie Rae

Loving Romeo Summary

by Laura Pavlov 2024 346 pages

Enemies To Lovers

The Irish Goodbye Summary

The Irish Goodbye

by Heather Aimee O'Neill 2025 288 pages

Literary Fiction

Wild River Summary

by Laura Pavlov 2024 353 pages

Enemies To Lovers

Small Town Romance

Go Ask Alice Summary

by Beatrice Sparks 1971 185 pages

by Shantel Tessier 2020 244 pages

One Plus One Summary

by Jojo Moyes 2014 368 pages

Carrie Soto Is Back Summary

Carrie Soto Is Back

by Taylor Jenkins Reid 2022 384 pages

Historical Fiction

Mr Salary Summary

by Sally Rooney 2016 33 pages

The School for Good Mothers Summary

The School for Good Mothers

by Jessamine Chan 2022 336 pages

Science Fiction

One Last Stop Summary

by Casey McQuiston 2021 418 pages

The Favorites Summary

by Layne Fargo 2025 437 pages

The First Time I Saw Him Summary

The First Time I Saw Him

by Laura Dave 2026 288 pages

Mystery Thriller

Burnout Summary

by Rebecca Jenshak 2024 454 pages

The Burnout Summary

by Sophie Kinsella 2023 416 pages

The Hardest Fall Summary

The Hardest Fall

by Ella Maise 2018 429 pages

This Is How It Always Is Summary

This Is How It Always Is

by Laurie Frankel 2017 338 pages

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[(My Life as an Alphabet)] [By (author) Barry Jonsberg] published on

by Barry Jonsberg 2013

Realistic Fiction

Red Clocks Summary

by Leni Zumas 2018 368 pages

Science Fiction

Yinka, Where Is Your Huzband? Summary

Yinka, Where Is Your Huzband?

by Lizzie Damilola Blackburn 2022 384 pages

Addicted After All Summary

Addicted After All

by Krista Ritchie 2014 534 pages

We Are All Made of Molecules Summary

We Are All Made of Molecules

by Susin Nielsen 2015 256 pages

Realistic Fiction

Mona's Eyes Summary

by Thomas Schlesser 2025 368 pages

Historical Fiction

P.S. I Like You Summary

P.S. I Like You

by Kasie West 2016 329 pages

The Night Is Short, Walk on Girl Summary

The Night Is Short, Walk on Girl

by Tomihiko Morimi 2006 265 pages

Japanese Literature

Lovelight Farms Summary

Lovelight Farms

by B.K. Borison 2021 332 pages

Friends To Lovers

Stay with Me Summary

by Nicole Fiorina 2019 359 pages

by Kwon Yeo-Sun 2019 176 pages

Late Bloomer Summary

by Mazey Eddings 2024 400 pages

The Secret Life of a Submissive Summary

The Secret Life of a Submissive

by Sarah K. 2012 279 pages

Earthlings Summary

by Sayaka Murata 2018 247 pages

Always and Forever, Lara Jean Summary

Always and Forever, Lara Jean

by Jenny Han 2017 325 pages

Fall I Want Summary

by Lyra Parish 2024 476 pages

Funny You Should Ask Summary

Funny You Should Ask

by Elissa Sussman 2022 352 pages

Contemporary Romance

No and Me Summary

by Delphine de Vigan 2007 256 pages

Tom Lake Summary

by Ann Patchett 2023 309 pages

Literary Fiction

The Immortalists Summary

The Immortalists

by Chloe Benjamin 2018 346 pages

Historical Fiction

Small Great Things Summary

Small Great Things

by Jodi Picoult 2016 510 pages

Truly Madly Guilty Summary

Truly Madly Guilty

by Liane Moriarty 2016 432 pages

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