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Tom Lake Summary

by Ann Patchett 2023 309 pages

Literary Fiction

Evidence of the Affair Summary

Evidence of the Affair

by Taylor Jenkins Reid 2018 88 pages

The Days of Abandonment Summary

The Days of Abandonment

by Elena Ferrante 2002 188 pages

Literary Fiction

Off to the Races Summary

Off to the Races

by Elsie Silver 2021 334 pages

Enemies To Lovers

Small Town Romance

Good in Bed Summary

by Jennifer Weiner 2002 376 pages

Get a Life, Chloe Brown Summary

Get a Life, Chloe Brown

by Talia Hibbert 2019 384 pages

Someone Like You Summary

Someone Like You

by Sarah Dessen 1998 281 pages

100 Days of Sunlight Summary

100 Days of Sunlight

by Abbie Emmons 2019 311 pages

Severance Summary

by Ling Ma 2018 291 pages

Science Fiction

Failure to Match Summary

Failure to Match

by Kyra Parsi 2024 430 pages

Enemies To Lovers

Jasper Vale Summary

by Devney Perry 2023 354 pages

Small Town Romance

The Day After the Party Summary

The Day After the Party

by Nicole Trope 2023 246 pages

Mystery Thriller

Real Americans Summary

by Rachel Khong 2024 399 pages

Historical Fiction

Literary Fiction

Stargirl Summary

by Jerry Spinelli 2000 186 pages

Every Day Is Mother's Day Summary

Every Day Is Mother's Day

by Hilary Mantel 1985 224 pages

British Literature

Literary Fiction

To the Moon and Back Summary

To the Moon and Back

by Eliana Ramage 2025 448 pages

The Guncle Abroad Summary

The Guncle Abroad

by Steven Rowley 2024 320 pages

A Great Country Summary

A Great Country

by Shilpi Somaya Gowda 2024 256 pages

Literary Fiction

Puck Me Secretly Summary

Puck Me Secretly

by Odette Stone 2018 406 pages

Guitar Notes Summary

by Mary Amato 2012 272 pages

The Lion's Den Summary

by Katherine St. John 2020 368 pages

Mystery Thriller

Wallbanger Summary

by Alice Clayton 2012 384 pages

Contemporary Romance

Big Swiss Summary

by Jen Beagin 2023 336 pages

The Wiener Across the Way Summary

The Wiener Across the Way

by Amy Award 2024 420 pages

by Steph Macca 2025 443 pages

The Grief Keeper Summary

The Grief Keeper

by Alexandra Villasante 2019 256 pages

Lovelight Farms Summary

Lovelight Farms

by B.K. Borison 2021 332 pages

Friends To Lovers

by Skyler Mason 2022 232 pages

Friends To Lovers

Commonwealth Summary

by Ann Patchett 2016 322 pages

Literary Fiction

Historical Fiction

Psychotic Obsession Summary

Psychotic Obsession

by Leigh Rivers 2025 442 pages

by Devney Perry 2024 356 pages

All-American Muslim Girl Summary

All-American Muslim Girl

by Nadine Jolie Courtney 2019 432 pages

You Get So Alone at Times That it Just Makes Sense Summary

You Get So Alone at Times That it Just Makes Sense

by Charles Bukowski 1986 320 pages

The Accidental Dating Experiment Summary

The Accidental Dating Experiment

by Lauren Blakely 2024 7 pages

Friends To Lovers

Carrie Soto Is Back Summary

Carrie Soto Is Back

by Taylor Jenkins Reid 2022 384 pages

Historical Fiction

Dysfunctional Summary

by Isabel Lucero 2022 310 pages

Seduction and Snacks Summary

Seduction and Snacks

by Tara Sivec 2012 286 pages

No and Me Summary

by Delphine de Vigan 2007 256 pages

Counterfeit Summary

by Kirstin Chen 2022 288 pages

Kaleidoscope Summary

by Danielle Steel 1987 403 pages

Contemporary Romance

To Paradise Summary

by Hanya Yanagihara 2022 720 pages

Historical Fiction

Literary Fiction

Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life Summary

Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life

by Wendy Mass 2006 304 pages

Realistic Fiction

How Not to Die Alone Summary

How Not to Die Alone

by Richard Roper 2019 321 pages

Call Me Daddy Summary

by Jade West 2017 293 pages

The Guncle Summary

by Steven Rowley 2021 326 pages

Practice Makes Perfect Summary

Practice Makes Perfect

by Sarah Adams 2023 335 pages

Contemporary Romance

Cut and Thirst Summary

by Margaret Atwood 2024 35 pages

Still Beating Summary

by Jennifer Hartmann 2020 314 pages

The Summer of Yes Summary

The Summer of Yes

by Courtney Walsh 2024 384 pages

I Killed Zoe Spanos Summary

I Killed Zoe Spanos

by Kit Frick 2020 384 pages

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