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Everything Sad Is Untrue Summary

Everything Sad Is Untrue

by Daniel Nayeri 2020 368 pages

By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept Summary

By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept

by Paulo Coelho 1994 180 pages

We Are Not From Here Summary

We Are Not From Here

by Jenny Torres Sanchez 2020 344 pages

Realistic Fiction

Lies and Weddings Summary

Lies and Weddings

by Kevin Kwan 2024 437 pages

A Man Called Ove Summary

A Man Called Ove

by Fredrik Backman 2012 337 pages

Every Day Summary

by David Levithan 2012 322 pages

Limerence Summary

by H.C. Dolores 2024 415 pages

All the Bright Places Summary

All the Bright Places

by Jennifer Niven 2015 388 pages

Too Much Summary

by I.A. Dice 2022 311 pages

Friends To Lovers

Contemporary Romance

Sweet Heartbreak Summary

Sweet Heartbreak

by Alexandra Moody 2022 380 pages

The Mistake Summary

by Elle Kennedy 2015 296 pages

Black Ties & White Lies Summary

Black Ties & White Lies

by Kat Singleton 2023 418 pages

Forced Proximity

Broken Whispers Summary

Broken Whispers

by Neva Altaj 2022 232 pages

The Lovely Bones Summary

The Lovely Bones

by Alice Sebold 2002 372 pages

Two Can Keep a Secret Summary

Two Can Keep a Secret

by Karen M. McManus 2019 329 pages

Too Late Summary

by Colleen Hoover 2016 357 pages

Buckeye Summary

by Patrick Ryan 2025 464 pages

Historical Fiction

Literary Fiction

Die, My Love Summary

by Ariana Harwicz 2012 128 pages

Literary Fiction

Black Brother, Black Brother Summary

Black Brother, Black Brother

by Jewell Parker Rhodes 2020 240 pages

Realistic Fiction

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow Summary

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow

by Gabrielle Zevin 2022 401 pages

Heated Rivalry Summary

by Rachel Reid 2019 375 pages

How to Read a Book Summary

How to Read a Book

by Monica Wood 2024 288 pages

Books About Books

Love & Gelato Summary

by Jenna Evans Welch 2016 386 pages

Firekeeper’s Daughter Summary

Firekeeper’s Daughter

by Angeline Boulley 2021 496 pages

The Kid Summary

by Sapphire 2003 374 pages

African American

Shantaram Summary

by Gregory David Roberts 2003 936 pages

Historical Fiction

Happy Place Summary

by Emily Henry 2023 400 pages

Contemporary Romance

by Neal Shusterman 2018 390 pages

Science Fiction

Heart the Lover Summary

Heart the Lover

by Lily King 2025 256 pages

Literary Fiction

The Cheerleaders Summary

The Cheerleaders

by Kara Thomas 2018 384 pages

The Storyteller Summary

The Storyteller

by Jodi Picoult 2013 461 pages

Historical Fiction

I Am Not Jessica Chen Summary

I Am Not Jessica Chen

by Ann Liang 2025 320 pages

by Yamile Saied Méndez 2020 368 pages

Eleven Minutes Summary

by Paulo Coelho 2003 273 pages

The Maid's Secret Summary

The Maid's Secret

by Nita Prose 2025 336 pages

Mystery Thriller

Wildfire Summary

by Hannah Grace 2023 387 pages

Anxious People Summary

by Fredrik Backman 2019 336 pages

Another Life Summary

by Kristin Hannah 2004 422 pages

Terms and Conditions Summary

Terms and Conditions

by Lauren Asher 2022 494 pages

Contemporary Romance

The Blood We Crave Summary

The Blood We Crave

by Monty Jay 2023 333 pages

by Sadie Kincaid 2024 396 pages

Billionaire Romance

The Poppy Fields Summary

The Poppy Fields

by Nikki Erlick 2025 324 pages

Science Fiction

Magical Realism

Check & Mate Summary

by Ali Hazelwood 2023 347 pages

Big Mouth and Ugly Girl Summary

Big Mouth and Ugly Girl

by Joyce Carol Oates 2002 288 pages

Tryst Six Venom Summary

Tryst Six Venom

by Penelope Douglas 2021 589 pages

Enemies To Lovers

Better than the Prom Summary

Better than the Prom

by Lynn Painter 2022 30 pages

by S.J. Tilly 2023 368 pages

The American Roommate Experiment Summary

The American Roommate Experiment

by Elena Armas 2022 400 pages

Friends To Lovers

The Witness Summary

by Nora Roberts 2012 757 pages

Romantic Suspense

New Boy Summary

by Tracy Chevalier 2017 188 pages

Historical Fiction

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