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The Queen's Gambit Summary

The Queen's Gambit

by Walter Tevis 1983 258 pages

Historical Fiction

All Your Perfects Summary

All Your Perfects

by Colleen Hoover 2018 305 pages

Contemporary Romance

The Storyteller Summary

The Storyteller

by Jodi Picoult 2013 461 pages

Historical Fiction

The Kiss Thief Summary

by L.J. Shen 2019 320 pages

Enemies To Lovers

Five Feet Apart Summary

Five Feet Apart

by Rachael Lippincott 2018 288 pages

This Book Kills Summary

This Book Kills

by Ravena Guron 2023 357 pages

The Pearl Sister Summary

The Pearl Sister

by Lucinda Riley 2017 702 pages

Historical Fiction

Pretty Rings & Broken Things Summary

Pretty Rings & Broken Things

by Kat Singleton 2024 366 pages

Forced Proximity

Billionaire Romance

The Devil Wears Prada Summary

The Devil Wears Prada

by Lauren Weisberger 2003 384 pages

Love Unwritten Summary

by Lauren Asher 2024 551 pages

Contemporary Romance

Forced Proximity

Hopeless Summary

by Colleen Hoover 2012 410 pages

Things We Left Behind Summary

Things We Left Behind

by Lucy Score 2023 698 pages

Enemies To Lovers

Contemporary Romance

The Witness Summary

by Nora Roberts 2012 757 pages

Romantic Suspense

The Mistake Summary

by Elle Kennedy 2015 296 pages

A Visit from the Goon Squad Summary

A Visit from the Goon Squad

by Jennifer Egan 2010 274 pages

Limerence Summary

by H.C. Dolores 2024 415 pages

The Temporary Wife Summary

The Temporary Wife

by Catharina Maura 2023 384 pages

Enemies To Lovers

Contemporary Romance

The Lovely Bones Summary

The Lovely Bones

by Alice Sebold 2002 372 pages

The City and Its Uncertain Walls Summary

The City and Its Uncertain Walls

by Haruki Murakami 2023 449 pages

Magical Realism

The Story of the Lost Child Summary

The Story of the Lost Child

by Elena Ferrante 2014 473 pages

Historical Fiction

Italian Literature

Pucking Around Summary

by Emily Rath 2023 756 pages

A Certain Hunger Summary

A Certain Hunger

by Chelsea G. Summers 2019 250 pages

Daisy Haites Summary

The Great Undoing

by Jessa Hastings 2022 366 pages

Contemporary Romance

On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous Summary

On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

by Ocean Vuong 2019 246 pages

The Raven King Summary

by Nora Sakavic 2013 423 pages

Silent Lies Summary

by Neva Altaj 2023 342 pages

American Psycho Summary

American Psycho

by Bret Easton Ellis 1991 399 pages

Story of My Life Summary

Story of My Life

by Lucy Score 2025 528 pages

Contemporary Romance

Yours Truly Summary

by Abby Jimenez 2023 416 pages

Contemporary Romance

Hidden Bodies Summary

by Caroline Kepnes 2016 448 pages

Mystery Thriller

Life’s Too Short Summary

Life’s Too Short

by Abby Jimenez 2021 384 pages

Contemporary Romance

Eleven Minutes Summary

by Paulo Coelho 2003 273 pages

The Paradise Problem Summary

The Paradise Problem

by Christina Lauren 2024 352 pages

Contemporary Romance

Mad Honey Summary

by Jodi Picoult 2022 464 pages

by Athol Fugard 1979 232 pages

Archer's Voice Summary

by Mia Sheridan 2014 377 pages

Contemporary Romance

How to Make Friends with the Dark Summary

How to Make Friends with the Dark

by Kathleen Glasgow 2019 421 pages

Truly, Devious Summary

by Maureen Johnson 2018 416 pages

Mystery Thriller

Everything Sad Is Untrue Summary

Everything Sad Is Untrue

by Daniel Nayeri 2020 368 pages

by Luna Mason 2024 556 pages

Gifted & Talented Summary

Gifted & Talented

by Olivie Blake 2025 512 pages

All the Bright Places Summary

All the Bright Places

by Jennifer Niven 2015 388 pages

Blood of My Monster Summary

Blood of My Monster

by Rina Kent 2023 349 pages

The Wingman Summary

by Stephanie Archer 2024 448 pages

Friends To Lovers

The Human Stain Summary

The Human Stain

by Philip Roth 2000 361 pages

We Are Not From Here Summary

We Are Not From Here

by Jenny Torres Sanchez 2020 344 pages

Realistic Fiction

Shantaram Summary

by Gregory David Roberts 2003 936 pages

Historical Fiction

Restart Summary

by Gordon Korman 2017 256 pages

Realistic Fiction

The Love of My Afterlife Summary

The Love of My Afterlife

by Kirsty Greenwood 2024 369 pages

Magical Realism

His Tesoro Summary

by Emilia Rossi 2024 396 pages

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