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Fiction Book Summaries

We Used to Live Here Summary
We Used to Live Here
by Marcus Kliewer 2024 312 pages
3.68
147.2K ratings
Horror
Thriller
Mystery
Looking for Alaska Summary
Looking for Alaska
by John Green 2005 221 pages
3.96
1.7M ratings
Young Adult
Contemporary
Romance
A Thousand Splendid Suns Summary
A Thousand Splendid Suns
by Khaled Hosseini 2007 372 pages
4.45
1.7M ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Contemporary
Daisy Haites Summary
Daisy Haites
The Great Undoing
by Jessa Hastings 2022 366 pages
4.47
70.8K ratings
Romance
Contemporary
Contemporary Romance
Circe Summary
Circe
by Madeline Miller 2018 393 pages
4.23
1.2M ratings
Fantasy
Mythology
Historical Fiction
Convenience Store Woman Summary
Convenience Store Woman
by Sayaka Murata 2016 163 pages
3.68
338.2K ratings
Contemporary
Japan
Japanese Literature
The Case of the Missing Marquess Summary
The Case of the Missing Marquess
by Nancy Springer 2006 216 pages
3.78
41.7K ratings
Mystery
Historical Fiction
Young Adult
The Picture of Dorian Gray Summary
The Picture of Dorian Gray
by Oscar Wilde 1890 272 pages
4.13
1.7M ratings
Classics
Horror
Gothic
The Wednesday Wars Summary
The Wednesday Wars
by Gary D. Schmidt 2007 264 pages
4.12
45.8K ratings
Historical Fiction
Young Adult
Middle Grade
The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise Summary
The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise
by Dan Gemeinhart 2019 352 pages
4.45
30.2K ratings
Middle Grade
Realistic Fiction
Young Adult
The Bell Jar Summary
The Bell Jar
by Sylvia Plath 1963 294 pages
4.06
1.1M ratings
Classics
Feminism
Mental Health
The Brothers Karamazov Summary
The Brothers Karamazov
by Fyodor Dostoevsky 1880 796 pages
4.38
363.0K ratings
Russia
Classics
Russian Literature
Memoirs of a Geisha Summary
Memoirs of a Geisha
by Arthur Golden 1997 434 pages
4.16
2.1M ratings
Historical Fiction
Romance
Historical
I Am Not Jessica Chen Summary
I Am Not Jessica Chen
by Ann Liang 2025 320 pages
4.07
8.9K ratings
Romance
Young Adult
Contemporary
You've Reached Sam Summary
You've Reached Sam
by Dustin Thao 2021 296 pages
3.61
159.7K ratings
Romance
Young Adult
Contemporary
Beartown Summary
Beartown
by Fredrik Backman 2016 432 pages
4.29
530.5K ratings
Contemporary
Book Club
Sports
Kafka on the Shore Summary
Kafka on the Shore
by Haruki Murakami 2002 467 pages
4.12
519.3K ratings
Magical Realism
Fantasy
Japanese Literature
Where the Crawdads Sing Summary
Where the Crawdads Sing
by Delia Owens 2018 384 pages
4.38
3.4M ratings
Book Club
Historical Fiction
Mystery
The Player of Games Summary
The Player of Games
by Iain M. Banks 1988 293 pages
4.28
77.4K ratings
Science Fiction
Space Opera
Science Fiction Fantasy
The Poppy War Summary
The Poppy War
by R.F. Kuang 2018 545 pages
4.17
387.8K ratings
Fantasy
Historical Fiction
Adult
The Fall Summary
The Fall
by Albert Camus 1956 147 pages
4.04
124.1K ratings
Philosophy
France
Literature
The Titan’s Curse Summary
The Titan’s Curse
by Rick Riordan 2007 352 pages
4.37
1.2M ratings
Fantasy
Young Adult
Mythology
The Man in the Brown Suit Summary
The Man in the Brown Suit
by Agatha Christie 1924 381 pages
3.95
119.8K ratings
Mystery
Agatha Christie
Crime
Terms and Conditions Summary
Terms and Conditions
by Lauren Asher 2022 494 pages
4.10
433.0K ratings
Contemporary
Fake Dating
Contemporary Romance
Les Liaisons dangereuses Summary
Les Liaisons dangereuses
by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos 1782 402 pages
4.05
56.6K ratings
Classics
France
French Literature
God Emperor of Dune Summary
God Emperor of Dune
by Frank Herbert 1981 587 pages
3.88
136.0K ratings
Science Fiction
Fantasy
Science Fiction Fantasy
The Green Mile Summary
The Green Mile
by Stephen King 1996 592 pages
4.49
346.5K ratings
Horror
Fantasy
Thriller
The Three-Body Problem Summary
The Three-Body Problem
by Liu Cixin 2006 472 pages
4.08
446.6K ratings
Science Fiction
China
Fantasy
The Shining Summary
The Shining
by Stephen King 1977 497 pages
4.28
1.6M ratings
Horror
Thriller
Classics
Tess of the D’Urbervilles Summary
Tess of the D’Urbervilles
by Thomas Hardy 1891 518 pages
3.84
295.8K ratings
Classics
Literature
Historical Fiction
The Bright Years Summary
The Bright Years
by Sarah Damoff 2025 288 pages
4.34
4.6K ratings
Historical Fiction
Literary Fiction
Contemporary
One Day Summary
One Day
by David Nicholls 2009 435 pages
3.87
393.5K ratings
Romance
Contemporary
Book Club
Go as a River Summary
Go as a River
by Shelley Read 2023 320 pages
4.26
146.9K ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Historical
Under the Oak Tree, Vol. 1 Summary
Under the Oak Tree, Vol. 1
by Suji Kim 2024 496 pages
3.70
5.6K ratings
Fantasy
Romance
Romantasy
Killing Floor Summary
Killing Floor
by Lee Child 1997 474 pages
4.08
340.0K ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Crime
A Short Stay in Hell Summary
A Short Stay in Hell
by Steven L. Peck 2011 110 pages
4.18
37.9K ratings
Horror
Fantasy
Philosophy
The Shawshank Redemption Summary
The Shawshank Redemption
Different Seasons
by Stephen King 1994 507 pages
4.48
5.1K ratings
Horror
Thriller
Short Stories
The Lincoln Lawyer Summary
The Lincoln Lawyer
by Michael Connelly 2005 404 pages
4.22
248.2K ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Crime
The Kite Runner Summary
The Kite Runner
by Khaled Hosseini 2003 371 pages
4.35
3.4M ratings
Historical Fiction
Classics
Contemporary
A Discovery of Witches Summary
A Discovery of Witches
by Deborah Harkness 2011 592 pages
4.02
535.5K ratings
Fantasy
Romance
Paranormal
The A.B.C. Murders Summary
The A.B.C. Murders
by Agatha Christie 1936 232 pages
4.03
186.9K ratings
Mystery
Classics
Crime
Every Day Summary
Every Day
by David Levithan 2012 322 pages
3.90
240.5K ratings
Young Adult
Romance
Fantasy
Atlas Summary
Atlas
The Story of Pa Salt
by Lucinda Riley 2023 750 pages
4.51
76.0K ratings
Historical Fiction
Romance
Roman
Metro 2033 Summary
Metro 2033
by Dmitry Glukhovsky 2002 458 pages
4.03
71.1K ratings
Science Fiction
Horror
Post Apocalyptic
The Unbearable Lightness of Being Summary
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
by Milan Kundera 1984 314 pages
4.11
516.6K ratings
Philosophy
Literature
Novels
The Lost Symbol Summary
The Lost Symbol
by Dan Brown 2009 509 pages
3.76
635.2K ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Mystery Thriller
The Coworker Summary
The Coworker
by Freida McFadden 2023 362 pages
3.75
458.2K ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Mystery Thriller
The Giver Summary
The Giver
by Lois Lowry 1993 208 pages
4.12
2.7M ratings
Young Adult
Classics
Dystopia
We Need to Talk About Kevin Summary
We Need to Talk About Kevin
by Lionel Shriver 2003 400 pages
4.08
205.4K ratings
Book Club
Thriller
Contemporary
Babel Summary
Babel
by R.F. Kuang 2022 544 pages
4.16
370.2K ratings
Fantasy
Historical Fiction
Dark Academia
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