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Fiction Book Summaries

The City of Ember Summary
The City of Ember
by Jeanne DuPrau 2003 270 pages
3.90
293.4K ratings
Young Adult
Fantasy
Dystopia
Beartown Summary
Beartown
by Fredrik Backman 2016 432 pages
4.29
530.5K ratings
Contemporary
Book Club
Sports
The Fellowship of the Ring Summary
Music Immersive
The Fellowship of the Ring
by J.R.R. Tolkien 1954 398 pages
4.40
3.0M ratings
Fantasy
Classics
Adventure
Jonathan Livingston Seagull Summary
Jonathan Livingston Seagull
by Richard Bach 1970 112 pages
3.86
265.0K ratings
Classics
Philosophy
Fantasy
The Song of Achilles Summary
Music Immersive
The Song of Achilles
by Madeline Miller 2011 408 pages
4.31
1.8M ratings
Fantasy
Historical Fiction
Romance
Normal People Summary
Normal People
by Sally Rooney 2018 273 pages
3.81
1.7M ratings
Romance
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest Summary
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
by Ken Kesey 1962 325 pages
4.20
762.1K ratings
Classics
Psychology
Literature
The Lincoln Lawyer Summary
The Lincoln Lawyer
by Michael Connelly 2005 404 pages
4.22
248.2K ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Crime
The Measure Summary
The Measure
by Nikki Erlick 2022 353 pages
3.98
314.2K ratings
Book Club
Science Fiction
Fantasy
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
All the Young Dudes Summary
All the Young Dudes
by MsKingBean89 2018 1799 pages
4.77
36.8K ratings
Fantasy
Fan Fiction
Romance
When Nietzsche Wept Summary
When Nietzsche Wept
by Irvin D. Yalom 1992 310 pages
4.36
79.4K ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Historical Fiction
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
The Golden Raven Summary
The Golden Raven
by Nora Sakavic 2025 484 pages
4.62
10.4K ratings
LGBT
Contemporary
Sports
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 Smart Money Woman Summary
The Smart Money Woman
by Arese Ugwu 2016 224 pages
4.19
1.1K ratings
Finance
Money
Self Help
Still Life Summary
Still Life
by Louise Penny 2005 293 pages
3.90
271.4K ratings
Mystery
Mystery Thriller
Crime
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
The Bell Jar Summary
The Bell Jar
by Sylvia Plath 1963 294 pages
4.06
1.1M ratings
Classics
Feminism
Mental Health
Klara and the Sun Summary
Klara and the Sun
by Kazuo Ishiguro 2021 303 pages
3.74
397.6K ratings
Science Fiction
Book Club
Dystopia
Almond Summary
Almond
by Sohn Won-Pyung 2017 272 pages
4.15
155.6K ratings
Contemporary
Young Adult
Literary Fiction
The Last Letter Summary
The Last Letter
by Rebecca Yarros 2019 426 pages
4.50
326.5K ratings
Romance
Book Club
Contemporary
The Family Upstairs Summary
The Family Upstairs
by Lisa Jewell 2019 352 pages
3.96
512.4K ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Mystery Thriller
With a Vengeance Summary
With a Vengeance
by Riley Sager 2025 383 pages
3.54
2.9K ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Mystery Thriller
Beloved Summary
Beloved
by Toni Morrison 1987 325 pages
3.97
470.2K ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Magical Realism
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
3.57
106.8K ratings
Romance
Philosophy
Novels
Big Mouth and Ugly Girl Summary
Big Mouth and Ugly Girl
by Joyce Carol Oates 2002 288 pages
3.33
5.8K ratings
Young Adult
Contemporary
School
Tell No One Summary
Tell No One
by Harlan Coben 2001 370 pages
4.06
180.4K ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Mystery Thriller
Every Day Summary
Every Day
by David Levithan 2012 322 pages
3.90
240.5K ratings
Young Adult
Romance
Fantasy
Before the Ever After Summary
Before the Ever After
by Jacqueline Woodson 2020 176 pages
4.18
15.6K ratings
Middle Grade
Poetry
Sports
The Giver Summary
The Giver
by Lois Lowry 1993 208 pages
4.12
2.7M ratings
Young Adult
Classics
Dystopia
Yours Truly Summary
Yours Truly
by Abby Jimenez 2023 416 pages
4.31
671.3K ratings
Romance
Contemporary
Contemporary Romance
The Return of Ellie Black Summary
The Return of Ellie Black
by Emiko Jean 2024 299 pages
3.99
76.3K ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Mystery Thriller
The Death Cure Summary
The Death Cure
by James Dashner 2011 325 pages
3.78
482.3K ratings
Young Adult
Dystopia
Science Fiction
The Shadow of the Gods Summary
The Shadow of the Gods
by John Gwynne 2021 480 pages
4.21
70.5K ratings
Fantasy
Dragons
High Fantasy
The Fall Summary
The Fall
by Albert Camus 1956 147 pages
4.04
124.1K ratings
Philosophy
France
Literature
Delirium Summary
Delirium
by Lauren Oliver 2011 441 pages
3.95
475.3K ratings
Young Adult
Dystopia
Romance
Rodrick Rules Summary
Rodrick Rules
by Jeff Kinney 2008 226 pages
4.16
189.6K ratings
Humor
Middle Grade
Childrens
Heir of Fire Summary
Heir of Fire
by Sarah J. Maas 2014 576 pages
4.45
1.3M ratings
Young Adult
Fantasy
Romance
Anna Karenina Summary
Anna Karenina
by Leo Tolstoy 1878 964 pages
4.10
895.9K ratings
Classics
Romance
Russia
Spy Ski School Summary
Spy Ski School
by Stuart Gibbs 2016 368 pages
4.54
11.2K ratings
Mystery
Middle Grade
Adventure
Everything Sad Is Untrue Summary
Everything Sad Is Untrue
by Daniel Nayeri 2020 368 pages
4.31
39.3K ratings
Young Adult
Middle Grade
Book Club
Children of Blood and Bone Summary
Children of Blood and Bone
by Tomi Adeyemi 2018 544 pages
4.11
242.8K ratings
Fantasy
Young Adult
Magic
Babel Summary
Babel
by R.F. Kuang 2022 544 pages
4.16
370.2K ratings
Fantasy
Historical Fiction
Dark Academia
The Missing Sister Summary
The Missing Sister
by Lucinda Riley 2021 805 pages
4.20
77.9K ratings
Historical Fiction
Romance
Roman
The Blind Owl Summary
The Blind Owl
by Sadegh Hedayat 1937 148 pages
3.96
32.2K ratings
Classics
Iran
Horror
The Chaos Agent Summary
The Chaos Agent
by Mark Greaney 2024 556 pages
4.47
12.3K ratings
Thriller
Action
Espionage
The Primal Hunter 8 Summary
The Primal Hunter 8
by Zogarth 2024 604 pages
4.59
6.8K ratings
Fantasy
Science Fiction Fantasy
Role Playing Games
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 Hating Game Summary
The Hating Game
by Sally Thorne 2016 387 pages
3.87
792.3K ratings
Romance
Contemporary
Enemies To Lovers
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