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Fiction Book Summaries

Homo Faber Summary
Homo Faber
by Max Frisch 1957 214 pages
3.68
29.8K ratings
Classics
German Literature
School
The Talented Mr. Ripley Summary
The Talented Mr. Ripley
by Patricia Highsmith 1955 271 pages
3.95
108.1K ratings
Classics
Mystery
Thriller
The Name of the Wind Summary
The Name of the Wind
by Patrick Rothfuss 2007 662 pages
4.52
1.0M ratings
Fantasy
Epic Fantasy
High Fantasy
A Time to Kill Summary
A Time to Kill
by John Grisham 1989 738 pages
4.12
817.5K ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Crime
Kill for Me, Kill for You Summary
Kill for Me, Kill for You
by Steve Cavanagh 2023 340 pages
4.16
115.5K ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Mystery Thriller
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
The River Summary
The River
by Gary Paulsen 1991 160 pages
3.82
31.2K ratings
Young Adult
Adventure
Survival
Kingdom of Ash Summary
Kingdom of Ash
by Sarah J. Maas 2018 984 pages
4.71
898.4K ratings
Romance
Young Adult
Romantasy
Pachinko Summary
Pachinko
by Min Jin Lee 2017 496 pages
4.34
563.6K ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Historical
The Couple Next Door Summary
The Couple Next Door
by Shari Lapena 2016 308 pages
3.80
669.2K ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Mystery Thriller
Journal 64 Summary
Journal 64
by Jussi Adler-Olsen 2010 461 pages
4.06
26.9K ratings
Mystery
Crime
Thriller
Gifted & Talented Summary
Gifted & Talented
by Olivie Blake 2025 512 pages
3.77
3.0K ratings
Fantasy
Adult
Contemporary
The Nightingale Summary
The Nightingale
by Kristin Hannah 2015 564 pages
4.64
1.8M ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
World War II
The da Vinci Code Summary
The da Vinci Code
by Dan Brown 2003 489 pages
3.93
2.5M ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Mystery Thriller
Ordinary Grace Summary
Ordinary Grace
by William Kent Krueger 2013 307 pages
4.27
179.1K ratings
Book Club
Mystery
Historical Fiction
One Piece, Volume 1 Summary
One Piece, Volume 1
Romance Dawn
by Eiichiro Oda 1997 207 pages
4.49
166.4K ratings
Manga
Fantasy
Comics
The Hating Game Summary
The Hating Game
by Sally Thorne 2016 387 pages
3.87
792.3K ratings
Romance
Contemporary
Enemies To Lovers
Things We Left Behind Summary
Things We Left Behind
by Lucy Score 2023 698 pages
4.40
373.5K ratings
Romance
Enemies To Lovers
Contemporary Romance
Divergent Summary
Divergent
by Veronica Roth 2011 487 pages
4.14
4.2M ratings
Young Adult
Dystopia
Fantasy
Everything I Never Told You Summary
Everything I Never Told You
by Celeste Ng 2014 297 pages
3.84
591.3K ratings
Book Club
Contemporary
Mystery
The Hunger Games Summary
The Hunger Games
by Suzanne Collins 2008 374 pages
4.34
9.4M ratings
Young Adult
Dystopia
Fantasy
Primal Fear Summary
Primal Fear
by William Diehl 1992 399 pages
4.24
9.9K ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Crime
Murder in the Family Summary
Murder in the Family
by Cara Hunter 2023 466 pages
3.72
46.4K ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Mystery Thriller
The Lovely Bones Summary
The Lovely Bones
by Alice Sebold 2002 372 pages
3.86
2.4M ratings
Mystery
Young Adult
Contemporary
The Summer I Turned Pretty Trilogy Summary
The Summer I Turned Pretty Trilogy
by Jenny Han 2011 896 pages
4.21
38.7K ratings
Romance
Young Adult
Summer
House of Sky and Breath Summary
House of Sky and Breath
by Sarah J. Maas 2022 805 pages
4.44
691.8K ratings
Fantasy
Romance
Romantasy
Still Life Summary
Still Life
by Louise Penny 2005 293 pages
3.90
271.4K ratings
Mystery
Mystery Thriller
Crime
Stoner Summary
Stoner
by John Williams 1965 292 pages
4.35
210.6K ratings
Historical Fiction
Classics
Literature
Siddhartha Summary
Siddhartha
by Hermann Hesse 1922 152 pages
4.08
835.6K ratings
Classics
Philosophy
Spirituality
Fish in a Tree Summary
Fish in a Tree
by Lynda Mullaly Hunt 2015 288 pages
4.26
81.0K ratings
Middle Grade
Realistic Fiction
Young Adult
Unravel Me Summary
Unravel Me
by Tahereh Mafi 2013 480 pages
4.11
689.3K ratings
Fantasy
Dystopia
Young Adult
Second Class Citizen Summary
Second Class Citizen
by Buchi Emecheta 1974 174 pages
4.09
4.5K ratings
Africa
Nigeria
African Literature
Solaris Summary
Solaris
by Stanisław Lem 1961 204 pages
3.99
121.6K ratings
Science Fiction
Classics
Polish Literature
Uglies Summary
Uglies
by Scott Westerfeld 2005 425 pages
3.85
697.8K ratings
Young Adult
Dystopia
Science Fiction
Catch-22 Summary
Catch-22
by Joseph Heller 1961 453 pages
3.99
866.7K ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
War
Eleven Minutes Summary
Eleven Minutes
by Paulo Coelho 2003 273 pages
3.71
186.0K ratings
Romance
Novels
Contemporary
The Pearl Summary
The Pearl
by John Steinbeck 1947 96 pages
3.55
258.0K ratings
Literature
School
Historical Fiction
Life’s Too Short Summary
Life’s Too Short
by Abby Jimenez 2021 384 pages
4.16
220.4K ratings
Romance
Contemporary
Contemporary Romance
The City and Its Uncertain Walls Summary
The City and Its Uncertain Walls
by Haruki Murakami 2023 449 pages
3.78
23.2K ratings
Fantasy
Magical Realism
Japan
Lore Summary
Lore
by Alexandra Bracken 2021 480 pages
3.75
102.6K ratings
Fantasy
Mythology
Young Adult
The Count of Monte Cristo Summary
The Count of Monte Cristo
by Alexandre Dumas 1846 1276 pages
4.31
979.0K ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Adventure
Keeper'n Me Summary
Keeper'n Me
by Richard Wagamese 1994 224 pages
4.00
2.5K ratings
Indigenous
Canada
Historical Fiction
Neuromancer Summary
Neuromancer
by William Gibson 1984 288 pages
3.89
349.8K ratings
Science Fiction
Cyberpunk
Classics
The Locked Door Summary
The Locked Door
by Freida McFadden 2021 313 pages
4.00
500.5K ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Mystery Thriller
Mistborn Summary
Mistborn
The Final Empire
by Brandon Sanderson 2006 541 pages
4.49
864.4K ratings
Fantasy
High Fantasy
Epic Fantasy
Somewhere Beyond the Sea Summary
Somewhere Beyond the Sea
by T.J. Klune 2024 416 pages
4.17
126.8K ratings
Fantasy
LGBT
Romance
Gone Summary
Gone
by Michael Grant 2008 560 pages
3.87
207.5K ratings
Young Adult
Dystopia
Fantasy
The Plague Summary
The Plague
by Albert Camus 1947 308 pages
4.02
294.9K ratings
Classics
Philosophy
France
Iron Gold Summary
Iron Gold
by Pierce Brown 2018 602 pages
4.22
137.7K ratings
Science Fiction
Fantasy
Dystopia
Mad Honey Summary
Mad Honey
by Jodi Picoult 2022 464 pages
4.08
532.6K ratings
Book Club
Mystery
Contemporary
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