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Fiction Book Summaries

My Name Is Emilia del Valle Summary
My Name Is Emilia del Valle
by Isabel Allende 2025 287 pages
3.96
2.5K ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
Magical Realism
Shōgun Summary
Shōgun
by James Clavell 1975 1152 pages
4.41
203.2K ratings
Historical Fiction
Japan
Historical
The Pillars of the Earth Summary
The Pillars of the Earth
by Ken Follett 1989 976 pages
4.35
802.1K ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
Fantasy
Life, the Universe and Everything Summary
Life, the Universe and Everything
by Douglas Adams 1982 224 pages
4.17
244.4K ratings
Science Fiction
Humor
Fantasy
Consider Phlebas Summary
Consider Phlebas
by Iain M. Banks 1987 467 pages
3.85
96.9K ratings
Science Fiction
Space Opera
Science Fiction Fantasy
Middletide Summary
Middletide
by Sarah Crouch 2024 288 pages
3.52
14.7K ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Mystery Thriller
Doctor Faustus Summary
Doctor Faustus
by Thomas Mann 1947 535 pages
4.08
13.3K ratings
Classics
German Literature
Literature
Leviathan Falls Summary
Leviathan Falls
by James S.A. Corey 2021 528 pages
4.54
64.0K ratings
Science Fiction
Space Opera
Space
Mark of the Fool Summary
Mark of the Fool
by J.M. Clarke 2022 722 pages
4.31
7.9K ratings
Fantasy
Magic
Young Adult
Kill Shot Summary
Kill Shot
by Vince Flynn 2012 385 pages
4.32
58.0K ratings
Thriller
Espionage
Mystery
Heart Bones Summary
Heart Bones
by Colleen Hoover 2020 338 pages
4.21
635.7K ratings
Romance
Contemporary
New Adult
A Light in the Flame Summary
A Light in the Flame
by Jennifer L. Armentrout 2022 615 pages
4.49
141.1K ratings
Fantasy
Romance
Romantasy
The Screwtape Letters Summary
The Screwtape Letters
by C.S. Lewis 1942 222 pages
4.27
491.6K ratings
Christian
Classics
Religion
The Puppet Masters Summary
The Puppet Masters
by Robert A. Heinlein 1951 416 pages
3.89
33.7K ratings
Science Fiction
Horror
Science Fiction Fantasy
Cockroaches Summary
Cockroaches
by Jo Nesbø 1998 368 pages
3.73
62.6K ratings
Crime
Mystery
Thriller
Act of War Summary
Act of War
by Brad Thor 2014 358 pages
4.19
17.5K ratings
Thriller
Action
Suspense
Blindsighted Summary
Blindsighted
by Karin Slaughter 2001 418 pages
4.10
111.3K ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Crime
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man Summary
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
by James Joyce 1916 329 pages
3.64
159.6K ratings
Classics
Literature
Irish Literature
Wolves of the Calla Summary
Wolves of the Calla
by Stephen King 2003 960 pages
4.20
195.4K ratings
Fantasy
Horror
Science Fiction
This Tender Land Summary
This Tender Land
by William Kent Krueger 2019 450 pages
4.39
205.5K ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Historical
The Cuckoo's Calling Summary
The Cuckoo's Calling
by Robert Galbraith 2013 456 pages
3.89
609.7K ratings
Mystery
Crime
Thriller
Camino Ghosts Summary
Camino Ghosts
by John Grisham 2024 292 pages
4.20
52.0K ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Historical Fiction
Of Human Bondage Summary
Of Human Bondage
by W. Somerset Maugham 1915 684 pages
4.15
59.8K ratings
Classics
Literature
Novels
The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13 3/4 Summary
The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13 3/4
by Sue Townsend 1982 272 pages
3.88
50.9K ratings
Young Adult
Humor
Comedy
The Sorrows of Young Werther Summary
The Sorrows of Young Werther
by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1774 149 pages
3.69
146.4K ratings
German Literature
Classics
Literature
The Golden Compass Summary
The Golden Compass
by Philip Pullman 1995 399 pages
4.03
1.6M ratings
Fantasy
Young Adult
Childrens
The Black Book Summary
The Black Book
by Orhan Pamuk 1990 466 pages
3.92
12.8K ratings
Turkish Literature
Turkish
Mystery
Secretly Yours Summary
Secretly Yours
by Tessa Bailey 2023 384 pages
3.27
142.6K ratings
Romance
Contemporary
Contemporary Romance
1985 Summary
1985
by Anthony Burgess 1978 240 pages
3.47
1.5K ratings
Science Fiction
Dystopia
Classics
Bad Summer People Summary
Bad Summer People
by Emma Rosenblum 2023 272 pages
3.41
84.3K ratings
Mystery
Summer
Thriller
The Lost Year Summary
The Lost Year
by Katherine Marsh 2023 368 pages
4.47
4.5K ratings
Historical Fiction
Middle Grade
Historical
The Sun Also Rises Summary
The Sun Also Rises
by Ernest Hemingway 1926 189 pages
3.79
474.6K ratings
Classics
Literature
Novels
So Long, See You Tomorrow Summary
So Long, See You Tomorrow
by William Maxwell 1980 135 pages
3.89
13.8K ratings
Historical Fiction
Classics
Literary Fiction
The Black Echo Summary
The Black Echo
by Michael Connelly 1992 482 pages
4.14
209.5K ratings
Mystery
Crime
Thriller
A Song of Ice and Fire Summary
A Song of Ice and Fire
by George R.R. Martin 2000 5216 pages
4.60
63.7K ratings
Fantasy
Science Fiction Fantasy
Adventure
Hush, Hush Summary
Hush, Hush
by Becca Fitzpatrick 2009 391 pages
3.92
731.9K ratings
Fantasy
Young Adult
Romance
The Cyberiad Summary
The Cyberiad
by Stanisław Lem 1965 295 pages
4.14
13.7K ratings
Science Fiction
Short Stories
Humor
Sex and Rage Summary
Sex and Rage
by Eve Babitz 1979 256 pages
3.56
16.0K ratings
Contemporary
Classics
Feminism
The Family Remains Summary
The Family Remains
by Lisa Jewell 2022 452 pages
3.87
172.3K ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Mystery Thriller
The Remains of the Day Summary
The Remains of the Day
by Kazuo Ishiguro 1989 258 pages
4.14
337.3K ratings
Historical Fiction
Classics
Literary Fiction
Pippi Longstocking Summary
Pippi Longstocking
by Astrid Lindgren 1945 160 pages
4.15
205.8K ratings
Classics
Childrens
Middle Grade
Diary of a Murderer and Other Stories Summary
Diary of a Murderer and Other Stories
by Young-ha Kim 2019 200 pages
3.72
11.1K ratings
Short Stories
Thriller
Mystery
The Mother-in-Law Summary
The Mother-in-Law
by Sally Hepworth 2019 347 pages
3.97
188.4K ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Mystery Thriller
Lost Treasure of the Emerald Eye Summary
Lost Treasure of the Emerald Eye
by Geronimo Stilton 1997 128 pages
4.10
15.5K ratings
Childrens
Fantasy
Adventure
Mrs. Dalloway Summary
Mrs. Dalloway
by Virginia Woolf 1925 194 pages
3.78
334.6K ratings
Classics
Literature
Novels
The Keeper of Lost Things Summary
The Keeper of Lost Things
by Ruth Hogan 2017 288 pages
3.80
159.8K ratings
Book Club
Contemporary
Fantasy
Inferno Summary
Inferno
by Dan Brown 2013 463 pages
3.90
576.9K ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Mystery Thriller
The Next Mrs. Parrish Summary
The Next Mrs. Parrish
by Liv Constantine 2024 336 pages
3.81
93.8K ratings
Thriller
Mystery Thriller
Mystery
A Witch's Guide to Magical Innkeeping Summary
A Witch's Guide to Magical Innkeeping
by Sangu Mandanna 2025 336 pages
4.37
928 ratings
Fantasy
Romance
Cozy
Normal People Summary
Normal People
The Scripts
by Sally Rooney 2021 368 pages
4.59
2.3K ratings
Contemporary
Romance
Plays
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