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The Dispossessed Summary
The Dispossessed
An Ambiguous Utopia
by Ursula K. Le Guin 1974 387 pages
4.25
140.0K ratings
Science Fiction
Fantasy
Classics
Before I Fall Summary
Before I Fall
by Lauren Oliver 2010 470 pages
3.88
343.4K ratings
Young Adult
Contemporary
Romance
The Sun Is Also a Star Summary
The Sun Is Also a Star
by Nicola Yoon 2016 344 pages
3.96
350.1K ratings
Romance
Young Adult
Contemporary
Love Is a Dog from Hell Summary
Love Is a Dog from Hell
by Charles Bukowski 1977 312 pages
3.96
37.6K ratings
Classics
Poetry
Literature
The Eye of the World Summary
The Eye of the World
by Robert Jordan 1990 800 pages
4.19
567.5K ratings
Fantasy
Epic Fantasy
High Fantasy
The Goose Girl Summary
The Goose Girl
by Shannon Hale 2003 383 pages
4.14
146.8K ratings
Fantasy
Young Adult
Romance
Walking Disaster Summary
Walking Disaster
by Jamie McGuire 2013 448 pages
4.14
202.9K ratings
Romance
New Adult
Contemporary
After You Summary
After You
by Jojo Moyes 2015 352 pages
3.74
405.3K ratings
Romance
Contemporary
Chick Lit
Lawn Boy Summary
Lawn Boy
by Jonathan Evison 2018 320 pages
3.83
9.4K ratings
Banned Books
LGBT
Young Adult
Piranesi Summary
Piranesi
by Susanna Clarke 2020 272 pages
4.22
382.9K ratings
Fantasy
Mystery
Magical Realism
The Black Kids Summary
The Black Kids
by Christina Hammonds Reed 2020
4.03
10.9K ratings
Young Adult
Historical Fiction
Contemporary
Twelfth Night Summary
Twelfth Night
by William Shakespeare 1602 272 pages
3.96
190.7K ratings
Plays
Classics
School
Winter of the World Summary
Winter of the World
by Ken Follett 2012 940 pages
4.38
171.3K ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
War
Love Arranged Summary
Love Arranged
by Lauren Asher 2025 562 pages
4.20
763 ratings
Romance
Contemporary Romance
Contemporary
Just the Nicest Couple Summary
Just the Nicest Couple
by Mary Kubica 2023 320 pages
3.56
198.0K ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Mystery Thriller
The Crucible Summary
The Crucible
by Arthur Miller 1953 143 pages
3.61
447.6K ratings
Classics
Plays
Historical Fiction
The Most Dangerous Game Summary
The Most Dangerous Game
by Richard Connell 1924 48 pages
3.95
58.7K ratings
Classics
Short Stories
Horror
The Original Daughter Summary
The Original Daughter
by Jemimah Wei 2025 368 pages
3.87
1.2K ratings
Historical Fiction
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
The Graveyard Book Summary
The Graveyard Book
by Neil Gaiman 2008 312 pages
4.16
558.6K ratings
Fantasy
Young Adult
Horror
Ready or Not Summary
Ready or Not
by Cara Bastone 2024 400 pages
3.97
66.0K ratings
Romance
Friends To Lovers
Contemporary
Malinche Summary
Malinche
by Laura Esquivel 2005 191 pages
3.34
6.6K ratings
Historical Fiction
Spanish Literature
Historical
Left Behind Summary
Left Behind
by Tim LaHaye 1995 470 pages
3.86
242.4K ratings
Christian
Christian Fiction
Fantasy
The Black Book Summary
The Black Book
by Orhan Pamuk 1990 466 pages
3.92
12.8K ratings
Turkish Literature
Turkish
Mystery
Like a House on Fire Summary
Like a House on Fire
by Cate Kennedy 2012 288 pages
3.46
1.5K ratings
Short Stories
Contemporary
School
It's Kind of a Funny Story Summary
It's Kind of a Funny Story
by Ned Vizzini 2006 444 pages
4.08
259.0K ratings
Young Adult
Contemporary
Mental Health
The Quarry Girls Summary
The Quarry Girls
by Jess Lourey 2022 335 pages
4.03
113.0K ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Mystery Thriller
If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler Summary
If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler
by Italo Calvino 1979 260 pages
4.02
106.7K ratings
Classics
Italian Literature
Magical Realism
The Aspect of Essence Summary
The Aspect of Essence
by Samantha Amstutz 2023 412 pages
4.00
6.4K ratings
Fantasy
Romantasy
Romance
In the Veins of the Drowning Summary
In the Veins of the Drowning
by Kalie Cassidy 2025 384 pages
4.13
6.8K ratings
Fantasy
Romantasy
Romance
The Eagle of the Ninth Summary
The Eagle of the Ninth
by Rosemary Sutcliff 1954 294 pages
3.94
11.7K ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
Young Adult
The Cuck Summary
The Cuck
by Aron Beauregard 2022 76 pages
3.45
1.2K ratings
Horror
Splatterpunk
Horror Thriller
Heavenbreaker Summary
Heavenbreaker
by Sara Wolf 2024 448 pages
3.71
12.8K ratings
Fantasy
Science Fiction
Romance
Dear Evan Hansen Summary
Dear Evan Hansen
by Val Emmich 2018 368 pages
3.87
70.1K ratings
Young Adult
Contemporary
Mental Health
Gone with the Wind Summary
Immersive
Gone with the Wind
by Margaret Mitchell 1936 1037 pages
4.31
1.3M ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Romance
Last Argument of Kings Summary
Last Argument of Kings
by Joe Abercrombie 2008 536 pages
4.35
183.0K ratings
Fantasy
Epic Fantasy
Dark Fantasy
Finlay Donovan Is Killing It Summary
Finlay Donovan Is Killing It
by Elle Cosimano 2021 355 pages
4.00
210.5K ratings
Mystery
Mystery Thriller
Thriller
Caps for Sale Summary
Caps for Sale
A Tale of a Peddler, Some Monkeys and Their Monkey Business
by Esphyr Slobodkina 1940 48 pages
4.17
94.3K ratings
Picture Books
Childrens
Classics
A ​Sky Beyond the Storm Summary
A ​Sky Beyond the Storm
by Sabaa Tahir 2020 516 pages
4.29
73.8K ratings
Fantasy
Young Adult
Romance
Shibumi Summary
Shibumi
by Trevanian 1979 472 pages
4.18
19.0K ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Espionage
The Girl in the White Van Summary
The Girl in the White Van
by April Henry 2020 224 pages
3.87
4.4K ratings
Mystery
Young Adult
Thriller
Welcome to the Hyunam-Dong Bookshop Summary
Welcome to the Hyunam-Dong Bookshop
by Hwang Bo-Reum 2022 307 pages
3.93
61.2K ratings
Contemporary
Books About Books
Cozy
Disgrace Summary
Disgrace
by J.M. Coetzee 1999 220 pages
3.86
113.0K ratings
Africa
South Africa
Classics
The Border Summary
The Border
by Don Winslow 2019 768 pages
4.47
18.1K ratings
Crime
Thriller
Mystery
The Book of Elsewhere Summary
The Book of Elsewhere
by Keanu Reeves 2024 352 pages
3.33
6.8K ratings
Fantasy
Science Fiction
Horror
The Idiot Summary
The Idiot
by Fyodor Dostoevsky 1869 667 pages
4.21
203.8K ratings
Russia
Russian Literature
Literature
The Golden Compass Summary
The Golden Compass
by Philip Pullman 1995 399 pages
4.03
1.6M ratings
Fantasy
Young Adult
Childrens
If I Stay Summary
If I Stay
by Gayle Forman 2009 208 pages
3.91
950.0K ratings
Young Adult
Romance
Contemporary
Upgrade Summary
Upgrade
by Blake Crouch 2022 352 pages
3.81
111.3K ratings
Science Fiction
Thriller
Mystery
The Kite Runner Summary
The Kite Runner
Graphic Novel
by Khaled Hosseini 2011 132 pages
4.45
23.1K ratings
Graphic Novels
Historical Fiction
Comics
Ship of Destiny Summary
Ship of Destiny
by Robin Hobb 2000 789 pages
4.31
82.0K ratings
Fantasy
Epic Fantasy
Dragons
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