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Fiction Book Summaries

Saving Max Summary
Saving Max
by Antoinette van Heugten 2010 376 pages
3.83
11.5K ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Book Club
The Well of Ascension Summary
The Well of Ascension
by Brandon Sanderson 2007 590 pages
4.38
582.5K ratings
Fantasy
High Fantasy
Epic Fantasy
The Night Swim Summary
The Night Swim
by Megan Goldin 2020 341 pages
4.03
116.8K ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Mystery Thriller
The Big Empty Summary
The Big Empty
by Robert Crais 2025 373 pages
4.55
10.4K ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Crime
Scion of Ikshvaku Summary
Scion of Ikshvaku
by Amish Tripathi 2015 354 pages
3.86
46.0K ratings
Mythology
Fantasy
Indian Literature
Two Sides to Every Murder Summary
Two Sides to Every Murder
by Danielle Valentine 2024 282 pages
3.67
8.3K ratings
Mystery
Young Adult
Thriller
The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea Summary
The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea
by Yukio Mishima 1963 181 pages
3.84
48.1K ratings
Japan
Classics
Japanese Literature
The Gunslinger Summary
Music Immersive
The Gunslinger
by Stephen King 1982 231 pages
3.91
644.6K ratings
Fantasy
Horror
Science Fiction
Finale Summary
Finale
by Becca Fitzpatrick 2012 466 pages
4.11
183.5K ratings
Fantasy
Young Adult
Romance
The Sound and the Fury Summary
The Sound and the Fury
by William Faulkner 1929 366 pages
3.86
190.5K ratings
Literature
Classics
Novels
Kokoro Summary
Kokoro
by Natsume Sōseki 1914 256 pages
4.04
38.2K ratings
Japan
Classics
Japanese Literature
2001 Summary
2001
A Space Odyssey
by Arthur C. Clarke 1968 297 pages
4.17
328.0K ratings
Science Fiction
Classics
Science Fiction Fantasy
Attack on Titan, Vol. 1 Summary
Attack on Titan, Vol. 1
by Hajime Isayama 2010 193 pages
4.48
272.7K ratings
Fantasy
Graphic Novels
Horror
The Rules of Magic Summary
The Rules of Magic
by Alice Hoffman 2017 369 pages
4.01
121.6K ratings
Fantasy
Magical Realism
Historical Fiction
Night of the Living Dummy Summary
Night of the Living Dummy
by R.L. Stine 1993 160 pages
3.84
33.1K ratings
Horror
Childrens
Middle Grade
Lethal White Summary
Lethal White
by Robert Galbraith 2018 650 pages
4.25
178.8K ratings
Mystery
Crime
Thriller
Dubliners Summary
Dubliners
by James Joyce 1914 352 pages
3.84
167.9K ratings
Classics
Short Stories
Ireland
A Stranger in the House Summary
A Stranger in the House
by Shari Lapena 2017 305 pages
3.68
163.5K ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Mystery Thriller
Cross Summary
Cross
by James Patterson 2006 393 pages
4.05
70.2K ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Crime
Pop Goes the Weasel Summary
Pop Goes the Weasel
by James Patterson 1999 461 pages
4.04
73.2K ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Crime
Carrie Soto Is Back Summary
Carrie Soto Is Back
by Taylor Jenkins Reid 2022 384 pages
4.20
640.0K ratings
Historical Fiction
Contemporary
Romance
What Alice Forgot Summary
What Alice Forgot
by Liane Moriarty 2010 487 pages
4.07
498.4K ratings
Book Club
Chick Lit
Contemporary
The Reversal Summary
The Reversal
by Michael Connelly 2010 389 pages
4.21
85.2K ratings
Mystery
Crime
Thriller
Cilka's Journey Summary
Cilka's Journey
by Heather Morris 2019 352 pages
4.40
204.6K ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
World War II
Freedom Summary
Freedom
by Jonathan Franzen 2010 562 pages
3.79
172.6K ratings
Book Club
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
Death of a Salesman Summary
Death of a Salesman
by Arthur Miller 1949 144 pages
3.58
250.3K ratings
Classics
Plays
Drama
Anatomy Summary
Anatomy
A Love Story
by Dana Schwartz 2022 338 pages
3.84
99.3K ratings
Historical Fiction
Romance
Young Adult
The Tell-Tale Heart Summary
The Tell-Tale Heart
by Edgar Allan Poe 1843 31 pages
4.24
114.8K ratings
Classics
Short Stories
Horror
Stuck with You Summary
Stuck with You
by Ali Hazelwood 2022 127 pages
3.56
151.7K ratings
Romance
Contemporary
Novella
The Best Short Stories of Fyodor Dostoevsky Summary
The Best Short Stories of Fyodor Dostoevsky
by Fyodor Dostoevsky 1877 320 pages
4.23
4.1K ratings
Short Stories
Classics
Russia
We Were the Mulvaneys Summary
We Were the Mulvaneys
by Joyce Carol Oates 1996 454 pages
3.75
103.7K ratings
Book Club
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
To Sleep in a Sea of Stars Summary
To Sleep in a Sea of Stars
by Christopher Paolini 2020 880 pages
3.80
66.6K ratings
Science Fiction
Fantasy
Space Opera
Woodsong Paperback Book by Gary Paulsen Summary
Woodsong Paperback Book by Gary Paulsen
by Gary Paulsen 1990 144 pages
3.93
3.9K ratings
Young Adult
Adventure
Animals
Behind Closed Doors Summary
Behind Closed Doors
by B.A. Paris 2016 293 pages
3.97
703.1K ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Mystery Thriller
The Wild Duck Summary
The Wild Duck
by Henrik Ibsen 1884 128 pages
3.80
10.8K ratings
Plays
Classics
Theatre
Girl, Missing Summary
Girl, Missing
by Sophie McKenzie 2006 283 pages
3.81
18.4K ratings
Mystery
Young Adult
Thriller
Middlesex Summary
Middlesex
by Jeffrey Eugenides 2002 529 pages
4.04
654.0K ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Contemporary
The Crown Summary
The Crown
by Kiera Cass 2016 278 pages
3.62
302.7K ratings
Romance
Young Adult
Dystopia
Moby-Dick or, The Whale Summary
Music Immersive
Moby-Dick or, The Whale
by Herman Melville 1851 720 pages
3.56
596.8K ratings
Classics
Literature
Adventure
Where'd You Go, Bernadette Summary
Where'd You Go, Bernadette
by Maria Semple 2012 330 pages
3.87
589.7K ratings
Book Club
Contemporary
Humor
Horus Rising Summary
Horus Rising
by Dan Abnett 2006 416 pages
4.25
34.8K ratings
Science Fiction
40k
Fantasy
The Back of the Turtle Summary
The Back of the Turtle
by Thomas King 2014 518 pages
4.07
3.8K ratings
Indigenous
Canada
Book Club
Camera Shy Summary
Camera Shy
by Kay Cove 2023 446 pages
4.02
37.6K ratings
Romance
Contemporary Romance
Friends To Lovers
The Lords of Discipline Summary
The Lords of Discipline
by Pat Conroy 1980 512 pages
4.34
29.4K ratings
Historical Fiction
Military Fiction
Southern
The Scarlet Pimpernel Summary
The Scarlet Pimpernel
by Emmuska Orczy 1905 182 pages
4.07
139.4K ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Adventure
The Whispers Summary
The Whispers
by Ashley Audrain 2023 336 pages
3.81
84.1K ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Mystery Thriller
Rules of Civility Summary
Rules of Civility
by Amor Towles 2011 335 pages
4.09
258.8K ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Historical
Breathe and Count Back from Ten Summary
Breathe and Count Back from Ten
by Natalia Sylvester 2022 352 pages
3.84
3.5K ratings
Young Adult
Romance
Contemporary
Library of Souls Summary
Library of Souls
by Ransom Riggs 2015 458 pages
4.14
160.0K ratings
Fantasy
Young Adult
Paranormal
Thinner Summary
Thinner
by Richard Bachman 1984 320 pages
3.78
220.8K ratings
Horror
Thriller
Fantasy
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