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Fiction Book Summaries

Stay Awake Summary
Stay Awake
by Megan Goldin 2022 340 pages
3.81
37.9K ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Mystery Thriller
Made You Up Summary
Made You Up
by Francesca Zappia 2015 428 pages
4.02
30.1K ratings
Young Adult
Contemporary
Mental Health
In Five Years Summary
In Five Years
by Rebecca Serle 2020 272 pages
3.78
580.8K ratings
Romance
Contemporary
Book Club
Flight Behavior Summary
Flight Behavior
by Barbara Kingsolver 2012 436 pages
3.82
99.3K ratings
Book Club
Literary Fiction
Environment
The Dead Romantics Summary
The Dead Romantics
by Ashley Poston 2022 368 pages
3.92
224.1K ratings
Contemporary
Paranormal
Fantasy
The Time Machine Summary
The Time Machine
by H.G. Wells 1895 118 pages
3.89
548.2K ratings
Science Fiction
Classics
Time Travel
An Offer From a Gentleman Summary
An Offer From a Gentleman
by Julia Quinn 2001 390 pages
3.94
379.2K ratings
Romance
Historical Romance
Historical Fiction
Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers Summary
Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers
by Jesse Q. Sutanto 2023 339 pages
4.03
143.4K ratings
Mystery
Mystery Thriller
Book Club
Thea Stilton and the Spanish Dance Mission Summary
Thea Stilton and the Spanish Dance Mission
by Thea Stilton 2013 176 pages
4.31
2.2K ratings
Childrens
Mystery
Middle Grade
Saturday Summary
Saturday
by Ian McEwan 2005 289 pages
3.64
72.2K ratings
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
Book Club
First Wife's Shadow Summary
First Wife's Shadow
by Adele Parks 2024 368 pages
3.99
7.0K ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Mystery Thriller
The Age of Innocence Summary
The Age of Innocence
by Edith Wharton 1920 293 pages
3.97
187.5K ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Romance
For Whom the Bell Tolls Summary
For Whom the Bell Tolls
by Ernest Hemingway 1940 471 pages
3.98
308.5K ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Literature
Everything We Never Said Summary
Everything We Never Said
by Sloan Harlow 2024 336 pages
3.84
17.4K ratings
Romance
Thriller
Young Adult
Welcome to Dead House Summary
Welcome to Dead House
by R.L. Stine 1992 160 pages
3.85
40.1K ratings
Horror
Childrens
Middle Grade
Bodas de sangre Summary
Bodas de sangre
by Federico García Lorca 1932 167 pages
3.87
31.4K ratings
Plays
Classics
Spanish Literature
A Tale for the Time Being Summary
A Tale for the Time Being
by Ruth Ozeki 2013 432 pages
4.06
130.1K ratings
Japan
Magical Realism
Book Club
Notes on an Execution Summary
Notes on an Execution
by Danya Kukafka 2022 306 pages
4.06
122.0K ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Mystery Thriller
Rich Man, Poor Man Summary
Rich Man, Poor Man
by Irwin Shaw 1969 666 pages
4.18
38.3K ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Drama
The Metamorphosis, In the Penal Colony, and Other Stories Summary
The Metamorphosis, In the Penal Colony, and Other Stories
The Great Short Works of Franz Kafka
by Franz Kafka 1915 352 pages
4.09
20.4K ratings
Classics
Short Stories
Literature
61 Hours Summary
61 Hours
by Lee Child 2010 383 pages
4.13
96.9K ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Crime
Before We Forget Kindness Summary
Before We Forget Kindness
by Toshikazu Kawaguchi 2023 224 pages
3.92
13.4K ratings
Fantasy
Magical Realism
Japanese Literature
Ace of Spades Summary
Ace of Spades
by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé 2021 470 pages
4.14
96.0K ratings
Young Adult
Mystery
Thriller
City of Night Birds Summary
City of Night Birds
by Juhea Kim 2024 320 pages
3.64
7.5K ratings
Historical Fiction
Literary Fiction
Russia
The Secret Keeper Summary
The Secret Keeper
by Kate Morton 2012 484 pages
4.16
169.8K ratings
Historical Fiction
Mystery
Book Club
Inferno Summary
Inferno
by Dante Alighieri 1320 490 pages
4.03
198.0K ratings
Classics
Poetry
Literature
The Dryad Storm Summary
The Dryad Storm
by Laurie Forest 2025 752 pages
3.24
3.0K ratings
Fantasy
Young Adult
Romance
David Copperfield Summary
David Copperfield
by Charles Dickens 1850 882 pages
4.04
251.2K ratings
Literature
Historical Fiction
19th Century
Capture or Kill Summary
Capture or Kill
by Don Bentley 2024 459 pages
4.36
12.2K ratings
Thriller
Spy Thriller
Mystery Thriller
Three Sisters Summary
Three Sisters
by Heather Morris 2021 416 pages
4.37
84.7K ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
Holocaust
The Frugal Wizard’s Handbook for Surviving Medieval England Summary
The Frugal Wizard’s Handbook for Surviving Medieval England
by Brandon Sanderson 2023 399 pages
3.76
62.7K ratings
Fantasy
Science Fiction
Time Travel
The Breakaway Summary
The Breakaway
by Jennifer Weiner 2023 400 pages
3.76
56.6K ratings
Romance
Chick Lit
Contemporary
It Starts with Us, It Ends with Us Collection Summary
It Starts with Us, It Ends with Us Collection
by Colleen Hoover 2022 636 pages
4.41
10.1K ratings
Romance
Book Club
Chick Lit
My Sister's Grave Summary
My Sister's Grave
by Robert Dugoni 2014 410 pages
4.10
162.2K ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Crime
The Namesake Summary
The Namesake
by Jhumpa Lahiri 2003 304 pages
4.02
278.4K ratings
Book Club
Literary Fiction
Contemporary
Night Film Summary
Night Film
by Marisha Pessl 2013 640 pages
3.78
94.1K ratings
Mystery
Horror
Thriller
Jack & Jill Summary
Jack & Jill
by James Patterson 1996 466 pages
4.00
86.6K ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Crime
Practical Magic Summary
Practical Magic
by Alice Hoffman 1995 286 pages
3.72
153.0K ratings
Fantasy
Magical Realism
Romance
Johnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams Summary
Johnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams
Short Stories, Prose and Diary Excerpts
by Sylvia Plath 1977 336 pages
3.92
6.5K ratings
Short Stories
Poetry
Classics
Iron Widow Summary
Iron Widow
by Xiran Jay Zhao 2021 394 pages
4.04
101.0K ratings
Fantasy
Science Fiction
Young Adult
Nimona Summary
Nimona
by N.D. Stevenson 2015 272 pages
4.18
179.2K ratings
Graphic Novels
Fantasy
Young Adult
The Harbinger Summary
The Harbinger
The Ancient Mystery That Holds the Secret of America's Future
by Jonathan Cahn 2011 262 pages
3.99
26.8K ratings
Christian
Christian Fiction
Religion
The Counterfeiters Summary
The Counterfeiters
by André Gide 1925 451 pages
3.83
10.0K ratings
France
Classics
French Literature
Five Little Indians Summary
Five Little Indians
by Michelle Good 2020 304 pages
4.47
43.3K ratings
Historical Fiction
Indigenous
Book Club
No Plan B Summary
No Plan B
by Lee Child 2022 336 pages
3.98
60.6K ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Crime
The Empusium Summary
The Empusium
A Health Resort Horror Story
by Olga Tokarczuk 2022 305 pages
3.81
15.9K ratings
Horror
Historical Fiction
Poland
The Bride Summary
The Bride
by Julie Garwood 1989 352 pages
4.23
69.2K ratings
Historical Romance
Romance
Historical
In the Lives of Puppets Summary
In the Lives of Puppets
by T.J. Klune 2023 432 pages
3.91
89.8K ratings
Fantasy
Science Fiction
LGBT
Crossed Summary
Crossed
by Ally Condie 2011 367 pages
3.52
255.0K ratings
Young Adult
Dystopia
Romance
Fool Moon Summary
Fool Moon
by Jim Butcher 2001 424 pages
3.98
205.1K ratings
Fantasy
Urban Fantasy
Mystery
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