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Fiction Book Summaries

Icon and Inferno Summary
Icon and Inferno
by Marie Lu 2024 320 pages
3.91
2.8K ratings
Romance
Young Adult
Mystery
Violeta Summary
Violeta
by Isabel Allende 2022 322 pages
4.03
98.7K ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
Book Club
Sing, Unburied, Sing Summary
Sing, Unburied, Sing
by Jesmyn Ward 2017 285 pages
4.00
143.5K ratings
Book Club
Magical Realism
Contemporary
The Affair Summary
The Affair
by Lee Child 2011 427 pages
4.16
106.3K ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Crime
Changes Summary
Changes
by Jim Butcher 2010 438 pages
4.51
120.2K ratings
Fantasy
Urban Fantasy
Mystery
The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963 Summary
The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963
by Christopher Paul Curtis 1995 224 pages
4.00
69.8K ratings
Historical Fiction
Young Adult
Middle Grade
The Lincoln Highway Summary
The Lincoln Highway
by Amor Towles 2021 576 pages
4.22
293.6K ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Historical
Fire Summary
Fire
by Kristin Cashore 2009 480 pages
4.10
191.6K ratings
Fantasy
Young Adult
Romance
Worth Dying For Summary
Worth Dying For
by Lee Child 2010 400 pages
4.22
100.2K ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Crime
The Death of Virgil Summary
The Death of Virgil
by Hermann Broch 1945 493 pages
4.14
1.7K ratings
Historical Fiction
Classics
German Literature
Red Seas Under Red Skies Summary
Red Seas Under Red Skies
by Scott Lynch 2007 578 pages
4.25
153.6K ratings
Fantasy
Adventure
Epic Fantasy
The Black Tulip Summary
The Black Tulip
by Alexandre Dumas 1850 246 pages
3.85
22.4K ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
France
Frankenstein Summary
Frankenstein
The 1818 Text
by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley 1818 260 pages
3.89
1.7M ratings
Horror
Science Fiction
Gothic
The Interestings Summary
The Interestings
by Meg Wolitzer 2013 468 pages
3.60
121.6K ratings
Book Club
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
Sent Summary
Sent
by Margaret Peterson Haddix 2009 320 pages
3.94
17.9K ratings
Science Fiction
Young Adult
Time Travel
Caligula and Three Other Plays Summary
Caligula and Three Other Plays
by Albert Camus 1949 302 pages
4.05
2.4K ratings
Plays
Drama
Philosophy
Chasing Vermeer Summary
Chasing Vermeer
by Blue Balliett 2004 254 pages
3.73
31.0K ratings
Mystery
Middle Grade
Young Adult
The Accomplice Summary
The Accomplice
by Steve Cavanagh 2022 352 pages
4.45
12.7K ratings
Thriller
Crime
Mystery
Three Days in June Summary
Three Days in June
by Anne Tyler 2025 165 pages
3.72
39.4K ratings
Romance
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
Their Eyes Were Watching God Summary
Their Eyes Were Watching God
by Zora Neale Hurston 1937 238 pages
3.99
372.8K ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
School
Dead Simple Summary
Dead Simple
by Peter James 2005 336 pages
4.06
29.9K ratings
Crime
Mystery
Thriller
House Atreides Summary
House Atreides
by Brian Herbert 1999 681 pages
3.83
29.2K ratings
Science Fiction
Fantasy
Science Fiction Fantasy
Proven Guilty Summary
Proven Guilty
by Jim Butcher 2006 547 pages
4.39
126.2K ratings
Fantasy
Urban Fantasy
Mystery
Trollhunters Summary
Trollhunters
by Guillermo del Toro 2015 336 pages
3.69
3.3K ratings
Fantasy
Young Adult
Horror
A Twisted Love Story Summary
A Twisted Love Story
by Samantha Downing 2023 390 pages
3.21
12.6K ratings
Thriller
Mystery Thriller
Mystery
Graceling Summary
Graceling
by Kristin Cashore 2008 471 pages
4.07
474.7K ratings
Fantasy
Young Adult
Romance
The Bourne Supremacy Summary
The Bourne Supremacy
by Robert Ludlum 1986 688 pages
4.11
181.1K ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Suspense
That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime (Light Novel), Vol. 2 Summary
That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime (Light Novel), Vol. 2
by Fuse 2014 304 pages
4.44
2.6K ratings
Light Novel
Fantasy
Manga
Cross Justice Summary
Cross Justice
by James Patterson 2015 528 pages
4.26
32.5K ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Crime
The Boy Who Couldn't Die Summary
The Boy Who Couldn't Die
by William Sleator 2004 161 pages
3.67
1.9K ratings
Horror
Young Adult
Fantasy
Atlas Shrugged & The Fountainhead Summary
Atlas Shrugged & The Fountainhead
by Ayn Rand 1995
4.10
5.0K ratings
Classics
Philosophy
Politics
Violets Are Blue Summary
Violets Are Blue
by James Patterson 2001 391 pages
4.01
67.8K ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Crime
My Lovely Wife Summary
My Lovely Wife
by Samantha Downing 2019 390 pages
3.83
157.4K ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Mystery Thriller
Glass Houses Summary
Glass Houses
by Rachel Caine 2006 239 pages
3.92
102.8K ratings
Vampires
Young Adult
Fantasy
Ballistic Summary
Ballistic
by Mark Greaney 2011 467 pages
4.31
23.9K ratings
Thriller
Action
Espionage
Almost Surely Dead Summary
Almost Surely Dead
by Amina Akhtar 2024 298 pages
3.69
20.5K ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Mystery Thriller
The Thief Summary
The Thief
by Megan Whalen Turner 1996 280 pages
3.85
91.0K ratings
Fantasy
Young Adult
Adventure
Jitterbug Perfume Summary
Jitterbug Perfume
by Tom Robbins 1984 342 pages
4.23
79.2K ratings
Fantasy
Humor
Magical Realism
All the Forgivenesses Summary
All the Forgivenesses
by Elizabeth Hardinger 2019 371 pages
4.26
17.0K ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
Book Club
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them Summary
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
The Original Screenplay
by J.K. Rowling 2016 293 pages
4.15
164.7K ratings
Fantasy
Young Adult
Plays
Early Years Summary
Early Years
by TurtleMe 2016 247 pages
4.35
9.9K ratings
Fantasy
Light Novel
Manga
Hector and the Search for Lost Time Summary
Hector and the Search for Lost Time
by François Lelord 2006 240 pages
3.65
1.4K ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
German Literature
Small Spaces Summary
Small Spaces
by Katherine Arden 2018 218 pages
4.01
28.1K ratings
Middle Grade
Horror
Fantasy
The Glass Bead Game Summary
The Glass Bead Game
by Hermann Hesse 1943 558 pages
4.10
40.9K ratings
Classics
Philosophy
Literature
The Night Is Short, Walk on Girl Summary
The Night Is Short, Walk on Girl
by Tomihiko Morimi 2006 265 pages
3.99
1.5K ratings
Japanese Literature
Japan
Fantasy
Funny You Should Ask Summary
Funny You Should Ask
by Elissa Sussman 2022 352 pages
3.57
136.2K ratings
Romance
Contemporary
Contemporary Romance
Convergence Summary
Convergence
by TurtleMe 2017 446 pages
4.37
6.4K ratings
Fantasy
Light Novel
Magic
City of Lost Souls Summary
City of Lost Souls
by Cassandra Clare 2012 535 pages
4.21
555.5K ratings
Fantasy
Young Adult
Romance
The Awakening Summary
The Awakening
by Nora Roberts 2020 435 pages
4.18
68.0K ratings
Fantasy
Romance
Paranormal
Tiddler Summary
Tiddler
by Julia Donaldson 2008 30 pages
4.20
2.9K ratings
Picture Books
Childrens
Animals
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