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Fiction Book Summaries

Ground Zero Summary
Ground Zero
by Alan Gratz 2021 336 pages
4.33
23.7K ratings
Historical Fiction
Middle Grade
Young Adult
Crime and Punishment Summary
Crime and Punishment
by Fyodor Dostoevsky 1866 671 pages
4.28
1.0M ratings
Russia
Russian Literature
Literature
Nexus Summary
Nexus
by Ramez Naam 2012 460 pages
4.04
20.8K ratings
Science Fiction
Cyberpunk
Thriller
Glow Summary
Glow
by Raven Kennedy 2022 705 pages
4.14
125.1K ratings
Romance
Romantasy
Fantasy Romance
Train to Pakistan Summary
Train to Pakistan
by Khushwant Singh 1956 181 pages
3.94
30.9K ratings
India
Historical Fiction
Classics
Yellowface Summary
Yellowface
by R.F. Kuang 2023 319 pages
3.74
840.0K ratings
Contemporary
Book Club
Literary Fiction
The Testaments Summary
The Testaments
by Margaret Atwood 2019 422 pages
4.20
386.5K ratings
Dystopia
Science Fiction
Feminism
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd Summary
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
by Agatha Christie 1926 288 pages
4.27
315.5K ratings
Mystery
Crime
Mystery Thriller
The Grace Year Summary
The Grace Year
by Kim Liggett 2019 416 pages
4.14
208.3K ratings
Young Adult
Dystopia
Fantasy
Gild Summary
Gild
by Raven Kennedy 2020 402 pages
3.60
257.2K ratings
Romance
Romantasy
Fantasy Romance
When Haru Was Here Summary
When Haru Was Here
by Dustin Thao 2024 304 pages
3.82
6.7K ratings
Romance
Young Adult
LGBT
The Humans Summary
The Humans
by Matt Haig 2013 285 pages
4.08
147.5K ratings
Science Fiction
Fantasy
Book Club
Station Eleven Summary
Station Eleven
by Emily St. John Mandel 2014 333 pages
4.07
578.5K ratings
Science Fiction
Dystopia
Book Club
One of Us Is Next Summary
One of Us Is Next
by Karen M. McManus 2020 377 pages
3.90
267.4K ratings
Mystery
Young Adult
Thriller
Before the Coffee Gets Cold Summary
Before the Coffee Gets Cold
by Toshikazu Kawaguchi 2015 213 pages
3.67
594.8K ratings
Fantasy
Magical Realism
Contemporary
11/22/63 Summary
11/22/63
by Stephen King 2011 849 pages
4.35
601.0K ratings
Historical Fiction
Science Fiction
Time Travel
The Housemaid Is Watching Summary
The Housemaid Is Watching
by Freida McFadden 2024 364 pages
3.88
674.9K ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Mystery Thriller
World War Z Summary
World War Z
An Oral History of the Zombie War
by Max Brooks 2006 342 pages
4.02
552.0K ratings
Horror
Zombies
Science Fiction
The Lost Bookshop Summary
The Lost Bookshop
by Evie Woods 2023 432 pages
4.02
268.7K ratings
Fantasy
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Tell Me Everything Summary
Tell Me Everything
by Elizabeth Strout 2024 326 pages
4.07
64.4K ratings
Book Club
Literary Fiction
Contemporary
Apprentice to the Villain Summary
Apprentice to the Villain
by Hannah Nicole Maehrer 2024 368 pages
4.11
116.8K ratings
Fantasy
Romance
Romantasy
The Little Prince Summary
The Little Prince
by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry 1943 96 pages
4.33
2.3M ratings
Classics
Fantasy
Childrens
Heavenly Bodies Summary
Heavenly Bodies
by Imani Erriu 2022 619 pages
4.02
23.3K ratings
Fantasy
Romantasy
Romance
Diary of a Wimpy Kid Summary
Diary of a Wimpy Kid
by Jeff Kinney 2007 226 pages
3.98
743.8K ratings
Humor
Childrens
Middle Grade
Nine Days Summary
Nine Days
by Toni Jordan 2012 245 pages
3.73
2.5K ratings
Historical Fiction
Australia
School
As Good As Dead Summary
As Good As Dead
by Holly Jackson 2021 500 pages
4.19
500.3K ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Young Adult
For You and Only You Summary
For You and Only You
by Caroline Kepnes 2023 448 pages
3.30
12.5K ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Mystery Thriller
Legend Summary
Legend
by Marie Lu 2011 305 pages
4.15
552.2K ratings
Dystopia
Young Adult
Fantasy
The Gods Are Not to Blame Summary
The Gods Are Not to Blame
by Ola Rotimi 1971 72 pages
4.00
1.0K ratings
Plays
African Literature
Nigeria
Hyperion Summary
Hyperion
by Dan Simmons 1989 500 pages
4.27
280.8K ratings
Science Fiction
Fantasy
Space Opera
Hidden Pictures Summary
Hidden Pictures
by Jason Rekulak 2022 372 pages
4.16
471.2K ratings
Horror
Thriller
Mystery
The Apothecary Diaries (Light Novel) Summary
The Apothecary Diaries (Light Novel)
Volume 8
by Natsu Hyuuga 2019 275 pages
4.55
2.4K ratings
Light Novel
Romance
Mystery
The Eminence in Shadow (Light Novel), Volume 1 Summary
The Eminence in Shadow (Light Novel), Volume 1
by Daisuke Aizawa 2018 285 pages
4.24
1.3K ratings
Light Novel
Fantasy
Manga
From Blood and Ash Summary
From Blood and Ash
by Jennifer L. Armentrout 2020 622 pages
4.22
753.8K ratings
Romance
Romantasy
Fantasy Romance
Divergence Summary
Divergence
by TurtleMe 2020 622 pages
4.48
4.6K ratings
Fantasy
Light Novel
Adventure
Gone Girl Summary
Gone Girl
by Gillian Flynn 2012 415 pages
4.14
3.3M ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Book Club
The Setting Sun Summary
The Setting Sun
by Osamu Dazai 1947 175 pages
3.98
37.8K ratings
Classics
Japanese Literature
Japan
The Do-Over Summary
The Do-Over
by Lynn Painter 2022 304 pages
3.93
156.2K ratings
Romance
Young Adult
Contemporary
The Seven Year Slip Summary
The Seven Year Slip
by Ashley Poston 2023 336 pages
4.18
451.7K ratings
Contemporary
Magical Realism
Book Club
The Notebook Summary
The Notebook
by Nicholas Sparks 1996 214 pages
4.16
1.8M ratings
Romance
Chick Lit
Contemporary
Terror Summary
Terror
Ein Theaterstück und eine Rede
by Ferdinand von Schirach 2015 176 pages
4.19
8.3K ratings
Plays
School
German Literature
The Crash Summary
The Crash
by Freida McFadden 2025 384 pages
3.73
342.1K ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Mystery Thriller
The Long Walk Summary
The Long Walk
by Richard Bachman 1978 370 pages
4.07
212.6K ratings
Horror
Dystopia
Thriller
Feed Summary
Feed
by M.T. Anderson 2002 308 pages
3.55
66.6K ratings
Young Adult
Science Fiction
Dystopia
Book Lovers Summary
Book Lovers
by Emily Henry 2022 377 pages
4.11
1.4M ratings
Romance
Contemporary
Contemporary Romance
Wrong Place Wrong Time Summary
Wrong Place Wrong Time
by Gillian McAllister 2022 416 pages
3.97
412.9K ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Book Club
Call Me By Your Name Summary
Call Me By Your Name
by André Aciman 2007 248 pages
4.10
558.7K ratings
Romance
LGBT
Queer
Peak Summary
Peak
by Roland Smith 2007 246 pages
3.97
22.0K ratings
Young Adult
Realistic Fiction
Survival
In the Wild Light Summary
In the Wild Light
by Jeff Zentner 2021 432 pages
4.45
11.5K ratings
Young Adult
Realistic Fiction
Contemporary
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Summary
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
by J.K. Rowling 2005 652 pages
4.58
3.5M ratings
Fantasy
Young Adult
Magic
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