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Literary Fiction Book Summaries

Dream Count

by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie • 2025

by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 2025 474 pages

by Amanda Peters • 2023

by Amanda Peters 2023 307 pages

by Samantha Harvey • 2023

by Samantha Harvey 2023 224 pages

by Coco Mellors • 2024

by Coco Mellors 2024 352 pages

by Imbolo Mbue • 2016

by Imbolo Mbue 2016 400 pages

by Tommy Orange • 2018

by Tommy Orange 2018 294 pages

by Osamu Dazai • 1948

by Osamu Dazai 1948 176 pages

by Paul Lynch • 2023

by Paul Lynch 2023 259 pages

by Colson Whitehead • 2019

by Colson Whitehead 2019 213 pages

by Donna Tartt • 1992

Immersive

The Secret History

by Donna Tartt 1992 559 pages

by R.F. Kuang • 2023

by R.F. Kuang 2023 319 pages

by Miranda July • 2024

by Miranda July 2024 336 pages

Small Things Like These

by Claire Keegan • 2021

Small Things Like These

by Claire Keegan 2021 118 pages

by John Williams • 1965

by John Williams 1965 292 pages

Fresh Water for Flowers

by Valérie Perrin • 2018

Fresh Water for Flowers

by Valérie Perrin 2018 476 pages

Convenience Store Woman

by Sayaka Murata • 2016

Convenience Store Woman

by Sayaka Murata 2016 163 pages

by Elizabeth Strout • 2024

by Elizabeth Strout 2024 326 pages

by Sohn Won-Pyung • 2017

by Sohn Won-Pyung 2017 272 pages

by Han Kang • 2014

by Han Kang 2014 218 pages

Little Fires Everywhere

by Celeste Ng • 2017

Little Fires Everywhere

by Celeste Ng 2017 338 pages

by Kazuo Ishiguro • 2005

by Kazuo Ishiguro 2005 288 pages

by Fredrik Backman • 2016

by Fredrik Backman 2016 432 pages

by Han Kang • 2007

by Han Kang 2007 158 pages

by Colm Tóibín • 2024

by Colm Tóibín 2024 294 pages

by Aravind Adiga • 2008

by Aravind Adiga 2008 288 pages

by Shelley Read • 2023

by Shelley Read 2023 320 pages

by Amor Towles • 2024

by Amor Towles 2024 451 pages

All That Life Can Afford

by Emily Everett • 2025

All That Life Can Afford

by Emily Everett 2025 384 pages

by Sally Rooney • 2018

by Sally Rooney 2018 273 pages

by Ariana Harwicz • 2012

by Ariana Harwicz 2012 128 pages

by Fredrik Backman • 2012

by Fredrik Backman 2012 337 pages

by Kazuo Ishiguro • 2021

by Kazuo Ishiguro 2021 303 pages

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow

by Gabrielle Zevin • 2022

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow

by Gabrielle Zevin 2022 399 pages

by Abraham Verghese • 2009

by Abraham Verghese 2009 560 pages

The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store

by James McBride • 2023

The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store

by James McBride 2023 400 pages

by Sylvia Plath • 1963

by Sylvia Plath 1963 294 pages

by Yael van der Wouden • 2024

by Yael van der Wouden 2024 272 pages

by Yaa Gyasi • 2016

by Yaa Gyasi 2016 305 pages

by Fredrik Backman • 2019

by Fredrik Backman 2019 336 pages

by Holly Brickley • 2025

by Holly Brickley 2025 277 pages

by Maggie O'Farrell • 2020

by Maggie O'Farrell 2020 372 pages

by Pat Conroy • 1986

by Pat Conroy 1986 679 pages

by Anita Desai • 2024

by Anita Desai 2024 112 pages

by David Foster Wallace • 1996

by David Foster Wallace 1996 1088 pages

The Covenant of Water

by Abraham Verghese • 2023

The Covenant of Water

by Abraham Verghese 2023 715 pages

by Elena Ferrante • 2011

by Elena Ferrante 2011 331 pages

The City and Its Uncertain Walls

by Haruki Murakami • 2023

The City and Its Uncertain Walls

by Haruki Murakami 2023 449 pages

by Ann Napolitano • 2023

by Ann Napolitano 2023 594 pages

by Han Kang • 2011

by Han Kang 2011 192 pages

by Viet Thanh Nguyen • 2015

by Viet Thanh Nguyen 2015 384 pages

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