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Literary works that challenge our understanding of the human experience through richly crafted language, complex characters, and profound themes. These masterfully written stories and reflections explore life's deepest questions while pushing the boundaries of storytelling itself.

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The Remains of the Day Summary
The Remains of the Day
by Kazuo Ishiguro 1989 258 pages
4.14
337.3K ratings
Historical Fiction
Classics
Literary Fiction
Boy Parts Summary
Boy Parts
by Eliza Clark 2020 304 pages
3.74
71.5K ratings
Horror
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
The Book of Unknown Americans Summary
The Book of Unknown Americans
by Cristina Henríquez 2014 286 pages
3.89
45.2K ratings
Book Club
Contemporary
Young Adult
Wide Sargasso Sea Summary
Wide Sargasso Sea
by Jean Rhys 1966 176 pages
3.59
101.4K ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Historical
Wild Dark Shore Summary
Wild Dark Shore
by Charlotte McConaghy 2025 298 pages
4.18
127.6K ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Book Club
En agosto nos vemos Summary
En agosto nos vemos
by Gabriel García Márquez 2024 142 pages
3.59
42.3K ratings
Romance
Classics
Spanish Literature
Trust Summary
Trust
by Hernan Diaz 2022 402 pages
3.81
147.9K ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Literary Fiction
Giovanni’s Room Summary
Giovanni’s Room
by James Baldwin 1956 178 pages
4.34
212.2K ratings
Classics
LGBT
Queer
The Blind Assassin Summary
The Blind Assassin
by Margaret Atwood 2000 637 pages
3.96
160.3K ratings
Historical Fiction
Mystery
Book Club
Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead Summary
Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead
by Olga Tokarczuk 2009 274 pages
3.95
130.6K ratings
Mystery
Book Club
Poland
Horse Summary
Horse
by Geraldine Brooks 2022 401 pages
4.26
181.0K ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Historical
Mrs. Dalloway Summary
Mrs. Dalloway
by Virginia Woolf 1925 194 pages
3.78
334.6K ratings
Classics
Literature
Novels
The Island of Missing Trees Summary
The Island of Missing Trees
by Elif Shafak 2021 354 pages
4.15
140.2K ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Magical Realism
Theo of Golden Summary
Theo of Golden
by Allen Levi 2023 399 pages
4.69
19.7K ratings
Book Club
Literary Fiction
Christian
The Moor's Account Summary
The Moor's Account
by Laila Lalami 2014 321 pages
4.04
12.4K ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
Morocco
The Story of a New Name Summary
The Story of a New Name
by Elena Ferrante 2012 471 pages
4.46
215.4K ratings
Historical Fiction
Italy
Italian Literature
Black Cake Summary
Black Cake
by Charmaine Wilkerson 2022 385 pages
4.09
212.4K ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Contemporary
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
Hamnet Summary
Hamnet
by Maggie O'Farrell 2020 372 pages
4.19
303.2K ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Historical
The Vanishing Half Summary
The Vanishing Half
by Brit Bennett 2020 343 pages
4.13
819.5K ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Contemporary
Flight Behavior Summary
Flight Behavior
by Barbara Kingsolver 2012 436 pages
3.82
99.3K ratings
Book Club
Literary Fiction
Environment
The Poisonwood Bible Summary
The Poisonwood Bible
by Barbara Kingsolver 1998 546 pages
4.11
773.5K ratings
Historical Fiction
Africa
Book Club
The Ministry of Utmost Happiness Summary
The Ministry of Utmost Happiness
by Arundhati Roy 2017 445 pages
3.55
37.7K ratings
India
Literary Fiction
Book Club
Good Material Summary
Good Material
by Dolly Alderton 2023 345 pages
3.85
207.0K ratings
Romance
Contemporary
Book Club
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry Summary
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
by Rachel Joyce 2012 320 pages
3.94
188.8K ratings
Book Club
Contemporary
British Literature
The Art of Nonfiction Summary
The Art of Nonfiction
A Guide for Writers and Readers
by Ayn Rand 2001 208 pages
3.97
529 ratings
Writing
Philosophy
Reference
Talking at Night Summary
Talking at Night
by Claire Daverley 2023 400 pages
3.93
53.6K ratings
Romance
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
Cleopatra and Frankenstein Summary
Cleopatra and Frankenstein
by Coco Mellors 2022 368 pages
3.71
190.9K ratings
Romance
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
The Goldfinch Summary
The Goldfinch
by Donna Tartt 2013 771 pages
3.96
997.7K ratings
Book Club
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
Buckeye Summary
Buckeye
by Patrick Ryan 2025 464 pages
4.48
338 ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
Literary Fiction
Normal People Summary
Normal People
The Scripts
by Sally Rooney 2021 368 pages
4.59
2.3K ratings
Contemporary
Romance
Plays
White Noise Summary
White Noise
by Don DeLillo 1985 320 pages
3.86
122.5K ratings
Classics
Literature
Novels
Sex and Rage Summary
Sex and Rage
by Eve Babitz 1979 256 pages
3.56
16.0K ratings
Contemporary
Classics
Feminism
Prodigal Summer Summary
Prodigal Summer
by Barbara Kingsolver 2000 444 pages
4.05
121.8K ratings
Book Club
Nature
Contemporary
How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia Summary
How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia
by Mohsin Hamid 2013 230 pages
3.81
23.3K ratings
Book Club
Contemporary
Pakistan
The Namesake Summary
The Namesake
by Jhumpa Lahiri 2003 304 pages
4.02
278.4K ratings
Book Club
Literary Fiction
Contemporary
Crossing to Safety Summary
Crossing to Safety
by Wallace Stegner 1987 335 pages
4.16
49.0K ratings
Book Club
Classics
Literary Fiction
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao Summary
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
by Junot Díaz 2007 335 pages
3.89
273.3K ratings
Book Club
Contemporary
Magical Realism
The Marriage Portrait Summary
The Marriage Portrait
by Maggie O'Farrell 2022 355 pages
4.01
181.8K ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
Book Club
Grown Women Summary
Grown Women
by Sarai Johnson 2024 400 pages
4.34
2.4K ratings
Historical Fiction
Family
Literary Fiction
So Long, See You Tomorrow Summary
So Long, See You Tomorrow
by William Maxwell 1980 135 pages
3.89
13.8K ratings
Historical Fiction
Classics
Literary Fiction
A Family Matter Summary
A Family Matter
by Claire Lynch 2025 240 pages
3.86
3.5K ratings
Historical Fiction
LGBT
Literary Fiction
Interpreter of Maladies Summary
Interpreter of Maladies
by Jhumpa Lahiri 1999 198 pages
4.18
201.5K ratings
Short Stories
Book Club
Contemporary
The God of Small Things Summary
The God of Small Things
by Arundhati Roy 1997 321 pages
3.96
314.3K ratings
India
Historical Fiction
Classics
The Corrections Summary
The Corrections
by Jonathan Franzen 2001 653 pages
3.84
192.6K ratings
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
Novels
Long Island Compromise Summary
Long Island Compromise
by Taffy Brodesser-Akner 2024 464 pages
3.75
33.9K ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Contemporary
A Woman Is No Man Summary
A Woman Is No Man
by Etaf Rum 2019 339 pages
4.26
165.9K ratings
Book Club
Historical Fiction
Contemporary
Underworld Summary
Underworld
by Don DeLillo 1997 827 pages
3.95
32.8K ratings
Novels
Literature
Literary Fiction
The Girls Who Grew Big Summary
The Girls Who Grew Big
by Leila Mottley 2025 352 pages
4.20
1.3K ratings
Literary Fiction
Contemporary
Coming Of Age
Outline Summary
Outline
by Rachel Cusk 2014 249 pages
3.68
63.8K ratings
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
Novels
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