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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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You Are Here Summary
You Are Here
by David Nicholls 2024 368 pages
4.01
54.6K ratings
Romance
Contemporary
Book Club
Outline Summary
Outline
by Rachel Cusk 2014 249 pages
3.68
63.8K ratings
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
Novels
The Rachel Incident Summary
The Rachel Incident
by Caroline O'Donoghue 2023 304 pages
4.08
113.0K ratings
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
Book Club
Home of the American Circus Summary
Home of the American Circus
by Allison Larkin 2025 432 pages
4.15
3.8K ratings
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
Family
Of Human Bondage Summary
Of Human Bondage
by W. Somerset Maugham 1915 684 pages
4.15
59.8K ratings
Classics
Literature
Novels
Heart the Lover Summary
Heart the Lover
by Lily King 2025 256 pages
4.47
1.3K ratings
Romance
Literary Fiction
Contemporary
The Flea Palace Summary
The Flea Palace
by Elif Shafak 2002 448 pages
3.39
7.4K ratings
Turkish Literature
Turkish
Contemporary
The Original Daughter Summary
The Original Daughter
by Jemimah Wei 2025 368 pages
3.87
1.2K ratings
Historical Fiction
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
Welcome to the Hyunam-Dong Bookshop Summary
Welcome to the Hyunam-Dong Bookshop
by Hwang Bo-Reum 2022 307 pages
3.93
61.2K ratings
Contemporary
Books About Books
Cozy
The Answer Is No Summary
The Answer Is No
by Fredrik Backman 2024 68 pages
3.93
85.3K ratings
Short Stories
Humor
Contemporary
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close Summary
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
by Jonathan Safran Foer 2005 326 pages
3.97
430.1K ratings
Book Club
Historical Fiction
Contemporary
Middlesex Summary
Middlesex
by Jeffrey Eugenides 2002 529 pages
4.04
654.0K ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Contemporary
Sing, Unburied, Sing Summary
Sing, Unburied, Sing
by Jesmyn Ward 2017 285 pages
4.00
143.5K ratings
Book Club
Magical Realism
Contemporary
The Namesake Summary
The Namesake
by Jhumpa Lahiri 2003 304 pages
4.02
278.4K ratings
Book Club
Literary Fiction
Contemporary
The Back of the Turtle Summary
The Back of the Turtle
by Thomas King 2014 518 pages
4.07
3.8K ratings
Indigenous
Canada
Book Club
Rejection Summary
Rejection
by Tony Tulathimutte 2024 272 pages
3.86
15.2K ratings
Short Stories
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
Us Against You Summary
Us Against You
by Fredrik Backman 2017 448 pages
4.37
237.9K ratings
Contemporary
Sports
Literary Fiction
The Idiot Summary
The Idiot
by Elif Batuman 2017 423 pages
3.65
98.5K ratings
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
Historical Fiction
The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea Summary
The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea
by Yukio Mishima 1963 181 pages
3.84
48.1K ratings
Japan
Classics
Japanese Literature
Violeta Summary
Violeta
by Isabel Allende 2022 322 pages
4.03
98.7K ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
Book Club
Cloud Atlas Summary
Cloud Atlas
by David Mitchell 2004 509 pages
4.01
260.4K ratings
Science Fiction
Fantasy
Historical Fiction
Private Rites Summary
Private Rites
by Julia Armfield 2024 291 pages
3.68
8.6K ratings
Horror
Queer
LGBT
My Year of Rest and Relaxation Summary
My Year of Rest and Relaxation
by Ottessa Moshfegh 2018 289 pages
3.61
506.3K ratings
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
Mental Health
The Maniac Summary
The Maniac
by Benjamín Labatut 2023 368 pages
4.34
20.7K ratings
Historical Fiction
Philosophy
Literary Fiction
If I Had Your Face Summary
If I Had Your Face
by Frances Cha 2020 288 pages
3.74
56.3K ratings
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
Feminism
The Road to Tender Hearts Summary
The Road to Tender Hearts
by Annie Hartnett 2025 384 pages
4.40
8.8K ratings
Contemporary
Romance
Literary Fiction
Reef Summary
Reef
by Romesh Gunesekera 1994 190 pages
3.75
2.0K ratings
Historical Fiction
Asia
Literary Fiction
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
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
We Were the Mulvaneys Summary
We Were the Mulvaneys
by Joyce Carol Oates 1996 454 pages
3.75
103.7K ratings
Book Club
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
Memento Mori Summary
Memento Mori
by Muriel Spark 1959 224 pages
3.61
7.0K ratings
Classics
Mystery
Novels
On Beauty Summary
On Beauty
by Zadie Smith 2005 445 pages
3.78
88.2K ratings
Contemporary
Book Club
Literary Fiction
Freedom Summary
Freedom
by Jonathan Franzen 2010 562 pages
3.79
172.6K ratings
Book Club
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
The Nest Summary
The Nest
by Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney 2016 353 pages
3.41
179.7K ratings
Book Club
Contemporary
Adult Fiction
Everything is Illuminated Summary
Everything is Illuminated
by Jonathan Safran Foer 2002 276 pages
3.89
182.4K ratings
Historical Fiction
Contemporary
Novels
My Dark Vanessa Summary
My Dark Vanessa
by Kate Elizabeth Russell 2020 373 pages
4.10
391.4K ratings
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
Adult
Shark Heart Summary
Shark Heart
by Emily Habeck 2023 416 pages
3.96
71.4K ratings
Magical Realism
Romance
Fantasy
The Sense of an Ending Summary
The Sense of an Ending
by Julian Barnes 2011 150 pages
3.74
187.0K ratings
Book Club
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
L'Arminuta Summary
L'Arminuta
by Donatella Di Pietrantonio 2017 163 pages
4.09
25.4K ratings
Italy
Italian Literature
Contemporary
The Refugees Summary
The Refugees
by Viet Thanh Nguyen 2017 209 pages
3.87
21.5K ratings
Short Stories
Historical Fiction
Contemporary
Bel Canto Summary
Bel Canto
by Ann Patchett 2001 318 pages
3.94
307.7K ratings
Book Club
Literary Fiction
Contemporary
Shuggie Bain Summary
Shuggie Bain
by Douglas Stuart 2020 430 pages
4.31
177.2K ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Literary Fiction
Saturday Summary
Saturday
by Ian McEwan 2005 289 pages
3.64
72.2K ratings
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
Book Club
The Virgin Suicides Summary
The Virgin Suicides
by Jeffrey Eugenides 1993 250 pages
3.79
386.7K ratings
Young Adult
Literary Fiction
Coming Of Age
State of Wonder Summary
State of Wonder
by Ann Patchett 2011 353 pages
3.90
196.1K ratings
Book Club
Literary Fiction
Contemporary
Gliff Summary
Gliff
by Ali Smith 2024 288 pages
3.97
4.0K ratings
Dystopia
Literary Fiction
Science Fiction
March Summary
March
by Geraldine Brooks 2005 280 pages
3.81
75.2K ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Civil War
Immaculate Conception Summary
Immaculate Conception
by Ling Ling Huang 2025 304 pages
4.04
1.9K ratings
Horror
Science Fiction
Thriller
Beautiful World, Where Are You Summary
Beautiful World, Where Are You
by Sally Rooney 2021 356 pages
3.53
458.9K ratings
Contemporary
Romance
Literary Fiction
Mr Salary Summary
Mr Salary
by Sally Rooney 2016 33 pages
3.76
37.8K ratings
Short Stories
Contemporary
Romance
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