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Literary Fiction Book Summaries

Three Days in June

by Anne Tyler • 2025

by Anne Tyler 2025 165 pages

The Back of the Turtle

by Thomas King • 2014

The Back of the Turtle

by Thomas King 2014 518 pages

by Douglas Stuart • 2020

by Douglas Stuart 2020 430 pages

by Jeffrey Eugenides • 2002

by Jeffrey Eugenides 2002 250 pages

by Jeffrey Eugenides • 2002

by Jeffrey Eugenides 2002 529 pages

The Sense of an Ending

by Julian Barnes • 2011

The Sense of an Ending

by Julian Barnes 2011 150 pages

by Muriel Spark • 1959

by Muriel Spark 1959 224 pages

The Sound and the Fury

by William Faulkner • 1929

The Sound and the Fury

by William Faulkner 1929 366 pages

by Julia Armfield • 2024

by Julia Armfield 2024 291 pages

by Marilynne Robinson • 2004

by Marilynne Robinson 2004 247 pages

Immaculate Conception

by Ling Ling Huang • 2025

Immaculate Conception

by Ling Ling Huang 2025 291 pages

by Romesh Gunesekera • 1994

by Romesh Gunesekera 1994 190 pages

by Viet Thanh Nguyen • 2017

by Viet Thanh Nguyen 2017 209 pages

by Isabella Hammad • 2023

by Isabella Hammad 2023 336 pages

by Shirley Hazzard • 1980

by Shirley Hazzard 1980 337 pages

by Zadie Smith • 2005

by Zadie Smith 2005 445 pages

by Cate Kennedy • 2012

by Cate Kennedy 2012 288 pages

by Don DeLillo • 1982

by Don DeLillo 1982 339 pages

by Ali Smith • 2024

by Ali Smith 2024 288 pages

My Year of Rest and Relaxation

by Ottessa Moshfegh • 2018

My Year of Rest and Relaxation

by Ottessa Moshfegh 2018 289 pages

by Louise Erdrich • 1984

by Louise Erdrich 1984 367 pages

by Donatella Di Pietrantonio • 2017

by Donatella Di Pietrantonio 2017 167 pages

by Ann Patchett • 2019

by Ann Patchett 2019 337 pages

by Eliana Ramage • 2025

by Eliana Ramage 2025 448 pages

by Megan Nolan • 2021

by Megan Nolan 2021 288 pages

by Ian McEwan • 2005

by Ian McEwan 2005 289 pages

by Frances Cha • 2020

by Frances Cha 2020 288 pages

by T. Coraghessan Boyle • 1995

by T. Coraghessan Boyle 1995 355 pages

We Were the Mulvaneys

by Joyce. Carol Oats • 1996

We Were the Mulvaneys

by Joyce. Carol Oats 1996 454 pages

by Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney • 2016

by Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney 2016 432 pages

by Austin Taylor • 2025

by Austin Taylor 2025 400 pages

by David Mitchell • 2004

by David Mitchell 2004 509 pages

by Douglas Stuart • 2022

by Douglas Stuart 2022 390 pages

by Kazuo Ishiguro • 2009

Five Stories of Music and Nightfall

Five Stories of Music and Nightfall

by Kazuo Ishiguro 2009 221 pages

by Lily King • 2020

by Lily King 2020 320 pages

Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982

by Cho Nam-Joo • 2016

Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982

by Cho Nam-Joo 2016 163 pages

by Geraldine Brooks • 2005

by Geraldine Brooks 2005 280 pages

by Juhea Kim • 2024

by Juhea Kim 2024 320 pages

by Catherine Newman • 2024

by Catherine Newman 2024 229 pages

by Louise Kennedy • 2022

by Louise Kennedy 2022 292 pages

by Sayaka Murata • 2019

by Sayaka Murata 2019 256 pages

A Tale for the Time Being

by Ruth Ozeki • 2013

A Tale for the Time Being

by Ruth Ozeki 2013 432 pages

by Emily Habeck • 2023

by Emily Habeck 2023 416 pages

by Ling Ma • 2018

by Ling Ma 2018 291 pages

by Ann Patchett • 2011

by Ann Patchett 2011 353 pages

Conversations with Friends

by Sally Rooney • 2017

Conversations with Friends

by Sally Rooney 2017 304 pages

Beautiful World, Where Are You

by Sally Rooney • 2021

Beautiful World, Where Are You

by Sally Rooney 2021 337 pages

Three Daughters of Eve

by Elif Shafak • 2016

Three Daughters of Eve

by Elif Shafak 2016 384 pages

by Ann Patchett • 2023

by Ann Patchett 2023 320 pages

by Ann Patchett • 2016

by Ann Patchett 2016 322 pages

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