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Literary Fiction Book Summaries

The Girls

by Emma Cline • 2016

by Emma Cline 2016 355 pages

by R.K. Narayan • 1993

by R.K. Narayan 1993 144 pages

by Amor Towles • 2021

by Amor Towles 2021 576 pages

The Satisfaction Café

by Kathy Wang • 2025

The Satisfaction Café

by Kathy Wang 2025 352 pages

by Jenny Jackson • 2023

by Jenny Jackson 2023 304 pages

by Mircea Cărtărescu • 1989

by Mircea Cărtărescu 1989 361 pages

The World According to Garp

by John Irving • 1978

The World According to Garp

by John Irving 1978 610 pages

by Tsitsi Dangarembga • 2004

by Tsitsi Dangarembga 2004 204 pages

by Rachel Kushner • 2013

by Rachel Kushner 2013 383 pages

And the Mountains Echoed

by Khaled Hosseini • 2012

And the Mountains Echoed

by Khaled Hosseini 2012 12 pages

by Vladimir Nabokov • 1989

by Vladimir Nabokov 1989 212 pages

by Tayari Jones • 2018

by Tayari Jones 2018 308 pages

The Patron Saint of Liars

by Ann Patchett • 1992

The Patron Saint of Liars

by Ann Patchett 1992 352 pages

The Days of Abandonment

by Elena Ferrante • 2002

The Days of Abandonment

by Elena Ferrante 2002 188 pages

by Iris Murdoch • 1958

by Iris Murdoch 1958 296 pages

by Sally Rooney • 2016

by Sally Rooney 2016 33 pages

by Wallace Stegner • 1971

by Wallace Stegner 1971 569 pages

by Graeme Macrae Burnet • 2021

by Graeme Macrae Burnet 2021 278 pages

by Maggie Shipstead • 2021

by Maggie Shipstead 2021 608 pages

by Meg Wolitzer • 2013

by Meg Wolitzer 2013 468 pages

The School for Good Mothers

by Jessamine Chan • 2022

The School for Good Mothers

by Jessamine Chan 2022 336 pages

by Tommy Orange • 2024

by Tommy Orange 2024 315 pages

by Anna Quindlen • 2024

by Anna Quindlen 2024 283 pages

by John Steinbeck • 1935

by John Steinbeck 1935 256 pages

by Jen Beagin • 2023

by Jen Beagin 2023 336 pages

by Raymond Carver • 1983

by Raymond Carver 1983 230 pages

by Nathan Hill • 2023

by Nathan Hill 2023 611 pages

by Rachel Khong • 2024

by Rachel Khong 2024 416 pages

بهترین داستان های کوتاه

by Ernest Hemingway • 1987

بهترین داستان های کوتاه

by Ernest Hemingway 1987 439 pages

by J.D. Salinger • 1957

by J.D. Salinger 1957

by Anthony Doerr • 2021

by Anthony Doerr 2021 626 pages

by Patricia Grace • 1995

by Patricia Grace 1995 185 pages

by Doris Lessing • 1999

by Doris Lessing 1999 640 pages

by Jhumpa Lahiri • 2008

by Jhumpa Lahiri 2008 352 pages

If an Egyptian Cannot Speak English

by Noor Naga • 2022

If an Egyptian Cannot Speak English

by Noor Naga 2022 186 pages

The Baron in the Trees

by Italo Calvino • 1977

The Baron in the Trees

by Italo Calvino 1977 217 pages

by Ann Patchett • 2007

by Ann Patchett 2007 295 pages

by Amor Towles • 2011

by Amor Towles 2011 335 pages

Sometimes a Great Notion

by Ken Kesey • 1964

Sometimes a Great Notion

by Ken Kesey 1964 628 pages

by Kristin Koval • 2025

by Kristin Koval 2025 320 pages

All the Pretty Horses

by Cormac McCarthy • 1992

All the Pretty Horses

by Cormac McCarthy 1992 302 pages

by A.S. Byatt • 1990

by A.S. Byatt 1990 555 pages

by Beth Morgan • 2021

by Beth Morgan 2021 320 pages

by Richard Yates • 1961

by Richard Yates 1961 355 pages

by Karen Russell • 2025

by Karen Russell 2025 432 pages

by Denis Johnson • 2002

by Denis Johnson 2002 116 pages

by Joyce Carol Oates • 2025

by Joyce Carol Oates 2025 672 pages

by Ian McEwan • 2012

by Ian McEwan 2012 320 pages

by Jonathan Evison • 2025

by Jonathan Evison 2025 368 pages

by Caroline Palmer • 2025

by Caroline Palmer 2025 560 pages

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