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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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Speak to Me of Home Summary
Speak to Me of Home
by Jeanine Cummins 2025 384 pages
4.02
6.2K ratings
Historical Fiction
Literary Fiction
Book Club
Letters from the Dead Summary
Letters from the Dead
by Isabella Valeri 2025 480 pages
3.34
196 ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Mystery Thriller
Life, and Death, and Giants Summary
Life, and Death, and Giants
by Ron Rindo 2025 336 pages
4.42
2.2K ratings
Literary Fiction
Magical Realism
Contemporary
Show Don't Tell Summary
Show Don't Tell
by Curtis Sittenfeld 2025 320 pages
3.90
11.5K ratings
Short Stories
Literary Fiction
Adult Fiction
So Far Gone Summary
So Far Gone
by Jess Walter 2025 257 pages
3.99
13.2K ratings
Mystery
Literary Fiction
Contemporary
Illumination Night Summary
Illumination Night
by Alice Hoffman 1987 200 pages
3.75
9.1K ratings
Magical Realism
Contemporary
Fantasy
Cat’s Eye Summary
Cat’s Eye
by Margaret Atwood 1988 462 pages
3.95
71.9K ratings
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
Canada
Sky Daddy Summary
Sky Daddy
by Kate Folk 2025 368 pages
3.81
8.6K ratings
Romance
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
The Promise Summary
The Promise
by Damon Galgut 2021 293 pages
3.85
48.8K ratings
Historical Fiction
Africa
South Africa
The Sound of Things Falling Summary
The Sound of Things Falling
by Juan Gabriel Vásquez 2011 302 pages
3.84
20.3K ratings
Historical Fiction
Spanish Literature
Book Club
Filthy Animals Summary
Filthy Animals
by Brandon Taylor 2021 288 pages
3.64
9.6K ratings
Short Stories
LGBT
Queer
엄마를 부탁해 Summary
엄마를 부탁해
by Kyung-Sook Shin 2008 320 pages
3.91
46.7K ratings
Contemporary
Asia
Asian Literature
All Aunt Hagar's Children Summary
All Aunt Hagar's Children
Stories
by Edward P. Jones 2006 399 pages
3.82
2.3K ratings
Short Stories
Historical Fiction
African American
And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer Summary
And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer
by Fredrik Backman 2015 97 pages
4.33
114.8K ratings
Contemporary
Short Stories
Novella
The Boy from the Sea Summary
The Boy from the Sea
by Garrett Carr 2025 336 pages
3.87
3.2K ratings
Historical Fiction
Ireland
Irish Literature
Troubling Love Summary
Troubling Love
by Elena Ferrante 1992 144 pages
3.25
24.1K ratings
Italy
Italian Literature
Contemporary
Certain Women Summary
Certain Women
by Madeleine L'Engle 1992 368 pages
3.74
1.7K ratings
Literary Fiction
Religion
Literature
Mother of Pearl Summary
Mother of Pearl
by Melinda Haynes 1999 465 pages
3.70
20.4K ratings
Historical Fiction
Southern
Book Club
The Care and Feeding of Ravenously Hungry Girls Summary
The Care and Feeding of Ravenously Hungry Girls
by Anissa Gray 2019 294 pages
3.63
21.0K ratings
Contemporary
Book Club
Literary Fiction
Lost Illusions Summary
Lost Illusions
by Honoré de Balzac 2006 656 pages
4.16
12.3K ratings
Classics
France
French Literature
That Mad Ache Summary
That Mad Ache
by Françoise Sagan 1965 311 pages
3.98
1.5K ratings
France
Classics
French Literature
The Magus Summary
The Magus
by John Fowles 1965 656 pages
4.05
63.2K ratings
Classics
Fantasy
Mystery
Pages for You Summary
Pages for You
by Sylvia Brownrigg 2001 274 pages
3.91
9.2K ratings
LGBT
Romance
Queer
The Bee Sting Summary
The Bee Sting
by Paul Murray 2023 645 pages
3.89
124.7K ratings
Literary Fiction
Contemporary
Book Club
Lapvona Summary
Lapvona
by Ottessa Moshfegh 2022 313 pages
3.54
94.6K ratings
Horror
Historical Fiction
Fantasy
Cursed Daughters Summary
Cursed Daughters
by Oyinkan Braithwaite 2025 384 pages
4.08
2.4K ratings
Fantasy
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
Innocents Summary
Innocents
by Cathy Coote 1999 248 pages
3.36
1.7K ratings
Young Adult
Contemporary
Dark
Counting Backwards Summary
Counting Backwards
by Jacqueline Friedland 2025 336 pages
4.17
1.0K ratings
Historical Fiction
Contemporary
Historical
Good Girl Summary
Good Girl
by Aria Aber 2025 368 pages
3.65
6.3K ratings
Literary Fiction
Contemporary
Queer
There Are Rivers in the Sky Summary
There Are Rivers in the Sky
by Elif Shafak 2024 446 pages
4.37
53.9K ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Historical
Little Blue Encyclopedia Summary
Little Blue Encyclopedia
by Hazel Jane Plante 2019 200 pages
4.26
1.4K ratings
Queer
LGBT
Transgender
Finnegans Wake Summary
Finnegans Wake
by James Joyce 2002 628 pages
3.68
13.6K ratings
Classics
Literature
Ireland
The Mandibles Summary
The Mandibles
A Family, 2029–2047
by Lionel Shriver 2016 416 pages
3.71
11.8K ratings
Dystopia
Science Fiction
Book Club
Darkmans Summary
Darkmans
by Nicola Barker 2007 838 pages
3.65
2.4K ratings
Fantasy
Literature
Contemporary
Homesick Summary
Homesick
by Silvia Saunders 2025 381 pages
3.80
732 ratings
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
Disappoint Me Summary
Disappoint Me
by Nicola Dinan 2025 320 pages
4.02
3.7K ratings
LGBT
Queer
Contemporary
What Will People Think? Summary
What Will People Think?
by Sara Hamdan 2025 336 pages
3.72
1.4K ratings
Contemporary
Coming Of Age
Romance
The Unconsoled Summary
The Unconsoled
by Kazuo Ishiguro 1995 535 pages
3.59
18.0K ratings
Literary Fiction
Contemporary
Literature
The Diver's Clothes Lie Empty Summary
The Diver's Clothes Lie Empty
by Vendela Vida 2015 224 pages
3.45
7.5K ratings
Mystery
Travel
Book Club
White Ivy Summary
White Ivy
by Susie Yang 2020 354 pages
3.55
33.5K ratings
Contemporary
Thriller
Mystery
Sipsworth Summary
Sipsworth
by Simon Van Booy 2024 240 pages
4.14
18.2K ratings
Animals
Contemporary
Book Club
Doll Parts Summary
Doll Parts
by Penny Zang 2025 400 pages
3.73
1.1K ratings
Mystery
Mystery Thriller
Thriller
The Catch Summary
The Catch
by Yrsa Daley-Ward 2025 352 pages
3.31
1.1K ratings
Literary Fiction
Mystery
Novels
Labyrinths Summary
Labyrinths
Selected Stories & Other Writings
by Jorge Luis Borges 1964 260 pages
4.44
33.5K ratings
Short Stories
Classics
Magical Realism
The Street Summary
The Street
by Ann Petry 1998 435 pages
4.27
13.2K ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
African American
Hieroglyphics Summary
Hieroglyphics
by Jill McCorkle 2020 312 pages
3.32
1.7K ratings
Literary Fiction
Historical Fiction
Family
Cult Classic Summary
Cult Classic
by Sloane Crosley 2022 304 pages
3.28
21.7K ratings
Mystery
Contemporary
Romance
Girl Through Glass Summary
Girl Through Glass
by Sari Wilson 2016 289 pages
3.38
3.4K ratings
Historical Fiction
Contemporary
Book Club
A Gate at the Stairs Summary
A Gate at the Stairs
by Lorrie Moore 2009 322 pages
3.17
18.6K ratings
Book Club
Novels
Literary Fiction
Crow Talk Summary
Crow Talk
by Eileen Garvin 2024 368 pages
4.14
4.1K ratings
Nature
Animals
Contemporary
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