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Adult Book Summaries

The Island of Sea Women Summary
The Island of Sea Women
by Lisa See
4.31
100k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
Book Club
All the Light We Cannot See Summary
All the Light We Cannot See
by Anthony Doerr 2014 531 pages
4.31
1.7M+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
War
A Man Called Ove Summary
A Man Called Ove
by Fredrik Backman 2014 352 pages
4.38
1M+ ratings
Contemporary
Humor
Adult
After You Summary
After You
by Jojo Moyes
3.74
300k+ ratings
Romance
Contemporary
Chick Lit
For One More Day Summary
For One More Day
by Mitch Albom 2006 208 pages
4.12
100k+ ratings
Inspirational
Contemporary
Adult
Beautiful World, Where Are You Summary
Beautiful World, Where Are You
by Sally Rooney 2022 352 pages
3.53
400k+ ratings
Contemporary
Romance
Literary Fiction
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan Summary
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
by Lisa See
4.09
300k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
China
Historical
The Circle Summary
The Circle
by Dave Eggers
3.43
200k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Dystopia
Contemporary
I'm Glad My Mom Died Summary
I'm Glad My Mom Died
by Jennette McCurdy
4.45
1.1M+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
Autobiography
Still Me Summary
Still Me
by Jojo Moyes
4.11
200k+ ratings
Romance
Chick Lit
Contemporary
Still Alice Summary
Still Alice
by Lisa Genova 2007 300 pages
4.32
300k+ ratings
Contemporary
Psychology
Book Club
Hooked Summary
Hooked
by Emily McIntire 2021 340 pages
3.79
300k+ ratings
Fantasy
Dark
Retellings
Hamnet Summary
Hamnet
by Maggie O'Farrell 2020 352 pages
4.20
200k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
Literary Fiction
The Great Alone Summary
The Great Alone
by Kristin Hannah
4.43
900k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Romance
Historical
Daisy Darker Summary
Daisy Darker
by Alice Feeney 2022 352 pages
3.77
200k+ ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Mystery Thriller
The Marriage Portrait Summary
The Marriage Portrait
by Maggie O'Farrell
4.01
100k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
Italy
The Thirteenth Tale Summary
The Thirteenth Tale
by Diane Setterfield 2006 416 pages
3.98
300k+ ratings
Mystery
Historical Fiction
Gothic
Can't Stop Thinking Summary
Can't Stop Thinking
How to Let Go of Anxiety and Free Yourself from Obsessive Rumination
by Nancy Colier 2021 160 pages
3.80
500+ ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Mental Health
A Thousand Splendid Suns Summary
A Thousand Splendid Suns
by Khaled Hosseini 2007 372 pages
4.44
1.5M+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
Novels
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