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Adult Book Summaries

Beach Read Summary
Beach Read
by Emily Henry 2020 371 pages
3.99
1.5M ratings
Contemporary
Contemporary Romance
Adult
Daydreamer Summary
Daydreamer
by Susie Tate 2024 314 pages
3.97
21.7K ratings
Romance
Contemporary
Contemporary Romance
One True Loves Summary
One True Loves
by Taylor Jenkins Reid 2016 352 pages
4.03
638.2K ratings
Romance
Contemporary
Book Club
Can't Get Enough Summary
Can't Get Enough
by Kennedy Ryan 2025 448 pages
4.53
1.3K ratings
Romance
Contemporary Romance
Contemporary
The Cradle of Ice Summary
The Cradle of Ice
by James Rollins 2023 672 pages
4.07
4.1K ratings
Fantasy
Science Fiction
Adult
Thirty Million Words Summary
Thirty Million Words
Building a Child's Brain
by Dana Suskind 2015 320 pages
4.15
3.6K ratings
Parenting
Education
Psychology
Fifty Shades Freed Summary
Fifty Shades Freed
by E.L. James 2012 579 pages
3.83
896.6K ratings
Romance
Erotica
BDSM
Still Alice Summary
Still Alice
by Lisa Genova 2007 292 pages
4.32
353.7K ratings
Book Club
Contemporary
Psychology
Lessons in Chemistry Summary
Lessons in Chemistry
by Bonnie Garmus 2022 390 pages
4.28
1.6M ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Feminism
The Kite Runner Summary
The Kite Runner
Graphic Novel
by Khaled Hosseini 2011 132 pages
4.45
23.1K ratings
Graphic Novels
Historical Fiction
Comics
Did You Hear About Kitty Karr? Summary
Did You Hear About Kitty Karr?
by Crystal Smith Paul 2023 416 pages
3.74
68.5K ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Historical
Oathbringer Summary
Oathbringer
by Brandon Sanderson 2017 1248 pages
4.61
314.8K ratings
Fantasy
Epic Fantasy
High Fantasy
Book of Night Summary
Book of Night
by Holly Black 2022 304 pages
3.54
79.8K ratings
Fantasy
Urban Fantasy
Adult
Forever, Interrupted Summary
Forever, Interrupted
by Taylor Jenkins Reid 2013 352 pages
3.65
187.7K ratings
Romance
Contemporary
Chick Lit
Good Bad Girl Summary
Good Bad Girl
by Alice Feeney 2023 306 pages
3.66
90.4K ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Mystery Thriller
Why Smart People Hurt Summary
Why Smart People Hurt
A Guide for the Bright, the Sensitive, and the Creative
by Eric Maisel 2013 230 pages
3.26
1.1K ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Science
Free the Children Summary
Free the Children
A Young Man Fights Against Child Labor and Proves that Children Can Change the World
by Craig Kielburger 1998 321 pages
4.15
534 ratings
Biography Memoir
Childrens
Social Justice
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 Company of Women Summary
The Company of Women
by Khushwant Singh 1999 232 pages
3.26
4.4K ratings
Indian Literature
Erotica
India
A Light in the Flame Summary
A Light in the Flame
by Jennifer L. Armentrout 2022 615 pages
4.49
141.1K ratings
Fantasy
Romance
Romantasy
The Sun and Her Flowers Summary
The Sun and Her Flowers
by Rupi Kaur 2018 256 pages
4.08
362.4K ratings
Poetry
Feminism
Contemporary
The Last Time I Lied Summary
The Last Time I Lied
by Riley Sager 2018 402 pages
4.02
194.6K ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Mystery Thriller
Tempted by Deception Summary
Tempted by Deception
by Rina Kent 2021 348 pages
4.00
54.5K ratings
Dark Romance
Romance
Mafia Romance
The Eyes Are the Best Part Summary
The Eyes Are the Best Part
by Monika Kim 2024 278 pages
3.83
29.5K ratings
Horror
Thriller
Contemporary
Fifty Shades Darker Summary
Fifty Shades Darker
by E.L. James 2011 532 pages
3.83
955.5K ratings
Romance
Erotica
BDSM
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
Leaving Time Summary
Leaving Time
by Jodi Picoult 2014 398 pages
4.00
195.9K ratings
Mystery
Book Club
Contemporary
Travis Summary
Travis
by Mia Sheridan 2021 320 pages
3.86
39.4K ratings
Romance
Friends To Lovers
Contemporary Romance
Pet Sematary Summary
Pet Sematary
by Stephen King 1983 580 pages
4.08
658.3K ratings
Horror
Thriller
Fantasy
The Book Woman's Daughter Summary
The Book Woman's Daughter
by Kim Michele Richardson 2022 336 pages
4.23
79.0K ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
Book Club
Good Enough Is the New Perfect Summary
Good Enough Is the New Perfect
Finding Happiness and Success in Modern Motherhood
by Becky Beaupre Gillespie 2011 288 pages
3.39
190 ratings
Parenting
Self Help
Adult
Passenger Princess Summary
Passenger Princess
by Morgan Elizabeth 2024 324 pages
3.87
18.1K ratings
Romance
Forced Proximity
Contemporary Romance
Nettle & Bone Summary
Nettle & Bone
by T. Kingfisher 2022 243 pages
4.09
118.6K ratings
Fantasy
Horror
Adult
The Death of Mrs. Westaway Summary
The Death of Mrs. Westaway
by Ruth Ware 2018 368 pages
3.80
191.4K ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Mystery Thriller
Royal Assassin Summary
Royal Assassin
by Robin Hobb 1996 675 pages
4.28
223.2K ratings
Fantasy
Epic Fantasy
High Fantasy
The Great Alone Summary
The Great Alone
by Kristin Hannah 2018 435 pages
4.45
1.0M ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Romance
Britt-Marie Was Here Summary
Britt-Marie Was Here
by Fredrik Backman 2014 324 pages
4.09
184.7K ratings
Contemporary
Book Club
Humor
Safe Haven Summary
Safe Haven
by Nicholas Sparks 2010 340 pages
4.22
395.4K ratings
Romance
Chick Lit
Contemporary
Stuck with You Summary
Stuck with You
by Ali Hazelwood 2022 127 pages
3.56
151.7K ratings
Romance
Contemporary
Novella
Can You Keep a Secret? Summary
Can You Keep a Secret?
by Sophie Kinsella 2003 374 pages
3.82
465.6K ratings
Chick Lit
Romance
Contemporary
The Well of Ascension Summary
The Well of Ascension
by Brandon Sanderson 2007 590 pages
4.38
582.5K ratings
Fantasy
High Fantasy
Epic Fantasy
The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms Summary
The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms
by N.K. Jemisin 2010 427 pages
3.89
79.5K ratings
Fantasy
Romance
High Fantasy
Secretly Yours Summary
Secretly Yours
by Tessa Bailey 2023 384 pages
3.27
142.6K ratings
Romance
Contemporary
Contemporary Romance
The Soulmate Equation Summary
The Soulmate Equation
by Christina Lauren 2021 360 pages
3.99
278.8K ratings
Romance
Contemporary
Contemporary Romance
The Business of Baby Summary
The Business of Baby
What Doctors Don't Tell You, What Corporations Try to Sell You, and How to Put Your Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Baby Before Their Bottom Line
by Jennifer Margulis 2013
3.65
315 ratings
Parenting
Health
Childrens
The Island of Sea Women Summary
The Island of Sea Women
by Lisa See 2019 374 pages
4.32
148.6K ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Historical
The Book Whisperer Summary
The Book Whisperer
Awakening the Inner Reader in Every Child
by Donalyn Miller 2009 240 pages
4.50
18.3K ratings
Education
Teaching
Parenting
Dear John Summary
Dear John
by Nicholas Sparks 2006 276 pages
4.04
611.9K ratings
Romance
Chick Lit
Contemporary
The City of Brass Summary
The City of Brass
by S.A. Chakraborty 2017 532 pages
4.14
142.4K ratings
Fantasy
Historical Fiction
Young Adult
Simply Clean Summary
Simply Clean
The Proven Method for Keeping Your Home Organized, Clean, and Beautiful in Just 10 Minutes a Day
by Becky Rapinchuk 2017 250 pages
3.91
1.9K ratings
Self Help
Reference
Adult
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