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Mountains Beyond Mountains Summary
Mountains Beyond Mountains
The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World
by Tracy Kidder 2003 333 pages
4.20
86.9K ratings
Biography
Medicine
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The Convivial Homeschool Summary
The Convivial Homeschool
Gospel Encouragement for Keeping Your Sanity While Living and Learning Alongside Your Kids
by Mystie Winckler 2021 224 pages
4.69
569 ratings
Education
Parenting
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All The Young Men Summary
All The Young Men
by Ruth Coker Burks 2020 304 pages
4.49
8.5K ratings
Memoir
LGBT
History
Take My Hand Summary
Take My Hand
by Dolen Perkins-Valdez 2022 359 pages
4.36
100.1K ratings
Historical Fiction
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Historical
The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet Summary
The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet
by David Mitchell 2010 479 pages
4.03
66.5K ratings
Historical Fiction
Japan
Historical
Go Set a Watchman Summary
Go Set a Watchman
by Harper Lee 2015 278 pages
3.31
285.0K ratings
Historical Fiction
Classics
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Cloud Cuckoo Land Summary
Cloud Cuckoo Land
by Anthony Doerr 2021 626 pages
4.25
249.2K ratings
Historical Fiction
Fantasy
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Animal, Vegetable, Miracle Summary
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle
A Year of Food Life
by Barbara Kingsolver 2007 370 pages
4.05
111.9K ratings
Food
Memoir
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Angle of Repose Summary
Angle of Repose
by Wallace Stegner 1971 569 pages
4.24
61.0K ratings
Historical Fiction
Classics
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Life and Other Near-Death Experiences Summary
Life and Other Near-Death Experiences
by Camille Pagรกn 2015 255 pages
3.88
37.0K ratings
Romance
Chick Lit
Contemporary
The End of Your Life Book Club Summary
The End of Your Life Book Club
by Will Schwalbe 2012 336 pages
3.81
55.4K ratings
Memoir
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Books About Books
Jesus Land Summary
Jesus Land
A Memoir
by Julia Scheeres 2005 384 pages
3.97
19.4K ratings
Memoir
Religion
Biography
Great Work Summary
Great Work
How to Make a Difference People Love
by David Sturt 2013 256 pages
4.06
581 ratings
Business
Self Help
Leadership
Demon Copperhead Summary
Demon Copperhead
by Barbara Kingsolver 2022 560 pages
4.48
661.8K ratings
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Historical Fiction
Literary Fiction
Take Me with You Summary
Take Me with You
by Catherine Ryan Hyde 2014 362 pages
4.22
44.7K ratings
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Contemporary
Travel
One in a Millennial Summary
One in a Millennial
On Friendship, Feelings, Fangirls, and Fitting In
by Kate Kennedy 2024 328 pages
3.72
19.3K ratings
Memoir
Essays
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The Ragged Edge of Night Summary
The Ragged Edge of Night
by Olivia Hawker 2018 340 pages
4.16
47.1K ratings
Historical Fiction
World War II
Historical
Wild Dark Shore Summary
Wild Dark Shore
by Charlotte McConaghy 2025 298 pages
4.18
127.6K ratings
Mystery
Thriller
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We Are All the Same in the Dark Summary
We Are All the Same in the Dark
by Julia Heaberlin 2020 352 pages
3.79
52.4K ratings
Mystery
Thriller
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Protecting the Gift Summary
Protecting the Gift
Keeping Children and Teenagers Safe
by Gavin de Becker 1999 352 pages
4.31
2.7K ratings
Parenting
Psychology
Self Help
The Happy Life of Isadora Bentley Summary
The Happy Life of Isadora Bentley
by Courtney Walsh 2023 358 pages
4.18
18.3K ratings
Romance
Contemporary
Chick Lit
The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires Summary
The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires
by Grady Hendrix 2020 410 pages
3.79
270.5K ratings
Horror
Fantasy
Vampires
A Gentleman in Moscow Summary
A Gentleman in Moscow
by Amor Towles 2016 462 pages
4.32
625.2K ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Historical
Tom Lake Summary
Tom Lake
by Ann Patchett 2023 309 pages
3.94
451.6K ratings
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Literary Fiction
Romance
Trust Exercise Summary
Trust Exercise
by Susan Choi 2019 257 pages
3.13
37.4K ratings
Literary Fiction
Book Club
Contemporary
Julie and Julia Summary
Julie and Julia
365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen
by Julie Powell 2005 310 pages
3.71
160.2K ratings
Memoir
Food
Cooking
Black Mass Summary
Black Mass
by Dick Lehr 2000 424 pages
3.81
8.4K ratings
True Crime
History
Crime
Dreaming in Cuban Summary
Dreaming in Cuban
by Cristina Garcรญa 1992 274 pages
3.68
12.1K ratings
Historical Fiction
Magical Realism
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The Widow of the South Summary
The Widow of the South
by Robert Hicks 2005 436 pages
3.78
18.2K ratings
Historical Fiction
Civil War
Historical
Sex and Vanity Summary
Sex and Vanity
by Kevin Kwan 2020 315 pages
3.33
60.8K ratings
Romance
Contemporary
Chick Lit
What We Carry Summary
What We Carry
A Memoir
by Maya Shanbhag Lang 2020 288 pages
4.32
3.9K ratings
Memoir
Biography
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Sisters in Law Summary
Sisters in Law
How Sandra Day O'Connor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg Went to the Supreme Court and Changed the World
by Linda R. Hirshman 2015 390 pages
3.84
5.3K ratings
History
Biography
Feminism
On Such a Full Sea Summary
On Such a Full Sea
by Chang-rae Lee 2014 407 pages
3.49
11.7K ratings
Dystopia
Science Fiction
Speculative Fiction
The Mars Room Summary
The Mars Room
by Rachel Kushner 2018 338 pages
3.44
46.3K ratings
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
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This is Where I Leave You Summary
This is Where I Leave You
by Jonathan Tropper 2003 339 pages
3.88
147.0K ratings
Book Club
Humor
Contemporary
When the Moon is Low Summary
When the Moon is Low
by Nadia Hashimi 2015 384 pages
4.12
16.4K ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Contemporary
The Enneagram Made Easy Summary
The Enneagram Made Easy
Discover the 9 Types of People
by Renee Baron 1994 161 pages
3.84
3.4K ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Personal Development
Seven Letters from Paris Summary
Seven Letters from Paris
by Samantha Verant 2014 272 pages
3.55
2.1K ratings
Memoir
Romance
France
All the Birds, Singing Summary
All the Birds, Singing
by Evie Wyld 2013 240 pages
3.61
14.4K ratings
Mystery
Contemporary
Australia
Mister Owita's Guide to Gardening Summary
Mister Owita's Guide to Gardening
How I Learned the Unexpected Joy of a Green Thumb and an Open Heart
by Carol Wall 2014 294 pages
3.66
3.4K ratings
Memoir
Book Club
Gardening
The Whistling Season Summary
The Whistling Season
by Ivan Doig 2006 345 pages
4.07
20.9K ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Westerns
While the City Slept Summary
While the City Slept
A Love Lost to Violence and a Young Man's Descent into Madness
by Eli Sanders 2016 336 pages
3.99
3.6K ratings
True Crime
Crime
Mental Illness
The Gratitude Project Summary
The Gratitude Project
How the Science of Thankfulness Can Rewire Our Brains for Resilience, Optimism, and the Greater Good
by Jeremy Adam Smith 2020 248 pages
3.70
161 ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Adult
Ask Again, Yes Summary
Ask Again, Yes
by Mary Beth Keane 2019 388 pages
3.93
200.4K ratings
Book Club
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
A Woman of No Importance Summary
A Woman of No Importance
The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II
by Sonia Purnell 2019 352 pages
4.15
57.0K ratings
History
Biography
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Big Chicas Don't Cry Summary
Big Chicas Don't Cry
by Annette Chavez Macias 2022 367 pages
4.22
13.5K ratings
Romance
Contemporary
Book Club
The Electric Woman Summary
The Electric Woman
A Memoir in Death-Defying Acts
by Tessa Fontaine 2018 384 pages
3.91
1.5K ratings
Memoir
Biography
Biography Memoir
Mother-Daughter Murder Night Summary
Mother-Daughter Murder Night
by Nina Simon 2023 357 pages
3.56
103.0K ratings
Mystery
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Mystery Thriller
Wolf Hall Summary
Wolf Hall
by Hilary Mantel 2009 653 pages
3.91
224.9K ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
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My Mother's Secret Summary
My Mother's Secret
by J.L. Witterick 2013 208 pages
4.20
18.7K ratings
Historical Fiction
Holocaust
World War II
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