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Before We Were Yours Summary
Before We Were Yours
by Lisa Wingate 2017 342 pages
4.40
600k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
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Go as a River Summary
Go as a River
by Shelley Read 2023 320 pages
4.27
100k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
Coming Of Age
The Measure Summary
The Measure
by Nikki Erlick 2022 353 pages
3.98
200k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Fantasy
Dystopia
Horse Summary
Horse
by Geraldine Brooks 2022 401 pages
4.27
100k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
Animals
The Island of Missing Trees Summary
The Island of Missing Trees
by Elif Shafak 2021 354 pages
4.15
100k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
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Magical Realism
The Last Flight Summary
The Last Flight
by Julie Clark 2020 320 pages
4.10
200k+ ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Mystery Thriller
The Lost Letters of Aisling Summary
The Lost Letters of Aisling
by Cynthia Ellingsen 2024 302 pages
4.33
21k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
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We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves Summary
We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves
by Karen Joy Fowler 2013 310 pages
3.71
100k+ ratings
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
Animals
The Invention of Wings Summary
The Invention of Wings
by Sue Monk Kidd 2014 384 pages
4.25
300k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
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Orphan Train Summary
Orphan Train
by Christina Baker Kline 2013 278 pages
4.20
400k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
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Room Summary
Room
by Emma Donoghue 2010 321 pages
4.08
800k+ ratings
Contemporary
Thriller
Adult
Room Summary
Room
by Emma Donoghue 2010 321 pages
4.08
800k+ ratings
Contemporary
Thriller
Adult
The Kitchen House Summary
The Kitchen House
by Kathleen Grissom 2010 369 pages
4.23
200k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
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Still Life Summary
Still Life
by Louise Penny 2005 293 pages
3.90
200k+ ratings
Mystery
Mystery Thriller
Crime
The Namesake Summary
The Namesake
by Jhumpa Lahiri 2003 304 pages
4.02
200k+ ratings
Literary Fiction
Contemporary
Novels
The Namesake Summary
The Namesake
by Jhumpa Lahiri 2003 304 pages
4.02
200k+ ratings
Literary Fiction
Contemporary
Novels
Bel Canto Summary
Bel Canto
by Ann Patchett 2001 318 pages
3.94
300k+ ratings
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Literary Fiction
Contemporary
The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell Summary
The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell
by Robert Dugoni 2018 448 pages
4.44
100k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Coming Of Age
Contemporary
This Is How It Always Is Summary
This Is How It Always Is
by Laurie Frankel 2017 338 pages
4.28
200k+ ratings
LGBT
Contemporary
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The Keeper of Lost Things Summary
The Keeper of Lost Things
by Ruth Hogan 2017 288 pages
3.80
100k+ ratings
Contemporary
Fantasy
Romance
Ordinary Grace Summary
Ordinary Grace
by William Kent Krueger 2013 307 pages
4.27
100k+ ratings
Mystery
Historical Fiction
Coming Of Age
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry Summary
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
by Rachel Joyce 2012 320 pages
3.94
100k+ ratings
Contemporary
Book Club
British Literature
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry Summary
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
by Rachel Joyce 2012 320 pages
3.94
100k+ ratings
Contemporary
Book Club
British Literature
The Secret Keeper Summary
The Secret Keeper
by Kate Morton 2012 484 pages
4.16
100k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Mystery
Historical
State of Wonder Summary
State of Wonder
by Ann Patchett 2011 353 pages
3.90
100k+ ratings
Literary Fiction
Contemporary
Book Club
Little Bee Summary
Little Bee
by Chris Cleave 2008 271 pages
3.72
200k+ ratings
Africa
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Year of Wonders Summary
Year of Wonders
by Geraldine Brooks 2001 304 pages
4.01
100k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
British Literature
The Hindi-Bindi Club Summary
The Hindi-Bindi Club
by Monica Pradhan 2007 431 pages
3.52
2k+ ratings
India
Chick Lit
Book Club
Kindred Summary
Kindred
by Octavia E. Butler 1979 288 pages
4.31
200k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Science Fiction
Fantasy
Boy Swallows Universe Summary
Boy Swallows Universe
by Trent Dalton 2018 474 pages
4.34
91k+ ratings
Contemporary
Australia
Crime
This is Where I Leave You Summary
This is Where I Leave You
by Jonathan Tropper 2003 339 pages
3.88
100k+ ratings
Humor
Contemporary
Adult Fiction
Enrique's Journey Summary
Enrique's Journey
by Sonia Nazario 2005 294 pages
3.88
16k+ ratings
Biography
School
Memoir
Big Brother Summary
Big Brother
by Lionel Shriver 2013 384 pages
3.47
14k+ ratings
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
Family
Crossing to Safety Summary
Crossing to Safety
by Wallace Stegner 1987 335 pages
4.16
48k+ ratings
Classics
Literary Fiction
Historical Fiction
The Razor’s Edge Summary
The Razor’s Edge
by W. Somerset Maugham 1944 314 pages
4.19
51k+ ratings
Literature
Classics
Philosophy
Mickey7 Summary
Mickey7
by Edward Ashton 2022 296 pages
3.78
32k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Space
Book Club
The Quaker Café Summary
The Quaker Café
by Brenda Bevan Remmes 2015 321 pages
3.68
4k+ ratings
Chick Lit
Mystery
Southern
All Souls Summary
All Souls
A Family Story from Southie
by Michael Patrick MacDonald 1999 263 pages
4.08
13k+ ratings
Memoir
History
Biography
Sing, Unburied, Sing Summary
Sing, Unburied, Sing
by Jesmyn Ward 2017 285 pages
4.00
100k+ ratings
Book Club
Magical Realism
Contemporary
The Imposter Bride Summary
The Imposter Bride
by Nancy Richler 2012 352 pages
3.34
7k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Canada
Canada Summary
Canada
by Richard Ford 2012 420 pages
3.52
27k+ ratings
Book Club
Canada
Literary Fiction
What Wild Women Do Summary
What Wild Women Do
by Karma Brown 2023 320 pages
3.74
4k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Mystery
Contemporary
The Summer Before the War Summary
The Summer Before the War
by Helen Simonson 2016 481 pages
3.79
43k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
Book Club
Winter in Paradise Summary
Winter in Paradise
by Elin Hilderbrand 2018 310 pages
4.08
100k+ ratings
Romance
Chick Lit
Mystery
The Do-Over Summary
The Do-Over
by Sharon M. Peterson 2022 335 pages
4.07
5k+ ratings
Romance
Contemporary
Contemporary Romance
Some Girls Summary
Some Girls
My Life in a Harem
by Jillian Lauren 2010 336 pages
3.35
8k+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
Biography Memoir
All the Forgivenesses Summary
All the Forgivenesses
by Elizabeth Hardinger 2019 371 pages
4.26
16k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
Book Club
I Didn't Know I Needed This Summary
I Didn't Know I Needed This
The New Rules for Flirting, Feeling, and Finding Yourself
by Eli Rallo 2023 320 pages
3.35
7k+ ratings
Self Help
Memoir
Romance
The Patron Saint of Liars Summary
The Patron Saint of Liars
by Ann Patchett 1992 352 pages
3.89
62k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Literary Fiction
The Current Summary
The Current
by Tim Johnston 2019 352 pages
3.64
8k+ ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Mystery Thriller
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