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Looking for Alaska Summary
Looking for Alaska
by John Green 2008 227 pages
3.97
1.6M+ ratings
Young Adult
Contemporary
Romance
A Million Little Pieces Summary
A Million Little Pieces
by James Frey 2009 300 pages
3.68
200k+ ratings
Contemporary
Psychology
Biography Memoir
What Young India Wants Summary
What Young India Wants
Selected Non-Fiction
by Chetan Bhagat 2012 208 pages
3.26
9k+ ratings
India
Indian Literature
Essays
Men Without Women Summary
Men Without Women
Stories
by Haruki Murakami 2017 240 pages
3.75
100k+ ratings
Short Stories
Japan
Japanese Literature
Depression & Other Magic Tricks (Button Poetry) Summary
Depression & Other Magic Tricks (Button Poetry)
by Sabrina Benaim 2017 97 pages
3.74
16k+ ratings
Poetry
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Mental Illness
The Hate U Give Summary
The Hate U Give
A Printz Honor Winner
by Angie Thomas 2017 447 pages
4.47
900k+ ratings
Young Adult
Contemporary
Realistic Fiction
It's Kind of a Funny Story Summary
It's Kind of a Funny Story
by Ned Vizzini 2007 464 pages
4.08
200k+ ratings
Young Adult
Contemporary
Mental Health
Modern Love, Revised and Updated Summary
Modern Love, Revised and Updated
True Stories of Love, Loss, and Redemption
by Daniel Jones 2019 304 pages
4.2
12k+ ratings
Romance
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Short Stories
How To Stay Sane In An Age Of Division Summary
How To Stay Sane In An Age Of Division
by Elif Shafak 2020
4.01
6k+ ratings
Essays
Politics
Philosophy
How to Age (The School of Life) Summary
How to Age (The School of Life)
by Anne Karpf 2015 224 pages
3.67
100+ ratings
Self Help
Philosophy
Psychology
All-American Muslim Girl Summary
All-American Muslim Girl
by Nadine Jolie Courtney 2019 432 pages
3.85
3k+ ratings
Young Adult
Contemporary
Romance
Work Smart Now Summary
Work Smart Now
How to Jump Start Productivity, Empower Employees, and Achieve More
by Richard Polak 2021 231 pages
4.28
100+ ratings
Productivity
Drama
Business
God Is Always Hiring Summary
God Is Always Hiring
50 Lessons for Finding Fulfilling Work
by Regina Brett 2015 289 pages
4.01
1k+ ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Christian
Everything I Know About Love Summary
Everything I Know About Love
by Dolly Alderton 2018 304 pages
4.01
300k+ ratings
Memoir
Romance
Self Help
The Way of the Fearless Writer Summary
The Way of the Fearless Writer
Ancient Eastern Wisdom for a Flourishing Writing Life
by Beth Kempton 2023 1120 pages
4.43
100+ ratings
Writing
Spirituality
Crafts
I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki Summary
I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki
by Baek Sehee 2022
3.29
57k+ ratings
Memoir
Mental Health
Self Help
Hector and the Search for Happiness (Movie Tie-In) Summary
Hector and the Search for Happiness (Movie Tie-In)
A Novel (Hector's Journeys Book 1)
by Francois Lelord 2010 193 pages
3.48
16k+ ratings
Psychology
Contemporary
France
Hector and the Search for Lost Time Summary
Hector and the Search for Lost Time
A Novel (Hector's Journeys Book 3)
by Francois Lelord 2012 242 pages
3.65
1k+ ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
France
Hector and the Secrets of Love Summary
Hector and the Secrets of Love
A Novel (Hector's Journeys Book 2)
by Francois Lelord 2011 279 pages
3.47
2k+ ratings
Psychology
Romance
Philosophy
American Psycho Summary
American Psycho
by Bret Easton Ellis 1991 399 pages
3.81
300k+ ratings
Horror
Classics
Thriller
Verity Summary
Verity
by Colleen Hoover 2021 333 pages
4.31
3M+ ratings
Thriller
Romance
Mystery
The Kite Runner Summary
The Kite Runner
by Khaled Hosseini
4.35
3.2M+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Contemporary
Novels
Fifty Shades of Grey (Fifty Shades, Book 1) Summary
Fifty Shades of Grey (Fifty Shades, Book 1)
by E L James 2011 530 pages
3.66
2.6M+ ratings
Erotica
BDSM
Adult
Before the Coffee Gets Cold Summary
Before the Coffee Gets Cold
by Toshikazu Kawaguchi 2019 208 pages
3.69
400k+ ratings
Fantasy
Magical Realism
Contemporary
The Secret Life of Bees Summary
The Secret Life of Bees
by Sue Monk Kidd 2003 352 pages
4.09
1.3M+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Classics
Young Adult
The Secret History Summary
The Secret History
by Donna Tartt 1992 576 pages
4.17
800k+ ratings
Mystery
Classics
Contemporary
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo Summary
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
A Novel
by Taylor Jenkins Reid 2017 400 pages
4.41
3.3M+ ratings
Historical Fiction
LGBT
Contemporary
It Ends with Us Summary
It Ends with Us
by Colleen Hoover
4.14
3.9M+ ratings
Contemporary
New Adult
Contemporary Romance
Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts (2004) Paperback Summary
Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts (2004) Paperback
by Gregory David Roberts 2004 936 pages
4.27
200k+ ratings
Travel
Adventure
Historical Fiction
Ugly Love Summary
Ugly Love
by Colleen Hoover
4.03
2M+ ratings
Romance
Contemporary
New Adult
The Vegetarian Summary
The Vegetarian
A Novel
by Han Kang 2016 192 pages
3.59
100k+ ratings
Horror
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
Wonder Summary
Wonder
by R.J. Palacio
4.37
1.1M+ ratings
Young Adult
Middle Grade
Contemporary
Normal People Summary
Normal People
A Novel
by Sally Rooney 2019 288 pages
3.81
1.5M+ ratings
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
Ireland
Twisted Love Summary
Twisted Love
by Ana Huang
3.72
1.1M+ ratings
Romance
Contemporary
Contemporary Romance
The Overstory Summary
The Overstory
A Novel
by Richard Powers 2019 512 pages
4.12
100k+ ratings
Nature
Literary Fiction
Contemporary
The Midnight Library Summary
The Midnight Library
by Matt Haig
3.99
1.9M+ ratings
Fantasy
Contemporary
Magical Realism
The Kiss Thief Summary
The Kiss Thief
by LJ Shen 2019 320 pages
3.85
100k+ ratings
Romance
Contemporary
New Adult
We Were Liars Summary
We Were Liars
by E. Lockhart
3.66
1.2M+ ratings
Young Adult
Mystery
Contemporary
Pretty Little Liars (Pretty Little Liars, Book 1) Summary
Pretty Little Liars (Pretty Little Liars, Book 1)
by Sara Shepard 2006 304 pages
3.85
200k+ ratings
Young Adult
Mystery
Contemporary
My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry Summary
My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry
by Fredrik Backman 2015 384 pages
4.07
200k+ ratings
Contemporary
Fantasy
Humor
A Visit from the Goon Squad Summary
A Visit from the Goon Squad
by Jennifer Egan 2010 288 pages
3.70
200k+ ratings
Contemporary
Music
Short Stories
People We Meet on Vacation Summary
People We Meet on Vacation
by Emily Henry 2021 400 pages
3.86
1.3M+ ratings
Contemporary
Contemporary Romance
Adult
My Killer Vacation Summary
My Killer Vacation
by Tessa Bailey
3.61
100k+ ratings
Romance
Mystery
Contemporary
The Fine Print Special Edition (Dreamland Billionaires, 1) Summary
The Fine Print Special Edition (Dreamland Billionaires, 1)
by Lauren Asher 2021 448 pages
3.83
500k+ ratings
Contemporary
Contemporary Romance
Adult
Final Offer (Dreamland Billionaires, 3) Summary
Final Offer (Dreamland Billionaires, 3)
by Lauren Asher 2023 592 pages
4.22
200k+ ratings
Romance
Contemporary Romance
Contemporary
Terms and Conditions Summary
Terms and Conditions
by Lauren Asher
4.11
300k+ ratings
Contemporary
Contemporary Romance
Adult
Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World Summary
Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
by Haruki Murakami
4.12
100k+ ratings
Fantasy
Magical Realism
Japan
Three Wishes Summary
Three Wishes
A Novel
by Liane Moriarty 2005 384 pages
3.78
100k+ ratings
Chick Lit
Contemporary
Romance
Red, White & Royal Blue Summary
Red, White & Royal Blue
by Casey McQuiston
4.08
1M+ ratings
Romance
LGBT
Contemporary
The Notebook Summary
The Notebook
by Nicholas Sparks
4.15
1.7M+ ratings
Romance
Chick Lit
Contemporary
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