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The Travelling Cat Chronicles Summary

The Travelling Cat Chronicles

by Hiro Arikawa 2012 281 pages

Love from A to Z Summary

Love from A to Z

by S.K. Ali 2019 358 pages

This Summer Will Be Different Summary

This Summer Will Be Different

by Carley Fortune 2024 368 pages

Crazy Rich Asians Summary

Crazy Rich Asians

by Kevin Kwan 2013 403 pages

The Griffin Sisters' Greatest Hits Summary

The Griffin Sisters' Greatest Hits

by Jennifer Weiner 2025 384 pages

Historical Fiction

Little Bee Summary

by Chris Cleave 2008 271 pages

Historical Fiction

by Paisley Hope 2024 416 pages

The Black Kids Summary

by Christina Hammonds Reed 2020

Historical Fiction

Purple Hibiscus Summary

Purple Hibiscus

by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 2003 336 pages

Historical Fiction

Lords of Pain Summary

by Angel Lawson 2021 356 pages

How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia Summary

How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia

by Mohsin Hamid 2013 230 pages

The Rom-Commers Summary

The Rom-Commers

by Katherine Center 2024 336 pages

Contemporary Romance

Lethal Vows Summary

by T.L. Smith 2023 301 pages

The Ex Vows Summary

by Jessica Joyce 2024 399 pages

Stolen Heir Summary

by Sophie Lark 2020 430 pages

Enemies To Lovers

China Rich Girlfriend Summary

China Rich Girlfriend

by Kevin Kwan 2015 378 pages

Revolution 2020 Summary

Revolution 2020

Love, Corruption, Ambition

by Chetan Bhagat 2011 296 pages

Indian Literature

The Girl You Left Behind Summary

The Girl You Left Behind

by Jojo Moyes 2012 480 pages

Historical Fiction

I Had That Same Dream Again Summary

I Had That Same Dream Again

by Yoru Sumino 2016 232 pages

Japanese Literature

Tell Me Lies Summary

by Carola Lovering 2018 352 pages

Girl Abroad Summary

by Elle Kennedy 2024 432 pages

Contemporary Romance

Internment Summary

by Samira Ahmed 2019 386 pages

All He'll Ever Be Summary

All He'll Ever Be

by W. Winters 2019 740 pages

Boy Parts Summary

by Eliza Clark 2020 304 pages

Literary Fiction

The Kid Summary

by Sapphire 2003 374 pages

Give Me More Summary

by Sara Cate 2022 358 pages

Friends To Lovers

When in Rome Summary

by Sarah Adams 2022 320 pages

Contemporary Romance

If You Could See the Sun Summary

If You Could See the Sun

by Ann Liang 2022 346 pages

by Charles Bukowski 1978 291 pages

Beach Read Summary

by Emily Henry 2020 371 pages

Contemporary Romance

Dear Evan Hansen Summary

Dear Evan Hansen

by Val Emmich 2018 368 pages

The Happy Ever After Playlist Summary

The Happy Ever After Playlist

by Abby Jimenez 2020 401 pages

Contemporary Romance

Fifty Shades Darker Summary

Fifty Shades Darker

by E.L. James 2011 532 pages

Your Second Life Begins When You Realize You Only Have One Summary

Your Second Life Begins When You Realize You Only Have One

by Raphaëlle Giordano 2015 261 pages

Before We Were Innocent Summary

Before We Were Innocent

by Ella Berman 2023 384 pages

Eyes on Me Summary

by Sara Cate 2022 342 pages

Lawn Boy Summary

by Jonathan Evison 2018 320 pages

The Story of a New Name Summary

The Story of a New Name

by Elena Ferrante 2012 471 pages

Historical Fiction

Italian Literature

Leaving Time Summary

by Jodi Picoult 2014 398 pages

Five Point Someone Summary

Five Point Someone

What Not to Do at IIT

by Chetan Bhagat 2004 267 pages

Indian Literature

Mr. Wrong Number Summary

Mr. Wrong Number

by Lynn Painter 2022 350 pages

Contemporary Romance

When We Lied Summary

by Claire Contreras 2024 432 pages

Finlay Donovan Is Killing It Summary

Finlay Donovan Is Killing It

by Elle Cosimano 2021 355 pages

Mystery Thriller

Night Shift Summary

by Annie Crown 2023 283 pages

Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead Summary

Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead

by Olga Tokarczuk 2009 274 pages

The Cheat Sheet Summary

The Cheat Sheet

by Sarah Adams 2021 306 pages

Friends To Lovers

A Love Song for Ricki Wilde Summary

A Love Song for Ricki Wilde

by Tia Williams 2024 352 pages

Magical Realism

Historical Fiction

Tales from the Café Summary

Tales from the Café

by Toshikazu Kawaguchi 2017 192 pages

Magical Realism

One Night at the Call Center Summary

One Night at the Call Center

by Chetan Bhagat 2005 320 pages

Indian Literature

The Circle Summary

by Dave Eggers 2013 493 pages

Science Fiction

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