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L'Arminuta Summary

by Donatella Di Pietrantonio 2017 163 pages

Italian Literature

Vera Wong's Guide to Snooping [On a Dead Man] Summary

Vera Wong's Guide to Snooping [On a Dead Man]

by Jesse Q. Sutanto 2025 325 pages

Mystery Thriller

If I Stay Summary

by Gayle Forman 2009 208 pages

Outer Banks Summary

by Alyssa Sheinmel 2021 288 pages

Before We Say Goodbye Summary

Before We Say Goodbye

by Toshikazu Kawaguchi 2021 173 pages

Magical Realism

Japanese Literature

The Flea Palace Summary

The Flea Palace

by Elif Shafak 2002 448 pages

Turkish Literature

Someone Else's Shoes Summary

Someone Else's Shoes

by Jojo Moyes 2023 438 pages

Starter Villain Summary

Starter Villain

by John Scalzi 2023 264 pages

Science Fiction

Bitter Heat Summary

by Mia Knight 2019 298 pages

Finding Cinderella Summary

Finding Cinderella

by Colleen Hoover 2013 176 pages

Murder at the Bookstore Summary

Murder at the Bookstore

by Sue Minix 2023 326 pages

My Roommate Is a Vampire Summary

My Roommate Is a Vampire

by Jenna Levine 2023 341 pages

That One Night Summary

by Emily Rath 2023 124 pages

by Tammara Webber 2012 336 pages

The Annihilator Summary

The Annihilator

by RuNyx 2022 257 pages

Our Wives Under the Sea Summary

Our Wives Under the Sea

by Julia Armfield 2022 240 pages

Summer Romance Summary

by Annabel Monaghan 2024 321 pages

Tomorrowmind Summary

Thriving at Work with Resilience, Creativity, and Connection―Now and in an Uncertain Future

by Gabriella Rosen Kellerman 2023 288 pages

The Hypnotist's Love Story Summary

The Hypnotist's Love Story

by Liane Moriarty 2011 446 pages

The Off Limits Rule Summary

The Off Limits Rule

by Sarah Adams 2020 282 pages

Contemporary Romance

Swift and Saddled Summary

Swift and Saddled

by Lyla Sage 2024 320 pages

Always and Forever, Lara Jean Summary

Always and Forever, Lara Jean

by Jenny Han 2017 325 pages

Thorns of Lust Summary

by Eva Winners 2023 395 pages

The Last Song Summary

by Nicholas Sparks 2008 390 pages

Reign of a King Summary

Reign of a King

by Rina Kent 2020 278 pages

Stuck with You Summary

by Ali Hazelwood 2022 127 pages

Carrie Soto Is Back Summary

Carrie Soto Is Back

by Taylor Jenkins Reid 2022 384 pages

Historical Fiction

My Killer Vacation Summary

My Killer Vacation

by Tessa Bailey 2022 295 pages

Bridesmaid by Chance Summary

Bridesmaid by Chance

by Meghan Quinn 2025 480 pages

Forced Proximity

Workplace Romance

Beautiful Beast Summary

Beautiful Beast

by Neva Altaj 2024 372 pages

Things I Wanted to Say, But Never Did Summary

Things I Wanted to Say, But Never Did

by Monica Murphy 2021 506 pages

Enemies To Lovers

The Best of Me Summary

by Nicholas Sparks 2010 292 pages

Playground Summary

by Richard Powers 2024 381 pages

Science Fiction

Literary Fiction

Where'd You Go, Bernadette Summary

Where'd You Go, Bernadette

by Maria Semple 2012 330 pages

Magic Hour Summary

by Kristin Hannah 2006 451 pages

We Were the Mulvaneys Summary

We Were the Mulvaneys

by Joyce Carol Oates 1996 454 pages

Literary Fiction

Freedom Summary

by Jonathan Franzen 2010 562 pages

Literary Fiction

The Wall of Winnipeg and Me Summary

The Wall of Winnipeg and Me

by Mariana Zapata 2016 475 pages

More Days at the Morisaki Bookshop Summary

More Days at the Morisaki Bookshop

by Satoshi Yagisawa 2011 176 pages

Japanese Literature

Kings of Quarantine Summary

Kings of Quarantine

by Caroline Peckham 2020 658 pages

Middlesex Summary

by Jeffrey Eugenides 2002 529 pages

Historical Fiction

The Thing About Jellyfish Summary

The Thing About Jellyfish

by Ali Benjamin 2015 352 pages

Realistic Fiction

Girl, Missing Summary

by Sophie McKenzie 2006 283 pages

Bared to You Summary

by Sylvia Day 2012 352 pages

What Young India Wants Summary

What Young India Wants

by Chetan Bhagat 2012 181 pages

Indian Literature

Camera Shy Summary

by Kay Cove 2023 446 pages

Contemporary Romance

Friends To Lovers

The Nest Summary

by Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney 2016 353 pages

What Alice Forgot Summary

What Alice Forgot

by Liane Moriarty 2010 487 pages

My Year of Rest and Relaxation Summary

My Year of Rest and Relaxation

by Ottessa Moshfegh 2018 289 pages

Literary Fiction

Thank You for Listening Summary

Thank You for Listening

by Julia Whelan 2022 432 pages

Contemporary Romance

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