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Life Ceremony Summary

by Sayaka Murata 2019 256 pages

Great Circle Summary

by Maggie Shipstead 2021 608 pages

Historical Fiction

Literary Fiction

by Tammara Webber 2012 336 pages

Bailey's Story Summary

by W. Bruce Cameron 2013 208 pages

Outline Summary

by Rachel Cusk 2014 249 pages

Literary Fiction

Finlay Donovan Knocks 'Em Dead Summary

Finlay Donovan Knocks 'Em Dead

by Elle Cosimano 2022 357 pages

Mystery Thriller

This Is How It Always Is Summary

This Is How It Always Is

by Laurie Frankel 2017 338 pages

On Beauty Summary

by Zadie Smith 2005 445 pages

Literary Fiction

Power Play Summary

by Anastasija White 2024 362 pages

Fangirl Down Summary

by Tessa Bailey 2024 380 pages

Carrie Soto Is Back Summary

Carrie Soto Is Back

by Taylor Jenkins Reid 2022 384 pages

Historical Fiction

State of Wonder Summary

State of Wonder

by Ann Patchett 2011 353 pages

Literary Fiction

Icon and Inferno Summary

Icon and Inferno

by Marie Lu 2024 320 pages

The Wiener Across the Way Summary

The Wiener Across the Way

by Amy Award 2024 420 pages

Before I Fall Summary

by Lauren Oliver 2010 470 pages

If You Come Softly Summary

If You Come Softly

by Jacqueline Woodson 1998 181 pages

The Words Summary

by Ashley Jade 2022 676 pages

Enemies To Lovers

Secretly Yours Summary

by Tessa Bailey 2023 384 pages

Contemporary Romance

The Corrections Summary

The Corrections

by Jonathan Franzen 2001 653 pages

Literary Fiction

Is There Still Sex in the City? Summary

Is There Still Sex in the City?

by Candace Bushnell 2019 272 pages

Pineapple Street Summary

Pineapple Street

by Jenny Jackson 2023 304 pages

Literary Fiction

Romantic Comedy Summary

Romantic Comedy

by Curtis Sittenfeld 2023 309 pages

Business Casual Summary

Business Casual

by B.K. Borison 2024 384 pages

Contemporary Romance

If an Egyptian Cannot Speak English Summary

If an Egyptian Cannot Speak English

by Noor Naga 2022 186 pages

Literary Fiction

The Reason I Married Him Summary

The Reason I Married Him

by Meghan Quinn 2024 528 pages

Enemies To Lovers

Small Town Romance

The Zahir Summary

by Paulo Coelho 2005 336 pages

Limerence Summary

by H.C. Dolores 2024 415 pages

by Athol Fugard 1979 232 pages

I Have Some Questions for You Summary

I Have Some Questions for You

by Rebecca Makkai 2023 438 pages

Mystery Thriller

After Annie Summary

by Anna Quindlen 2024 283 pages

Literary Fiction

The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry Summary

The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry

by Rachel Joyce 2012 320 pages

British Literature

Leaving Time Summary

by Jodi Picoult 2014 398 pages

Last Night Summary

by Luanne Rice 2024 329 pages

Mystery Thriller

Three Women Summary

by Lisa Taddeo 2019 306 pages

by Patricia McCormick 2006 268 pages

Realistic Fiction

The DUFF Summary

Designated Ugly Fat Friend

by Kody Keplinger 2010 280 pages

No One Can Know Summary

No One Can Know

by Kate Alice Marshall 2024 325 pages

Mystery Thriller

Beautiful Bastard Summary

Beautiful Bastard

by Christina Lauren 2013 271 pages

Contemporary Romance

Forget Me Not Summary

by Julie Soto 2023 341 pages

The Immortalists Summary

The Immortalists

by Chloe Benjamin 2018 346 pages

Historical Fiction

It Starts with Us, It Ends with Us Collection Summary

It Starts with Us, It Ends with Us Collection

by Colleen Hoover 2022 636 pages

The Wall of Winnipeg and Me Summary

The Wall of Winnipeg and Me

by Mariana Zapata 2016 475 pages

Worst Wingman Ever Summary

Worst Wingman Ever

by Abby Jimenez 2024 61 pages

Lonely Castle in the Mirror Summary

Lonely Castle in the Mirror

by Mizuki Tsujimura 2017 355 pages

Magical Realism

The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13 3/4 Summary

The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13 3/4

by Sue Townsend 1982 272 pages

The Witness Summary

by Nora Roberts 2012 757 pages

Romantic Suspense

A Woman Is No Man Summary

A Woman Is No Man

by Etaf Rum 2019 339 pages

Historical Fiction

by Axie Oh 2021 352 pages

by Nikki May 2022 384 pages

We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves Summary

We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves

by Karen Joy Fowler 2013 310 pages

Literary Fiction

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