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On Beauty Summary

by Zadie Smith 2005 445 pages

Literary Fiction

Penitence Summary

by Kristin Koval 2025 320 pages

Mystery Thriller

How to End a Love Story Summary

How to End a Love Story

by Yulin Kuang 2024 384 pages

Contemporary Romance

by Lauren Oliver 2014 408 pages

Bridesmaid Undercover Summary

Bridesmaid Undercover

by Meghan Quinn 2024 496 pages

Friends To Lovers

There Are No Saints Summary

There Are No Saints

by Sophie Lark 2021 258 pages

Slow Dance Summary

by Rainbow Rowell 2024 400 pages

Three Women Summary

by Lisa Taddeo 2019 306 pages

The Snowball Effect Summary

The Snowball Effect

by Haley Cass 2024 506 pages

Good in Bed Summary

by Jennifer Weiner 2002 376 pages

From Lukov with Love Summary

From Lukov with Love

by Mariana Zapata 2018 493 pages

Enemies To Lovers

Business Casual Summary

Business Casual

by B.K. Borison 2024 384 pages

Contemporary Romance

A Spark of Light Summary

A Spark of Light

by Jodi Picoult 2018 381 pages

Someone Like You Summary

Someone Like You

by Sarah Dessen 1998 281 pages

After Annie Summary

by Anna Quindlen 2024 283 pages

How to Stay Sane in an Age of Division Summary

How to Stay Sane in an Age of Division

by Elif Shafak 2020 96 pages

Enter Ghost Summary

by Isabella Hammad 2023 336 pages

Literary Fiction

Historical Fiction

Pinkie Promise Summary

by Sapphire Hale 2024 391 pages

This Winter Summary

by Alice Oseman 2015 120 pages

Wait for You Summary

by J. Lynn 2013 386 pages

Small Town Swoon Summary

Small Town Swoon

by Melanie Harlow 2024 376 pages

Friends To Lovers

Small Town Romance

Sex and the City Summary

Sex and the City

by Candace Bushnell 1996 304 pages

by Axie Oh 2024 352 pages

The Dinner Summary

by Herman Koch 2009 292 pages

by Aubrey Dark 2014 218 pages

Failure to Match Summary

Failure to Match

by Kyra Parsi 2024 430 pages

Enemies To Lovers

by S.J. Tilly 2023 432 pages

High Fidelity Summary

by Nick Hornby 1995 323 pages

The King's Men Summary

by Nora Sakavic 2014 556 pages

by Romesh Gunesekera 1994 190 pages

Historical Fiction

Literary Fiction

The Exception to the Rule Summary

The Exception to the Rule

by Christina Lauren 2024 101 pages

The Infinity Between Us Summary

The Infinity Between Us

by N.S. Perkins 2021 311 pages

The Sense of an Ending Summary

The Sense of an Ending

by Julian Barnes 2011 150 pages

Literary Fiction

One Italian Summer Summary

One Italian Summer

by Rebecca Serle 2022 255 pages

Maine Characters Summary

Maine Characters

by Hannah Orenstein 2025 400 pages

The Flatshare Summary

by Beth O'Leary 2019 394 pages

Seduction and Snacks Summary

Seduction and Snacks

by Tara Sivec 2012 286 pages

by Skyler Mason 2022 232 pages

Friends To Lovers

Phantom Summary

by Greer Rivers 2022 408 pages

The Perfect Nanny Summary

The Perfect Nanny

by Leïla Slimani 2016 228 pages

When We Believed in Mermaids Summary

When We Believed in Mermaids

by Barbara O'Neal 2019 348 pages

How to Age Disgracefully Summary

How to Age Disgracefully

by Clare Pooley 2024 337 pages

Wreck the Halls Summary

Wreck the Halls

by Tessa Bailey 2023 351 pages

The Wedding Date Summary

The Wedding Date

by Jasmine Guillory 2018 317 pages

Find Me Summary

by André Aciman 2019 260 pages

Real Americans Summary

by Rachel Khong 2024 399 pages

Historical Fiction

Literary Fiction

by Ali Smith 2024 288 pages

Literary Fiction

Science Fiction

Welcome to the Hyunam-Dong Bookshop Summary

Welcome to the Hyunam-Dong Bookshop

by Hwang Bo-Reum 2022 307 pages

Books About Books

Fates and Furies Summary

Fates and Furies

by Lauren Groff 2015 390 pages

Literary Fiction

Destroy Me Summary

by Michelle Heard 2023 273 pages

Enemies To Lovers

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