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Today's world unfolds through raw, intimate stories of love, identity, mental health, and social change. These powerful works capture modern life's complexities through personal narratives, cultural commentary, and unflinching explorations of what it means to be human in our rapidly evolving society.

Contemporary Book Summaries

Dear John Summary
Dear John
by Nicholas Sparks 2006 288 pages
4.04
600k+ ratings
Romance
Chick Lit
Contemporary
A Walk to Remember Summary
A Walk to Remember
by Nicholas Sparks
4.20
800k+ ratings
Romance
Contemporary
Young Adult
Survivor Summary
Survivor
A Novel
by Chuck Palahniuk 2018 304 pages
3.93
100k+ ratings
Contemporary
Thriller
Novels
They Both Die at the End Summary
They Both Die at the End
by Adam Silvera 2017 384 pages
3.76
700k+ ratings
Young Adult
Romance
LGBT
A Little Life Summary
A Little Life
by Hanya Yanagihara
4.32
700k+ ratings
Contemporary
LGBT
Literary Fiction
One Italian Summer Summary
One Italian Summer
A Novel
by Rebecca Serle 2022 272 pages
3.59
200k+ ratings
Romance
Contemporary
Magical Realism
Yellowface Summary
Yellowface
by R.F. Kuang
3.76
600k+ ratings
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
Thriller
Cleopatra and Frankenstein Summary
Cleopatra and Frankenstein
by Coco Mellors 2022 384 pages
3.73
100k+ ratings
Romance
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
Anxious People Summary
Anxious People
by Fredrik Backman
4.18
600k+ ratings
Contemporary
Mystery
Humor
House of Leaves Summary
House of Leaves
by Mark Z. Danielewski
4.09
100k+ ratings
Horror
Fantasy
Mystery
Hello Beautiful Summary
Hello Beautiful
by Ann Napolitano
4.15
300k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Romance
Contemporary
Truly, Devious Summary
Truly, Devious
by Maureen Johnson
3.91
100k+ ratings
Mystery
Young Adult
Mystery Thriller
Demon Copperhead Summary
Demon Copperhead
by Barbara Kingsolver
4.49
500k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Literary Fiction
Contemporary
The World According to Garp Summary
The World According to Garp
by John Irving 1999 610 pages
4.10
200k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
Contemporary
My Year of Rest and Relaxation Summary
My Year of Rest and Relaxation
A Novel
by Ottessa Moshfegh 2019 304 pages
3.63
400k+ ratings
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
Mental Health
Good Girl Complex (Avalon Bay, 1) Summary
Good Girl Complex (Avalon Bay, 1)
by Elle Kennedy 2022 368 pages
3.58
100k+ ratings
Romance
Contemporary
New Adult
Never Never Summary
Never Never
by Colleen Hoover
3.81
100k+ ratings
Romance
Young Adult
Contemporary
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow Summary
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
by Gabrielle Zevin 2022 416 pages
4.15
1M+ ratings
Contemporary
Romance
Literary Fiction
Klara and the Sun Summary
Klara and the Sun
A novel
by Kazuo Ishiguro 2021 320 pages
3.74
300k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Dystopia
Literary Fiction
Icebreaker Summary
Icebreaker
by Hannah Grace
3.82
900k+ ratings
Sports Romance
Sports
Contemporary
For Love of Country Summary
For Love of Country
Why I Left the Democratic Party
by Tulsi Gabbard
4.43
1k+ ratings
Politics
Biography
Memoir
The Best of Me Summary
The Best of Me
by Nicholas Sparks 2011 304 pages
3.98
100k+ ratings
Romance
Chick Lit
Contemporary
Big Little Lies Summary
Big Little Lies
by Liane Moriarty
4.31
1M+ ratings
Mystery
Contemporary
Thriller
how to play better tennis Summary
how to play better tennis
by william t. tilden 1962 144 pages
3.69
200k+ ratings
Classics
Young Adult
Short Stories
Flock (The Ravenhood) Summary
Flock (The Ravenhood)
by Kate Stewart 2020 364 pages
4.12
100k+ ratings
Romance
Contemporary
Reverse Harem
The Art of Racing in the Rain Summary
The Art of Racing in the Rain
by Garth Stein 2008
4.23
500k+ ratings
Animals
Dogs
Adult Fiction
Things We Left Behind Summary
Things We Left Behind
by Lucy Score 2023
4.42
300k+ ratings
Romance
Contemporary Romance
Contemporary
The Ritual Summary
The Ritual
by Shantel Tessier
4.06
200k+ ratings
Romance
Dark
College
The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches Summary
The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches
by Sangu Mandanna 2022 336 pages
4.09
200k+ ratings
Fantasy
Romance
Witches
Paper Towns Summary
Paper Towns
by John Green 2009 305 pages
3.71
1.4M+ ratings
Young Adult
Contemporary
Romance
How to Kill Your Family Summary
How to Kill Your Family
by Bella Mackie
3.53
100k+ ratings
Thriller
Crime
Mystery
Firekeeper’s Daughter Summary
Firekeeper’s Daughter
by Angeline Boulley
4.33
100k+ ratings
Young Adult
Mystery
Thriller
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