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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

Sing, Unburied, Sing Summary
Sing, Unburied, Sing
by Jesmyn Ward 2017 285 pages
4.00
100k+ ratings
Book Club
Magical Realism
Contemporary
That Was Then, This Is Now Summary
That Was Then, This Is Now
by S.E. Hinton 1971 159 pages
3.93
38k+ ratings
Young Adult
Classics
Coming Of Age
Imogen, Obviously Summary
Imogen, Obviously
by Becky Albertalli 2023 432 pages
4.20
26k+ ratings
Romance
LGBT
Young Adult
Canada Summary
Canada
by Richard Ford 2012 420 pages
3.52
27k+ ratings
Book Club
Canada
Literary Fiction
Mr Salary Summary
Mr Salary
by Sally Rooney 2016 33 pages
3.76
37k+ ratings
Short Stories
Contemporary
Romance
The Blood We Crave Summary
The Blood We Crave
Part Two
by Monty Jay 2023 333 pages
4.19
18k+ ratings
Dark Romance
Dark
Romance
The Oath We Give Summary
The Oath We Give
by Monty Jay 2023 429 pages
4.29
14k+ ratings
Dark Romance
Romance
Dark
What Wild Women Do Summary
What Wild Women Do
by Karma Brown 2023 320 pages
3.74
4k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Mystery
Contemporary
If You Come Softly Summary
If You Come Softly
by Jacqueline Woodson 1998 181 pages
4.04
12k+ ratings
Young Adult
Romance
Contemporary
P.S. I Like You Summary
P.S. I Like You
by Kasie West 2016 329 pages
4.04
63k+ ratings
Romance
Young Adult
Contemporary
The Fill-In Boyfriend Summary
The Fill-In Boyfriend
by Kasie West 2015 352 pages
3.89
67k+ ratings
Romance
Young Adult
Contemporary
One of the Good Guys Summary
One of the Good Guys
by Araminta Hall 2024 289 pages
3.49
8k+ ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Mystery Thriller
Before Sunrise Summary
Before Sunrise
by Diana Palmer 2006 384 pages
4.02
2k+ ratings
Romance
Contemporary Romance
Contemporary
Winter in Paradise Summary
Winter in Paradise
by Elin Hilderbrand 2018 310 pages
4.08
100k+ ratings
Romance
Chick Lit
Mystery
What Happens in Paradise Summary
What Happens in Paradise
by Elin Hilderbrand 2019 432 pages
4.04
100k+ ratings
Romance
Chick Lit
Mystery
The Do-Over Summary
The Do-Over
by Sharon M. Peterson 2022 335 pages
4.07
5k+ ratings
Romance
Contemporary
Contemporary Romance
Rushing the Goal Summary
Rushing the Goal
by Toni Aleo 2016 400 pages
4.42
4k+ ratings
Sports
Romance
Sports Romance
Can I Tell You Something? Summary
Can I Tell You Something?
by Holly June Smith 2023 234 pages
3.95
19k+ ratings
Romance
Christmas
Holiday
A Pizza My Heart Summary
A Pizza My Heart
by Teagan Hunter 2019 257 pages
3.86
4k+ ratings
Romance
Friends To Lovers
Contemporary
Some Girls Do Summary
Some Girls Do
by Jennifer Dugan 2021 336 pages
3.70
27k+ ratings
Romance
LGBT
Lesbian
Mexican WhiteBoy Summary
Mexican WhiteBoy
by Matt de la Peña 2008 256 pages
3.86
5k+ ratings
Young Adult
Sports
Realistic Fiction
The Patron Saint of Liars Summary
The Patron Saint of Liars
by Ann Patchett 1992 352 pages
3.89
62k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Literary Fiction
Limerence Summary
Limerence
by H.C. Dolores 2024 415 pages
4.26
7k+ ratings
Dark Romance
Romance
Dark
The Shadow Sister Summary
The Shadow Sister
by Lucinda Riley 2016 721 pages
4.31
100k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Romance
Historical
The Pearl Sister Summary
The Pearl Sister
by Lucinda Riley 2017 702 pages
4.32
91k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Romance
Historical
The Moon Sister Summary
The Moon Sister
by Lucinda Riley 2018 742 pages
4.24
82k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Romance
Historical
Internment Summary
Internment
by Samira Ahmed 2019 386 pages
3.87
19k+ ratings
Young Adult
Dystopia
Contemporary
Outer Banks Summary
Outer Banks
Lights Out
by Alyssa Sheinmel 2021 288 pages
3.48
2k+ ratings
Young Adult
Romance
Mystery
The Heartbeat Library Summary
The Heartbeat Library
by Laura Imai Messina 2022 400 pages
4.04
3k+ ratings
Japan
Contemporary
Japanese Literature
White Noise Summary
White Noise
by Don DeLillo 1985 320 pages
3.86
100k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
Novels
Verona Comics Summary
Verona Comics
by Jennifer Dugan 2020 352 pages
3.59
3k+ ratings
Romance
Contemporary
Young Adult
Facing West Summary
Facing West
by Lucy Lennox 2017 286 pages
4.16
9k+ ratings
M M Romance
Romance
Contemporary
The Kid Summary
The Kid
by Sapphire 2003 374 pages
2.70
2k+ ratings
Novels
Contemporary
Adult Fiction
The Redemption of Michael Hollister Summary
The Redemption of Michael Hollister
by Shawn Inmon 2017 236 pages
4.37
2k+ ratings
Time Travel
Fantasy
Science Fiction
Little Blue Encyclopedia Summary
Little Blue Encyclopedia
by Hazel Jane Plante 2019 200 pages
4.26
1k+ ratings
Queer
LGBT
Transgender
High Fidelity Summary
High Fidelity
by Nick Hornby 1995 323 pages
3.90
200k+ ratings
Music
Contemporary
Humor
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