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Everything is Illuminated Summary

Everything is Illuminated

by Jonathan Safran Foer 2002 276 pages

Historical Fiction

Nora Goes Off Script Summary

Nora Goes Off Script

by Annabel Monaghan 2022 272 pages

By a Thread Summary

by Lucy Score 2020 584 pages

Enemies To Lovers

Contemporary Romance

The Female Persuasion Summary

The Female Persuasion

by Meg Wolitzer 2018 454 pages

Guitar Notes Summary

by Mary Amato 2012 272 pages

How Not to Die Alone Summary

How Not to Die Alone

by Richard Roper 2019 321 pages

Bel Canto Summary

by Ann Patchett 2001 318 pages

Literary Fiction

Scorpion Summary

by Avina St. Graves 2024 246 pages

The Bro Code Summary

by Elizabeth A. Seibert 2012 320 pages

Cruel Promise Summary

by Nicole Fox 2023 468 pages

Holding Up the Universe Summary

Holding Up the Universe

by Jennifer Niven 2016 391 pages

Daisy Jones & The Six Summary

Daisy Jones & The Six

by Taylor Jenkins Reid 2019 368 pages

Historical Fiction

The Patron Saint of Liars Summary

The Patron Saint of Liars

by Ann Patchett 1992 352 pages

Historical Fiction

Literary Fiction

The Tortilla Curtain Summary

The Tortilla Curtain

by T. Coraghessan Boyle 1995 355 pages

The Little Paris Bookshop Summary

The Little Paris Bookshop

by Nina George 2013 392 pages

Books About Books

One Last Stop Summary

by Casey McQuiston 2021 418 pages

Lovers at the Museum Summary

Lovers at the Museum

by Isabel Allende 2024 25 pages

Meant to Be Summary

by Emily Giffin 2022 368 pages

Historical Fiction

Ten Trends to Seduce Your Bestfriend Summary

Ten Trends to Seduce Your Bestfriend

by Penny Reid 2022 436 pages

Contemporary Romance

The Guncle Summary

by Steven Rowley 2021 326 pages

Being And Event Summary

Being And Event

by Alain Badiou 1988 560 pages

Complicity Summary

by Iain Banks 1993 313 pages

Whirlwind Summary

by Kayla Grosse 2025 239 pages

Forced Proximity

The Last Goddess Summary

The Last Goddess

by Kateřina Tučková 2012 421 pages

Historical Fiction

Czech Literature

Don't Kiss the Bride Summary

Don't Kiss the Bride

by Carian Cole 2021 516 pages

Contemporary Romance

Friends To Lovers

The Devil's Vow Summary

The Devil's Vow

by Bella J. 2020 260 pages

Enemies To Lovers

by Rebecca Sharp 2023 389 pages

Forced Proximity

The Perfectionists Summary

The Perfectionists

by Sara Shepard 2014 336 pages

Romantic Comedy Summary

Romantic Comedy

by Curtis Sittenfeld 2023 309 pages

Until You Summary

by Penelope Douglas 2013 406 pages

Enemies To Lovers

The Risk Summary

by S.T. Abby 2016 132 pages

The Christmas Tree Farm Summary

The Christmas Tree Farm

by Laurie Gilmore 2024 369 pages

Overruled Summary

by Emma Chase 2015 290 pages

Contemporary Romance

Immortality Summary

by Milan Kundera 1990 400 pages

Czech Literature

Hurricane Child Summary

Hurricane Child

by Kacen Callender 2018 214 pages

Magical Realism

Get a Life, Chloe Brown Summary

Get a Life, Chloe Brown

by Talia Hibbert 2019 384 pages

Drop, Cover, and Hold On Summary

Drop, Cover, and Hold On

by Jasmine Guillory 2024 40 pages

Adultery Summary

by Paulo Coelho 2012 272 pages

The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks Summary

The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks

by E. Lockhart 2008 345 pages

Realistic Fiction

Tears of Ink Summary

by Anna Bloom 2018 352 pages

Commonwealth Summary

by Ann Patchett 2016 322 pages

Literary Fiction

Historical Fiction

Our Thing Summary

by Nicci Harris 2021 390 pages

Trading Up Summary

by Candace Bushnell 2003 320 pages

Tiger Eyes Summary

by Judy Blume 1981 218 pages

Realistic Fiction

The Summer of Yes Summary

The Summer of Yes

by Courtney Walsh 2024 384 pages

The Girls Who Grew Big Summary

The Girls Who Grew Big

by Leila Mottley 2025 352 pages

Literary Fiction

by Shantel Tessier 2020 244 pages

The Princess Diaries Summary

The Princess Diaries

by Meg Cabot 2000 283 pages

You Get So Alone at Times That it Just Makes Sense Summary

You Get So Alone at Times That it Just Makes Sense

by Charles Bukowski 1986 320 pages

Some Girls Do Summary

by Jennifer Dugan 2021 336 pages

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