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Unaccustomed Earth Summary

Unaccustomed Earth

by Jhumpa Lahiri 2008 352 pages

The Happy Ever After Playlist Summary

The Happy Ever After Playlist

by Abby Jimenez 2020 401 pages

Contemporary Romance

Words on Bathroom Walls Summary

Words on Bathroom Walls

by Julia Walton 2017 304 pages

Falling for My Best Friend's Brother Summary

Falling for My Best Friend's Brother

by J.S. Cooper 2015 357 pages

Contemporary Romance

Thanksgiving Past Summary

Thanksgiving Past

by Kathi Daley 2020 126 pages

One Bossy Date Summary

by Nicole Snow 2022 560 pages

Enemies To Lovers

Billionaire Romance

The Snowball Effect Summary

The Snowball Effect

by Haley Cass 2024 506 pages

Wish I Could Tell You Summary

Wish I Could Tell You

by Durjoy Datta 2019 288 pages

by S.J. Tilly 2023 432 pages

Thanksgiving Summary

by Janet Evanovich 1988 228 pages

Flight Behavior Summary

Flight Behavior

by Barbara Kingsolver 2012 436 pages

Literary Fiction

All the Birds, Singing Summary

All the Birds, Singing

by Evie Wyld 2013 240 pages

Certain Women Summary

by Madeleine L'Engle 1992 368 pages

Literary Fiction

Ask Again, Yes Summary

by Mary Beth Keane 2019 388 pages

Literary Fiction

A Gate at the Stairs Summary

A Gate at the Stairs

by Lorrie Moore 2009 322 pages

Literary Fiction

By a Thread Summary

by Lucy Score 2020 584 pages

Enemies To Lovers

Contemporary Romance

Afterlove Summary

by Tanya Byrne 2021 389 pages

The Summer of Yes Summary

The Summer of Yes

by Courtney Walsh 2024 384 pages

Filthy Animals Summary

by Brandon Taylor 2021 288 pages

The Family Chao Summary

The Family Chao

by Lan Samantha Chang 2022 303 pages

Welcome to the Hyunam-Dong Bookshop Summary

Welcome to the Hyunam-Dong Bookshop

by Hwang Bo-Reum 2022 307 pages

Books About Books

Code of Silence Summary

Code of Silence

by Shantel Tessier 2020 201 pages

Delilah Green Doesn't Care Summary

Delilah Green Doesn't Care

by Ashley Herring Blake 2022 375 pages

by Axie Oh 2024 352 pages

10 Ways to Accidentally Fall in Love Summary

10 Ways to Accidentally Fall in Love

by Emmy Sanders 2025 327 pages

Friends To Lovers

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

Red My Lips Summary

by Lila Herron 2024 328 pages

Red Clocks Summary

by Leni Zumas 2018 368 pages

Science Fiction

The Heartbeat Library Summary

The Heartbeat Library

by Laura Imai Messina 2022 400 pages

Japanese Literature

Wallbanger Summary

by Alice Clayton 2012 384 pages

Contemporary Romance

How to Fall in Love Summary

How to Fall in Love

by Cecelia Ahern 2013 327 pages

Happy Medium Summary

by Sarah Adler 2024 388 pages

The Day After the Party Summary

The Day After the Party

by Nicole Trope 2023 246 pages

Mystery Thriller

Don't Kiss the Bride Summary

Don't Kiss the Bride

by Carian Cole 2021 516 pages

Contemporary Romance

Friends To Lovers

Saint X Summary

by Alexis Schaitkin 2020 343 pages

Mystery Thriller

The Unhoneymooners Summary

The Unhoneymooners

by Christina Lauren 2019 432 pages

Enemies To Lovers

Contemporary Romance

Royally Rearranged Summary

Royally Rearranged

by Emma St. Clair 2021 405 pages

Addicted for Now Summary

Addicted for Now

by Krista Ritchie 2013 513 pages

by Rebecca Sharp 2023 389 pages

Forced Proximity

Kiss the Sky Summary

by Krista Ritchie 2014 443 pages

Savor It Summary

by Tarah DeWitt 2024 336 pages

Contemporary Romance

Just His Secretary Summary

Just His Secretary

by Donna Jeffries 2021 362 pages

Contemporary Romance

Sputnik Sweetheart Summary

Sputnik Sweetheart

by Haruki Murakami 1999 229 pages

Japanese Literature

Magical Realism

Ricochet Summary

by Krista Ritchie 2013 265 pages

Unholy Tsar Summary

by Sasha Leone 2024 280 pages

Forget Me Not Summary

by Ellie Terry 2017 336 pages

Realistic Fiction

Take Me with You Summary

Take Me with You

by Catherine Ryan Hyde 2014 362 pages

City of Glass Summary

by Paul Auster 1985 203 pages

Hieroglyphics Summary

by Jill McCorkle 2020 312 pages

Literary Fiction

Historical Fiction

Adultery Summary

by Paulo Coelho 2012 272 pages

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