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Contemporary Book Summaries

Die, My Love Summary
Die, My Love
by Ariana Harwicz 2012 128 pages
3.47
7.7K ratings
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
Mental Health
Not Catching Love Summary
Not Catching Love
by Saxon James 2025 304 pages
4.19
3.9K ratings
M M Romance
Romance
Friends To Lovers
Somebody Like You Summary
Somebody Like You
by Carrie Elks 2021 320 pages
4.12
6.9K ratings
Romance
Sports
Sports Romance
Love Letters to the Dead Summary
Love Letters to the Dead
by Ava Dellaira 2014 336 pages
3.79
90.9K ratings
Young Adult
Contemporary
Romance
Cataclysm Summary
Cataclysm
by Sarah Bailey 2021 393 pages
4.03
12.3K ratings
Reverse Harem
Dark Romance
Dark
Little Demon in the Details Summary
Little Demon in the Details
by Nordika Night 2023 379 pages
4.20
3.8K ratings
M M Romance
Romance
Dark
The Hooker and the Hermit Summary
The Hooker and the Hermit
by L.H. Cosway 2015 369 pages
3.89
28.7K ratings
Romance
Sports
Contemporary
Innocence Summary
Innocence
by Lee Savino 2015 310 pages
3.88
7.4K ratings
Romance
Dark
Dark Romance
Pictures of You Summary
Pictures of You
by Emma Grey 2024 416 pages
4.02
30.5K ratings
Romance
Mystery
Book Club
Wrong Text, Right Love Summary
Wrong Text, Right Love
by Claudia Y. Burgoa 2020 276 pages
3.77
6.6K ratings
Romance
Contemporary
Contemporary Romance
Generation A Summary
Generation A
by Douglas Coupland 2009 320 pages
3.52
7.7K ratings
Science Fiction
Canada
Contemporary
Influence Summary
Influence
by Sara Shepard 2020 368 pages
3.41
4.0K ratings
Mystery
Young Adult
Contemporary
Hello Heartbreaker Summary
Hello Heartbreaker
by Kelsie Hoss 2023 383 pages
4.13
3.6K ratings
Romance
Second Chance
Contemporary
The Neapolitan Novels Summary
The Neapolitan Novels
by Elena Ferrante 2015 1705 pages
4.57
6.5K ratings
Historical Fiction
Italy
Italian Literature
92 Pacific Boulevard Summary
92 Pacific Boulevard
by Debbie Macomber 2000 11 pages
4.15
10.5K ratings
Romance
Chick Lit
Contemporary
The Moon Sister Summary
The Moon Sister
by Lucinda Riley 2018 742 pages
4.24
83.7K ratings
Historical Fiction
Romance
Historical
Accidental Heroes Summary
Accidental Heroes
by Danielle Steel 2018 272 pages
4.13
12.8K ratings
Romance
Thriller
Mystery
Lavash at First Sight Summary
Lavash at First Sight
by Taleen Voskuni 2024 304 pages
3.63
1.4K ratings
Romance
Lesbian
LGBT
Two Weeks Notice Summary
Two Weeks Notice
by Whitney G. 2018 255 pages
3.96
35.2K ratings
Romance
Enemies To Lovers
Contemporary
Shielding Lily Summary
Shielding Lily
by Alexa Riley 2016 143 pages
3.96
9.8K ratings
Romance
High School
New Adult
On a Beautiful Day Summary
On a Beautiful Day
by Lucy Diamond 2018 496 pages
3.89
3.0K ratings
Chick Lit
Contemporary
Romance
The Last Best Kiss Summary
The Last Best Kiss
by Claire LaZebnik 2014 374 pages
3.78
4.2K ratings
Young Adult
Romance
Contemporary
On the Same Page Summary
On the Same Page
by Haley Cass 2023 468 pages
4.36
12.7K ratings
Romance
Lesbian
LGBT
The Devil's Vengeance Summary
The Devil's Vengeance
by Bella J. 2021 262 pages
3.94
1.7K ratings
Dark
Dark Romance
Mafia Romance
All Those Things We Never Said Summary
All Those Things We Never Said
by Marc Levy 2008 318 pages
3.87
14.5K ratings
Romance
France
Contemporary
Sweet Tea & Baby Makes Three Summary
Sweet Tea & Baby Makes Three
by Rachel Hanna 2022 178 pages
4.40
1.9K ratings
Romance
Contemporary
Pretty Boy Summary
Pretty Boy
by Brianna Flores 2024 395 pages
4.02
6.7K ratings
M M Romance
Romance
Contemporary
The Library of Borrowed Hearts Summary
The Library of Borrowed Hearts
by Lucy Gilmore 2024 368 pages
3.86
14.2K ratings
Romance
Books About Books
Contemporary
Dear Wendy Summary
Dear Wendy
by Ann Zhao 2024 368 pages
3.97
2.7K ratings
Contemporary
Young Adult
Queer
Moments of Mayhem Summary
Moments of Mayhem
by T.L. Smith 2023 216 pages
3.88
2.9K ratings
Dark Romance
Romance
Dark
The Ballad of Darcy and Russell Summary
The Ballad of Darcy and Russell
by Morgan Matson 2024 400 pages
3.87
1.3K ratings
Romance
Young Adult
Contemporary
Bought Summary
Bought
by Lauren Landish 2016 296 pages
3.60
20.7K ratings
Romance
BDSM
Dark Romance
Colters' Woman Summary
Colters' Woman
by Maya Banks 2006 272 pages
3.80
18.9K ratings
Romance
Menage
Erotica
Waiting to Score Summary
Waiting to Score
by Elouise Tynan 2021
3.80
4.3K ratings
Sports Romance
Romance
Fake Dating
The Drone Eats with Me Summary
The Drone Eats with Me
A Gaza Diary
by Atef Abu Saif 2015 258 pages
4.38
420 ratings
Memoir
War
Biography
All the Wind in the World Summary
All the Wind in the World
by Samantha Mabry 2017 288 pages
3.35
1.2K ratings
Young Adult
Romance
Magical Realism
The Bad Boy and the Tomboy Summary
The Bad Boy and the Tomboy
by Nicole Nwosu 2016 360 pages
4.07
7.5K ratings
Romance
Young Adult
Contemporary
Devil's Charm Summary
Devil's Charm
by Sam Crescent 2014 131 pages
3.93
4.7K ratings
Romance
Erotica
Contemporary Romance
The Enemy Trap Summary
The Enemy Trap
by Maren Moore 2021 219 pages
3.39
14.3K ratings
Enemies To Lovers
Sports Romance
Romance
The Liar's Daughter Summary
The Liar's Daughter
by Megan Cooley Peterson 2019 284 pages
3.89
6.1K ratings
Young Adult
Contemporary
Mystery
The Fighter's Prize Summary
The Fighter's Prize
by Jessa Kane 2020 69 pages
3.74
5.5K ratings
Novella
Romance
Sports
A Keeper Summary
A Keeper
by Graham Norton 2018 326 pages
3.99
29.6K ratings
Mystery
Ireland
Book Club
Games People Play Summary
Games People Play
by Owen Mullen 2017 334 pages
4.10
1.3K ratings
Crime
Mystery
Thriller
Mother's Day Inn Summary
Mother's Day Inn
by Lee Jacquot 2023 118 pages
3.89
5.3K ratings
Novella
Romance
Holiday
Don't Let Go Summary
Don't Let Go
by Heather Long 2024 315 pages
4.11
2.1K ratings
Reverse Harem
Romance
Contemporary
Mother's Day Summary
Mother's Day
by Patricia MacDonald 1994 310 pages
4.26
8.4K ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Suspense
Out of Sight, Out of Time Summary
Out of Sight, Out of Time
by Ally Carter 2012 294 pages
4.33
58.0K ratings
Young Adult
Mystery
Romance
Whiskey Rebellion Summary
Whiskey Rebellion
by Liliana Hart 2011 267 pages
3.94
11.9K ratings
Mystery
Romance
Humor
Melt With You Summary
Melt With You
by Jennifer Dugan 2022 320 pages
3.48
6.5K ratings
Romance
LGBT
Lesbian
Café Con Lychee Summary
Café Con Lychee
by Emery Lee 2022 320 pages
3.63
7.7K ratings
Romance
LGBT
Young Adult
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