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Black Cake Summary

by Charmaine Wilkerson

Historical Fiction

The Berry Pickers Summary

The Berry Pickers

by Amanda Peters 2023 320 pages

Historical Fiction

Life’s Too Short Summary

Life’s Too Short

by Abby Jimenez 2021 385 pages

Contemporary Romance

Love and Other Words Summary

Love and Other Words

by Christina Lauren 2018 432 pages

Contemporary Romance

The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot Summary

The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot

by Marianne Cronin 2021 352 pages

Sex and Vanity Summary

by Kevin Kwan 2022 304 pages

Book Lovers Summary

by Emily Henry

Contemporary Romance

Table for Two Summary

by Amor Towles 2024 448 pages

Historical Fiction

Literary Fiction

There There Summary

by Tommy Orange

Literary Fiction

Native American

The Pumpkin Spice Café Summary

The Pumpkin Spice Café

by Laurie Gilmore 2023

The Bodyguard Summary

by Katherine Center 2022 320 pages

Contemporary Romance

Dead Poets Society Summary

Dead Poets Society

by N.H. Kleinbaum 1989 176 pages

Finlay Donovan Is Killing It Summary

Finlay Donovan Is Killing It

by Elle Cosimano 2021 368 pages

Mystery Thriller

by Haruki Murakami 2011 944 pages

Magical Realism

It's Not Summer Without You Summary

It's Not Summer Without You

by Jenny Han 2010 288 pages

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Summary

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

by Stieg Larsson 2008 480 pages

Before I Go to Sleep Summary

Before I Go to Sleep

by S.J. Watson 2011 368 pages

Mystery Thriller

The Inheritance Games Summary

The Inheritance Games

by Jennifer Lynn Barnes 2020 384 pages

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian Summary

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

by Sherman Alexie 2018 156 pages

Realistic Fiction

When We Believed in Mermaids Summary

When We Believed in Mermaids

by Barbara O'Neal 2019 349 pages

Beautiful Disaster Summary

Beautiful Disaster

by Jamie McGuire

Lullaby Summary

by Chuck Palahniuk

The Poet X Summary

by Elizabeth Acevedo

Anna and the French Kiss Summary

Anna and the French Kiss

by Stephanie Perkins

The Joy Luck Club Summary

The Joy Luck Club

Historical Fiction

Fifty Shades Freed Summary

Fifty Shades Freed

by E.L. James

We Were the Mulvaneys Summary

We Were the Mulvaneys

by Joyce. Carol Oats

Literary Fiction

Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead Summary

Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead

by Olga Tokarczuk

Literary Fiction

Good Material Summary

by Dolly Alderton

Literary Fiction

Hunting Adeline Summary

Hunting Adeline

by H.D. Carlton

The God of Small Things Summary

The God of Small Things

by Arundhati Roy

Historical Fiction

by N.R. Walker

Clap When You Land Summary

Clap When You Land

by Elizabeth Acevedo

Overruled Summary

by Emma Chase

Contemporary Romance

Shark Heart Summary

by Emily Habeck

Magical Realism

Forever, Interrupted Summary

Forever, Interrupted

by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Life Lessons Summary

by Kaje Harper 2011 348 pages

Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda Summary

Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda

by Becky Albertalli

The Human Stain Summary

The Human Stain

by Philip Roth

Love Is a Dog from Hell Summary

Love Is a Dog from Hell

by Charles Bukowski

Real Estate Summary

by Deborah Levy

My Fault Summary

by Mercedes Ron

The Five People You Meet in Heaven Summary

The Five People You Meet in Heaven

by Mitch Albom

The Next Person You Meet in Heaven Summary

The Next Person You Meet in Heaven

The sequel to The Five People You Meet in Heaven

by Mitch Albom

Twisted Lies Summary

by Ana Huang 2022 560 pages

Contemporary Romance

God of Fury Summary

by Rina Kent

Lights Out Summary

by Navessa Allen

Late Bloomer Summary

by Mazey Eddings

God of Malice Summary

by Rina Kent

The Predator Summary

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