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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

A Fraction of the Whole Summary
A Fraction of the Whole
by Steve Toltz 2008 530 pages
4.14
23k+ ratings
Australia
Novels
Contemporary
The Girl You Left Behind Summary
The Girl You Left Behind
by Jojo Moyes 2012 480 pages
4.03
100k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Romance
Historical
The Hating Game Summary
The Hating Game
by Sally Thorne 2016 387 pages
3.87
700k+ ratings
Romance
Contemporary
Enemies To Lovers
Maybe Now Summary
Maybe Now
by Colleen Hoover 2018 414 pages
3.87
100k+ ratings
Romance
New Adult
Contemporary
On the Bright Side, I'm Now the Girlfriend of a Sex God Summary
On the Bright Side, I'm Now the Girlfriend of a Sex God
by Louise Rennison 2000 243 pages
3.95
48k+ ratings
Young Adult
Romance
Humor
A Man Called Ove Summary
A Man Called Ove
by Fredrik Backman 2012 337 pages
4.38
1.1M+ ratings
Contemporary
Humor
Adult
After You Summary
After You
by Jojo Moyes 2015 352 pages
3.74
400k+ ratings
Romance
Contemporary
Chick Lit
Women Summary
Women
by Charles Bukowski 1978 291 pages
3.81
82k+ ratings
Novels
Poetry
Literature
Being And Event Summary
Being And Event
by Alain Badiou 1988 560 pages
4.02
1k+ ratings
Philosophy
Theory
Mathematics
For One More Day Summary
For One More Day
by Mitch Albom 2006 208 pages
4.13
100k+ ratings
Inspirational
Contemporary
Adult
Sex and Rage Summary
Sex and Rage
by Eve Babitz 1979 256 pages
3.57
15k+ ratings
Contemporary
Classics
Feminism
Beautiful World, Where Are You Summary
Beautiful World, Where Are You
by Sally Rooney 2021 356 pages
3.53
400k+ ratings
Contemporary
Romance
Literary Fiction
The Violin Conspiracy Summary
The Violin Conspiracy
by Brendan Slocumb 2022 345 pages
4.12
61k+ ratings
Mystery
Mystery Thriller
Music
Things We Never Got Over Summary
Things We Never Got Over
by Lucy Score 2022 572 pages
4.14
900k+ ratings
Contemporary
Romance
Contemporary Romance
Painted Scars Summary
Painted Scars
by Neva Altaj 2022 240 pages
3.75
90k+ ratings
Dark Romance
Romance
Dark
The Circle Summary
The Circle
by Dave Eggers 2013 493 pages
3.43
200k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Dystopia
Contemporary
Still Me Summary
Still Me
by Jojo Moyes 2018 368 pages
4.11
200k+ ratings
Romance
Contemporary
Chick Lit
I Fell in Love With Hope Summary
I Fell in Love With Hope
by Lancali 2022 402 pages
3.84
29k+ ratings
Romance
Contemporary
Young Adult
Every Last Secret Summary
Every Last Secret
by A.R. Torre 2020 293 pages
3.95
100k+ ratings
Thriller
Mystery Thriller
Mystery
Still Alice Summary
Still Alice
by Lisa Genova 2007 292 pages
4.32
300k+ ratings
Contemporary
Psychology
Book Club
Eleanor & Park Summary
Eleanor & Park
by Rainbow Rowell 2012 328 pages
3.93
1.2M+ ratings
Young Adult
Romance
Contemporary
Hooked Summary
Hooked
by Emily McIntire 2021 312 pages
3.78
400k+ ratings
Dark Romance
Fantasy
Dark
God of Wrath Summary
God of Wrath
by Rina Kent 2022 492 pages
4.19
99k+ ratings
Romance
Dark
Enemies To Lovers
Fangirl Summary
Fangirl
by Rainbow Rowell 2013 483 pages
3.94
700k+ ratings
Young Adult
Contemporary
Realistic Fiction
The Dutch House Summary
The Dutch House
by Ann Patchett 2019 337 pages
4.10
400k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Literary Fiction
Contemporary
The Great Alone Summary
The Great Alone
by Kristin Hannah 2018 435 pages
4.44
900k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Romance
Historical
Easy Summary
Easy
by Tammara Webber 2012 336 pages
4.08
200k+ ratings
Romance
New Adult
Contemporary
Life and Other Near-Death Experiences Summary
Life and Other Near-Death Experiences
by Camille Pagán 2015 255 pages
3.88
36k+ ratings
Romance
Chick Lit
Contemporary
The Mother-in-Law Summary
The Mother-in-Law
by Sally Hepworth 2019 347 pages
3.97
100k+ ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Mystery Thriller
The Seven Sisters Summary
The Seven Sisters
by Lucinda Riley 2014 460 pages
4.19
100k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Romance
Historical
The Storm Sister Summary
The Storm Sister
by Lucinda Riley 2015 513 pages
4.25
100k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Romance
Historical
Veronika Decides to Die Summary
Veronika Decides to Die
by Paulo Coelho 1998 285 pages
3.73
200k+ ratings
Contemporary
Philosophy
Novels
Almond Summary
Almond
by Sohn Won-Pyung 2017 272 pages
4.15
100k+ ratings
Contemporary
Young Adult
Literary Fiction
Black Cake Summary
Black Cake
by Charmaine Wilkerson 2022 385 pages
4.09
200k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Contemporary
Mystery
The Beekeeper of Aleppo Summary
The Beekeeper of Aleppo
by Christy Lefteri 2019 317 pages
4.17
100k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
War
Contemporary
The Berry Pickers Summary
The Berry Pickers
by Amanda Peters 2023 307 pages
4.12
100k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Mystery
Indigenous
Long Island Compromise Summary
Long Island Compromise
by Taffy Brodesser-Akner 2024 464 pages
3.76
30k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
Fallen Too Far Summary
Fallen Too Far
by Abbi Glines 2012 241 pages
4.15
100k+ ratings
Romance
New Adult
Contemporary
Life’s Too Short Summary
Life’s Too Short
by Abby Jimenez 2021 384 pages
4.16
100k+ ratings
Romance
Contemporary
Contemporary Romance
Love and Other Words Summary
Love and Other Words
by Christina Lauren 2018 432 pages
4.24
700k+ ratings
Romance
Contemporary
Friends To Lovers
Margo's Got Money Troubles Summary
Margo's Got Money Troubles
by Rufi Thorpe 2024 304 pages
3.90
84k+ ratings
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
Humor
The Trade Summary
The Trade
by Meghan Quinn 2020 437 pages
4.17
17k+ ratings
Sports Romance
Romance
Sports
The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot Summary
The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot
by Marianne Cronin 2021 322 pages
4.29
100k+ ratings
Contemporary
Romance
Young Adult
The Sex Education of M.E. Summary
The Sex Education of M.E.
by L.B. Dunbar 2016 237 pages
4.25
1k+ ratings
Romance
Contemporary Romance
Contemporary
Sex and Vanity Summary
Sex and Vanity
by Kevin Kwan 2020 315 pages
3.33
59k+ ratings
Romance
Contemporary
Chick Lit
Book Lovers Summary
Book Lovers
by Emily Henry 2022 377 pages
4.12
1.3M+ ratings
Romance
Contemporary
Contemporary Romance
Smart, Sexy and Secretive Summary
Smart, Sexy and Secretive
by Tammy Falkner 2013 204 pages
4.21
16k+ ratings
Romance
New Adult
Contemporary
Table for Two Summary
Table for Two
by Amor Towles 2024 451 pages
4.22
49k+ ratings
Short Stories
Historical Fiction
Literary Fiction
The Corrections Summary
The Corrections
by Jonathan Franzen 2001 653 pages
3.84
100k+ ratings
Contemporary
Novels
Literary Fiction
There There Summary
There There
by Tommy Orange 2018 294 pages
3.98
200k+ ratings
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
Native American
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