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Normal People Summary

by Sally Rooney 2018 273 pages

Literary Fiction

Lies and Weddings Summary

Lies and Weddings

by Kevin Kwan 2024 437 pages

Terms and Conditions Summary

Terms and Conditions

by Lauren Asher 2022 494 pages

Contemporary Romance

The Queen's Gambit Summary

The Queen's Gambit

by Walter Tevis 1983 258 pages

Historical Fiction

by Sohn Won-Pyung 2017 272 pages

Literary Fiction

Black Ties & White Lies Summary

Black Ties & White Lies

by Kat Singleton 2023 418 pages

Forced Proximity

First-Time Caller Summary

First-Time Caller

by B.K. Borison 2025 448 pages

Contemporary Romance

Nine Perfect Strangers Summary

Nine Perfect Strangers

by Liane Moriarty 2018 453 pages

Too Much Summary

by I.A. Dice 2022 311 pages

Friends To Lovers

Contemporary Romance

A Visit from the Goon Squad Summary

A Visit from the Goon Squad

by Jennifer Egan 2010 274 pages

Part of Your World Summary

Part of Your World

by Abby Jimenez 2022 389 pages

Contemporary Romance

Infinite Jest Summary

by David Foster Wallace 1996 1088 pages

Me Before You Summary

by Jojo Moyes 2012 369 pages

Everything I Never Told You Summary

Everything I Never Told You

by Celeste Ng 2014 297 pages

by Sadie Kincaid 2024 396 pages

Billionaire Romance

by S.J. Tilly 2023 368 pages

All That Life Can Afford Summary

All That Life Can Afford

by Emily Everett 2025 384 pages

Love Unwritten Summary

by Lauren Asher 2024 551 pages

Contemporary Romance

Forced Proximity

On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous Summary

On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

by Ocean Vuong 2019 246 pages

A House Without Windows Summary

A House Without Windows

by Nadia Hashimi 2016 415 pages

Historical Fiction

We Need to Talk About Kevin Summary

We Need to Talk About Kevin

by Lionel Shriver 2003 400 pages

Things We Left Behind Summary

Things We Left Behind

by Lucy Score 2023 698 pages

Enemies To Lovers

Contemporary Romance

American Psycho Summary

American Psycho

by Bret Easton Ellis 1991 399 pages

You've Reached Sam Summary

You've Reached Sam

by Dustin Thao 2021 296 pages

I Fell in Love With Hope Summary

I Fell in Love With Hope

by Lancali 2022 402 pages

Bridesmaid for Hire Summary

Bridesmaid for Hire

by Meghan Quinn 2024 448 pages

Enemies To Lovers

by Athol Fugard 1979 232 pages

November 9 Summary

by Colleen Hoover 2015 310 pages

Contemporary Romance

The Kiss Thief Summary

by L.J. Shen 2019 320 pages

Enemies To Lovers

One Day Summary

by David Nicholls 2009 435 pages

The American Roommate Experiment Summary

The American Roommate Experiment

by Elena Armas 2022 400 pages

Friends To Lovers

Everything Sad Is Untrue Summary

Everything Sad Is Untrue

by Daniel Nayeri 2020 368 pages

The Devil Wears Prada Summary

The Devil Wears Prada

by Lauren Weisberger 2003 384 pages

After We Collided Summary

After We Collided

by Anna Todd 2013 674 pages

The Rosie Project Summary

The Rosie Project

by Graeme Simsion 2013 292 pages

How to Make Friends with the Dark Summary

How to Make Friends with the Dark

by Kathleen Glasgow 2019 421 pages

The City and Its Uncertain Walls Summary

The City and Its Uncertain Walls

by Haruki Murakami 2023 449 pages

Magical Realism

The Lovely Bones Summary

The Lovely Bones

by Alice Sebold 2002 372 pages

All Your Perfects Summary

All Your Perfects

by Colleen Hoover 2018 305 pages

Contemporary Romance

This Book Kills Summary

This Book Kills

by Ravena Guron 2023 357 pages

Say You'll Remember Me Summary

Say You'll Remember Me

by Abby Jimenez 2025 416 pages

Contemporary Romance

The Storyteller Summary

The Storyteller

by Jodi Picoult 2013 461 pages

Historical Fiction

The Mistake Summary

by Elle Kennedy 2015 296 pages

The Things We Do for Love Summary

The Things We Do for Love

by Kristin Hannah 2004 464 pages

Truly, Devious Summary

by Maureen Johnson 2018 416 pages

Mystery Thriller

Five Feet Apart Summary

Five Feet Apart

by Rachael Lippincott 2018 288 pages

Life’s Too Short Summary

Life’s Too Short

by Abby Jimenez 2021 384 pages

Contemporary Romance

Pretty Rings & Broken Things Summary

Pretty Rings & Broken Things

by Kat Singleton 2024 366 pages

Forced Proximity

Billionaire Romance

The Human Stain Summary

The Human Stain

by Philip Roth 2000 361 pages

We Are Not From Here Summary

We Are Not From Here

by Jenny Torres Sanchez 2020 344 pages

Realistic Fiction

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