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Fiction Book Summaries

Lord of Chaos Summary
Lord of Chaos
by Robert Jordan 1994 1011 pages
4.19
100k+ ratings
Fantasy
Epic Fantasy
High Fantasy
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue Summary
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
by Victoria E. Schwab 2020 448 pages
4.18
1.2M+ ratings
Fantasy
Romance
Historical Fiction
Life of Pi Summary
Life of Pi
by Yann Martel 2001 460 pages
3.94
1.6M+ ratings
Fantasy
Classics
Adventure
A Little Life Summary
A Little Life
by Hanya Yanagihara 2015 720 pages
4.30
700k+ ratings
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
LGBT
Wicked Summary
Wicked
The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West
by Gregory Maguire 1995 406 pages
3.53
600k+ ratings
Fantasy
Retellings
Adult
The Return of the King Summary
The Return of the King
by J.R.R. Tolkien 1955 404 pages
4.57
900k+ ratings
Fantasy
Adventure
High Fantasy
The Complete Stories and Poems Summary
The Complete Stories and Poems
by Edgar Allan Poe 1849 821 pages
4.40
200k+ ratings
Classics
Poetry
Horror
If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler Summary
If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler
by Italo Calvino 1979 260 pages
4.03
100k+ ratings
Classics
Italian Literature
Magical Realism
One Italian Summer Summary
One Italian Summer
by Rebecca Serle 2022 255 pages
3.59
200k+ ratings
Romance
Contemporary
Magical Realism
Wool Omnibus Summary
Wool Omnibus
by Hugh Howey 2012 509 pages
4.20
300k+ ratings
Apocalyptic
Adult
Adult Fiction
The Wild Robot Summary
The Wild Robot
by Peter Brown 2016 282 pages
4.20
95k+ ratings
Middle Grade
Science Fiction
Fantasy
The Old Man and the Sea Summary
The Old Man and the Sea
by Ernest Hemingway 1952 96 pages
3.81
1.2M+ ratings
Literature
Novels
School
The Song of Achilles Summary
The Song of Achilles
by Madeline Miller 2011 408 pages
4.32
1.7M+ ratings
Fantasy
Historical Fiction
Romance
Yellowface Summary
Yellowface
by R.F. Kuang 2023 323 pages
3.75
700k+ ratings
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
Thriller
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Summary
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
by Mark Twain 1876 244 pages
3.92
900k+ ratings
Classics
Adventure
Historical Fiction
Things Fall Apart Summary
Things Fall Apart
by Chinua Achebe 1958 215 pages
3.74
300k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Africa
Cleopatra and Frankenstein Summary
Cleopatra and Frankenstein
by Coco Mellors 2022 384 pages
3.72
100k+ ratings
Romance
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
A Conspiracy of Paper Summary
A Conspiracy of Paper
by David Liss 2000 506 pages
3.87
11k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Mystery
Historical
Twilight Summary
Twilight
by Stephenie Meyer 2005 498 pages
3.66
6.9M+ ratings
Fantasy
Young Adult
Romance
Pawn of Prophecy Summary
Pawn of Prophecy
by David Eddings 1982 304 pages
4.16
100k+ ratings
Fantasy
Epic Fantasy
High Fantasy
The Housemaid Summary
The Housemaid
by Freida McFadden 2022 329 pages
4.31
2M+ ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Mystery Thriller
Days at the Morisaki Bookshop Summary
Days at the Morisaki Bookshop
by Satoshi Yagisawa 2010 150 pages
3.65
100k+ ratings
Contemporary
Japan
Japanese Literature
The Perfect Marriage Summary
The Perfect Marriage
by Jeneva Rose 2020 337 pages
3.97
800k+ ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Mystery Thriller
Recursion Summary
Recursion
by Blake Crouch 2019 326 pages
4.17
200k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Thriller
Time Travel
Anxious People Summary
Anxious People
by Fredrik Backman 2019 336 pages
4.17
700k+ ratings
Contemporary
Mystery
Humor
Amerika Summary
Amerika
by Franz Kafka 1927 336 pages
3.74
32k+ ratings
Classics
German Literature
Literature
Roots Summary
Roots
The Saga of an American Family
by Alex Haley 1976 729 pages
4.44
100k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Classics
Historical
Defending Jacob Summary
Defending Jacob
by William Landay 2012 421 pages
4.00
300k+ ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Crime
House of Leaves Summary
House of Leaves
by Mark Z. Danielewski 2000 710 pages
4.09
100k+ ratings
Horror
Fantasy
Mystery
Rock Paper Scissors Summary
Rock Paper Scissors
by Alice Feeney 2021 294 pages
3.90
500k+ ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Mystery Thriller
The Little Prince Summary
The Little Prince
by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry 1943 96 pages
4.33
2.2M+ ratings
Classics
Fantasy
Childrens
The Crucible Summary
The Crucible
by Arthur Miller 1953 143 pages
3.61
400k+ ratings
Classics
Plays
Historical Fiction
The Master and Margarita Summary
The Master and Margarita
by Mikhail Bulgakov 1967 372 pages
4.29
300k+ ratings
Russia
Fantasy
Russian Literature
Hello Beautiful Summary
Hello Beautiful
by Ann Napolitano 2023 416 pages
4.15
400k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Romance
Literary Fiction
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass Summary
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass
by Lewis Carroll 1871 239 pages
4.06
500k+ ratings
Fantasy
Classics
Childrens
Jude the Obscure Summary
Jude the Obscure
by Thomas Hardy 1895 310 pages
3.83
73k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
19th Century
The Marrow Thieves Summary
The Marrow Thieves
by Cherie Dimaline 2017 234 pages
3.96
40k+ ratings
Young Adult
Dystopia
Indigenous
Truly, Devious Summary
Truly, Devious
by Maureen Johnson 2018 416 pages
3.90
100k+ ratings
Mystery
Young Adult
Mystery Thriller
Madame Bovary Summary
Madame Bovary
by Gustave Flaubert 1856 329 pages
3.70
300k+ ratings
Classics
France
Literature
Demon Copperhead Summary
Demon Copperhead
by Barbara Kingsolver 2022 560 pages
4.48
600k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Literary Fiction
Contemporary
The World According to Garp Summary
The World According to Garp
by John Irving 1978 610 pages
4.10
200k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
Contemporary
Bright Young Women Summary
Bright Young Women
by Jessica Knoll 2023 384 pages
4.00
100k+ ratings
Thriller
Historical Fiction
Mystery
My Year of Rest and Relaxation Summary
My Year of Rest and Relaxation
by Ottessa Moshfegh 2018 289 pages
3.62
400k+ ratings
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
Mental Health
Hondo Summary
Hondo
by Louis L'Amour 1953 194 pages
4.06
13k+ ratings
Westerns
Historical Fiction
Classics
Here One Moment Summary
Here One Moment
by Liane Moriarty 2024 512 pages
4.06
100k+ ratings
Mystery
Contemporary
Thriller
The Schopenhauer Cure Summary
The Schopenhauer Cure
by Irvin D. Yalom 2005 358 pages
4.28
28k+ ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Novels
How to Read a Book Summary
How to Read a Book
by Monica Wood 2024 288 pages
4.27
19k+ ratings
Books About Books
Contemporary
Romance
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish Summary
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
by Douglas Adams 1984 225 pages
4.09
100k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Humor
Fantasy
Pippi Longstocking Summary
Pippi Longstocking
by Astrid Lindgren 1945 160 pages
4.15
200k+ ratings
Classics
Childrens
Middle Grade
Heretics of Dune Summary
Heretics of Dune
by Frank Herbert 1984 669 pages
3.86
93k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Fantasy
Science Fiction Fantasy
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