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Fiction Book Summaries

Chapterhouse Summary
Chapterhouse
Dune
by Frank Herbert 1985 609 pages
3.88
76k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Fantasy
Science Fiction Fantasy
Good Girl Complex Summary
Good Girl Complex
by Elle Kennedy 2022 368 pages
3.58
100k+ ratings
Romance
Contemporary
New Adult
The Amityville Horror Summary
The Amityville Horror
by Jay Anson 1977 315 pages
3.83
100k+ ratings
Horror
Paranormal
Classics
The Call of Cthulhu Summary
The Call of Cthulhu
by H.P. Lovecraft 1928 43 pages
4.03
100k+ ratings
Horror
Classics
Short Stories
Elantris Summary
Elantris
by Brandon Sanderson 2005 638 pages
4.17
300k+ ratings
Fantasy
High Fantasy
Epic Fantasy
The Lost Symbol Summary
The Lost Symbol
by Dan Brown 2009 509 pages
3.76
600k+ ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Mystery Thriller
Deception Point Summary
Deception Point
by Dan Brown 2001 556 pages
3.76
600k+ ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Suspense
Inferno Summary
Inferno
by Dan Brown 2013 463 pages
3.90
500k+ ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Mystery Thriller
Origin Summary
Origin
by Dan Brown 2017 482 pages
3.90
300k+ ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Mystery Thriller
Das Café am Rande der Welt Summary
Das Café am Rande der Welt
by John P. Strelecky 2003 128 pages
3.54
58k+ ratings
Philosophy
Self Help
Psychology
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas Summary
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
by John Boyne 2006 224 pages
4.16
800k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Young Adult
Historical
Never Never Summary
Never Never
by Colleen Hoover
3.81
100k+ ratings
Romance
Young Adult
Contemporary
The Adventures of Captain Underpants Summary
The Adventures of Captain Underpants
by Dav Pilkey 1997 125 pages
4.02
55k+ ratings
Childrens
Humor
Graphic Novels
Ready Player Two Summary
Ready Player Two
by Ernest Cline 2020 370 pages
3.43
100k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Fantasy
Dystopia
The Taming of the Shrew Summary
The Taming of the Shrew
By William Shakespeare & Illustrated
by William Shakespeare
3.75
100k+ ratings
Classics
Plays
Drama
Memoirs of a Geisha Summary
Memoirs of a Geisha
by Arthur Golden 1997 434 pages
4.16
2M+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Romance
Historical
The Course of Love Summary
The Course of Love
by Alain de Botton 2016 240 pages
4.02
46k+ ratings
Philosophy
Romance
Psychology
Everything I Never Told You Summary
Everything I Never Told You
by Celeste Ng 2014 297 pages
3.84
500k+ ratings
Contemporary
Mystery
Historical Fiction
A Time to Kill Summary
A Time to Kill
by John Grisham 1989 738 pages
4.12
800k+ ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Crime
Persuasion Summary
Persuasion
by Jane Austen 1817 249 pages
4.15
700k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Historical
The Journey to the West, Volume 1 Summary
The Journey to the West, Volume 1
by Wu Cheng'en 1592 544 pages
4.25
1k+ ratings
Classics
Fantasy
China
The Color Purple Summary
The Color Purple
by Alice Walker 1982 295 pages
4.27
700k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Feminism
LGBT
Sophie’s World Summary
Sophie’s World
by Jostein Gaarder 1991 403 pages
3.97
200k+ ratings
Classics
Young Adult
Novels
Triptych Summary
Triptych
by Karin Slaughter 2006 393 pages
4.13
100k+ ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Crime
Refugee Summary
Refugee
by Alan Gratz 2017 352 pages
4.38
74k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Young Adult
Middle Grade
The Heart's Invisible Furies Summary
The Heart's Invisible Furies
by John Boyne 2017 582 pages
4.51
100k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
LGBT
Ireland
Purple Hibiscus Summary
Purple Hibiscus
by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 2003 336 pages
4.18
100k+ ratings
Africa
Historical Fiction
Nigeria
Half of a Yellow Sun Summary
Half of a Yellow Sun
by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 2006 435 pages
4.34
100k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Nigeria
War
Children of Time Summary
Children of Time
by Adrian Tchaikovsky 2015 608 pages
4.30
100k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Fantasy
Space Opera
A Twisted Love Story Summary
A Twisted Love Story
by Samantha Downing 2023 390 pages
3.21
12k+ ratings
Thriller
Mystery Thriller
Mystery
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow Summary
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
by Gabrielle Zevin 2022 401 pages
4.14
1.1M+ ratings
Contemporary
Romance
Literary Fiction
Small Things Like These Summary
Small Things Like These
by Claire Keegan 2021 128 pages
4.15
200k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Ireland
Christmas
The Zahir Summary
The Zahir
by Paulo Coelho 2005 336 pages
3.58
81k+ ratings
Philosophy
Novels
Contemporary
Great Expectations Summary
Great Expectations
by Charles Dickens 1861 544 pages
3.80
800k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
Historical Fiction
David Copperfield Summary
David Copperfield
by Charles Dickens 1850 882 pages
4.04
200k+ ratings
Literature
Historical Fiction
19th Century
Somewhere Beyond the Sea Summary
Somewhere Beyond the Sea
by T.J. Klune 2024 416 pages
4.21
93k+ ratings
Fantasy
LGBT
Romance
Love, Theoretically Summary
Love, Theoretically
by Ali Hazelwood 2023 389 pages
4.09
500k+ ratings
Romance
Contemporary
Contemporary Romance
One True Loves Summary
One True Loves
by Taylor Jenkins Reid 2016 352 pages
4.03
600k+ ratings
Contemporary
Chick Lit
Adult
The Woman in the Window Summary
The Woman in the Window
by A.J. Finn 2018 455 pages
3.95
800k+ ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Mystery Thriller
Klara and the Sun Summary
Klara and the Sun
by Kazuo Ishiguro 2021 303 pages
3.74
300k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Dystopia
Literary Fiction
Inferno Summary
Inferno
by Dante Alighieri 1320 490 pages
4.03
100k+ ratings
Classics
Poetry
Literature
Breaking Dawn Summary
Breaking Dawn
by Stephenie Meyer 2008 756 pages
3.75
1.7M+ ratings
Fantasy
Young Adult
Romance
The Satanic Verses Summary
The Satanic Verses
by Salman Rushdie 1988 561 pages
3.71
68k+ ratings
Classics
Magical Realism
Fantasy
Feed Summary
Feed
by M.T. Anderson 2002 308 pages
3.55
66k+ ratings
Young Adult
Science Fiction
Dystopia
The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry Summary
The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry
by Gabrielle Zevin 2014 260 pages
4.04
300k+ ratings
Contemporary
Books About Books
Romance
Gone with the Wind Summary
Gone with the Wind
by Margaret Mitchell 1936 1037 pages
4.31
1.2M+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Romance
Look Closer Summary
Look Closer
by David Ellis 2022 448 pages
4.19
95k+ ratings
Thriller
Mystery Thriller
Mystery
The Pelican Brief Summary
The Pelican Brief
by John Grisham 1992 400 pages
4.06
400k+ ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Crime
The Invisible Man Summary
The Invisible Man
by H.G. Wells 1897 192 pages
3.63
200k+ ratings
Classics
Science Fiction
Horror
Les Misérables Summary
Les Misérables
by Victor Hugo 1862 1463 pages
4.21
800k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Literature
France
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