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Fiction Book Summaries

Never Let Me Go Summary
Never Let Me Go
by Kazuo Ishiguro 2005 288 pages
3.85
793.4K ratings
Science Fiction
Dystopia
Book Club
Journey to the Center of the Earth Summary
Journey to the Center of the Earth
by Jules Verne 1864 240 pages
3.85
215.9K ratings
Classics
Science Fiction
Adventure
Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West Summary
Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West
by Cormac McCarthy 1985 351 pages
4.16
198.0K ratings
Historical Fiction
Westerns
Classics
The Only Good Indians Summary
The Only Good Indians
by Stephen Graham Jones 2020 305 pages
3.69
98.9K ratings
Horror
Thriller
Fantasy
Poor Folk Summary
Poor Folk
by Fyodor Dostoevsky 1846 167 pages
3.77
35.8K ratings
Russian Literature
Russia
Novels
Way of the Peaceful Warrior Summary
Way of the Peaceful Warrior
A Book That Changes Lives
by Dan Millman 1980 217 pages
4.13
55.1K ratings
Spirituality
Philosophy
Self Help
Just Another Missing Person Summary
Just Another Missing Person
by Gillian McAllister 2023 377 pages
3.64
83.7K ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Mystery Thriller
The Atlas Complex Summary
The Atlas Complex
by Olivie Blake 2024 496 pages
2.85
25.9K ratings
Fantasy
Dark Academia
Adult
Grimgar of Fantasy and Ash Summary
Grimgar of Fantasy and Ash
Volume 1
by Ao Jyumonji 2013 260 pages
4.17
1.5K ratings
Light Novel
Fantasy
Manga
Dream of the Red Chamber Summary
Dream of the Red Chamber
by Cao Xueqin 1761 329 pages
4.18
5.8K ratings
Classics
China
Historical Fiction
Paper Towns Summary
Paper Towns
by John Green 2008 305 pages
3.70
1.5M ratings
Young Adult
Contemporary
Romance
Pretty Little Liars Summary
Pretty Little Liars
by Sara Shepard 2006 286 pages
3.84
210.0K ratings
Young Adult
Mystery
Contemporary
The Talented Mr. Ripley Summary
The Talented Mr. Ripley
by Patricia Highsmith 1955 271 pages
3.95
108.1K ratings
Classics
Mystery
Thriller
The Echo of Old Books Summary
The Echo of Old Books
by Barbara Davis 2023 431 pages
4.27
112.5K ratings
Historical Fiction
Romance
Mystery
The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared Summary
The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared
by Jonas Jonasson 2009 396 pages
3.82
294.2K ratings
Book Club
Contemporary
Historical Fiction
Anxious People Summary
Anxious People
by Fredrik Backman 2019 336 pages
4.17
733.8K ratings
Book Club
Contemporary
Mystery
The Elite Summary
The Elite
by Kiera Cass 2013 336 pages
3.94
839.3K ratings
Romance
Young Adult
Dystopia
Full Brutal Summary
Full Brutal
by Kristopher Triana 2018 206 pages
3.97
3.3K ratings
Horror
Splatterpunk
Thriller
Metro 2033 Summary
Metro 2033
by Dmitry Glukhovsky 2002 458 pages
4.03
71.1K ratings
Science Fiction
Horror
Post Apocalyptic
The Mysterious Benedict Society Summary
The Mysterious Benedict Society
by Trenton Lee Stewart 2007 486 pages
4.20
170.3K ratings
Mystery
Middle Grade
Young Adult
The Death of Ivan Ilych Summary
The Death of Ivan Ilych
by Leo Tolstoy 1886 86 pages
4.13
197.8K ratings
Classics
Russia
Russian Literature
Dark Matter Summary
Dark Matter
by Blake Crouch 2016 342 pages
4.14
641.9K ratings
Science Fiction
Thriller
Mystery
A Doll's House Summary
A Doll's House
by Henrik Ibsen 1879 122 pages
3.77
157.1K ratings
Plays
Drama
School
Ready Player One Summary
Ready Player One
by Ernest Cline 2011 480 pages
4.23
1.3M ratings
Science Fiction
Young Adult
Fantasy
Cleopatra and Frankenstein Summary
Cleopatra and Frankenstein
by Coco Mellors 2022 368 pages
3.71
190.9K ratings
Romance
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
The Jungle Summary
The Jungle
by Upton Sinclair 1906 335 pages
3.78
151.2K ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Literature
Assassin's Apprentice Summary
Assassin's Apprentice
by Robin Hobb 1995 435 pages
4.19
368.3K ratings
Fantasy
High Fantasy
Epic Fantasy
All In Startup Summary
All In Startup
Launching a New Idea When Everything Is on the Line
by Diana Kander 2014 304 pages
4.08
595 ratings
Business
Entrepreneurship
The Fountainhead Summary
The Fountainhead
by Ayn Rand 1943 704 pages
3.89
332.2K ratings
Classics
Philosophy
Literature
Ordinary Grace Summary
Ordinary Grace
by William Kent Krueger 2013 307 pages
4.27
179.1K ratings
Book Club
Mystery
Historical Fiction
The Mist Summary
The Mist
by Stephen King 1980 176 pages
3.94
171.4K ratings
Horror
Thriller
Fantasy
Interview with the Vampire Summary
Interview with the Vampire
by Anne Rice 1976 346 pages
4.02
628.1K ratings
Horror
Fantasy
Vampires
Our Missing Hearts Summary
Our Missing Hearts
by Celeste Ng 2022 335 pages
3.79
200.9K ratings
Book Club
Dystopia
Contemporary
Fish in a Tree Summary
Fish in a Tree
by Lynda Mullaly Hunt 2015 288 pages
4.26
81.0K ratings
Middle Grade
Realistic Fiction
Young Adult
Eragon Summary
Eragon
by Christopher Paolini 2002 503 pages
3.96
1.9M ratings
Fantasy
Young Adult
Dragons
Eleanor & Park Summary
Eleanor & Park
by Rainbow Rowell 2012 328 pages
3.93
1.2M ratings
Young Adult
Romance
Contemporary
War Horse Summary
War Horse
by Michael Morpurgo 1982 165 pages
4.15
57.1K ratings
Historical Fiction
War
Animals
Vicious Summary
Vicious
by Victoria E. Schwab 2013 402 pages
4.19
293.5K ratings
Fantasy
Science Fiction
Dark Academia
The Thorn Birds Summary
The Thorn Birds
by Colleen McCullough 1977 692 pages
4.25
359.3K ratings
Historical Fiction
Romance
Classics
Go Tell It on the Mountain Summary
Go Tell It on the Mountain
by James Baldwin 1953 256 pages
4.05
76.6K ratings
Classics
African American
Race
The Outsiders Summary
The Outsiders
by S.E. Hinton 1967 208 pages
4.14
1.5M ratings
Classics
Young Adult
School
Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard Summary
Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard
by Rick Riordan 2017 1584 pages
4.52
3.7K ratings
Fantasy
Mythology
Young Adult
The Overstory Summary
The Overstory
by Richard Powers 2018 502 pages
4.12
181.6K ratings
Nature
Book Club
Literary Fiction
Breaking Dawn Summary
Breaking Dawn
by Stephenie Meyer 2008 756 pages
3.75
1.8M ratings
Fantasy
Young Adult
Romance
The Family Upstairs Summary
The Family Upstairs
by Lisa Jewell 2019 352 pages
3.96
512.4K ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Mystery Thriller
Yayati Summary
Yayati
A Classic Tale of Lust
by Vishnu Sakharam Khandekar 1963 251 pages
4.12
5.3K ratings
Marathi
Mythology
India
The Spellshop Summary
The Spellshop
by Sarah Beth Durst 2024 384 pages
4.04
81.4K ratings
Fantasy
Romance
Cozy
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay Summary
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
by Michael Chabon 2000 639 pages
4.18
208.7K ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Novels
Across the Barricades Summary
Across the Barricades
by Joan Lingard 1972 174 pages
3.68
2.0K ratings
Young Adult
Historical Fiction
Romance
The Gods Are Not to Blame Summary
The Gods Are Not to Blame
by Ola Rotimi 1971 72 pages
4.00
1.0K ratings
Plays
African Literature
Nigeria
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