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Fiction Book Summaries

Middle of the Night Summary
Middle of the Night
by Riley Sager 2024 367 pages
3.68
136.3K ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Mystery Thriller
The Beekeeper of Aleppo Summary
The Beekeeper of Aleppo
by Christy Lefteri 2019 317 pages
4.17
166.4K ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
War
Less Summary
Less
by Andrew Sean Greer 2017 273 pages
3.63
216.5K ratings
Book Club
LGBT
Contemporary
Without Merit Summary
Without Merit
by Colleen Hoover 2017 386 pages
3.67
306.6K ratings
Romance
Young Adult
Contemporary
The Silence of the Lambs Summary
The Silence of the Lambs
by Thomas Harris 1988 421 pages
4.25
574.2K ratings
Horror
Thriller
Mystery
Children of Blood and Bone Summary
Children of Blood and Bone
by Tomi Adeyemi 2018 544 pages
4.11
242.8K ratings
Fantasy
Young Adult
Magic
The Color Purple Summary
The Color Purple
by Alice Walker 1982 295 pages
4.27
729.9K ratings
Historical Fiction
Feminism
LGBT
The Undrowned Summary
The Undrowned
by K.R. Alexander 2020 240 pages
3.88
1.6K ratings
Horror
Middle Grade
Young Adult
The Secret Book of Flora Lea Summary
The Secret Book of Flora Lea
by Patti Callahan Henry 2023 355 pages
4.06
77.7K ratings
Historical Fiction
Mystery
Book Club
Journey to the River Sea Summary
Journey to the River Sea
by Eva Ibbotson 2001 304 pages
4.20
17.0K ratings
Historical Fiction
Young Adult
Adventure
Pompeii Summary
Pompeii
by Robert Harris 2003 274 pages
3.87
50.5K ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
Italy
Dubliners Summary
Dubliners
by James Joyce 1914 352 pages
3.84
167.9K ratings
Classics
Short Stories
Ireland
Dear Evan Hansen Summary
Dear Evan Hansen
by Val Emmich 2018 368 pages
3.87
70.1K ratings
Young Adult
Contemporary
Mental Health
The Body in the Library Summary
The Body in the Library
by Agatha Christie 2018 96 pages
3.76
1.2K ratings
Mystery
Agatha Christie
Mystery Thriller
The Lying Game Summary
The Lying Game
by Ruth Ware 2017 370 pages
3.52
204.3K ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Mystery Thriller
Orlando Summary
Orlando
by Virginia Woolf 1928 336 pages
3.87
106.8K ratings
Classics
Queer
Historical Fiction
Martin Eden Summary
Martin Eden
by Jack London 1909 480 pages
4.48
50.0K ratings
Classics
American
Literature
Journal 64 Summary
Journal 64
by Jussi Adler-Olsen 2010 461 pages
4.06
26.9K ratings
Mystery
Crime
Thriller
Orphan X Summary
Orphan X
by Gregg Hurwitz 2016 367 pages
4.14
53.1K ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Mystery Thriller
Snow Crash Summary
Snow Crash
by Neal Stephenson 1992 438 pages
4.02
291.4K ratings
Science Fiction
Cyberpunk
Fantasy
Maybe Someday Summary
Maybe Someday
by Colleen Hoover 2014 385 pages
3.98
623.6K ratings
Romance
New Adult
Contemporary
If We Were Villains Summary
If We Were Villains
by M.L. Rio 2017 354 pages
4.12
363.5K ratings
Dark Academia
Mystery
Thriller
Diavola Summary
Diavola
by Jennifer Marie Thorne 2024 296 pages
3.84
24.5K ratings
Horror
Gothic
Thriller
Macbeth Summary
Macbeth
by William Shakespeare 1623 249 pages
3.89
979.6K ratings
Classics
Plays
School
The Satanic Verses Summary
The Satanic Verses
by Salman Rushdie 1988 561 pages
3.71
69.6K ratings
Classics
Magical Realism
Fantasy
Without Remorse Summary
Without Remorse
by Tom Clancy 1993 750 pages
4.22
74.9K ratings
Thriller
Action
Military Fiction
Home Front Summary
Home Front
by Kristin Hannah 2012 390 pages
4.25
191.3K ratings
Romance
Historical Fiction
Book Club
If I Stay Summary
If I Stay
by Gayle Forman 2009 208 pages
3.91
950.0K ratings
Young Adult
Romance
Contemporary
The Black Ice Summary
The Black Ice
by Michael Connelly 1993 439 pages
4.13
90.5K ratings
Mystery
Crime
Thriller
The Husbands Summary
The Husbands
by Holly Gramazio 2024 352 pages
3.52
105.3K ratings
Romance
Magical Realism
Fantasy
Doctor Faustus Summary
Doctor Faustus
by Thomas Mann 1947 535 pages
4.08
13.3K ratings
Classics
German Literature
Literature
Lolita Summary
Lolita
by Vladimir Nabokov 1955 368 pages
3.87
907.2K ratings
Classics
Literature
Russia
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants Summary
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
by Ann Brashares 2001 294 pages
3.85
724.8K ratings
Young Adult
Chick Lit
Contemporary
I Hope This Finds You Well Summary
I Hope This Finds You Well
by Natalie Sue 2024 338 pages
3.76
84.4K ratings
Romance
Contemporary
Book Club
Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead Summary
Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead
by Olga Tokarczuk 2009 274 pages
3.95
130.6K ratings
Mystery
Book Club
Poland
Hello Stranger Summary
Hello Stranger
by Katherine Center 2023 323 pages
3.93
144.8K ratings
Romance
Contemporary
Chick Lit
Walk Two Moons Summary
Walk Two Moons
by Sharon Creech 1994 280 pages
4.00
171.5K ratings
Young Adult
Middle Grade
Childrens
The Noticer Summary
The Noticer
Sometimes, All a Person Needs Is a Little Perspective
by Andy Andrews 2009 167 pages
4.20
19.8K ratings
Self Help
Inspirational
Book Club
Veronika Decides to Die Summary
Veronika Decides to Die
by Paulo Coelho 1998 285 pages
3.73
234.8K ratings
Contemporary
Philosophy
Novels
Fire & Blood Summary
Fire & Blood
by George R.R. Martin 2018 706 pages
4.05
134.6K ratings
Fantasy
Dragons
High Fantasy
China Rich Girlfriend Summary
China Rich Girlfriend
by Kevin Kwan 2015 378 pages
3.84
221.3K ratings
Romance
Contemporary
Chick Lit
The Greatest Salesman in the World, Part II Summary
The Greatest Salesman in the World, Part II
The End of the Story
by Og Mandino 1968 134 pages
4.33
5.7K ratings
Business
Self Help
Personal Development
North and South Summary
North and South
by Elizabeth Gaskell 1855 521 pages
4.15
178.1K ratings
Romance
Historical Fiction
Classics
The Black Book Summary
The Black Book
by James Patterson 2017 418 pages
4.28
41.2K ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Crime
Girl Abroad Summary
Girl Abroad
by Elle Kennedy 2024 432 pages
3.64
36.6K ratings
Romance
Contemporary
Contemporary Romance
The Picture of Dorian Gray Summary
The Picture of Dorian Gray
A Graphic Novel
by Ian Edginton 2008 122 pages
4.17
59.0K ratings
Classics
Graphic Novels
Comics
House Rules Summary
House Rules
by Jodi Picoult 2010 532 pages
4.04
183.3K ratings
Mystery
Contemporary
Book Club
Death of a Salesman Summary
Death of a Salesman
by Arthur Miller 1949 144 pages
3.58
250.3K ratings
Classics
Plays
Drama
Tress of the Emerald Sea Summary
Tress of the Emerald Sea
by Brandon Sanderson 2023 443 pages
4.35
228.6K ratings
Fantasy
Romance
Young Adult
The Kite Runner Summary
The Kite Runner
Graphic Novel
by Khaled Hosseini 2011 132 pages
4.45
23.1K ratings
Graphic Novels
Historical Fiction
Comics
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