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Fiction Book Summaries

The Company of Women Summary
The Company of Women
by Khushwant Singh 1999 232 pages
3.26
4.4K ratings
Indian Literature
Erotica
India
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man Summary
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
by James Joyce 1916 329 pages
3.64
159.6K ratings
Classics
Literature
Irish Literature
Kiss the Girls Summary
Kiss the Girls
by James Patterson 1995 481 pages
4.00
348.1K ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Crime
Three Wishes Summary
Three Wishes
by Liane Moriarty 2003 384 pages
3.78
152.2K ratings
Chick Lit
Contemporary
Australia
Tripwire Summary
Tripwire
by Lee Child 1999 432 pages
4.12
136.3K ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Crime
Crosshairs Summary
Crosshairs
by James Patterson 2024 400 pages
4.46
17.3K ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Mystery Thriller
The Black Book Summary
The Black Book
by Orhan Pamuk 1990 466 pages
3.92
12.8K ratings
Turkish Literature
Turkish
Mystery
King Lear Summary
King Lear
by William Shakespeare 1605 339 pages
3.91
230.5K ratings
Plays
Classics
School
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Summary
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
by Philip K. Dick 1968 244 pages
4.09
488.6K ratings
Science Fiction
Classics
Dystopia
The Scorch Trials Summary
The Scorch Trials
by James Dashner 2010 362 pages
3.90
621.0K ratings
Young Adult
Dystopia
Science Fiction
Tell Me Lies Summary
Tell Me Lies
by Carola Lovering 2018 352 pages
3.46
78.0K ratings
Romance
Contemporary
Thriller
The Overnight Guest Summary
The Overnight Guest
by Heather Gudenkauf 2022 316 pages
4.03
128.7K ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Mystery Thriller
’Salem’s Lot Summary
’Salem’s Lot
by Stephen King 1975 483 pages
4.10
628.4K ratings
Horror
Vampires
Fantasy
Counting Miracles Summary
Counting Miracles
by Nicholas Sparks 2024 368 pages
4.18
58.2K ratings
Romance
Book Club
Contemporary
The Turn of the Key Summary
The Turn of the Key
by Ruth Ware 2019 337 pages
3.91
311.9K ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Mystery Thriller
The Lies of Locke Lamora Summary
The Lies of Locke Lamora
by Scott Lynch 2006 752 pages
4.31
322.3K ratings
Fantasy
Adventure
High Fantasy
The Story of a New Name Summary
The Story of a New Name
by Elena Ferrante 2012 471 pages
4.46
215.4K ratings
Historical Fiction
Italy
Italian Literature
The Love Wager Summary
The Love Wager
by Lynn Painter 2023 315 pages
3.86
97.8K ratings
Romance
Friends To Lovers
Contemporary
If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler Summary
If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler
by Italo Calvino 1979 260 pages
4.02
106.7K ratings
Classics
Italian Literature
Magical Realism
The Blind Assassin Summary
The Blind Assassin
by Margaret Atwood 2000 637 pages
3.96
160.3K ratings
Historical Fiction
Mystery
Book Club
House of Glass Summary
House of Glass
by Sarah Pekkanen 2024 341 pages
3.87
51.3K ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Mystery Thriller
Tales of Power Summary
Tales of Power
by Carlos Castaneda 1974 304 pages
4.11
7.1K ratings
Spirituality
Philosophy
Fantasy
Red, White, and Whole Summary
Red, White, and Whole
by Rajani LaRocca 2021 224 pages
4.41
7.6K ratings
Middle Grade
Poetry
Historical Fiction
I Had That Same Dream Again Summary
I Had That Same Dream Again
by Yoru Sumino 2016 232 pages
4.26
3.5K ratings
Manga
Light Novel
Japanese Literature
Sunburn Summary
Sunburn
by Chloe Michelle Howarth 2023 288 pages
4.32
23.5K ratings
Queer
Lesbian
Romance
The Sorrows of Young Werther Summary
The Sorrows of Young Werther
by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1774 149 pages
3.69
146.4K ratings
German Literature
Classics
Literature
Fablehaven Summary
Fablehaven
by Brandon Mull 2006 351 pages
4.14
173.6K ratings
Fantasy
Young Adult
Middle Grade
Steppenwolf Summary
Steppenwolf
by Hermann Hesse 1927 256 pages
4.13
203.5K ratings
Classics
Philosophy
German Literature
The Sun Also Rises Summary
The Sun Also Rises
by Ernest Hemingway 1926 189 pages
3.79
474.6K ratings
Classics
Literature
Novels
Underworld Summary
Underworld
by Don DeLillo 1997 827 pages
3.95
32.8K ratings
Novels
Literature
Literary Fiction
Women Summary
Women
by Charles Bukowski 1978 291 pages
3.80
83.4K ratings
Novels
Poetry
Literature
The Woman in Cabin 10 Summary
The Woman in Cabin 10
by Ruth Ware 2016 341 pages
3.73
695.4K ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Mystery Thriller
A Dance with Dragons Summary
A Dance with Dragons
by George R.R. Martin 2011 1125 pages
4.34
719.4K ratings
Fantasy
Epic Fantasy
High Fantasy
Journey to the End of the Night Summary
Journey to the End of the Night
by Louis-Ferdinand Céline 1932 453 pages
4.19
45.6K ratings
France
Literature
French Literature
The Terror Summary
The Terror
by Dan Simmons 2007 769 pages
4.09
69.4K ratings
Horror
Historical Fiction
Fantasy
A Separate Reality Summary
A Separate Reality
Further Conversations with Don Juan
by Carlos Castaneda 1971 272 pages
4.09
18.9K ratings
Spirituality
Philosophy
Anthropology
The House in the Pines Summary
The House in the Pines
by Ana Reyes 2023 321 pages
3.10
181.4K ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Book Club
The Heart's Invisible Furies Summary
The Heart's Invisible Furies
by John Boyne 2017 582 pages
4.51
191.5K ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
LGBT
Ready or Not Summary
Ready or Not
by Cara Bastone 2024 400 pages
3.97
66.0K ratings
Romance
Friends To Lovers
Contemporary
The Shack Summary
The Shack
by William Paul Young 2007 248 pages
3.84
678.5K ratings
Christian
Christian Fiction
Book Club
Out of Darkness Summary
Out of Darkness
by Ashley Hope Pérez 2016 402 pages
4.14
8.4K ratings
Historical Fiction
Young Adult
Banned Books
A Happy Death Summary
A Happy Death
by Albert Camus 1971 144 pages
3.81
23.0K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
France
Oil! Summary
Oil!
by Upton Sinclair 1926 528 pages
3.74
7.1K ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Literature
The Eye of the World Summary
The Eye of the World
by Robert Jordan 1990 800 pages
4.19
567.5K ratings
Fantasy
Epic Fantasy
High Fantasy
Fellow Travelers Summary
Fellow Travelers
by Thomas Mallon 2007 356 pages
3.60
4.9K ratings
Historical Fiction
LGBT
Queer
A Love Song for Ricki Wilde Summary
A Love Song for Ricki Wilde
by Tia Williams 2024 352 pages
4.00
40.5K ratings
Romance
Magical Realism
Historical Fiction
Normal People Summary
Normal People
The Scripts
by Sally Rooney 2021 368 pages
4.59
2.3K ratings
Contemporary
Romance
Plays
Pippi Longstocking Summary
Pippi Longstocking
by Astrid Lindgren 1945 160 pages
4.15
205.8K ratings
Classics
Childrens
Middle Grade
The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner Summary
The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner
by Stephenie Meyer 2009 178 pages
3.52
235.3K ratings
Fantasy
Young Adult
Vampires
City of Fallen Angels Summary
City of Fallen Angels
by Cassandra Clare 2011 425 pages
4.07
627.7K ratings
Fantasy
Young Adult
Romance
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