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Fiction Book Summaries

The Last Time I Lied Summary
The Last Time I Lied
by Riley Sager 2018 402 pages
4.02
194.6K ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Mystery Thriller
Love Is a Dog from Hell Summary
Love Is a Dog from Hell
by Charles Bukowski 1977 312 pages
3.96
37.6K ratings
Classics
Poetry
Literature
Shadowshaper Summary
Shadowshaper
by Daniel José Older 2015 297 pages
3.75
10.8K ratings
Fantasy
Young Adult
Urban Fantasy
Dead Souls Summary
Dead Souls
by Nikolai Gogol 1842 464 pages
3.98
92.0K ratings
Classics
Russia
Russian Literature
The Ugly Truth Summary
The Ugly Truth
by Jeff Kinney 2010 217 pages
4.18
138.8K ratings
Humor
Middle Grade
Childrens
The Golden Compass Summary
The Golden Compass
by Philip Pullman 1995 399 pages
4.03
1.6M ratings
Fantasy
Young Adult
Childrens
A Memory Called Empire Summary
A Memory Called Empire
by Arkady Martine 2019 448 pages
4.11
66.5K ratings
Science Fiction
Fantasy
Space Opera
I Am Pilgrim Summary
I Am Pilgrim
by Terry Hayes 2013 612 pages
4.30
190.0K ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Crime
The Violin Conspiracy Summary
The Violin Conspiracy
by Brendan Slocumb 2022 345 pages
4.12
63.2K ratings
Mystery
Book Club
Mystery Thriller
Debt of Honor Summary
Debt of Honor
by Tom Clancy 1994 990 pages
4.10
50.9K ratings
Thriller
Military Fiction
Espionage
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
Tintin in Tibet Summary
Tintin in Tibet
by Hergé 1959 62 pages
4.24
18.8K ratings
Comics
Graphic Novels
Bande Dessinée
To Green Angel Tower Summary
To Green Angel Tower
by Tad Williams 1993 1083 pages
4.21
56.0K ratings
Fantasy
Epic Fantasy
High Fantasy
Fifty Shades Freed Summary
Fifty Shades Freed
by E.L. James 2012 579 pages
3.83
896.6K ratings
Romance
Erotica
BDSM
The Cyberiad Summary
The Cyberiad
by Stanisław Lem 1965 295 pages
4.14
13.7K ratings
Science Fiction
Short Stories
Humor
Lessons in Chemistry Summary
Lessons in Chemistry
by Bonnie Garmus 2022 390 pages
4.28
1.6M ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Feminism
Did You Hear About Kitty Karr? Summary
Did You Hear About Kitty Karr?
by Crystal Smith Paul 2023 416 pages
3.74
68.5K ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Historical
Crossing to Safety Summary
Crossing to Safety
by Wallace Stegner 1987 335 pages
4.16
49.0K ratings
Book Club
Classics
Literary Fiction
The Warded Man Summary
The Warded Man
by Peter V. Brett 2008 416 pages
4.25
128.7K ratings
Fantasy
Epic Fantasy
High Fantasy
Fifty Shades Darker Summary
Fifty Shades Darker
by E.L. James 2011 532 pages
3.83
955.5K ratings
Romance
Erotica
BDSM
The Satsuma Complex Summary
The Satsuma Complex
by Bob Mortimer 2022 301 pages
3.68
55.2K ratings
Mystery
Comedy
Book Club
The Wise Man's Fear Summary
The Wise Man's Fear
by Patrick Rothfuss 2011 994 pages
4.55
597.7K ratings
Fantasy
Epic Fantasy
High Fantasy
The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13 3/4 Summary
The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13 3/4
by Sue Townsend 1982 272 pages
3.88
50.9K ratings
Young Adult
Humor
Comedy
The Puppet Masters Summary
The Puppet Masters
by Robert A. Heinlein 1951 416 pages
3.89
33.7K ratings
Science Fiction
Horror
Science Fiction Fantasy
Tales from the Café Summary
Tales from the Café
by Toshikazu Kawaguchi 2017 192 pages
3.97
114.2K ratings
Fantasy
Magical Realism
Contemporary
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
Book of Night Summary
Book of Night
by Holly Black 2022 304 pages
3.54
79.8K ratings
Fantasy
Urban Fantasy
Adult
Oathbringer Summary
Oathbringer
by Brandon Sanderson 2017 1248 pages
4.61
314.8K ratings
Fantasy
Epic Fantasy
High Fantasy
Walking Disaster Summary
Walking Disaster
by Jamie McGuire 2013 448 pages
4.14
202.9K ratings
Romance
New Adult
Contemporary
White Fang Summary
White Fang
by Jack London 1906 252 pages
4.03
199.9K ratings
Classics
Adventure
Animals
Rendezvous with Rama Summary
Rendezvous with Rama
by Arthur C. Clarke 1973 243 pages
4.12
177.4K ratings
Science Fiction
Science Fiction Fantasy
Space
Gone Tomorrow Summary
Gone Tomorrow
by Lee Child 2009 441 pages
4.19
111.7K ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Crime
Lost Treasure of the Emerald Eye Summary
Lost Treasure of the Emerald Eye
by Geronimo Stilton 1997 128 pages
4.10
15.5K ratings
Childrens
Fantasy
Adventure
The Shack Summary
The Shack
by William Paul Young 2007 248 pages
3.84
678.5K ratings
Christian
Christian Fiction
Book Club
Leaving Time Summary
Leaving Time
by Jodi Picoult 2014 398 pages
4.00
195.9K ratings
Mystery
Book Club
Contemporary
If I Stay Summary
If I Stay
by Gayle Forman 2009 208 pages
3.91
950.0K ratings
Young Adult
Romance
Contemporary
The Sun Also Rises Summary
The Sun Also Rises
by Ernest Hemingway 1926 189 pages
3.79
474.6K ratings
Classics
Literature
Novels
The Wife Summary
The Wife
by Alafair Burke 2018 496 pages
3.86
45.3K ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Mystery Thriller
Middletide Summary
Middletide
by Sarah Crouch 2024 288 pages
3.52
14.7K ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Mystery Thriller
Wolves of the Calla Summary
Wolves of the Calla
by Stephen King 2003 960 pages
4.20
195.4K ratings
Fantasy
Horror
Science Fiction
Perfume Summary
Perfume
The Story of a Murderer
by Patrick Süskind 1985 263 pages
4.04
521.3K ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Horror
Consider Phlebas Summary
Consider Phlebas
by Iain M. Banks 1987 467 pages
3.85
96.9K ratings
Science Fiction
Space Opera
Science Fiction Fantasy
Revolution 2020 Summary
Revolution 2020
Love, Corruption, Ambition
by Chetan Bhagat 2011 296 pages
3.11
65.2K ratings
Romance
Indian Literature
India
VALIS Summary
VALIS
by Philip K. Dick 1981 242 pages
3.92
31.7K ratings
Science Fiction
Philosophy
Religion
Lagoon Summary
Lagoon
by Nnedi Okorafor 2014 306 pages
3.63
8.9K ratings
Science Fiction
Fantasy
Africa
A Light in the Flame Summary
A Light in the Flame
by Jennifer L. Armentrout 2022 615 pages
4.49
141.1K ratings
Fantasy
Romance
Romantasy
Dharmayoddha Kalki Summary
Dharmayoddha Kalki
Avatar Of Vishnu
by Kevin Missal 2017 464 pages
3.79
2.4K ratings
Mythology
Fantasy
Indian Literature
Life, the Universe and Everything Summary
Life, the Universe and Everything
by Douglas Adams 1982 224 pages
4.17
244.4K ratings
Science Fiction
Humor
Fantasy
The Idiot Summary
The Idiot
by Fyodor Dostoevsky 1869 667 pages
4.21
203.8K ratings
Russia
Russian Literature
Literature
If I Had Your Face Summary
If I Had Your Face
by Frances Cha 2020 288 pages
3.74
56.3K ratings
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
Feminism
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