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Fiction Book Summaries

Going Postal Summary
Going Postal
by Terry Pratchett 2004 394 pages
4.41
131.6K ratings
Fantasy
Humor
Comedy
The Expanse and Philosophy Summary
The Expanse and Philosophy
So Far Out Into the Darkness
by Jeffery L. Nicholas 2021 237 pages
4.02
55 ratings
Philosophy
Science Fiction
The Unwedding Summary
The Unwedding
by Ally Condie 2024 339 pages
3.22
48.5K ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Mystery Thriller
The Knife of Never Letting Go Summary
The Knife of Never Letting Go
by Patrick Ness 2008 479 pages
3.98
200.5K ratings
Young Adult
Dystopia
Science Fiction
And the Mountains Echoed Summary
And the Mountains Echoed
by Khaled Hosseini 2012 404 pages
4.08
392.2K ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Contemporary
The Bullet That Missed Summary
The Bullet That Missed
by Richard Osman 2022 413 pages
4.37
231.4K ratings
Mystery
Crime
Mystery Thriller
The Two Towers Summary
The Two Towers
by J.R.R. Tolkien 1954 322 pages
4.50
1.1M ratings
Fantasy
Adventure
High Fantasy
Someone Else's Shoes Summary
Someone Else's Shoes
by Jojo Moyes 2023 438 pages
3.96
228.0K ratings
Romance
Book Club
Chick Lit
The Gray Man Summary
The Gray Man
by Mark Greaney 2009 456 pages
4.16
47.0K ratings
Thriller
Action
Mystery
The Silmarillion Summary
The Silmarillion
by J.R.R. Tolkien 1977 386 pages
4.03
320.8K ratings
Fantasy
High Fantasy
Science Fiction Fantasy
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet Summary
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet
by Becky Chambers 2014 518 pages
4.17
171.4K ratings
Science Fiction
LGBT
Queer
Practice Makes Perfect Summary
Practice Makes Perfect
by Sarah Adams 2023 335 pages
4.01
188.6K ratings
Romance
Contemporary
Contemporary Romance
Winter of the World Summary
Winter of the World
by Ken Follett 2012 940 pages
4.38
171.3K ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
War
A Room with a View Summary
A Room with a View
by E.M. Forster 1908 119 pages
3.90
195.0K ratings
Classics
Romance
Historical Fiction
Pop Goes the Weasel Summary
Pop Goes the Weasel
by James Patterson 1999 461 pages
4.04
73.2K ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Crime
A Clockwork Orange Summary
A Clockwork Orange
by Anthony Burgess 1962 192 pages
4.00
748.0K ratings
Classics
Science Fiction
Dystopia
The Spinoza Problem Summary
The Spinoza Problem
by Irvin D. Yalom 2012 321 pages
4.26
17.5K ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Historical Fiction
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
The Nest Summary
The Nest
by Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney 2016 353 pages
3.41
179.7K ratings
Book Club
Contemporary
Adult Fiction
Tales from the Café Summary
Tales from the Café
by Toshikazu Kawaguchi 2017 192 pages
3.97
114.2K ratings
Fantasy
Magical Realism
Contemporary
Mort Summary
Mort
by Terry Pratchett 1987 243 pages
4.24
262.5K ratings
Fantasy
Humor
Comedy
Song of Solomon Summary
Song of Solomon
by Toni Morrison 1977 338 pages
4.15
122.1K ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Magical Realism
Lethal White Summary
Lethal White
by Robert Galbraith 2018 650 pages
4.25
178.8K ratings
Mystery
Crime
Thriller
Beautiful World, Where Are You Summary
Beautiful World, Where Are You
by Sally Rooney 2021 356 pages
3.53
458.9K ratings
Contemporary
Romance
Literary Fiction
Late Bloomer Summary
Late Bloomer
by Mazey Eddings 2024 400 pages
3.69
13.1K ratings
Romance
LGBT
Lesbian
The Keeper of Lost Things Summary
The Keeper of Lost Things
by Ruth Hogan 2017 288 pages
3.80
159.8K ratings
Book Club
Contemporary
Fantasy
The Black Prism Summary
The Black Prism
by Brent Weeks 2010 629 pages
4.23
128.8K ratings
Fantasy
Epic Fantasy
High Fantasy
The Ocean at the End of the Lane Summary
The Ocean at the End of the Lane
by Neil Gaiman 2013 181 pages
4.02
647.0K ratings
Fantasy
Magical Realism
Horror
No Safety in Numbers Summary
No Safety in Numbers
by Dayna Lorentz 2012 263 pages
3.54
7.3K ratings
Young Adult
Dystopia
Science Fiction
Glass Sword Summary
Glass Sword
by Victoria Aveyard 2016 444 pages
3.78
403.5K ratings
Young Adult
Dystopia
Romance
The Heiress Summary
The Heiress
by Rachel Hawkins 2024 294 pages
3.85
148.6K ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Mystery Thriller
The Villa Summary
The Villa
by Rachel Hawkins 2023 279 pages
3.63
139.6K ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Mystery Thriller
Heartwood Summary
Heartwood
by Amity Gaige 2025 320 pages
4.01
10.9K ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Mystery Thriller
The Crown Summary
The Crown
by Kiera Cass 2016 278 pages
3.62
302.7K ratings
Romance
Young Adult
Dystopia
The Enemy Summary
The Enemy
by Lee Child 2004 496 pages
4.17
142.0K ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Crime
The Six Summary
The Six
by Mark Alpert 2015 368 pages
3.81
1.3K ratings
Young Adult
Science Fiction
Dystopia
Cockroaches Summary
Cockroaches
by Jo Nesbø 1998 368 pages
3.73
62.6K ratings
Crime
Mystery
Thriller
Caliban’s War Summary
Caliban’s War
by James S.A. Corey 2012 624 pages
4.39
171.8K ratings
Science Fiction
Space Opera
Space
Black List Summary
Black List
by Brad Thor 2012 371 pages
4.25
22.2K ratings
Thriller
Action
Suspense
A Column of Fire Summary
A Column of Fire
by Ken Follett 2017 916 pages
4.26
119.1K ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
Fantasy
I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream Summary
I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream
by Harlan Ellison 1967 134 pages
3.90
46.4K ratings
Horror
Science Fiction
Short Stories
Talking at Night Summary
Talking at Night
by Claire Daverley 2023 400 pages
3.93
53.6K ratings
Romance
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
Darling Girls Summary
Darling Girls
by Sally Hepworth 2024 359 pages
4.01
175.9K ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Mystery Thriller
Message in a Bottle Summary
Message in a Bottle
by Nicholas Sparks 1998 342 pages
3.98
244.7K ratings
Romance
Chick Lit
Contemporary
The Winter Soldier Summary
The Winter Soldier
Cold Front
by Mackenzi Lee 2023 416 pages
4.18
2.3K ratings
Marvel
Young Adult
Fantasy
The English Patient Summary
The English Patient
by Michael Ondaatje 1992 320 pages
3.86
136.6K ratings
Historical Fiction
Classics
Romance
Love & Gelato Summary
Love & Gelato
by Jenna Evans Welch 2016 386 pages
4.03
170.6K ratings
Romance
Young Adult
Contemporary
A Darker Shade of Magic Summary
A Darker Shade of Magic
by Victoria E. Schwab 2015 400 pages
4.04
406.9K ratings
Fantasy
Young Adult
Magic
Tales from a Not-So-Fabulous Life Summary
Tales from a Not-So-Fabulous Life
by Rachel Renée Russell 2009 327 pages
4.11
112.1K ratings
Middle Grade
Childrens
Realistic Fiction
Identity Summary
Identity
by Milan Kundera 1997 176 pages
3.69
31.6K ratings
Novels
Czech Literature
Literature
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