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Fiction Book Summaries

Othello Summary
Othello
by William Shakespeare 1603 319 pages
3.89
400k+ ratings
Classics
Plays
School
Verity Summary
Verity
by Colleen Hoover 2018 336 pages
4.31
3.2M+ ratings
Thriller
Romance
Mystery
The Magic Mountain Summary
The Magic Mountain
by Thomas Mann 1924 706 pages
4.13
54k+ ratings
German Literature
Literature
Philosophy
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay Summary
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
by Michael Chabon 2000 639 pages
4.18
200k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Novels
Literary Fiction
The Fountainhead Summary
The Fountainhead
by Ayn Rand 1943 704 pages
3.89
300k+ ratings
Classics
Philosophy
Literature
The Bad Beginning Summary
The Bad Beginning
by Lemony Snicket 1999 162 pages
4.02
500k+ ratings
Young Adult
Fantasy
Childrens
The Scarlet Letter Summary
The Scarlet Letter
by Nathaniel Hawthorne 1850 279 pages
3.44
800k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
School
Literature
The Lightning Thief Summary
The Lightning Thief
by Rick Riordan 2005 377 pages
4.31
3.2M+ ratings
Fantasy
Young Adult
Mythology
The Hidden Hindu Summary
The Hidden Hindu
by Akshat Gupta 2020
3.90
4k+ ratings
Mythology
Fantasy
Hinduism
The Kite Runner Summary
The Kite Runner
by Khaled Hosseini 2003 371 pages
4.35
3.3M+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Contemporary
Novels
The Book Thief Summary
The Book Thief
by Markus Zusak 2005 592 pages
4.39
2.7M+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Young Adult
Classics
Girl in Pieces Summary
Girl in Pieces
by Kathleen Glasgow 2016 416 pages
3.95
200k+ ratings
Young Adult
Mental Health
Contemporary
Consider Phlebas Summary
Consider Phlebas
by Iain M. Banks 1987 467 pages
3.85
95k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Space Opera
Science Fiction Fantasy
Dune Summary
Dune
by Frank Herbert 1965 658 pages
4.28
1.5M+ ratings
Science Fiction
Fantasy
Science Fiction Fantasy
Les Misérables Summary
Les Misérables
by Victor Hugo 1862 1463 pages
4.21
800k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Literature
France
Animal Farm Summary
Animal Farm
by George Orwell 1945 141 pages
4.00
4.1M+ ratings
Dystopia
Fantasy
School
A Court of Thorns and Roses Summary
A Court of Thorns and Roses
by Sarah J. Maas 2015 419 pages
4.18
3.5M+ ratings
Fantasy
Young Adult
Romantasy
The Metamorphosis, In the Penal Colony, and Other Stories Summary
The Metamorphosis, In the Penal Colony, and Other Stories
The Great Short Works of Franz Kafka
by Franz Kafka 1915 352 pages
4.09
20k+ ratings
Classics
Short Stories
Literature
Crime and Punishment Summary
Crime and Punishment
by Fyodor Dostoevsky 1866 671 pages
4.28
900k+ ratings
Russia
Russian Literature
Literature
The Stranger Summary
The Stranger
by Albert Camus 1942 123 pages
4.03
1.2M+ ratings
Classics
Philosophy
France
The Plague Summary
The Plague
by Albert Camus 1947 308 pages
4.02
200k+ ratings
Classics
Philosophy
France
A Happy Death Summary
A Happy Death
by Albert Camus 1971 144 pages
3.81
22k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
France
The Idiot Summary
The Idiot
by Fyodor Dostoevsky 1869 667 pages
4.21
100k+ ratings
Russia
Russian Literature
Literature
Demons Summary
Demons
by Fyodor Dostoevsky 1872 733 pages
4.30
57k+ ratings
Russia
Russian Literature
Literature
War and Peace Summary
War and Peace
by Leo Tolstoy 1869 1392 pages
4.16
300k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Russia
Trust Summary
Trust
by Hernan Diaz 2022 402 pages
3.82
100k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Literary Fiction
Historical
Young Mungo Summary
Young Mungo
by Douglas Stuart 2022 390 pages
4.38
73k+ ratings
LGBT
Queer
Romance
The Thursday Murder Club Summary
The Thursday Murder Club
by Richard Osman 2020 382 pages
3.88
600k+ ratings
Mystery
Crime
Mystery Thriller
The Exchange Summary
The Exchange
by John Grisham 2023 338 pages
3.68
91k+ ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Legal Thriller
The Brothers Karamazov Summary
The Brothers Karamazov
by Fyodor Dostoevsky 1880 796 pages
4.38
300k+ ratings
Russia
Classics
Russian Literature
Fresh Water for Flowers Summary
Fresh Water for Flowers
by Valérie Perrin 2018 476 pages
4.27
98k+ ratings
Romance
France
Contemporary
Pan Tadeusz Summary
Pan Tadeusz
by Adam Mickiewicz 1834 598 pages
3.00
18k+ ratings
Classics
School
Polish Literature
The Women Summary
The Women
by Kristin Hannah 2024 471 pages
4.62
1M+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
War
No Longer Human Summary
No Longer Human
by Osamu Dazai 1948 176 pages
3.97
200k+ ratings
Japanese Literature
Japan
Literature
The Metamorphosis Summary
The Metamorphosis
by Franz Kafka 1915 201 pages
3.89
1.2M+ ratings
Classics
Fantasy
Philosophy
The Immortals of Meluha Summary
The Immortals of Meluha
by Amish Tripathi 2010 436 pages
4.13
100k+ ratings
Fantasy
Mythology
Indian Literature
Notes from Underground Summary
Notes from Underground
by Fyodor Dostoevsky 1864 136 pages
4.18
100k+ ratings
Philosophy
Russia
Russian Literature
Macbeth Summary
Macbeth
by William Shakespeare 1623 249 pages
3.89
900k+ ratings
Classics
Plays
School
The Republic of Thieves Summary
The Republic of Thieves
by Scott Lynch 2013 650 pages
4.22
100k+ ratings
Fantasy
High Fantasy
Epic Fantasy
The Love Hypothesis Summary
The Love Hypothesis
by Ali Hazelwood 2021 373 pages
4.12
1.5M+ ratings
Contemporary
Contemporary Romance
Adult
The Screwtape Letters Summary
The Screwtape Letters
by C.S. Lewis 1942 222 pages
4.27
400k+ ratings
Christian
Classics
Religion
Moby-Dick or, The Whale Summary
Moby-Dick or, The Whale
by Herman Melville 1851 720 pages
3.56
500k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
Adventure
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Summary
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
by J.K. Rowling 1999 435 pages
4.58
4.5M+ ratings
Fantasy
Young Adult
Magic
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Summary
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
by J.K. Rowling 2003 912 pages
4.50
3.5M+ ratings
Fantasy
Young Adult
Magic
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Summary
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
by J.K. Rowling 2007 759 pages
4.62
3.9M+ ratings
Young Adult
Magic
Childrens
Fifty Shades of Grey Summary
Fifty Shades of Grey
by E.L. James 2011 356 pages
3.67
2.7M+ ratings
Erotica
BDSM
Adult
My Sister’s Keeper Summary
My Sister’s Keeper
by Jodi Picoult 2004 423 pages
4.10
1.2M+ ratings
Chick Lit
Young Adult
Drama
Pride and Prejudice Summary
Pride and Prejudice
by Jane Austen 1813 279 pages
4.29
4.4M+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
Literature
Remarkably Bright Creatures Summary
Remarkably Bright Creatures
by Shelby Van Pelt 2022 368 pages
4.38
800k+ ratings
Contemporary
Mystery
Magical Realism
Before the Coffee Gets Cold Summary
Before the Coffee Gets Cold
by Toshikazu Kawaguchi 2015 213 pages
3.68
500k+ ratings
Fantasy
Magical Realism
Contemporary
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