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Fiction Book Summaries

Requiem Summary
Requiem
by Lauren Oliver 2013 391 pages
3.73
152.9K ratings
Young Adult
Dystopia
Romance
Hector and the Search for Lost Time Summary
Hector and the Search for Lost Time
by François Lelord 2006 240 pages
3.65
1.4K ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
German Literature
Abaddon’s Gate Summary
Abaddon’s Gate
by James S.A. Corey 2013 539 pages
4.28
145.3K ratings
Science Fiction
Space Opera
Space
Escape to Australia Summary
Escape to Australia
by James Patterson 2017 288 pages
4.26
1.5K ratings
Middle Grade
Humor
Childrens
UnWholly Summary
UnWholly
by Neal Shusterman 2012 416 pages
4.24
64.6K ratings
Young Adult
Dystopia
Science Fiction
The Dark Horse Summary
The Dark Horse
by Craig Johnson 2009 318 pages
4.30
20.6K ratings
Mystery
Westerns
Crime
The Glass Bead Game Summary
The Glass Bead Game
by Hermann Hesse 1943 558 pages
4.10
40.9K ratings
Classics
Philosophy
Literature
Red Storm Rising Summary
Red Storm Rising
by Tom Clancy 1986
4.21
83.2K ratings
Thriller
Military Fiction
War
Atlas Shrugged & The Fountainhead Summary
Atlas Shrugged & The Fountainhead
by Ayn Rand 1995
4.10
5.0K ratings
Classics
Philosophy
Politics
Cross Justice Summary
Cross Justice
by James Patterson 2015 528 pages
4.26
32.5K ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Crime
Silence Summary
Silence
by Becca Fitzpatrick 2011 440 pages
4.07
291.7K ratings
Fantasy
Young Adult
Romance
The Cruelest Month Summary
The Cruelest Month
by Louise Penny 2007 310 pages
4.16
112.3K ratings
Mystery
Crime
Mystery Thriller
Almost Surely Dead Summary
Almost Surely Dead
by Amina Akhtar 2024 298 pages
3.69
20.5K ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Mystery Thriller
Magic Hour Summary
Magic Hour
by Kristin Hannah 2006 451 pages
4.17
191.8K ratings
Romance
Book Club
Mystery
Openly Straight Summary
Openly Straight
by Bill Konigsberg 2013 320 pages
3.86
34.0K ratings
Young Adult
LGBT
Contemporary
Every Last Secret Summary
Every Last Secret
by A.R. Torre 2020 291 pages
3.95
132.0K ratings
Thriller
Mystery Thriller
Mystery
You Like It Darker Summary
You Like It Darker
by Stephen King 2024 502 pages
4.22
68.3K ratings
Horror
Short Stories
Thriller
Peace Talks Summary
Peace Talks
by Jim Butcher 2020 340 pages
4.23
51.8K ratings
Fantasy
Urban Fantasy
Magic
The Mistress of Spices Summary
The Mistress of Spices
by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni 1997 338 pages
3.49
14.6K ratings
Magical Realism
India
Fantasy
Bluebird Summary
Bluebird
by Sharon Cameron 2021 438 pages
4.33
9.7K ratings
Historical Fiction
Young Adult
Historical
The Plot Against America Summary
The Plot Against America
by Philip Roth 2004 391 pages
3.81
66.4K ratings
Historical Fiction
Alternate History
Literature
Shibumi Summary
Shibumi
by Trevanian 1979 472 pages
4.18
19.0K ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Espionage
Flight Behavior Summary
Flight Behavior
by Barbara Kingsolver 2012 436 pages
3.82
99.3K ratings
Book Club
Literary Fiction
Environment
Rain of Gold Summary
Rain of Gold
by Victor Villaseñor 1991 576 pages
4.50
8.1K ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Magical Realism
King of Thorns Summary
King of Thorns
by Mark Lawrence 2012 449 pages
4.18
69.2K ratings
Fantasy
Dark Fantasy
Epic Fantasy
Lord of Shadows Summary
Lord of Shadows
by Cassandra Clare 2017 699 pages
4.40
154.8K ratings
Fantasy
Young Adult
Romance
A Million Little Pieces Summary
A Million Little Pieces
by James Frey 2003 515 pages
3.69
259.8K ratings
Book Club
Contemporary
Psychology
Changes Summary
Changes
by Jim Butcher 2010 438 pages
4.51
120.2K ratings
Fantasy
Urban Fantasy
Mystery
Othello Summary
Othello
by William Shakespeare 1603 319 pages
3.89
424.2K ratings
Classics
Plays
School
The Stranger in Her House Summary
The Stranger in Her House
by John Marrs 2024 347 pages
3.94
32.7K ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Mystery Thriller
On the Bright Side, I'm Now the Girlfriend of a Sex God Summary
On the Bright Side, I'm Now the Girlfriend of a Sex God
by Louise Rennison 2000 243 pages
3.95
48.6K ratings
Young Adult
Romance
Humor
The Museum of Innocence Summary
The Museum of Innocence
by Orhan Pamuk 2008 536 pages
3.78
35.9K ratings
Turkish Literature
Turkish
Romance
The Amber Spyglass Summary
The Amber Spyglass
by Philip Pullman 2000 465 pages
4.10
374.3K ratings
Fantasy
Young Adult
Adventure
House Atreides Summary
House Atreides
by Brian Herbert 1999 681 pages
3.83
29.2K ratings
Science Fiction
Fantasy
Science Fiction Fantasy
The Color of Magic Summary
The Color of Magic
by Terry Pratchett 1983 228 pages
4.00
409.2K ratings
Fantasy
Humor
Comedy
Family of Origin Summary
Family of Origin
by C.J. Hauser 2019 287 pages
3.48
1.6K ratings
Novels
Literary Fiction
Contemporary
Grey Summary
Grey
by E.L. James 2015 576 pages
3.83
197.1K ratings
Romance
Erotica
BDSM
The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer Summary
The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer
by Michelle Hodkin 2011 456 pages
4.02
188.8K ratings
Young Adult
Fantasy
Paranormal
The Third Option Summary
The Third Option
by Vince Flynn 2000 402 pages
4.28
49.0K ratings
Thriller
Espionage
Action
A Boy and His Dog at the End of the World Summary
A Boy and His Dog at the End of the World
by C.A. Fletcher 2019 365 pages
4.15
19.6K ratings
Science Fiction
Dystopia
Post Apocalyptic
The Thief Summary
The Thief
by Megan Whalen Turner 1996 280 pages
3.85
91.0K ratings
Fantasy
Young Adult
Adventure
All Our Yesterdays Summary
All Our Yesterdays
by Natalia Ginzburg 1952 300 pages
3.99
4.5K ratings
Italy
Historical Fiction
Italian Literature
Sum Summary
Sum
Forty Tales from the Afterlives
by David Eagleman 2009 110 pages
4.12
22.6K ratings
Short Stories
Philosophy
Fantasy
R.U.R. Summary
R.U.R.
by Karel Čapek 1920 58 pages
3.84
16.4K ratings
Science Fiction
Plays
Classics
The Wedding Date Summary
The Wedding Date
by Jasmine Guillory 2018 317 pages
3.57
158.6K ratings
Romance
Contemporary
Chick Lit
Presumed Innocent Summary
Presumed Innocent
by Scott Turow 1987 421 pages
4.09
123.2K ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Crime
Alanna Summary
Alanna
The First Adventure
by Tamora Pierce 1983 274 pages
4.27
134.7K ratings
Fantasy
Young Adult
Magic
All Good People Here Summary
All Good People Here
by Ashley Flowers 2022 312 pages
3.83
300.8K ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Mystery Thriller
The Dinner Summary
The Dinner
by Herman Koch 2009 292 pages
3.21
171.0K ratings
Book Club
Mystery
Thriller
The Four Winds Summary
The Four Winds
by Kristin Hannah 2021 464 pages
4.30
868.4K ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Historical
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