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Fiction Book Summaries

Red Clocks Summary
Red Clocks
by Leni Zumas 2018 368 pages
3.66
24.7K ratings
Feminism
Dystopia
Science Fiction
The Book of Life Summary
The Book of Life
by Deborah Harkness 2014 561 pages
4.21
210.5K ratings
Fantasy
Romance
Paranormal
Academ's Fury Summary
Academ's Fury
by Jim Butcher 2005 702 pages
4.27
72.8K ratings
Fantasy
Epic Fantasy
High Fantasy
Marcovaldo Summary
Marcovaldo
by Italo Calvino 1963 128 pages
3.84
15.9K ratings
Short Stories
Italian Literature
Classics
The Interestings Summary
The Interestings
by Meg Wolitzer 2013 468 pages
3.60
121.6K ratings
Book Club
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
Open Season Summary
Open Season
by C.J. Box 2001 278 pages
4.01
54.8K ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Crime
Graceling Summary
Graceling
by Kristin Cashore 2008 471 pages
4.07
474.7K ratings
Fantasy
Young Adult
Romance
Number the Stars Summary
Number the Stars
by Lois Lowry 1989 137 pages
4.19
602.8K ratings
Historical Fiction
Young Adult
Classics
The Blinding Knife Summary
The Blinding Knife
by Brent Weeks 2012 671 pages
4.41
91.5K ratings
Fantasy
Epic Fantasy
High Fantasy
The Girl Before Summary
The Girl Before
by J.P. Delaney 2017 341 pages
3.70
163.7K ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Mystery Thriller
Furies of Calderon Summary
Furies of Calderon
by Jim Butcher 2004 688 pages
4.13
111.8K ratings
Fantasy
Epic Fantasy
High Fantasy
Caligula and Three Other Plays Summary
Caligula and Three Other Plays
by Albert Camus 1949 302 pages
4.05
2.4K ratings
Plays
Drama
Philosophy
Cibola Burn Summary
Cibola Burn
by James S.A. Corey 2014 581 pages
4.23
119.8K ratings
Science Fiction
Space Opera
Space
Linger Summary
Linger
by Maggie Stiefvater 2010 362 pages
3.88
173.7K ratings
Young Adult
Fantasy
Romance
Someone Knows Summary
Someone Knows
by Vi Keeland 2025 277 pages
4.10
1.8K ratings
Thriller
Mystery Thriller
Mystery
Extinction Summary
Extinction
by Douglas Preston 2024 370 pages
4.08
19.7K ratings
Thriller
Science Fiction
Mystery
With Any Luck Summary
With Any Luck
by Ashley Poston 2024 43 pages
3.22
59.7K ratings
Romance
Novella
Short Stories
Come and Get It Summary
Come and Get It
by Kiley Reid 2024 400 pages
3.34
39.5K ratings
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
Book Club
Carrie Soto Is Back Summary
Carrie Soto Is Back
by Taylor Jenkins Reid 2022 384 pages
4.20
640.0K ratings
Historical Fiction
Contemporary
Romance
Loki Summary
Loki
Where Mischief Lies
by Mackenzi Lee 2019 408 pages
3.92
17.9K ratings
Fantasy
Young Adult
Mythology
Alamut Summary
Alamut
by Vladimir Bartol 1938 510 pages
4.31
13.0K ratings
Historical Fiction
Classics
Novels
Counter-Clock World Summary
Counter-Clock World
by Philip K. Dick 1967 218 pages
3.55
5.1K ratings
Science Fiction
Speculative Fiction
Time Travel
The Stationery Shop Summary
The Stationery Shop
by Marjan Kamali 2019 312 pages
4.22
107.3K ratings
Historical Fiction
Romance
Book Club
The Lincoln Highway Summary
The Lincoln Highway
by Amor Towles 2021 576 pages
4.22
293.6K ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Historical
Kushiel's Chosen Summary
Kushiel's Chosen
by Jacqueline Carey 2002 678 pages
4.30
41.2K ratings
Fantasy
Romance
Epic Fantasy
The Third Eye Summary
The Third Eye
by T. Lobsang Rampa 1958 224 pages
3.96
4.2K ratings
Spirituality
Philosophy
Buddhism
The Jungle Book Summary
The Jungle Book
by Rudyard Kipling 1894 277 pages
3.90
129.5K ratings
Classics
Childrens
Fantasy
Skin Trade Summary
Skin Trade
by Laurell K. Hamilton 2009 486 pages
3.94
39.7K ratings
Urban Fantasy
Paranormal
Vampires
Echo Mountain Summary
Echo Mountain
by Lauren Wolk 2020 356 pages
4.26
10.0K ratings
Historical Fiction
Middle Grade
Historical
Twenties Girl Summary
Twenties Girl
by Sophie Kinsella 2009 435 pages
3.86
172.9K ratings
Chick Lit
Romance
Contemporary
Home of the American Circus Summary
Home of the American Circus
by Allison Larkin 2025 432 pages
4.15
3.8K ratings
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
Family
The Dream Thieves Summary
The Dream Thieves
by Maggie Stiefvater 2013 439 pages
4.22
213.7K ratings
Fantasy
Young Adult
Paranormal
Pudd'nhead Wilson Summary
Pudd'nhead Wilson
by Mark Twain 1893 160 pages
3.75
19.1K ratings
Classics
Literature
Humor
The Affair Summary
The Affair
by Lee Child 2011 427 pages
4.16
106.3K ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Crime
Sing, Unburied, Sing Summary
Sing, Unburied, Sing
by Jesmyn Ward 2017 285 pages
4.00
143.5K ratings
Book Club
Magical Realism
Contemporary
Trollhunters Summary
Trollhunters
by Guillermo del Toro 2015 336 pages
3.69
3.3K ratings
Fantasy
Young Adult
Horror
My Lovely Wife Summary
My Lovely Wife
by Samantha Downing 2019 390 pages
3.83
157.4K ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Mystery Thriller
The Sun Sister Summary
The Sun Sister
by Lucinda Riley 2019 848 pages
4.35
84.4K ratings
Historical Fiction
Romance
Roman
Small Great Things Summary
Small Great Things
by Jodi Picoult 2016 510 pages
4.36
417.3K ratings
Book Club
Contemporary
Adult
Tarkin Summary
Tarkin
by James Luceno 2014 288 pages
3.76
20.4K ratings
Star Wars
Science Fiction
Fantasy
Spanish Short Stories For Beginners Volume 2 Summary
Spanish Short Stories For Beginners Volume 2
8 More Unconventional Short Stories to Grow Your Vocabulary and Learn Spanish the Fun Way!
by Olly Richards 2015 237 pages
4.28
289 ratings
Spanish Literature
Language
Short Stories
Loveless Summary
Loveless
by Alice Oseman 2020 433 pages
4.18
115.2K ratings
Young Adult
LGBT
Contemporary
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao Summary
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
by Junot Díaz 2007 335 pages
3.89
273.3K ratings
Book Club
Contemporary
Magical Realism
The City of Mirrors Summary
The City of Mirrors
by Justin Cronin 2016 602 pages
4.21
59.6K ratings
Horror
Fantasy
Science Fiction
Doctor Zhivago Summary
Doctor Zhivago
by Boris Pasternak 1957 592 pages
4.01
100.5K ratings
Historical Fiction
Russia
Russian Literature
The Search for WondLa Summary
The Search for WondLa
by Tony DiTerlizzi 2009 484 pages
4.11
13.6K ratings
Fantasy
Middle Grade
Science Fiction
What Lies Between Us Summary
What Lies Between Us
by John Marrs 2020 363 pages
4.02
172.3K ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Mystery Thriller
The Witching Hour Summary
The Witching Hour
by Anne Rice 1990 1216 pages
4.10
122.1K ratings
Horror
Fantasy
Paranormal
Arthas Summary
Arthas
Rise of the Lich King
by Christie Golden 2009 320 pages
4.14
11.7K ratings
Fantasy
Warcraft
World Of Warcraft
Hounded Summary
Hounded
by Kevin Hearne 2011 304 pages
4.10
91.0K ratings
Fantasy
Urban Fantasy
Paranormal
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