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Fiction Book Summaries

The Gospel Singer Summary
The Gospel Singer
by Harry Crews 1968 300 pages
4.22
1.8K ratings
Southern Gothic
Southern
Classics
Blue Lily, Lily Blue Summary
Blue Lily, Lily Blue
by Maggie Stiefvater 2014 391 pages
4.26
175.5K ratings
Fantasy
Young Adult
Paranormal
Invisible Planets Summary
Invisible Planets
Contemporary Chinese Science Fiction in Translation
by Ken Liu 2016 383 pages
4.04
5.2K ratings
Science Fiction
Short Stories
China
Echo Road Summary
Echo Road
by Kendra Elliot 2024 332 pages
4.54
16.2K ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Crime
The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi Summary
The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi
by Shannon Chakraborty 2023 483 pages
4.26
68.6K ratings
Fantasy
Historical Fiction
Pirates
In Bloom Summary
In Bloom
by Paul Tremblay 2023 35 pages
3.05
11.7K ratings
Horror
Short Stories
Novella
Critical Role Summary
Critical Role
The Mighty Nein—The Nine Eyes of Lucien
by Madeleine Roux 2022 320 pages
4.01
2.8K ratings
Fantasy
Queer
Dungeons and Dragons
The Country Girls Summary
The Country Girls
by Edna O'Brien 1960 175 pages
3.69
8.1K ratings
Ireland
Irish Literature
Classics
The Hard Way Summary
The Hard Way
by Lee Child 2006 384 pages
4.20
90.0K ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Crime
The Alchemyst Summary
The Alchemyst
by Michael Scott 2007 390 pages
3.86
164.9K ratings
Fantasy
Young Adult
Magic
All the Forgivenesses Summary
All the Forgivenesses
by Elizabeth Hardinger 2019 371 pages
4.26
17.0K ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
Book Club
Summer Knight Summary
Summer Knight
by Jim Butcher 2002 446 pages
4.26
157.5K ratings
Fantasy
Urban Fantasy
Mystery
Lovers at the Museum Summary
Lovers at the Museum
by Isabel Allende 2024 25 pages
3.47
25.1K ratings
Short Stories
Romance
Fantasy
Romantic Comedy Summary
Romantic Comedy
by Curtis Sittenfeld 2023 309 pages
3.63
230.5K ratings
Romance
Contemporary
Book Club
The Sweet Far Thing Summary
The Sweet Far Thing
by Libba Bray 2007 819 pages
3.97
72.8K ratings
Fantasy
Young Adult
Historical Fiction
Time's Convert Summary
Time's Convert
by Deborah Harkness 2018 448 pages
3.92
70.2K ratings
Fantasy
Historical Fiction
Romance
Jackdaws Summary
Jackdaws
by Ken Follett 2001 432 pages
4.08
41.9K ratings
Historical Fiction
Thriller
Historical
Bartleby the Scrivener Summary
Bartleby the Scrivener
by Herman Melville 1853 64 pages
3.93
71.0K ratings
Classics
Short Stories
Literature
Prayers for Sale Summary
Prayers for Sale
by Sandra Dallas 1997 305 pages
3.87
19.0K ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Historical
Under the Never Sky Summary
Under the Never Sky
by Veronica Rossi 2011 374 pages
3.99
115.1K ratings
Young Adult
Dystopia
Fantasy
The Death of Ivan Ilych and Other Stories Summary
The Death of Ivan Ilych and Other Stories
by Leo Tolstoy 1886 304 pages
4.12
16.3K ratings
Classics
Short Stories
Russia
How Not to Die Alone Summary
How Not to Die Alone
by Richard Roper 2019 321 pages
3.68
22.1K ratings
Romance
Contemporary
Book Club
The Black Tulip Summary
The Black Tulip
by Alexandre Dumas 1850 246 pages
3.85
22.4K ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
France
The Missing Piece Summary
The Missing Piece
by Shel Silverstein 1976 112 pages
4.28
31.0K ratings
Poetry
Childrens
Picture Books
The Virgin Suicides Summary
The Virgin Suicides
by Jeffrey Eugenides 1993 250 pages
3.79
386.7K ratings
Young Adult
Literary Fiction
Coming Of Age
Thrawn Summary
Thrawn
by Timothy Zahn 2017 427 pages
4.31
54.8K ratings
Star Wars
Science Fiction
Fantasy
The Refugees Summary
The Refugees
by Viet Thanh Nguyen 2017 209 pages
3.87
21.5K ratings
Short Stories
Historical Fiction
Contemporary
The Good, the Bad, and the Undead Summary
The Good, the Bad, and the Undead
by Kim Harrison 2005 453 pages
4.25
67.5K ratings
Urban Fantasy
Fantasy
Paranormal
The Names Summary
The Names
by Don DeLillo 1982 339 pages
3.64
4.8K ratings
Novels
American
Greece
The Tortilla Curtain Summary
The Tortilla Curtain
by T. Coraghessan Boyle 1995 355 pages
3.66
33.8K ratings
Book Club
Contemporary
School
Small Favor Summary
Small Favor
by Jim Butcher 2008 423 pages
4.43
114.4K ratings
Fantasy
Urban Fantasy
Mystery
Homecoming Summary
Homecoming
by Christie Golden 2003 262 pages
3.92
3.0K ratings
Star Trek
Science Fiction
Star Trek Voyager
Sleep Like Death Summary
Sleep Like Death
by Kalynn Bayron 2024 352 pages
3.46
3.4K ratings
Fantasy
Young Adult
Retellings
The Wall of Storms Summary
The Wall of Storms
by Ken Liu 2016 880 pages
4.35
8.6K ratings
Fantasy
Epic Fantasy
High Fantasy
Rainbow Six Summary
Rainbow Six
by Tom Clancy 1998 912 pages
4.13
56.8K ratings
Thriller
Military Fiction
Action
The Bro Code Summary
The Bro Code
by Elizabeth A. Seibert 2012 320 pages
3.40
2.1K ratings
Romance
Young Adult
Contemporary
Star Wars Summary
Star Wars
Revenge of the Sith
by Matthew Woodring Stover 2005 418 pages
4.29
23.4K ratings
Star Wars
Science Fiction
Fantasy
An Old-Fashioned Girl Summary
An Old-Fashioned Girl
by Louisa May Alcott 1870 288 pages
4.09
21.6K ratings
Classics
Young Adult
Historical Fiction
Wish I Could Tell You Summary
Wish I Could Tell You
by Durjoy Datta 2019 288 pages
3.68
1.7K ratings
Romance
Love Story
India
Independence Summary
Independence
by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni 2023 288 pages
4.11
10.9K ratings
Historical Fiction
India
Historical
The Arctic Incident Summary
The Arctic Incident
by Eoin Colfer 2002 398 pages
3.96
158.1K ratings
Fantasy
Young Adult
Middle Grade
The Return of the Native Summary
The Return of the Native
by Thomas Hardy 1878 426 pages
3.88
39.7K ratings
Classics
Literature
19th Century
Welcome to the Hyunam-Dong Bookshop Summary
Welcome to the Hyunam-Dong Bookshop
by Hwang Bo-Reum 2022 307 pages
3.93
61.2K ratings
Contemporary
Books About Books
Cozy
Defiance of the Fall 10 Summary
Defiance of the Fall 10
by TheFirstDefier 2023 564 pages
4.51
5.6K ratings
Fantasy
Science Fiction Fantasy
Science Fiction
Elizabeth Is Missing Summary
Elizabeth Is Missing
by Emma Healey 2014 320 pages
3.72
70.8K ratings
Mystery
Book Club
Contemporary
Armored Summary
Armored
by Mark Greaney 2022 510 pages
4.36
9.3K ratings
Thriller
Action
Military Fiction
Jude the Obscure Summary
Jude the Obscure
by Thomas Hardy 1895 310 pages
3.83
74.3K ratings
Classics
Literature
19th Century
Ricochet Summary
Ricochet
by Krista Ritchie 2013 265 pages
3.75
101.2K ratings
Romance
New Adult
Contemporary
Delilah Green Doesn't Care Summary
Delilah Green Doesn't Care
by Ashley Herring Blake 2022 375 pages
4.06
110.5K ratings
Romance
LGBT
Queer
Turn Coat Summary
Turn Coat
by Jim Butcher 2009 420 pages
4.44
109.4K ratings
Fantasy
Urban Fantasy
Mystery
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