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Fiction Book Summaries

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow Summary
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
by Gabrielle Zevin 2022 416 pages
4.15
1M+ ratings
Contemporary
Romance
Literary Fiction
Great Expectations (Oxford World's Classics) Summary
Great Expectations (Oxford World's Classics)
by Charles Dickens 1998 544 pages
3.79
800k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
Historical Fiction
Klara and the Sun Summary
Klara and the Sun
A novel
by Kazuo Ishiguro 2021 320 pages
3.74
300k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Dystopia
Literary Fiction
Icebreaker Summary
Icebreaker
by Hannah Grace
3.82
900k+ ratings
Sports Romance
Sports
Contemporary
Dante's Inferno (The Divine Comedy, Volume 1, Hell) Summary
Dante's Inferno (The Divine Comedy, Volume 1, Hell)
by Dante Alighieri 2009 102 pages
4.02
100k+ ratings
Classics
Poetry
Literature
Breaking Dawn (The Twilight Saga, Book 4) Summary
Breaking Dawn (The Twilight Saga, Book 4)
by Stephenie Meyer 2008 756 pages
3.74
1.7M+ ratings
Fantasy
Young Adult
Romance
Gone with the Wind Summary
Gone with the Wind
by Margaret Mitchell
4.31
1.2M+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Romance
Classics
The Pelican Brief Summary
The Pelican Brief
by John Grisham 2006 400 pages
4.05
400k+ ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Crime
The Invisible Man (Signet Classics) Summary
The Invisible Man (Signet Classics)
by H.G. Wells 2002 192 pages
3.63
200k+ ratings
Classics
Science Fiction
Horror
Les Misérables Summary
Les Misérables
by Victor Hugo
4.21
800k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Literature
Atonement Summary
Atonement
by Ian McEwan 2002 351 pages
3.94
500k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Classics
Romance
Howl's Moving Castle (World of Howl, 1) Summary
Howl's Moving Castle (World of Howl, 1)
by Diana Wynne Jones 2001 336 pages
4.29
300k+ ratings
Fantasy
Young Adult
Middle Grade
The Best of Me Summary
The Best of Me
by Nicholas Sparks 2011 304 pages
3.98
100k+ ratings
Romance
Chick Lit
Contemporary
Left Behind Summary
Left Behind
A Novel of the Earth's Last Days (Left Behind #1)
by Tim LaHaye 1995 342 pages
3.86
200k+ ratings
Christian
Christian Fiction
Fantasy
Big Little Lies Summary
Big Little Lies
by Liane Moriarty
4.31
1M+ ratings
Mystery
Contemporary
Thriller
how to play better tennis Summary
how to play better tennis
by william t. tilden 1962 144 pages
3.69
200k+ ratings
Classics
Young Adult
Short Stories
Flock (The Ravenhood) Summary
Flock (The Ravenhood)
by Kate Stewart 2020 364 pages
4.12
100k+ ratings
Romance
Contemporary
Reverse Harem
The Art of Racing in the Rain Summary
The Art of Racing in the Rain
by Garth Stein 2008
4.23
500k+ ratings
Animals
Dogs
Adult Fiction
Things We Left Behind Summary
Things We Left Behind
by Lucy Score 2023
4.42
300k+ ratings
Romance
Contemporary Romance
Contemporary
The Ritual Summary
The Ritual
by Shantel Tessier
4.06
200k+ ratings
Romance
Dark
College
The Martian Chronicles Summary
The Martian Chronicles
by Ray Bradbury 1984 192 pages
4.15
200k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Classics
Short Stories
Uglies Summary
Uglies
by Scott Westerfeld
3.85
600k+ ratings
Young Adult
Dystopia
Science Fiction
Fire (Graceling) Summary
Fire (Graceling)
by Kristin Cashore 2009 480 pages
4.10
100k+ ratings
Fantasy
Young Adult
Romance
The Rose Code Summary
The Rose Code
A Novel
by Kate Quinn 2021 656 pages
4.45
200k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
World War II
Heidi (Kingfisher Classics) Summary
Heidi (Kingfisher Classics)
by Johanna Spyri 2002 352 pages
4.03
200k+ ratings
Classics
Childrens
Young Adult
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Summary
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
by J.K. Rowling
4.57
3.8M+ ratings
Fantasy
Young Adult
Magic
A Midsummer Night's Dream (Folger Shakespeare Library) Summary
A Midsummer Night's Dream (Folger Shakespeare Library)
by William Shakespeare 2004 256 pages
3.94
500k+ ratings
Plays
Fantasy
School
The Tempest Summary
The Tempest
by William Shakespeare
3.78
200k+ ratings
Plays
Drama
Classics
Lady Chatterley's Lover Summary
Lady Chatterley's Lover
by D.H. Lawrence 1983 376 pages
3.50
100k+ ratings
Romance
Classics
Literature
White Fang Summary
White Fang
by Jack London
4.02
100k+ ratings
Classics
Adventure
Animals
The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches Summary
The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches
by Sangu Mandanna 2022 336 pages
4.09
200k+ ratings
Fantasy
Romance
Witches
Kingdom of the Wicked (Kingdom of the Wicked, 1) Summary
Kingdom of the Wicked (Kingdom of the Wicked, 1)
by Kerri Maniscalco 2020 384 pages
3.88
300k+ ratings
Young Adult
Witches
Paranormal
The Outsiders Summary
The Outsiders
by S.E. Hinton
4.13
1.4M+ ratings
Classics
Young Adult
School
The Girl with All the Gifts Summary
The Girl with All the Gifts
by Carey.M.R 2014 461 pages
3.95
200k+ ratings
Horror
Science Fiction
Zombies
The Westing Game (Puffin Modern Classics) Summary
The Westing Game (Puffin Modern Classics)
by Ellen Raskin 2004 192 pages
4.00
200k+ ratings
Mystery
Young Adult
Middle Grade
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest Summary
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
by Ken Kesey
4.20
700k+ ratings
Classics
Psychology
Literature
The Sun Also Rises Summary
The Sun Also Rises
by Ernest Hemingway
3.79
400k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
Novels
Song of Solomon Summary
Song of Solomon
by Toni Morrison 2004 352 pages
4.14
100k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
African American
Thinner Summary
Thinner
by Stephen King 1985 318 pages
3.77
200k+ ratings
Horror
Thriller
Fantasy
Fall of Giants (The Century Trilogy) Summary
Fall of Giants (The Century Trilogy)
by Ken Follett 2010 1008 pages
4.32
300k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
War
World Without End Summary
World Without End
by Ken Follett
4.31
200k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
Medieval
Neuromancer (Sprawl Trilogy Book 1) Summary
Neuromancer (Sprawl Trilogy Book 1)
by William Gibson 2000 268 pages
3.89
300k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Cyberpunk
Classics
The Giver Summary
The Giver
by Lois Lowry 2006 208 pages
4.12
2.5M+ ratings
Young Adult
Classics
Dystopia
The Red Badge of Courage Summary
The Red Badge of Courage
by Stephen Crane 2004 152 pages
3.29
100k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
War
Paper Towns Summary
Paper Towns
by John Green 2009 305 pages
3.71
1.4M+ ratings
Young Adult
Contemporary
Romance
Darkly Dreaming Dexter Summary
Darkly Dreaming Dexter
by Jeff Lindsay
3.90
200k+ ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Crime
How to Kill Your Family Summary
How to Kill Your Family
by Bella Mackie
3.53
100k+ ratings
Thriller
Crime
Mystery
Invisible Man Summary
Invisible Man
by Ralph Ellison
3.91
100k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
Historical Fiction
Along Came a Spider (Alex Cross, 1) Summary
Along Came a Spider (Alex Cross, 1)
by James Patterson 2003 464 pages
4.13
400k+ ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Crime
Kiss the Girls (Alex Cross) Summary
Kiss the Girls (Alex Cross)
by James Patterson 2000 481 pages
4.00
300k+ ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Crime
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