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Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow Summary
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
by Gabrielle Zevin 2022 401 pages
4.14
1.1M+ ratings
Contemporary
Romance
Literary Fiction
Small Things Like These Summary
Small Things Like These
by Claire Keegan 2021 128 pages
4.15
200k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Ireland
Christmas
Klara and the Sun Summary
Klara and the Sun
by Kazuo Ishiguro 2021 303 pages
3.74
300k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Dystopia
Literary Fiction
Atonement Summary
Atonement
by Ian McEwan 2001 351 pages
3.94
500k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Classics
Romance
Less Summary
Less
by Andrew Sean Greer 2017 273 pages
3.63
200k+ ratings
LGBT
Contemporary
Queer
Sula Summary
Sula
by Toni Morrison 1973 174 pages
4.04
100k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
African American
Rules of Civility Summary
Rules of Civility
by Amor Towles 2011 335 pages
4.08
200k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
New York
To the Lighthouse Summary
To the Lighthouse
by Virginia Woolf 1927 209 pages
3.80
100k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
Novels
White Teeth Summary
White Teeth
by Zadie Smith 2000 448 pages
3.79
100k+ ratings
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
Novels
The Guest Summary
The Guest
by Emma Cline 2023 304 pages
3.28
100k+ ratings
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
Thriller
The City and Its Uncertain Walls Summary
The City and Its Uncertain Walls
by Haruki Murakami 2023 464 pages
3.82
16k+ ratings
Fantasy
Magical Realism
Japan
Orbital Summary
Orbital
by Samantha Harvey 2023 207 pages
3.64
52k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Literary Fiction
Contemporary
The Sympathizer Summary
The Sympathizer
by Viet Thanh Nguyen 2015 371 pages
4.01
100k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
War
Asia
The Blind Assassin Summary
The Blind Assassin
by Margaret Atwood 2000 637 pages
3.96
100k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Mystery
Literary Fiction
The Blind Owl Summary
The Blind Owl
by Sadegh Hedayat 1937 148 pages
3.97
31k+ ratings
Classics
Horror
Novels
The Remains of the Day Summary
The Remains of the Day
by Kazuo Ishiguro 1989 258 pages
4.14
300k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Classics
Literary Fiction
The Lion Women of Tehran Summary
The Lion Women of Tehran
by Marjan Kamali 2024 327 pages
4.50
51k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
Iran
A Man Called Ove Summary
A Man Called Ove
by Fredrik Backman 2012 337 pages
4.38
1.1M+ ratings
Contemporary
Humor
Adult
Norwegian Wood Summary
Norwegian Wood
by Haruki Murakami 1987 296 pages
4.00
600k+ ratings
Romance
Japan
Japanese Literature
All the Pretty Horses Summary
All the Pretty Horses
by Cormac McCarthy 1992 302 pages
4.05
100k+ ratings
Westerns
Historical Fiction
Classics
Mrs. Dalloway Summary
Mrs. Dalloway
by Virginia Woolf 1925 194 pages
3.79
300k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
Novels
Sex and Rage Summary
Sex and Rage
by Eve Babitz 1979 256 pages
3.57
15k+ ratings
Contemporary
Classics
Feminism
Beautiful World, Where Are You Summary
Beautiful World, Where Are You
by Sally Rooney 2021 356 pages
3.53
400k+ ratings
Contemporary
Romance
Literary Fiction
Hamnet Summary
Hamnet
by Maggie O'Farrell 2020 372 pages
4.19
200k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
Literary Fiction
I Who Have Never Known Men Summary
I Who Have Never Known Men
by Jacqueline Harpman 1995 208 pages
4.21
100k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Dystopia
Feminism
The Dutch House Summary
The Dutch House
by Ann Patchett 2019 337 pages
4.10
400k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Literary Fiction
Contemporary
The Marriage Portrait Summary
The Marriage Portrait
by Maggie O'Farrell 2022 355 pages
4.01
100k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
Italy
Almond Summary
Almond
by Sohn Won-Pyung 2017 272 pages
4.15
100k+ ratings
Contemporary
Young Adult
Literary Fiction
Black Cake Summary
Black Cake
by Charmaine Wilkerson 2022 385 pages
4.09
200k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Contemporary
Mystery
The Bell Jar Summary
The Bell Jar
by Sylvia Plath 1963 294 pages
4.06
1M+ ratings
Feminism
Mental Health
Psychology
The Beekeeper of Aleppo Summary
The Beekeeper of Aleppo
by Christy Lefteri 2019 317 pages
4.17
100k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
War
Contemporary
The Covenant of Water Summary
The Covenant of Water
by Abraham Verghese 2023 724 pages
4.43
200k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
India
Historical
The Berry Pickers Summary
The Berry Pickers
by Amanda Peters 2023 307 pages
4.12
100k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Mystery
Indigenous
Long Island Compromise Summary
Long Island Compromise
by Taffy Brodesser-Akner 2024 464 pages
3.76
30k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
Margo's Got Money Troubles Summary
Margo's Got Money Troubles
by Rufi Thorpe 2024 304 pages
3.90
84k+ ratings
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
Humor
Table for Two Summary
Table for Two
by Amor Towles 2024 451 pages
4.22
49k+ ratings
Short Stories
Historical Fiction
Literary Fiction
The Corrections Summary
The Corrections
by Jonathan Franzen 2001 653 pages
3.84
100k+ ratings
Contemporary
Novels
Literary Fiction
There There Summary
There There
by Tommy Orange 2018 294 pages
3.98
200k+ ratings
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
Native American
A Gentleman in Moscow Summary
A Gentleman in Moscow
by Amor Towles 2016 462 pages
4.33
600k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
Russia
Gilead Summary
Gilead
by Marilynne Robinson 2004 247 pages
3.85
100k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Literary Fiction
Less Than Zero Summary
Less Than Zero
by Bret Easton Ellis 1985 208 pages
3.60
92k+ ratings
Contemporary
Novels
Classics
Giovanni’s Room Summary
Giovanni’s Room
by James Baldwin 1956 159 pages
4.34
100k+ ratings
Classics
LGBT
Queer
Blue Sisters Summary
Blue Sisters
by Coco Mellors 2024 342 pages
3.99
100k+ ratings
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
Family
Happiness Falls Summary
Happiness Falls
by Angie Kim 2023 387 pages
3.74
76k+ ratings
Mystery
Mystery Thriller
Thriller
Martyr! Summary
Martyr!
by Kaveh Akbar 2024 331 pages
4.23
53k+ ratings
Literary Fiction
Poetry
Contemporary
Case Study Summary
Case Study
by Graeme Macrae Burnet 2021 278 pages
3.58
10k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Literary Fiction
Mystery
Wolf Hall Summary
Wolf Hall
by Hilary Mantel 2009 653 pages
3.91
200k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
British Literature
The Maniac Summary
The Maniac
by Benjamín Labatut 2023 368 pages
4.34
18k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Philosophy
Literary Fiction
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous Summary
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
by Ocean Vuong 2019 246 pages
4.03
300k+ ratings
Poetry
LGBT
Contemporary
We Were the Mulvaneys Summary
We Were the Mulvaneys
by Joyce Carol Oates 1996 454 pages
3.75
100k+ ratings
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
Classics
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