Literary Fiction Book Summaries

Boy Parts Summary
Boy Parts
by Eliza Clark 2020 304 pages
3.74
71.5K ratings
Horror
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
The Moor's Account Summary
The Moor's Account
by Laila Lalami 2014 321 pages
4.04
12.4K ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
Morocco
Beautyland Summary
Beautyland
by Marie-Helene Bertino 2024 327 pages
4.09
24.9K ratings
Science Fiction
Book Club
Literary Fiction
The God of Small Things Summary
The God of Small Things
by Arundhati Roy 1997 321 pages
3.96
314.3K ratings
India
Historical Fiction
Classics
Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead Summary
Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead
by Olga Tokarczuk 2009 274 pages
3.95
130.6K ratings
Mystery
Book Club
Poland
The Story of a New Name Summary
The Story of a New Name
by Elena Ferrante 2012 471 pages
4.46
215.4K ratings
Historical Fiction
Italy
Italian Literature
The Poisonwood Bible Summary
The Poisonwood Bible
by Barbara Kingsolver 1998 546 pages
4.11
773.5K ratings
Historical Fiction
Africa
Book Club
The Goldfinch Summary
The Goldfinch
by Donna Tartt 2013 771 pages
3.96
997.7K ratings
Book Club
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
Cloud Atlas Summary
Cloud Atlas
by David Mitchell 2004 509 pages
4.01
260.4K ratings
Science Fiction
Fantasy
Historical Fiction
Crossing to Safety Summary
Crossing to Safety
by Wallace Stegner 1987 335 pages
4.16
49.0K ratings
Book Club
Classics
Literary Fiction
Underworld Summary
Underworld
by Don DeLillo 1997 827 pages
3.95
32.8K ratings
Novels
Literature
Literary Fiction
Americanah Summary
Americanah
by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 2013 477 pages
4.32
396.5K ratings
Book Club
Africa
Contemporary
An American Marriage Summary
An American Marriage
by Tayari Jones 2018 308 pages
3.94
376.9K ratings
Book Club
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
Grown Women Summary
Grown Women
by Sarai Johnson 2024 400 pages
4.34
2.4K ratings
Historical Fiction
Family
Literary Fiction
Greek Lessons Summary
Greek Lessons
by Han Kang 2011 192 pages
3.61
29.4K ratings
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
Romance
Normal People Summary
Normal People
The Scripts
by Sally Rooney 2021 368 pages
4.59
2.3K ratings
Contemporary
Romance
Plays
The Rachel Incident Summary
The Rachel Incident
by Caroline O'Donoghue 2023 304 pages
4.08
113.0K ratings
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
Book Club
If I Had Your Face Summary
If I Had Your Face
by Frances Cha 2020 288 pages
3.74
56.3K ratings
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
Feminism
Heaven Summary
Heaven
by Mieko Kawakami 2009 192 pages
3.79
76.8K ratings
Japanese Literature
Contemporary
Japan
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry Summary
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
by Rachel Joyce 2012 320 pages
3.94
188.8K ratings
Book Club
Contemporary
British Literature
Of Human Bondage Summary
Of Human Bondage
by W. Somerset Maugham 1915 684 pages
4.15
59.8K ratings
Classics
Literature
Novels
Talking at Night Summary
Talking at Night
by Claire Daverley 2023 400 pages
3.93
53.6K ratings
Romance
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
Sex and Rage Summary
Sex and Rage
by Eve Babitz 1979 256 pages
3.56
16.0K ratings
Contemporary
Classics
Feminism
Mrs. Dalloway Summary
Mrs. Dalloway
by Virginia Woolf 1925 194 pages
3.78
334.6K ratings
Classics
Literature
Novels
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close Summary
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
by Jonathan Safran Foer 2005 326 pages
3.97
430.1K ratings
Book Club
Historical Fiction
Contemporary
The Remains of the Day Summary
The Remains of the Day
by Kazuo Ishiguro 1989 258 pages
4.14
337.3K ratings
Historical Fiction
Classics
Literary Fiction
Case Study Summary
Case Study
by Graeme Macrae Burnet 2021 278 pages
3.58
10.6K ratings
Historical Fiction
Literary Fiction
Psychology
Shark Heart Summary
Shark Heart
by Emily Habeck 2023 416 pages
3.96
71.4K ratings
Magical Realism
Romance
Fantasy
Prodigal Summer Summary
Prodigal Summer
by Barbara Kingsolver 2000 444 pages
4.05
121.8K ratings
Book Club
Nature
Contemporary
L'Arminuta Summary
L'Arminuta
by Donatella Di Pietrantonio 2017 163 pages
4.09
25.4K ratings
Italy
Italian Literature
Contemporary
So Long, See You Tomorrow Summary
So Long, See You Tomorrow
by William Maxwell 1980 135 pages
3.89
13.8K ratings
Historical Fiction
Classics
Literary Fiction
Sky Full of Elephants Summary
Sky Full of Elephants
by Cebo Campbell 2024 304 pages
3.84
6.6K ratings
Science Fiction
Fantasy
Dystopia
The Namesake Summary
The Namesake
by Jhumpa Lahiri 2003 304 pages
4.02
278.4K ratings
Book Club
Literary Fiction
Contemporary
The Flea Palace Summary
The Flea Palace
by Elif Shafak 2002 448 pages
3.39
7.4K ratings
Turkish Literature
Turkish
Contemporary
Outline Summary
Outline
by Rachel Cusk 2014 249 pages
3.68
63.8K ratings
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
Novels
Horse Summary
Horse
by Geraldine Brooks 2022 401 pages
4.26
181.0K ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Historical
The Back of the Turtle Summary
The Back of the Turtle
by Thomas King 2014 518 pages
4.07
3.8K ratings
Indigenous
Canada
Book Club
Rules of Civility Summary
Rules of Civility
by Amor Towles 2011 335 pages
4.09
258.8K ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Historical
We Were the Mulvaneys Summary
We Were the Mulvaneys
by Joyce Carol Oates 1996 454 pages
3.75
103.7K ratings
Book Club
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
The Nest Summary
The Nest
by Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney 2016 353 pages
3.41
179.7K ratings
Book Club
Contemporary
Adult Fiction
My Name Is Emilia del Valle Summary
My Name Is Emilia del Valle
by Isabel Allende 2025 287 pages
3.96
2.5K ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
Magical Realism
Freedom Summary
Freedom
by Jonathan Franzen 2010 562 pages
3.79
172.6K ratings
Book Club
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
My Year of Rest and Relaxation Summary
My Year of Rest and Relaxation
by Ottessa Moshfegh 2018 289 pages
3.61
506.3K ratings
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
Mental Health
The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea Summary
The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea
by Yukio Mishima 1963 181 pages
3.84
48.1K ratings
Japan
Classics
Japanese Literature
Middlesex Summary
Middlesex
by Jeffrey Eugenides 2002 529 pages
4.04
654.0K ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Contemporary
The Maniac Summary
The Maniac
by BenjamΓ­n Labatut 2023 368 pages
4.34
20.7K ratings
Historical Fiction
Philosophy
Literary Fiction
Playground Summary
Playground
by Richard Powers 2024 381 pages
4.21
26.1K ratings
Science Fiction
Book Club
Literary Fiction
The Idiot Summary
The Idiot
by Elif Batuman 2017 423 pages
3.65
98.5K ratings
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
Historical Fiction
Rejection Summary
Rejection
by Tony Tulathimutte 2024 272 pages
3.86
15.2K ratings
Short Stories
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
The Marriage Portrait Summary
The Marriage Portrait
by Maggie O'Farrell 2022 355 pages
4.01
181.8K ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
Book Club
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