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Literary works that challenge our understanding of the human experience through richly crafted language, complex characters, and profound themes. These masterfully written stories and reflections explore life's deepest questions while pushing the boundaries of storytelling itself.

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Playground Summary
Playground
by Richard Powers 2024 381 pages
4.21
26k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Book Club
Literary Fiction
Cloud Cuckoo Land Summary
Cloud Cuckoo Land
by Anthony Doerr 2021 626 pages
4.25
200k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Fantasy
Book Club
The Tortilla Curtain Summary
The Tortilla Curtain
by T. Coraghessan Boyle 1995 355 pages
3.66
33k+ ratings
Book Club
Contemporary
School
Sky Full of Elephants Summary
Sky Full of Elephants
by Cebo Campbell 2024 304 pages
3.84
6k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Fantasy
Dystopia
Love Medicine Summary
Love Medicine
by Louise Erdrich 1984 367 pages
4.01
27k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Native American
Short Stories
The Lying Life of Adults Summary
The Lying Life of Adults
by Elena Ferrante 2019 336 pages
3.67
80k+ ratings
Italy
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye Summary
The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye
Five Fairy Stories
by A.S. Byatt 1994 274 pages
3.85
4k+ ratings
Short Stories
Fantasy
Fairy Tales
Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay Summary
Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay
by Elena Ferrante 2013 418 pages
4.36
100k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Italy
Italian Literature
Shuggie Bain Summary
Shuggie Bain
by Douglas Stuart 2020 430 pages
4.31
100k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Literary Fiction
Nocturnes Summary
Nocturnes
Five Stories of Music and Nightfall
by Kazuo Ishiguro 2009 221 pages
3.51
31k+ ratings
Short Stories
Music
Contemporary
The Complete Stories Summary
The Complete Stories
by Flannery O'Connor 1971 555 pages
4.39
40k+ ratings
Short Stories
Classics
Literature
Moby Dick Summary
Moby Dick
by Rod Espinosa 1851
3.55
5k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
Novels
The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway Summary
The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway
by Ernest Hemingway 1987 650 pages
4.29
37k+ ratings
Short Stories
Classics
Literature
Three Daughters of Eve Summary
Three Daughters of Eve
by Elif Shafak 2016 384 pages
3.82
31k+ ratings
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
Novels
Reef Summary
Reef
by Romesh Gunesekera 1994 190 pages
3.75
2k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Asia
Literary Fiction
Interpreter of Maladies Summary
Interpreter of Maladies
by Jhumpa Lahiri 1999 198 pages
4.18
200k+ ratings
Short Stories
Book Club
Contemporary
Mina's Matchbox Summary
Mina's Matchbox
by Yōko Ogawa 2006 282 pages
3.77
5k+ ratings
Japan
Historical Fiction
Japanese Literature
Angle of Repose Summary
Angle of Repose
by Wallace Stegner 1971 569 pages
4.24
60k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Classics
Book Club
This Strange Eventful History Summary
This Strange Eventful History
by Claire Messud 2024 448 pages
3.58
4k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Literary Fiction
Africa
The Flamethrowers Summary
The Flamethrowers
by Rachel Kushner 2013 383 pages
3.50
23k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Literary Fiction
That Mad Ache Summary
That Mad Ache
by Françoise Sagan 1965 311 pages
3.98
1k+ ratings
France
Classics
French Literature
White Ivy Summary
White Ivy
by Susie Yang 2020 354 pages
3.55
33k+ ratings
Contemporary
Thriller
Mystery
Speedboat Summary
Speedboat
by Renata Adler 1976 192 pages
3.76
7k+ ratings
Classics
Short Stories
Novels
Girl Through Glass Summary
Girl Through Glass
by Sari Wilson 2016 289 pages
3.38
3k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Contemporary
Book Club
Every Day Is Mother's Day Summary
Every Day Is Mother's Day
by Hilary Mantel 1985 224 pages
3.59
1k+ ratings
British Literature
Literary Fiction
Novels
The Knockout Queen Summary
The Knockout Queen
by Rufi Thorpe 2020 277 pages
3.73
14k+ ratings
Contemporary
LGBT
Young Adult
Trust Exercise Summary
Trust Exercise
by Susan Choi 2019 257 pages
3.13
37k+ ratings
Literary Fiction
Book Club
Contemporary
The Mars Room Summary
The Mars Room
by Rachel Kushner 2018 338 pages
3.44
46k+ ratings
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
Book Club
The Dogs of Babel Summary
The Dogs of Babel
by Carolyn Parkhurst 2003 278 pages
3.58
19k+ ratings
Mystery
Book Club
Animals
All's Well Summary
All's Well
by Mona Awad 2021 352 pages
3.74
32k+ ratings
Horror
Contemporary
Magical Realism
Flight Behavior Summary
Flight Behavior
by Barbara Kingsolver 2012 436 pages
3.82
99k+ ratings
Book Club
Literary Fiction
Environment
Elizabeth Finch Summary
Elizabeth Finch
by Julian Barnes 2022 192 pages
3.17
6k+ ratings
Literary Fiction
Contemporary
Philosophy
The Empusium Summary
The Empusium
A Health Resort Horror Story
by Olga Tokarczuk 2022 305 pages
3.81
15k+ ratings
Horror
Historical Fiction
Poland
Dirty Diana Summary
Dirty Diana
by Jen Besser 2024 272 pages
3.59
5k+ ratings
Romance
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
Enter Ghost Summary
Enter Ghost
by Isabella Hammad 2023 336 pages
4.11
9k+ ratings
Literary Fiction
Contemporary
Historical Fiction
The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet Summary
The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet
by David Mitchell 2010 479 pages
4.03
66k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Japan
Historical
The Neapolitan Novels Summary
The Neapolitan Novels
by Elena Ferrante 2015 1705 pages
4.57
6k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Italy
Italian Literature
The Names Summary
The Names
by Don DeLillo 1982 339 pages
3.64
4k+ ratings
Novels
American
Greece
Welcome to the Hyunam-Dong Bookshop Summary
Welcome to the Hyunam-Dong Bookshop
by Hwang Bo-Reum 2022 307 pages
3.93
61k+ ratings
Contemporary
Books About Books
Cozy
The Transit of Venus Summary
The Transit of Venus
by Shirley Hazzard 1980 337 pages
4.00
4k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Australia
Everything is Illuminated Summary
Everything is Illuminated
by Jonathan Safran Foer 2002 276 pages
3.89
100k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Contemporary
Novels
Dava Shastri's Last Day Summary
Dava Shastri's Last Day
by Kirthana Ramisetti 2021 384 pages
3.48
10k+ ratings
Contemporary
Book Club
Adult
The Sound of Things Falling Summary
The Sound of Things Falling
by Juan Gabriel Vásquez 2011 302 pages
3.84
20k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Spanish Literature
Book Club
Memento Mori Summary
Memento Mori
by Muriel Spark 1959 224 pages
3.61
7k+ ratings
Classics
Mystery
Novels
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