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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone Summary

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

by J.K. Rowling 1997 309 pages

Twilight Summary

by Stephenie Meyer 2005 498 pages

The Great Gatsby Summary

The Great Gatsby

by F. Scott Fitzgerald 1925 180 pages

Historical Fiction

by George Orwell 1949 328 pages

Science Fiction

Pride and Prejudice Summary

Pride and Prejudice

by Jane Austen 1813 279 pages

Historical Fiction

The Hobbit, or There and Back Again Summary

The Hobbit, or There and Back Again

by J.R.R. Tolkien 1937 366 pages

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Summary

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

by J.K. Rowling 1998 352 pages

Animal Farm Summary

by George Orwell 1945 141 pages

It Ends with Us Summary

It Ends with Us

by Colleen Hoover 2016 386 pages

Contemporary Romance

Catching Fire Summary

by Suzanne Collins 2009 391 pages

Science Fiction

The Catcher in the Rye Summary

The Catcher in the Rye

by J.D. Salinger 1951 277 pages

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Summary

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

by J.K. Rowling 2003 912 pages

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo Summary

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

by Taylor Jenkins Reid 2017 389 pages

Historical Fiction

Mockingjay Summary

by Suzanne Collins 2010 390 pages

The Kite Runner Summary

The Kite Runner

by Khaled Hosseini 2003 371 pages

Historical Fiction

Angels & Demons Summary

Angels & Demons

by Dan Brown 2000 736 pages

Mystery Thriller

by Colleen Hoover 2018 336 pages

The Lightning Thief Summary

The Lightning Thief

by Rick Riordan 2005 377 pages

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Summary

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

by C.S. Lewis 1950 206 pages

The Fellowship of the Ring Summary

The Fellowship of the Ring

by J.R.R. Tolkien 1954 398 pages

Fifty Shades of Grey Summary

Fifty Shades of Grey

by E.L. James 2011 356 pages

The Book Thief Summary

by Markus Zusak 2005 592 pages

Historical Fiction

Romeo and Juliet Summary

Romeo and Juliet

by William Shakespeare 1597 281 pages

Of Mice and Men Summary

Of Mice and Men

by John Steinbeck 1937 107 pages

Historical Fiction

Fourth Wing Summary

by Rebecca Yarros 2023 517 pages

Enemies To Lovers

The da Vinci Code Summary

The da Vinci Code

by Dan Brown 2003 489 pages

Mystery Thriller

Little Women Summary

by Louisa May Alcott 1868 449 pages

Historical Fiction

Jane Eyre Summary

by Charlotte Brontë 1847 532 pages

Historical Fiction

Ugly Love Summary

by Colleen Hoover 2014 330 pages

Contemporary Romance

The Midnight Library Summary

The Midnight Library

by Matt Haig 2020 288 pages

Magical Realism

City of Bones Summary

by Cassandra Clare 2007 485 pages

The Housemaid Summary

by Freida McFadden 2022 329 pages

Mystery Thriller

Memoirs of a Geisha Summary

Memoirs of a Geisha

by Arthur Golden 1997 434 pages

Historical Fiction

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Summary

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy

by Douglas Adams 1979 216 pages

Science Fiction

Breaking Dawn Summary

by Stephenie Meyer 2008 756 pages

The Notebook Summary

by Nicholas Sparks 1996 214 pages

The Song of Achilles Summary

The Song of Achilles

by Madeline Miller 2011 408 pages

Historical Fiction

The Picture of Dorian Gray Summary

The Picture of Dorian Gray

by Oscar Wilde 1890 272 pages

Life of Pi Summary

by Yann Martel 2001 460 pages

Normal People Summary

by Sally Rooney 2018 273 pages

Literary Fiction

The Shining Summary

by Stephen King 1977 497 pages

by Frank Herbert 1965 658 pages

Science Fiction

Science Fiction Fantasy

The Cruel Prince Summary

The Cruel Prince

by Holly Black 2018 370 pages

People We Meet on Vacation Summary

People We Meet on Vacation

by Emily Henry 2021 364 pages

Friends To Lovers

Contemporary Romance

Dracula Summary

by Bram Stoker 1897 488 pages

The Secret Life of Bees Summary

The Secret Life of Bees

by Sue Monk Kidd 2001 302 pages

Historical Fiction

Twisted Love Summary

by Ana Huang 2021 360 pages

Contemporary Romance

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue Summary

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue

by Victoria E. Schwab 2020 448 pages

Historical Fiction

The Metamorphosis Summary

The Metamorphosis

by Franz Kafka 1915 201 pages

Gone with the Wind Summary

Gone with the Wind

by Margaret Mitchell 1936 1037 pages

Historical Fiction

The Stranger Summary

by Albert Camus 1942 123 pages

The Old Man and the Sea Summary

The Old Man and the Sea

by Ernest Hemingway 1952 96 pages

We Were Liars Summary

by E. Lockhart 2014 242 pages

The Martian Summary

by Andy Weir 2011 384 pages

Science Fiction

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow Summary

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow

by Gabrielle Zevin 2022 401 pages

Literary Fiction

by R.J. Palacio 2012 315 pages

The Odyssey Summary

by Homer 541 pages

Red, White & Royal Blue Summary

Red, White & Royal Blue

by Casey McQuiston 2019 448 pages

Outlander Summary

by Diana Gabaldon 1991 850 pages

Historical Fiction

Icebreaker Summary

by Hannah Grace 2022 447 pages

The Night Circus Summary

The Night Circus

by Erin Morgenstern 2011 506 pages

Historical Fiction

The Name of the Wind Summary

The Name of the Wind

by Patrick Rothfuss 2007 662 pages

by William Shakespeare 1601 289 pages

A Tale of Two Cities Summary

A Tale of Two Cities

by Charles Dickens 1859 489 pages

Historical Fiction

Crime and Punishment Summary

Crime and Punishment

by Fyodor Dostoevsky 1866 671 pages

Russian Literature

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Summary

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

by Mark Twain 1876 244 pages

Historical Fiction

The Return of the King Summary

The Return of the King

by J.R.R. Tolkien 1955 404 pages

American Gods Summary

by Neil Gaiman 2001 635 pages

The Count of Monte Cristo Summary

The Count of Monte Cristo

by Alexandre Dumas 1846 1276 pages

Historical Fiction

Macbeth Summary

by William Shakespeare 1623 249 pages

by Jane Austen 1815 474 pages

Historical Fiction

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes Summary

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes

by Suzanne Collins 2020 541 pages

The Boy in the Striped Pajamas Summary

The Boy in the Striped Pajamas

by John Boyne 2006 224 pages

Historical Fiction

The Perfect Marriage Summary

The Perfect Marriage

by Jeneva Rose 2020 337 pages

Mystery Thriller

The Secret History Summary

The Secret History

by Donna Tartt 1992 559 pages

A Walk to Remember Summary

A Walk to Remember

by Nicholas Sparks 1999 240 pages

Les Misérables Summary

Les Misérables

by Victor Hugo 1862 1463 pages

Historical Fiction

Mistborn Summary

The Final Empire

by Brandon Sanderson 2006 541 pages

Siddhartha Summary

by Hermann Hesse 1922 152 pages

A Time to Kill Summary

by John Grisham 1989 738 pages

They Both Die at the End Summary

They Both Die at the End

by Adam Silvera 2017 389 pages

The Stand Summary

by Stephen King 1978 1152 pages

Science Fiction

by Stephen King 1987 370 pages

A Little Life Summary

by Hanya Yanagihara 2015 720 pages

Literary Fiction

by Stephen King 1974 272 pages

Yellowface Summary

by R.F. Kuang 2023 323 pages

Literary Fiction

Persuasion Summary

by Jane Austen 1817 249 pages

Historical Fiction

Project Hail Mary Summary

Project Hail Mary

by Andy Weir 2021 476 pages

Science Fiction

The Color Purple Summary

The Color Purple

by Alice Walker 1982 295 pages

Historical Fiction

by Scott Westerfeld 2005 425 pages

Science Fiction

Deception Point Summary

Deception Point

by Dan Brown 2001 556 pages

The Chronicles of Narnia Summary

The Chronicles of Narnia

by C.S. Lewis 1956 767 pages

Murder on the Orient Express Summary

Murder on the Orient Express

by Agatha Christie 1934 274 pages

Mystery Thriller

Digital Fortress Summary

Digital Fortress

by Dan Brown 1998 510 pages

The Gunslinger Summary

by Stephen King 1982 231 pages

Science Fiction

The Lost Symbol Summary

The Lost Symbol

by Dan Brown 2009 509 pages

Mystery Thriller

City of Fallen Angels Summary

City of Fallen Angels

by Cassandra Clare 2011 425 pages

Moby-Dick or, The Whale Summary

Moby-Dick or, The Whale

by Herman Melville 1851 720 pages

11/22/63 Summary

by Stephen King 2011 849 pages

Historical Fiction

Science Fiction

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass Summary

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass

by Lewis Carroll 1871 239 pages

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