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Today's world unfolds through raw, intimate stories of love, identity, mental health, and social change. These powerful works capture modern life's complexities through personal narratives, cultural commentary, and unflinching explorations of what it means to be human in our rapidly evolving society.

Contemporary Book Summaries

Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine Summary
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
by Gail Honeyman 2017 336 pages
4.23
1.3M+ ratings
Contemporary
Mental Health
Romance
Without Merit Summary
Without Merit
by Colleen Hoover 2017 386 pages
3.67
200k+ ratings
Romance
Young Adult
Contemporary
Always and Forever, Lara Jean Summary
Always and Forever, Lara Jean
by Jenny Han 2017 325 pages
4.00
200k+ ratings
Romance
Young Adult
Contemporary
Beartown Summary
Beartown
by Fredrik Backman 2016 432 pages
4.29
500k+ ratings
Contemporary
Sports
Literary Fiction
We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves Summary
We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves
by Karen Joy Fowler 2013 310 pages
3.71
100k+ ratings
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
Animals
Too Late Summary
Too Late
by Colleen Hoover 2016 370 pages
4.03
400k+ ratings
Romance
New Adult
Thriller
Too Late Summary
Too Late
by Colleen Hoover 2016 370 pages
4.03
400k+ ratings
Romance
New Adult
Thriller
The Score Summary
The Score
by Elle Kennedy 2016 361 pages
4.16
400k+ ratings
Romance
Sports Romance
New Adult
A Thousand Boy Kisses Summary
A Thousand Boy Kisses
by Tillie Cole 2016 316 pages
4.05
300k+ ratings
Romance
Young Adult
Contemporary
The Sun Is Also a Star Summary
The Sun Is Also a Star
by Nicola Yoon 2016 344 pages
3.96
300k+ ratings
Romance
Young Adult
Contemporary
Convenience Store Woman Summary
Convenience Store Woman
by Sayaka Murata 2016 163 pages
3.68
300k+ ratings
Contemporary
Japan
Japanese Literature
The Wall of Winnipeg and Me Summary
The Wall of Winnipeg and Me
by Mariana Zapata 2016 475 pages
4.18
200k+ ratings
Romance
Sports Romance
Sports
The Goal Summary
The Goal
by Elle Kennedy 2016 384 pages
3.89
200k+ ratings
Romance
Sports Romance
Sports
All the Bright Places Summary
All the Bright Places
by Jennifer Niven 2015 388 pages
4.12
600k+ ratings
Young Adult
Romance
Contemporary
Confess Summary
Confess
by Colleen Hoover 2015 320 pages
4.07
500k+ ratings
Romance
New Adult
Contemporary
The Mistake Summary
The Mistake
by Elle Kennedy 2015 296 pages
3.99
400k+ ratings
Romance
Sports Romance
New Adult
P.S. I Still Love You Summary
P.S. I Still Love You
by Jenny Han 2015 337 pages
4.01
400k+ ratings
Romance
Young Adult
Contemporary
Maybe in Another Life Summary
Maybe in Another Life
by Taylor Jenkins Reid 2015 342 pages
3.79
300k+ ratings
Romance
Contemporary
Chick Lit
Maybe Someday Summary
Maybe Someday
by Colleen Hoover 2014 385 pages
3.98
600k+ ratings
Romance
New Adult
Contemporary
Archer's Voice Summary
Archer's Voice
by Mia Sheridan 2014 377 pages
4.19
500k+ ratings
Romance
Contemporary
Contemporary Romance
You Summary
You
by Caroline Kepnes 2014 464 pages
3.96
200k+ ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Mystery Thriller
The Goldfinch Summary
The Goldfinch
by Donna Tartt 2013 771 pages
3.96
900k+ ratings
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
Mystery
The Rosie Project Summary
The Rosie Project
by Graeme Simsion 2013 292 pages
4.01
500k+ ratings
Contemporary
Humor
Chick Lit
Crazy Rich Asians Summary
Crazy Rich Asians
by Kevin Kwan 2013 403 pages
3.91
500k+ ratings
Romance
Contemporary
Chick Lit
If He Had Been With Me Summary
If He Had Been With Me
by Laura Nowlin 2013 336 pages
3.80
400k+ ratings
Romance
Young Adult
Contemporary
Americanah Summary
Americanah
by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 2013 477 pages
4.32
300k+ ratings
Africa
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
Hopeless Summary
Hopeless
by Colleen Hoover 2012 410 pages
4.23
600k+ ratings
Romance
New Adult
Young Adult
Slammed Summary
Slammed
by Colleen Hoover 2012 354 pages
4.15
400k+ ratings
Romance
Young Adult
New Adult
And the Mountains Echoed Summary
And the Mountains Echoed
by Khaled Hosseini 2012 404 pages
4.08
300k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Contemporary
Historical
Reflected in You Summary
Reflected in You
by Sylvia Day 2012 338 pages
4.30
300k+ ratings
Romance
Contemporary Romance
Contemporary
Point of Retreat Summary
Point of Retreat
by Colleen Hoover 2012 322 pages
4.12
200k+ ratings
Romance
New Adult
Young Adult
We'll Always Have Summer Summary
We'll Always Have Summer
by Jenny Han 2011 291 pages
3.78
500k+ ratings
Romance
Young Adult
Contemporary
Where She Went Summary
Where She Went
by Gayle Forman 2011 264 pages
3.97
300k+ ratings
Young Adult
Romance
Contemporary
A Monster Calls Summary
A Monster Calls
by Patrick Ness 2011 226 pages
4.35
200k+ ratings
Fantasy
Young Adult
Horror
Room Summary
Room
by Emma Donoghue 2010 321 pages
4.08
800k+ ratings
Contemporary
Thriller
Adult
Room Summary
Room
by Emma Donoghue 2010 321 pages
4.08
800k+ ratings
Contemporary
Thriller
Adult
What Alice Forgot Summary
What Alice Forgot
by Liane Moriarty 2010 487 pages
4.07
400k+ ratings
Chick Lit
Contemporary
Romance
Safe Haven Summary
Safe Haven
by Nicholas Sparks 2010 340 pages
4.22
300k+ ratings
Romance
Chick Lit
Contemporary
Before I Fall Summary
Before I Fall
by Lauren Oliver 2010 470 pages
3.88
300k+ ratings
Young Adult
Contemporary
Romance
If I Stay Summary
If I Stay
by Gayle Forman 2009 208 pages
3.92
900k+ ratings
Young Adult
Romance
Contemporary
One Day Summary
One Day
by David Nicholls 2009 435 pages
3.86
300k+ ratings
Romance
Chick Lit
Contemporary
The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared Summary
The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared
by Jonas Jonasson 2009 396 pages
3.82
200k+ ratings
Contemporary
Historical Fiction
Humor
Firefly Lane Summary
Firefly Lane
by Kristin Hannah 2008 479 pages
4.19
400k+ ratings
Chick Lit
Romance
Contemporary
Nineteen Minutes Summary
Nineteen Minutes
by Jodi Picoult 2007 440 pages
4.17
300k+ ratings
Contemporary
Drama
Adult
The Lucky One Summary
The Lucky One
by Nicholas Sparks 2007 326 pages
4.13
300k+ ratings
Romance
Chick Lit
Contemporary
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao Summary
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
by Junot Díaz 2007 335 pages
3.89
200k+ ratings
Magical Realism
Literary Fiction
Historical Fiction
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao Summary
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
by Junot Díaz 2007 335 pages
3.89
200k+ ratings
Magical Realism
Literary Fiction
Historical Fiction
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close Summary
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
by Jonathan Safran Foer 2005 326 pages
3.97
400k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Contemporary
Novels
Too Much Summary
Too Much
by I.A. Dice 2022 311 pages
3.79
16k+ ratings
Romance
Friends To Lovers
Contemporary Romance
The Devil Wears Prada Summary
The Devil Wears Prada
by Lauren Weisberger 2003 384 pages
3.81
900k+ ratings
Chick Lit
Contemporary
Romance
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