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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

The Time Traveler's Wife Summary
The Time Traveler's Wife
by Audrey Niffenegger 2003 537 pages
4.00
1.8M+ ratings
Romance
Fantasy
Time Travel
The Namesake Summary
The Namesake
by Jhumpa Lahiri 2003 304 pages
4.02
200k+ ratings
Literary Fiction
Contemporary
Novels
The Namesake Summary
The Namesake
by Jhumpa Lahiri 2003 304 pages
4.02
200k+ ratings
Literary Fiction
Contemporary
Novels
Middlesex Summary
Middlesex
by Jeffrey Eugenides 2002 529 pages
4.04
600k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Contemporary
LGBT
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants Summary
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
by Ann Brashares 2001 294 pages
3.85
700k+ ratings
Young Adult
Chick Lit
Contemporary
Confessions of a Shopaholic Summary
Confessions of a Shopaholic
by Sophie Kinsella 2000 368 pages
3.71
700k+ ratings
Chick Lit
Romance
Contemporary
Bunny Summary
Bunny
by Mona Awad 2019 307 pages
3.49
200k+ ratings
Horror
Contemporary
Thriller
Ask Again, Yes Summary
Ask Again, Yes
by Mary Beth Keane 2019 388 pages
3.93
100k+ ratings
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
Adult
The Maddest Obsession Summary
The Maddest Obsession
by Danielle Lori 2019 333 pages
4.25
100k+ ratings
Romance
Enemies To Lovers
Mafia Romance
The Stopover Summary
The Stopover
by T.L. Swan 2019 525 pages
4.01
100k+ ratings
Romance
Contemporary Romance
Contemporary
The Bride Test Summary
The Bride Test
by Helen Hoang 2019 320 pages
3.82
100k+ ratings
Romance
Contemporary
Contemporary Romance
Fix Her Up Summary
Fix Her Up
by Tessa Bailey 2019 400 pages
3.60
100k+ ratings
Romance
Contemporary
Contemporary Romance
A Woman Is No Man Summary
A Woman Is No Man
by Etaf Rum 2019 339 pages
4.26
100k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Contemporary
Feminism
Three Women Summary
Three Women
by Lisa Taddeo 2019 306 pages
3.72
100k+ ratings
Feminism
Contemporary
Womens
Three Women Summary
Three Women
by Lisa Taddeo 2019 306 pages
3.72
100k+ ratings
Feminism
Contemporary
Womens
Two Can Keep a Secret Summary
Two Can Keep a Secret
by Karen M. McManus 2019 329 pages
3.92
100k+ ratings
Mystery
Young Adult
Thriller
The Immortalists Summary
The Immortalists
by Chloe Benjamin 2018 346 pages
3.71
200k+ ratings
Fantasy
Historical Fiction
Contemporary
The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell Summary
The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell
by Robert Dugoni 2018 448 pages
4.44
100k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Coming Of Age
Contemporary
Evidence of the Affair Summary
Evidence of the Affair
by Taylor Jenkins Reid 2018 88 pages
3.86
100k+ ratings
Romance
Short Stories
Contemporary
What If It's Us Summary
What If It's Us
by Becky Albertalli 2018 437 pages
3.81
100k+ ratings
Romance
Young Adult
LGBT
The Wedding Date Summary
The Wedding Date
by Jasmine Guillory 2018 317 pages
3.57
100k+ ratings
Romance
Contemporary
Chick Lit
Little Fires Everywhere Summary
Little Fires Everywhere
by Celeste Ng 2017 338 pages
4.07
1.2M+ ratings
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
Adult
This Is How It Always Is Summary
This Is How It Always Is
by Laurie Frankel 2017 338 pages
4.28
200k+ ratings
LGBT
Contemporary
Book Club
The Keeper of Lost Things Summary
The Keeper of Lost Things
by Ruth Hogan 2017 288 pages
3.80
100k+ ratings
Contemporary
Fantasy
Romance
Hideaway Summary
Hideaway
by Penelope Douglas 2017 466 pages
4.02
100k+ ratings
Dark Romance
Romance
Dark
The Girls Summary
The Girls
by Emma Cline 2016 355 pages
3.51
200k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
Scarlet Angel Summary
Scarlet Angel
by S.T. Abby 2016 139 pages
4.39
200k+ ratings
Dark Romance
Romance
Dark
Paint It All Red Summary
Paint It All Red
by S.T. Abby 2016 177 pages
4.56
200k+ ratings
Dark Romance
Romance
Dark
Commonwealth Summary
Commonwealth
by Ann Patchett 2016 322 pages
3.83
100k+ ratings
Literary Fiction
Historical Fiction
Contemporary
The Way I Used to Be Summary
The Way I Used to Be
by Amber Smith 2016 385 pages
4.14
100k+ ratings
Young Adult
Contemporary
Romance
The Nest Summary
The Nest
by Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney 2016 353 pages
3.41
100k+ ratings
Contemporary
Adult Fiction
Adult
Never Never Summary
Never Never
by Colleen Hoover 2016 416 pages
3.29
100k+ ratings
Romance
Mystery
Young Adult
China Rich Girlfriend Summary
China Rich Girlfriend
by Kevin Kwan 2015 378 pages
3.84
200k+ ratings
Romance
Contemporary
Chick Lit
Leaving Time Summary
Leaving Time
by Jodi Picoult 2014 398 pages
4.00
100k+ ratings
Mystery
Contemporary
Adult Fiction
One Plus One Summary
One Plus One
by Jojo Moyes 2014 368 pages
3.97
100k+ ratings
Romance
Chick Lit
Contemporary
Britt-Marie Was Here Summary
Britt-Marie Was Here
by Fredrik Backman 2014 324 pages
4.09
100k+ ratings
Contemporary
Humor
Adult
After We Fell Summary
After We Fell
by Anna Todd 2014 837 pages
3.80
100k+ ratings
Romance
New Adult
Young Adult
Landline Summary
Landline
by Rainbow Rowell 2014 320 pages
3.54
100k+ ratings
Romance
Contemporary
Adult
The Storyteller Summary
The Storyteller
by Jodi Picoult 2013 461 pages
4.30
200k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Holocaust
Historical
Losing Hope Summary
Losing Hope
by Colleen Hoover 2013 321 pages
4.11
200k+ ratings
Romance
New Adult
Young Adult
Entwined with You Summary
Entwined with You
by Sylvia Day 2013 356 pages
4.18
200k+ ratings
Romance
Contemporary
Contemporary Romance
Beautiful Bastard Summary
Beautiful Bastard
by Christina Lauren 2013 271 pages
3.90
200k+ ratings
Romance
Contemporary
Contemporary Romance
Bully Summary
Bully
by Penelope Douglas 2013 333 pages
3.85
200k+ ratings
Romance
New Adult
Enemies To Lovers
Walking Disaster Summary
Walking Disaster
by Jamie McGuire 2013 448 pages
4.14
200k+ ratings
Romance
New Adult
Contemporary
Wait for You Summary
Wait for You
by J. Lynn 2013 386 pages
4.13
100k+ ratings
Romance
New Adult
Contemporary
Every Day Summary
Every Day
by David Levithan 2012 322 pages
3.90
200k+ ratings
Young Adult
Romance
Fantasy
The Story of a New Name Summary
The Story of a New Name
by Elena Ferrante 2012 471 pages
4.45
200k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Italy
Italian Literature
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry Summary
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
by Rachel Joyce 2012 320 pages
3.94
100k+ ratings
Contemporary
Book Club
British Literature
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry Summary
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
by Rachel Joyce 2012 320 pages
3.94
100k+ ratings
Contemporary
Book Club
British Literature
Home Front Summary
Home Front
by Kristin Hannah 2012 390 pages
4.24
100k+ ratings
Romance
Historical Fiction
Chick Lit
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