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The Love Hypothesis Summary

The Love Hypothesis

by Ali Hazelwood 2021 373 pages

Contemporary Romance

Fifty Shades of Grey Summary

Fifty Shades of Grey

by E.L. James 2011 356 pages

Remarkably Bright Creatures Summary

Remarkably Bright Creatures

by Shelby Van Pelt 2022 368 pages

Magical Realism

Before the Coffee Gets Cold Summary

Before the Coffee Gets Cold

by Toshikazu Kawaguchi 2015 213 pages

Magical Realism

The Secret Life of Bees Summary

The Secret Life of Bees

by Sue Monk Kidd 2001 302 pages

Historical Fiction

The Secret History Summary

The Secret History

by Donna Tartt 1992 559 pages

Never Let Me Go Summary

Never Let Me Go

by Kazuo Ishiguro 2005 288 pages

Science Fiction

Call Me By Your Name Summary

Call Me By Your Name

by André Aciman 2007 248 pages

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo Summary

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

by Taylor Jenkins Reid 2017 389 pages

Historical Fiction

It Ends with Us Summary

It Ends with Us

by Colleen Hoover 2016 386 pages

Contemporary Romance

It Starts with Us, It Ends with Us Collection Summary

It Starts with Us, It Ends with Us Collection

by Colleen Hoover 2022 636 pages

Reminders of Him Summary

Reminders of Him

by Colleen Hoover 2022 335 pages

Contemporary Romance

Shantaram Summary

by Gregory David Roberts 2003 936 pages

Historical Fiction

The 3 Mistakes of My Life Summary

The 3 Mistakes of My Life

by Chetan Bhagat 2008 258 pages

Indian Literature

2 States Summary

The Story of My Marriage

by Chetan Bhagat 2009 269 pages

Indian Literature

November 9 Summary

by Colleen Hoover 2015 310 pages

Contemporary Romance

Ugly Love Summary

by Colleen Hoover 2014 330 pages

Contemporary Romance

My Brilliant Friend Summary

My Brilliant Friend

by Elena Ferrante 2011 331 pages

Historical Fiction

Literary Fiction

Funny Story Summary

by Emily Henry 2024 400 pages

Contemporary Romance

Fifty Shades Darker Summary

Fifty Shades Darker

by E.L. James 2011 532 pages

The Vegetarian Summary

by Han Kang 2007 188 pages

Literary Fiction

As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow Summary

As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow

by Zoulfa Katouh 2022 417 pages

Historical Fiction

Tempted by the Devil Summary

Tempted by the Devil

by Michelle Heard 2023 387 pages

Infinite Jest Summary

by David Foster Wallace 1996 1088 pages

The Lovely Bones Summary

The Lovely Bones

by Alice Sebold 2002 372 pages

Eleven Minutes Summary

by Paulo Coelho 2003 273 pages

Romantic Comedy Summary

Romantic Comedy

by Curtis Sittenfeld 2023 309 pages

Gone Girl Summary

by Gillian Flynn 2012 415 pages

Mystery Thriller

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time Summary

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

by Mark Haddon 2003 226 pages

On Beauty Summary

by Zadie Smith 2005 445 pages

Literary Fiction

by R.J. Palacio 2012 315 pages

Normal People Summary

by Sally Rooney 2018 273 pages

Literary Fiction

by S.J. Tilly 2023 368 pages

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe Summary

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe

by Benjamin Alire Sáenz 2012 390 pages

Twisted Love Summary

by Ana Huang 2021 360 pages

Contemporary Romance

by Anna Todd 2014 582 pages

After We Collided Summary

After We Collided

by Anna Todd 2013 674 pages

Every Summer After Summary

Every Summer After

by Carley Fortune 2022 320 pages

Friends To Lovers

Where the Crawdads Sing Summary

Where the Crawdads Sing

by Delia Owens 2018 384 pages

Historical Fiction

The Overstory Summary

by Richard Powers 2018 502 pages

Literary Fiction

by E.L. James 2015 576 pages

Intermezzo Summary

by Sally Rooney 2024 454 pages

Literary Fiction

The Midnight Library Summary

The Midnight Library

by Matt Haig 2020 288 pages

Magical Realism

The Kiss Thief Summary

by L.J. Shen 2019 320 pages

Enemies To Lovers

Diary of an Oxygen Thief Summary

Diary of an Oxygen Thief

by Anonymous 2006 140 pages

We Were Liars Summary

by E. Lockhart 2014 242 pages

Pretty Little Liars Summary

Pretty Little Liars

by Sara Shepard 2006 286 pages

My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry Summary

My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry

by Fredrik Backman 2013 372 pages

by Sierra Simone 2015 354 pages

The Sacrifice Summary

by Shantel Tessier 2023 644 pages

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