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Every Last Secret Summary

Every Last Secret

by A.R. Torre 2020 293 pages

Mystery Thriller

Still Alice Summary

by Lisa Genova 2007 292 pages

Eleanor & Park Summary

by Rainbow Rowell 2012 328 pages

by Emily McIntire 2021 312 pages

God of Wrath Summary

by Rina Kent 2022 492 pages

Enemies To Lovers

Fangirl Summary

by Rainbow Rowell 2013 483 pages

Realistic Fiction

The Dutch House Summary

The Dutch House

by Ann Patchett 2019 337 pages

Historical Fiction

Literary Fiction

The Great Alone Summary

The Great Alone

by Kristin Hannah 2018 435 pages

Historical Fiction

by Tammara Webber 2012 336 pages

Life and Other Near-Death Experiences Summary

Life and Other Near-Death Experiences

by Camille Pagán 2015 255 pages

The Mother-in-Law Summary

The Mother-in-Law

by Sally Hepworth 2019 347 pages

Mystery Thriller

The Seven Sisters Summary

The Seven Sisters

by Lucinda Riley 2014 460 pages

Historical Fiction

Veronika Decides to Die Summary

Veronika Decides to Die

by Paulo Coelho 1998 285 pages

by Sohn Won-Pyung 2017 272 pages

Literary Fiction

Black Cake Summary

by Charmaine Wilkerson 2022 385 pages

Historical Fiction

The Beekeeper of Aleppo Summary

The Beekeeper of Aleppo

by Christy Lefteri 2019 317 pages

Historical Fiction

The Berry Pickers Summary

The Berry Pickers

by Amanda Peters 2023 307 pages

Historical Fiction

Fallen Too Far Summary

by Abbi Glines 2012 241 pages

Life’s Too Short Summary

Life’s Too Short

by Abby Jimenez 2021 384 pages

Contemporary Romance

Love and Other Words Summary

Love and Other Words

by Christina Lauren 2018 432 pages

Friends To Lovers

Margo's Got Money Troubles Summary

Margo's Got Money Troubles

by Rufi Thorpe 2024 304 pages

Literary Fiction

The Trade Summary

by Meghan Quinn 2020 437 pages

The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot Summary

The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot

by Marianne Cronin 2021 322 pages

The Sex Education of M.E. Summary

The Sex Education of M.E.

by L.B. Dunbar 2016 237 pages

Contemporary Romance

Sex and Vanity Summary

by Kevin Kwan 2020 315 pages

Book Lovers Summary

by Emily Henry 2022 377 pages

Contemporary Romance

Smart, Sexy and Secretive Summary

Smart, Sexy and Secretive

by Tammy Falkner 2013 204 pages

Table for Two Summary

by Amor Towles 2024 451 pages

Historical Fiction

Literary Fiction

The Corrections Summary

The Corrections

by Jonathan Franzen 2001 653 pages

Literary Fiction

There There Summary

by Tommy Orange 2018 294 pages

Literary Fiction

Native American

The Pumpkin Spice Café Summary

The Pumpkin Spice Café

by Laurie Gilmore 2023 373 pages

Contemporary Romance

Honey & Spice Summary

by Bolu Babalola 2022 368 pages

Contemporary Romance

The Bodyguard Summary

by Katherine Center 2022 302 pages

Contemporary Romance

The Kind Worth Killing Summary

The Kind Worth Killing

by Peter Swanson 2015 320 pages

Psychological Thriller

The Life Impossible Summary

The Life Impossible

by Matt Haig 2024 324 pages

Magical Realism

Dead Poets Society Summary

Dead Poets Society

by N.H. Kleinbaum 1988 166 pages

Finlay Donovan Is Killing It Summary

Finlay Donovan Is Killing It

by Elle Cosimano 2021 355 pages

Mystery Thriller

by Haruki Murakami 2009 944 pages

Magical Realism

It's Not Summer Without You Summary

It's Not Summer Without You

by Jenny Han 2010 275 pages

Funny You Should Ask Summary

Funny You Should Ask

by Elissa Sussman 2022 352 pages

Contemporary Romance

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo Summary

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo

by Stieg Larsson 2005 480 pages

Blue Sisters Summary

by Coco Mellors 2024 342 pages

Literary Fiction

Keeping 13 Summary

by Chloe Walsh 2018 938 pages

Before I Go to Sleep Summary

Before I Go to Sleep

by S.J. Watson 2011 359 pages

Mystery Thriller

If We Were Villains Summary

If We Were Villains

by M.L. Rio 2017 354 pages

Mystery Thriller

Happiness Falls Summary

Happiness Falls

by Angie Kim 2023 387 pages

Mystery Thriller

The Inheritance Games Summary

The Inheritance Games

by Jennifer Lynn Barnes 2020 386 pages

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian Summary

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

by Sherman Alexie 2007 230 pages

Realistic Fiction

Martyr! Summary

by Kaveh Akbar 2024 331 pages

Literary Fiction

When We Believed in Mermaids Summary

When We Believed in Mermaids

by Barbara O'Neal 2019 348 pages

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