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Fiction Book Summaries

City of Glass Summary
City of Glass
by Cassandra Clare 2009 541 pages
4.27
900k+ ratings
Fantasy
Young Adult
Romance
Camino Ghosts Summary
Camino Ghosts
by John Grisham 2024 292 pages
4.21
46k+ ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Historical Fiction
Gideon the Ninth Summary
Gideon the Ninth
by Tamsyn Muir 2019 448 pages
4.20
100k+ ratings
Fantasy
Science Fiction
LGBT
Black Cake Summary
Black Cake
by Charmaine Wilkerson 2022 385 pages
4.09
200k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Contemporary
Mystery
The Silver Eyes Summary
The Silver Eyes
by Scott Cawthon 2016 384 pages
4.09
21k+ ratings
Horror
Young Adult
Mystery
The Bell Jar Summary
The Bell Jar
by Sylvia Plath 1963 294 pages
4.06
1M+ ratings
Feminism
Mental Health
Psychology
The Beekeeper of Aleppo Summary
The Beekeeper of Aleppo
by Christy Lefteri 2019 317 pages
4.17
100k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
War
Contemporary
The Covenant of Water Summary
The Covenant of Water
by Abraham Verghese 2023 724 pages
4.43
200k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
India
Historical
Silence Summary
Silence
by Shūsaku Endō 1966 219 pages
4.09
36k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Japan
Japanese Literature
Unravel Me Summary
Unravel Me
by Tahereh Mafi 2013 480 pages
4.12
600k+ ratings
Fantasy
Dystopia
Young Adult
When the Moon Hatched Summary
When the Moon Hatched
by Sarah A. Parker 2024 718 pages
4.05
100k+ ratings
Fantasy
Romantasy
Romance
The Berry Pickers Summary
The Berry Pickers
by Amanda Peters 2023 307 pages
4.12
100k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Mystery
Indigenous
Rise of the Evening Star Summary
Rise of the Evening Star
by Brandon Mull 2007 456 pages
4.18
100k+ ratings
Fantasy
Young Adult
Middle Grade
Lady Tan’s Circle of Women Summary
Lady Tan’s Circle of Women
by Lisa See 2023 352 pages
4.35
100k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
China
The Dawn of Yangchen Summary
The Dawn of Yangchen
by F.C. Yee 2022 336 pages
3.91
8k+ ratings
Fantasy
Young Adult
Adventure
A Thousand Splendid Suns Summary
A Thousand Splendid Suns
by Khaled Hosseini 2007 372 pages
4.44
1.6M+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
Classics
Siege and Storm Summary
Siege and Storm
by Leigh Bardugo 2013 435 pages
3.81
600k+ ratings
Fantasy
Young Adult
Romance
Ruin and Rising Summary
Ruin and Rising
by Leigh Bardugo 2014 350 pages
3.98
500k+ ratings
Fantasy
Young Adult
Romance
Beloved Summary
Beloved
by Toni Morrison 1987 325 pages
3.97
400k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Magical Realism
The Two Towers Summary
The Two Towers
by J.R.R. Tolkien 1954 322 pages
4.49
1M+ ratings
Fantasy
Adventure
High Fantasy
Life’s Too Short Summary
Life’s Too Short
by Abby Jimenez 2021 384 pages
4.16
100k+ ratings
Romance
Contemporary
Contemporary Romance
Love and Other Words Summary
Love and Other Words
by Christina Lauren 2018 432 pages
4.24
700k+ ratings
Romance
Contemporary
Friends To Lovers
Divergent Summary
Divergent
by Veronica Roth 2011 487 pages
4.14
4.1M+ ratings
Young Adult
Dystopia
Fantasy
Margo's Got Money Troubles Summary
Margo's Got Money Troubles
by Rufi Thorpe 2024 304 pages
3.90
84k+ ratings
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
Humor
Making Money Summary
Making Money
by Terry Pratchett 2007 394 pages
4.27
74k+ ratings
Fantasy
Humor
Comedy
The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner Summary
The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner
by Stephenie Meyer 2009 178 pages
3.52
200k+ ratings
Fantasy
Young Adult
Vampires
The Couple Next Door Summary
The Couple Next Door
by Shari Lapena 2016 308 pages
3.81
600k+ ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Mystery Thriller
Skeleton Crew Summary
Skeleton Crew
by Stephen King 1985 612 pages
3.97
100k+ ratings
Horror
Short Stories
Fantasy
Tender Is the Flesh Summary
Tender Is the Flesh
by Agustina Bazterrica 2017 209 pages
3.78
200k+ ratings
Horror
Dystopia
Science Fiction
No Safety in Numbers Summary
No Safety in Numbers
by Dayna Lorentz 2012 263 pages
3.54
7k+ ratings
Young Adult
Dystopia
Science Fiction
The Whisper Man Summary
The Whisper Man
by Alex North 2019 355 pages
4.02
100k+ ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Horror
The Ghost Brigades Summary
The Ghost Brigades
by John Scalzi 2006 343 pages
4.12
90k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Space Opera
Military Fiction
The Sign of Four Summary
The Sign of Four
by Arthur Conan Doyle 1890 129 pages
3.89
100k+ ratings
Mystery
Crime
Classics
The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot Summary
The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot
by Marianne Cronin 2021 322 pages
4.29
100k+ ratings
Contemporary
Romance
Young Adult
The Sex Education of M.E. Summary
The Sex Education of M.E.
by L.B. Dunbar 2016 237 pages
4.25
1k+ ratings
Romance
Contemporary Romance
Contemporary
Sex and Vanity Summary
Sex and Vanity
by Kevin Kwan 2020 315 pages
3.33
59k+ ratings
Romance
Contemporary
Chick Lit
Book Lovers Summary
Book Lovers
by Emily Henry 2022 377 pages
4.12
1.3M+ ratings
Romance
Contemporary
Contemporary Romance
Jonathan Livingston Seagull Summary
Jonathan Livingston Seagull
by Richard Bach 1970 112 pages
3.86
200k+ ratings
Classics
Philosophy
Fantasy
Table for Two Summary
Table for Two
by Amor Towles 2024 451 pages
4.22
49k+ ratings
Short Stories
Historical Fiction
Literary Fiction
The Red Tent Summary
The Red Tent
by Anita Diamant 1997 324 pages
4.20
600k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
Religion
The Poppy War Summary
The Poppy War
by R.F. Kuang 2018 545 pages
4.17
300k+ ratings
Fantasy
Historical Fiction
Adult
Gulliver’s Travels Summary
Gulliver’s Travels
by Jonathan Swift 1726 306 pages
3.59
200k+ ratings
Classics
Fantasy
Adventure
The Corrections Summary
The Corrections
by Jonathan Franzen 2001 653 pages
3.84
100k+ ratings
Contemporary
Novels
Literary Fiction
The Player of Games Summary
The Player of Games
by Iain M. Banks 1988 293 pages
4.28
76k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Space Opera
Science Fiction Fantasy
Good Girl, Bad Blood Summary
Good Girl, Bad Blood
by Holly Jackson 2020 413 pages
4.27
600k+ ratings
Mystery
Young Adult
Thriller
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Summary
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
by J.K. Rowling 2005 652 pages
4.58
3.4M+ ratings
Fantasy
Young Adult
Magic
There There Summary
There There
by Tommy Orange 2018 294 pages
3.98
200k+ ratings
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
Native American
The Pumpkin Spice Café Summary
The Pumpkin Spice Café
by Laurie Gilmore 2023 373 pages
3.36
200k+ ratings
Romance
Contemporary
Contemporary Romance
Honey & Spice Summary
Honey & Spice
by Bolu Babalola 2022 368 pages
3.92
40k+ ratings
Romance
Contemporary
Contemporary Romance
Spice Road Summary
Spice Road
by Maiya Ibrahim 2023 411 pages
3.71
5k+ ratings
Fantasy
Young Adult
Young Adult Fantasy
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