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Nine Perfect Strangers Summary
Nine Perfect Strangers
by Liane Moriarty 2018 453 pages
3.56
461.5K ratings
Book Club
Contemporary
Mystery
Lady Tan’s Circle of Women Summary
Lady Tan’s Circle of Women
by Lisa See 2023 352 pages
4.35
172.9K ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Historical
Illusions Summary
Illusions
The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah
by Richard Bach 1977 144 pages
4.15
65.7K ratings
Philosophy
Spirituality
Fantasy
Things We Left Behind Summary
Things We Left Behind
by Lucy Score 2023 698 pages
4.40
373.5K ratings
Romance
Enemies To Lovers
Contemporary Romance
Gideon the Ninth Summary
Gideon the Ninth
by Tamsyn Muir 2019 448 pages
4.20
166.4K ratings
Fantasy
Science Fiction
LGBT
What the River Knows Summary
What the River Knows
by Isabel Ibañez 2023 416 pages
3.86
71.1K ratings
Fantasy
Historical Fiction
Young Adult
Perfume Summary
Perfume
The Story of a Murderer
by Patrick Süskind 1985 263 pages
4.04
521.3K ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Horror
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame Summary
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
by Victor Hugo 1831 510 pages
4.02
211.3K ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
France
The Mysterious Benedict Society Summary
The Mysterious Benedict Society
by Trenton Lee Stewart 2007 486 pages
4.20
170.3K ratings
Mystery
Middle Grade
Young Adult
Career of Evil Summary
Career of Evil
by Robert Galbraith 2015 609 pages
4.22
221.7K ratings
Mystery
Crime
Thriller
Yayati Summary
Yayati
A Classic Tale of Lust
by Vishnu Sakharam Khandekar 1963 251 pages
4.12
5.3K ratings
Marathi
Mythology
India
A Great Deliverance Summary
A Great Deliverance
by Elizabeth George 1988 413 pages
4.03
50.6K ratings
Mystery
Crime
Mystery Thriller
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Summary
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
by J.K. Rowling 2007 759 pages
4.62
4.0M ratings
Young Adult
Magic
Childrens
We Summary
We
by Yevgeny Zamyatin 1924 256 pages
3.88
106.0K ratings
Science Fiction
Classics
Dystopia
The Adventures of Captain Underpants Summary
The Adventures of Captain Underpants
by Dav Pilkey 1997 125 pages
4.02
56.2K ratings
Childrens
Humor
Graphic Novels
Rendezvous with Rama Summary
Rendezvous with Rama
by Arthur C. Clarke 1973 243 pages
4.12
177.4K ratings
Science Fiction
Science Fiction Fantasy
Space
The Client Summary
The Client
by John Grisham 1993 483 pages
4.06
456.7K ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Crime
Catch-22 Summary
Catch-22
by Joseph Heller 1961 453 pages
3.99
866.7K ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
War
Moon of the Turning Leaves Summary
Moon of the Turning Leaves
by Waubgeshig Rice 2023 307 pages
4.24
8.7K ratings
Indigenous
Horror
Dystopia
The Man in the Iron Mask Summary
The Man in the Iron Mask
by Alexandre Dumas 1847 470 pages
3.99
66.4K ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Adventure
The Gilded Ones Summary
The Gilded Ones
by Namina Forna 2020 432 pages
3.99
53.7K ratings
Fantasy
Young Adult
Young Adult Fantasy
Carrie Summary
Immersive
Carrie
by Stephen King 1974 272 pages
3.99
801.7K ratings
Horror
Thriller
Classics
Dune Messiah Summary
Dune Messiah
by Frank Herbert 1969 336 pages
3.89
370.0K ratings
Science Fiction
Fantasy
Classics
The Death of Ivan Ilych Summary
The Death of Ivan Ilych
by Leo Tolstoy 1886 86 pages
4.13
197.8K ratings
Classics
Russia
Russian Literature
The Cartel Summary
The Cartel
by Ashley Antoinette 2009 278 pages
4.54
10.8K ratings
Urban
Crime
African American
Vicious Summary
Vicious
by Victoria E. Schwab 2013 402 pages
4.19
293.5K ratings
Fantasy
Science Fiction
Dark Academia
The Rainmaker Summary
The Rainmaker
by John Grisham 1995 419 pages
4.01
203.0K ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Legal Thriller
Purple Hibiscus Summary
Purple Hibiscus
by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 2003 336 pages
4.18
134.4K ratings
Africa
Historical Fiction
Nigeria
Wild Dark Shore Summary
Wild Dark Shore
by Charlotte McConaghy 2025 298 pages
4.18
127.6K ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Book Club
The Girl Who Drank the Moon Summary
The Girl Who Drank the Moon
by Kelly Barnhill 2016 388 pages
4.12
109.3K ratings
Young Adult
Childrens
Magic
The Queen's Gambit Summary
The Queen's Gambit
by Walter Tevis 1983 258 pages
4.18
131.0K ratings
Historical Fiction
Contemporary
Chess
The Good Girl Summary
The Good Girl
by Mary Kubica 2014 352 pages
3.81
267.6K ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Mystery Thriller
The Safekeep Summary
The Safekeep
by Yael van der Wouden 2024 272 pages
4.09
42.1K ratings
Historical Fiction
LGBT
Literary Fiction
Pet Sematary Summary
Pet Sematary
by Stephen King 1983 580 pages
4.08
658.3K ratings
Horror
Thriller
Fantasy
XOXO Summary
XOXO
by Axie Oh 2021 352 pages
3.80
41.9K ratings
Romance
Young Adult
Contemporary
The Divine Comedy Summary
The Divine Comedy
Inferno - Purgatorio - Paradiso
by Dante Alighieri 1320 798 pages
4.08
165.0K ratings
Poetry
Literature
Philosophy
On Love Summary
On Love
by Alain de Botton 1993 194 pages
3.96
33.8K ratings
Philosophy
Romance
Psychology
My Name Is Emilia del Valle Summary
My Name Is Emilia del Valle
by Isabel Allende 2025 287 pages
3.96
2.5K ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
Magical Realism
The Forever War Summary
The Forever War
by Joe Haldeman 1974 278 pages
4.14
175.5K ratings
Science Fiction
War
Space Opera
Husbands & Lovers Summary
Husbands & Lovers
by Beatriz Williams 2024 384 pages
4.11
71.0K ratings
Historical Fiction
Romance
Book Club
Revolution 2020 Summary
Revolution 2020
Love, Corruption, Ambition
by Chetan Bhagat 2011 296 pages
3.11
65.2K ratings
Romance
Indian Literature
India
The Edge Summary
The Edge
by David Baldacci 2023 417 pages
4.34
51.5K ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Crime
Ancillary Justice Summary
Ancillary Justice
by Ann Leckie 2013 386 pages
3.99
114.2K ratings
Science Fiction
Space Opera
Science Fiction Fantasy
The Martian Summary
Immersive
The Martian
by Andy Weir 2011 384 pages
4.42
1.2M ratings
Science Fiction
Book Club
Adventure
Daisy Haites Summary
Daisy Haites
by Jessa Hastings 2021 436 pages
4.08
116.7K ratings
Romance
Contemporary
Contemporary Romance
A Passage to India Summary
A Passage to India
by E.M. Forster 1924 376 pages
3.68
83.8K ratings
Historical Fiction
Classics
Literature
The Course of Love Summary
The Course of Love
by Alain de Botton 2016 240 pages
4.01
47.3K ratings
Philosophy
Romance
Psychology
The War of the Worlds Summary
The War of the Worlds
by H.G. Wells 1898 192 pages
3.83
336.4K ratings
Science Fiction
Classics
Fantasy
The Phoenix Pencil Company Summary
The Phoenix Pencil Company
by Allison King 2025 368 pages
3.61
1.4K ratings
Historical Fiction
Fantasy
Magical Realism
The Call of Cthulhu Summary
The Call of Cthulhu
by H.P. Lovecraft 1928 43 pages
4.03
114.7K ratings
Horror
Classics
Short Stories
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