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A Family Matter Summary
A Family Matter
by Claire Lynch 2025 240 pages
3.86
3.5K ratings
Historical Fiction
LGBT
Literary Fiction
Asylum Summary
Asylum
by Madeleine Roux 2013 317 pages
3.64
62.6K ratings
Horror
Young Adult
Mystery
Pretty Girls Summary
Pretty Girls
by Karin Slaughter 2015 432 pages
4.02
598.7K ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Mystery Thriller
The Puppet Masters Summary
The Puppet Masters
by Robert A. Heinlein 1951 416 pages
3.89
33.7K ratings
Science Fiction
Horror
Science Fiction Fantasy
The Keeper of Lost Things Summary
The Keeper of Lost Things
by Ruth Hogan 2017 288 pages
3.80
159.8K ratings
Book Club
Contemporary
Fantasy
King Rat Summary
King Rat
by James Clavell 1962 368 pages
4.19
43.0K ratings
Historical Fiction
War
Classics
The Marriage Portrait Summary
The Marriage Portrait
by Maggie O'Farrell 2022 355 pages
4.01
181.8K ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
Book Club
The Amityville Horror Summary
The Amityville Horror
by Jay Anson 1977 315 pages
3.83
135.4K ratings
Horror
Paranormal
Classics
Alchemy of Secrets Summary
Alchemy of Secrets
by Stephanie Garber 2025 336 pages
4.06
5.6K ratings
Fantasy
Romance
Romantasy
Dracula Summary
Immersive
Dracula
by Bram Stoker 1897 488 pages
4.02
1.4M ratings
Classics
Horror
Fantasy
The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson Summary
The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson
by Emily Dickinson 1890 716 pages
4.28
104.3K ratings
Poetry
Classics
Literature
The Magician’s Nephew Summary
The Magician’s Nephew
by C.S. Lewis 1955 221 pages
4.05
581.6K ratings
Fantasy
Classics
Young Adult
Night of the Living Dummy Summary
Night of the Living Dummy
by R.L. Stine 1993 160 pages
3.84
33.1K ratings
Horror
Childrens
Middle Grade
The Phoenix Project Summary
The Phoenix Project
A Novel About IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win
by Gene Kim 2013 345 pages
4.26
48.3K ratings
Business
Technology
Management
The Five Year Lie Summary
The Five Year Lie
by Sarina Bowen 2024 421 pages
3.91
36.5K ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Romance
Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West Summary
Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West
by Cormac McCarthy 1985 351 pages
4.16
198.0K ratings
Historical Fiction
Westerns
Classics
The Perfect Child Summary
The Perfect Child
by Lucinda Berry 2019 371 pages
4.02
181.0K ratings
Thriller
Horror
Mystery Thriller
Hot Six Summary
Hot Six
by Janet Evanovich 2000 336 pages
4.19
136.0K ratings
Mystery
Humor
Chick Lit
Like Mother, Like Daughter Summary
Like Mother, Like Daughter
by Kimberly McCreight 2024 320 pages
3.66
28.4K ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Mystery Thriller
In the Veins of the Drowning Summary
In the Veins of the Drowning
by Kalie Cassidy 2025 384 pages
4.13
6.8K ratings
Fantasy
Romantasy
Romance
The Clown Summary
The Clown
by Heinrich Böll 1963 272 pages
3.93
30.9K ratings
German Literature
Classics
Novels
Us Against You Summary
Us Against You
by Fredrik Backman 2017 448 pages
4.37
237.9K ratings
Contemporary
Sports
Literary Fiction
Kira-Kira Summary
Kira-Kira
by Cynthia Kadohata 2004 291 pages
3.97
27.7K ratings
Historical Fiction
Young Adult
Middle Grade
Eldest Summary
Eldest
by Christopher Paolini 2005 704 pages
4.05
476.5K ratings
Fantasy
Young Adult
Dragons
Lethal White Summary
Lethal White
by Robert Galbraith 2018 650 pages
4.25
178.8K ratings
Mystery
Crime
Thriller
The First Man Summary
The First Man
by Albert Camus 1994 359 pages
3.97
11.3K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
France
The Girls Who Grew Big Summary
The Girls Who Grew Big
by Leila Mottley 2025 352 pages
4.20
1.3K ratings
Literary Fiction
Contemporary
Coming Of Age
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Summary
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
by Arthur Conan Doyle 1892 389 pages
4.30
318.0K ratings
Classics
Mystery
Short Stories
Serpent & Dove Summary
Serpent & Dove
by Shelby Mahurin 2019 513 pages
3.98
331.0K ratings
Young Adult
Enemies To Lovers
Witches
The Corrections Summary
The Corrections
by Jonathan Franzen 2001 653 pages
3.84
192.6K ratings
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
Novels
You'll Be the Death of Me Summary
You'll Be the Death of Me
by Karen M. McManus 2021 336 pages
3.73
77.8K ratings
Mystery
Young Adult
Thriller
The Forgotten Garden Summary
The Forgotten Garden
by Kate Morton 2008 648 pages
4.15
232.5K ratings
Historical Fiction
Mystery
Book Club
Your Second Life Begins When You Realize You Only Have One Summary
Your Second Life Begins When You Realize You Only Have One
by Raphaëlle Giordano 2015 261 pages
3.61
26.1K ratings
Self Help
France
Psychology
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
3.89
1.6M ratings
Mystery
Young Adult
Contemporary
The Tattooist of Auschwitz Summary
The Tattooist of Auschwitz
by Heather Morris 2018 272 pages
4.31
1.1M ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
Book Club
The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms Summary
The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms
by N.K. Jemisin 2010 427 pages
3.89
79.5K ratings
Fantasy
Romance
High Fantasy
Dogeaters Summary
Dogeaters
by Jessica Hagedorn 1990 272 pages
3.61
3.0K ratings
Historical Fiction
Novels
Literature
To Sleep in a Sea of Stars Summary
To Sleep in a Sea of Stars
by Christopher Paolini 2020 880 pages
3.80
66.6K ratings
Science Fiction
Fantasy
Space Opera
The Noticer Summary
The Noticer
Sometimes, All a Person Needs Is a Little Perspective
by Andy Andrews 2009 167 pages
4.20
19.8K ratings
Self Help
Inspirational
Book Club
The Chamber Summary
The Chamber
by John Grisham 1994 632 pages
3.85
144.3K ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Legal Thriller
Pippi Longstocking Summary
Pippi Longstocking
by Astrid Lindgren 1945 160 pages
4.15
205.8K ratings
Classics
Childrens
Middle Grade
So Long, See You Tomorrow Summary
So Long, See You Tomorrow
by William Maxwell 1980 135 pages
3.89
13.8K ratings
Historical Fiction
Classics
Literary Fiction
Love Letters to a Serial Killer Summary
Love Letters to a Serial Killer
by Tasha Coryell 2024 320 pages
3.29
24.8K ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Romance
Kill Shot Summary
Kill Shot
by Vince Flynn 2012 385 pages
4.32
58.0K ratings
Thriller
Espionage
Mystery
All Quiet on the Western Front Summary
All Quiet on the Western Front
by Erich Maria Remarque 1928 296 pages
4.10
497.2K ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
War
The Heir Summary
The Heir
by Kiera Cass 2015 342 pages
3.63
387.5K ratings
Romance
Young Adult
Dystopia
Everyone Here Is Lying Summary
Everyone Here Is Lying
by Shari Lapena 2023 336 pages
3.79
188.5K ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Mystery Thriller
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet Summary
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet
by Becky Chambers 2014 518 pages
4.17
171.4K ratings
Science Fiction
LGBT
Queer
An Inspector Calls Summary
An Inspector Calls
by J.B. Priestley 1945 117 pages
3.82
43.2K ratings
Plays
Classics
School
Cat & Mouse Summary
Cat & Mouse
by James Patterson 1997 416 pages
4.04
78.8K ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Crime
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