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Starters Summary
Starters
by Lissa Price 2012 352 pages
3.88
45.0K ratings
Young Adult
Dystopia
Science Fiction
Oath of Loyalty Summary
Oath of Loyalty
by Kyle Mills 2022 384 pages
4.48
23.1K ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Espionage
The Quiet Tenant Summary
The Quiet Tenant
by Clémence Michallon 2023 303 pages
3.82
124.9K ratings
Thriller
Mystery Thriller
Mystery
Inferno Summary
Inferno
by Dante Alighieri 1320 490 pages
4.03
198.0K ratings
Classics
Poetry
Literature
Tower Lord Summary
Tower Lord
by Anthony Ryan 2014 608 pages
4.16
50.5K ratings
Fantasy
Epic Fantasy
High Fantasy
Carrie Soto Is Back Summary
Carrie Soto Is Back
by Taylor Jenkins Reid 2022 384 pages
4.20
640.0K ratings
Historical Fiction
Contemporary
Romance
Hell Bent Summary
Hell Bent
by Leigh Bardugo 2023 481 pages
4.11
163.0K ratings
Fantasy
Dark Academia
Horror
The Silence of the Girls Summary
The Silence of the Girls
by Pat Barker 2018 325 pages
3.90
104.4K ratings
Historical Fiction
Mythology
Greek Mythology
Things We Do in the Dark Summary
Things We Do in the Dark
by Jennifer Hillier 2022 352 pages
3.95
120.8K ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Mystery Thriller
Holmes, Marple & Poe Summary
Holmes, Marple & Poe
by James Patterson 2024 352 pages
4.11
30.2K ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Crime
Visitation Summary
Visitation
by Jenny Erpenbeck 2008 160 pages
3.61
5.9K ratings
Historical Fiction
Germany
German Literature
Take My Hand Summary
Take My Hand
by Dolen Perkins-Valdez 2022 359 pages
4.36
100.1K ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Historical
Deeper Than the Dead Summary
Deeper Than the Dead
by Debra Webb 2024 392 pages
4.05
19.3K ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Mystery Thriller
An American Marriage Summary
An American Marriage
by Tayari Jones 2018 308 pages
3.94
376.9K ratings
Book Club
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
Happy Wife Summary
Happy Wife
by Meredith Lavender 2025 320 pages
3.78
12.2K ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Mystery Thriller
Go Ask Alice Summary
Go Ask Alice
by Anonymous 1997 185 pages
3.69
2.3K ratings
Banned Books
Young Adult
Thriller
The Lost Heir Summary
The Lost Heir
by Tui T. Sutherland 2013 321 pages
4.42
45.2K ratings
Fantasy
Dragons
Middle Grade
Thirst No. 1 Summary
Thirst No. 1
The Last Vampire, Black Blood, and Red Dice
by Christopher Pike 1998 594 pages
3.86
36.5K ratings
Fantasy
Young Adult
Vampires
Silence Summary
Silence
by Shūsaku Endō 1966 219 pages
4.09
37.2K ratings
Historical Fiction
Japan
Japanese Literature
Thea Stilton and the Spanish Dance Mission Summary
Thea Stilton and the Spanish Dance Mission
by Thea Stilton 2013 176 pages
4.31
2.2K ratings
Childrens
Mystery
Middle Grade
The World of All Souls Summary
The World of All Souls
A Complete Guide to A Discovery of Witches, Shadow of Night, and the Book of Life
by Deborah Harkness 2018 484 pages
4.25
3.5K ratings
Fantasy
Witches
Vampires
The Professor Summary
The Professor
by Charlotte Brontë 1857 269 pages
3.54
28.6K ratings
Classics
Romance
Victorian
Dawn Summary
Dawn
by Octavia E. Butler 1987 248 pages
4.15
59.1K ratings
Science Fiction
Fantasy
Aliens
The Empress of Salt and Fortune Summary
The Empress of Salt and Fortune
by Nghi Vo 2020 119 pages
3.93
41.1K ratings
Fantasy
Novella
LGBT
Middlemarch Summary
Middlemarch
by George Eliot 1872 912 pages
4.03
173.3K ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Literature
Pineapple Street Summary
Pineapple Street
by Jenny Jackson 2023 304 pages
3.55
199.0K ratings
Contemporary
Book Club
Literary Fiction
The Twelve Summary
The Twelve
by Justin Cronin 2012 592 pages
4.03
104.2K ratings
Horror
Fantasy
Science Fiction
Cemetery Boys Summary
Cemetery Boys
by Aiden Thomas 2020 344 pages
4.25
103.0K ratings
Fantasy
Young Adult
LGBT
Ballistic Summary
Ballistic
by Mark Greaney 2011 467 pages
4.31
23.9K ratings
Thriller
Action
Espionage
Heart-Shaped Box Summary
Heart-Shaped Box
by Joe Hill 2007 376 pages
3.84
147.1K ratings
Horror
Thriller
Paranormal
Expiration Dates Summary
Expiration Dates
by Rebecca Serle 2024 272 pages
3.61
103.4K ratings
Romance
Magical Realism
Contemporary
The Transit of Venus Summary
The Transit of Venus
by Shirley Hazzard 1980 337 pages
4.00
4.8K ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Australia
The Trespasser Summary
The Trespasser
by Tana French 2016 464 pages
3.99
93.2K ratings
Mystery
Crime
Mystery Thriller
I Capture the Castle Summary
I Capture the Castle
by Dodie Smith 1948 408 pages
3.99
111.0K ratings
Classics
Young Adult
Historical Fiction
The Japanese Lover Summary
The Japanese Lover
by Isabel Allende 2015 322 pages
3.88
92.6K ratings
Historical Fiction
Romance
Book Club
The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas Summary
The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas
by Ursula K. Le Guin 1973 32 pages
4.37
50.1K ratings
Short Stories
Fantasy
Science Fiction
Money Hungry Summary
Money Hungry
by Sharon G. Flake 2001 188 pages
4.10
4.4K ratings
Young Adult
Realistic Fiction
African American
The Death of Us Summary
The Death of Us
by Abigail Dean 2025 336 pages
3.98
3.0K ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Mystery Thriller
Transfer of Power Summary
Transfer of Power
by Vince Flynn 1999 549 pages
4.34
58.6K ratings
Thriller
Action
Espionage
Lamb Summary
Lamb
The Gospel According to Biff, Christ’s Childhood Pal
by Christopher Moore 2002 444 pages
4.23
178.8K ratings
Humor
Historical Fiction
Fantasy
The Tortilla Curtain Summary
The Tortilla Curtain
by T. Coraghessan Boyle 1995 355 pages
3.66
33.8K ratings
Book Club
Contemporary
School
Around the World in Eighty Days Summary
Around the World in Eighty Days
by Jules Verne 1872 252 pages
3.95
271.6K ratings
Classics
Adventure
Science Fiction
The Complete Sherlock Holmes Summary
The Complete Sherlock Holmes
Volume II
by Arthur Conan Doyle 1914 709 pages
4.48
81.1K ratings
Classics
Mystery
Short Stories
A Rule Against Murder Summary
A Rule Against Murder
by Louise Penny 2008 322 pages
4.21
104.0K ratings
Mystery
Crime
Canada
Three Daughters of Eve Summary
Three Daughters of Eve
by Elif Shafak 2016 384 pages
3.82
31.1K ratings
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
Novels
The Brilliant World of Tom Gates Summary
The Brilliant World of Tom Gates
by Liz Pichon 2014 256 pages
4.19
14.9K ratings
Middle Grade
Childrens
Humor
Legends & Lattes Summary
Legends & Lattes
by Travis Baldree 2022 296 pages
4.07
285.9K ratings
Fantasy
Romance
Cozy
Cranford Summary
Cranford
by Elizabeth Gaskell 1853 257 pages
3.84
46.4K ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Victorian
The Apollo Murders Summary
The Apollo Murders
by Chris Hadfield 2021 480 pages
3.92
17.8K ratings
Science Fiction
Thriller
Mystery
Sputnik Sweetheart Summary
Sputnik Sweetheart
by Haruki Murakami 1999 229 pages
3.83
172.9K ratings
Japan
Japanese Literature
Magical Realism
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