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Fiction Book Summaries

Cold Days Summary
Cold Days
by Jim Butcher 2012 515 pages
4.47
104.0K ratings
Fantasy
Urban Fantasy
Mystery
The Secret Summary
The Secret
by Lee Child 2023 400 pages
4.08
55.0K ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Crime
The Wedding Date Summary
The Wedding Date
by Jasmine Guillory 2018 317 pages
3.57
158.6K ratings
Romance
Contemporary
Chick Lit
The Secret Book Society Summary
The Secret Book Society
by Madeline Martin 2025 336 pages
4.40
374 ratings
Historical Fiction
Books About Books
Historical
Ricochet Summary
Ricochet
by Krista Ritchie 2013 265 pages
3.75
101.2K ratings
Romance
New Adult
Contemporary
The Custom of the Country Summary
The Custom of the Country
by Edith Wharton 1913 370 pages
4.06
15.2K ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
American
Villette Summary
Villette
by Charlotte Brontë 1853 573 pages
3.78
77.6K ratings
Classics
Romance
19th Century
Still Me Summary
Still Me
by Jojo Moyes 2018 368 pages
4.11
223.0K ratings
Romance
Chick Lit
Contemporary
Death of a Salesman Summary
Death of a Salesman
by Arthur Miller 1949 144 pages
3.58
250.3K ratings
Classics
Plays
Drama
Zero Days Summary
Zero Days
by Ruth Ware 2023 356 pages
3.64
116.2K ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Mystery Thriller
Vathek Summary
Vathek
by William Beckford 1786 180 pages
3.24
7.0K ratings
Gothic
Classics
Horror
The Second Lady Summary
The Second Lady
by Irving Wallace 1980 341 pages
3.92
5.0K ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Suspense
Rules of Prey Summary
Rules of Prey
by John Sandford 1989 479 pages
4.11
91.9K ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Crime
Johnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams Summary
Johnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams
Short Stories, Prose and Diary Excerpts
by Sylvia Plath 1977 336 pages
3.92
6.5K ratings
Short Stories
Poetry
Classics
The War of the End of the World Summary
The War of the End of the World
by Mario Vargas Llosa 1981 568 pages
4.25
12.0K ratings
Historical Fiction
Literature
Novels
White Night Summary
White Night
by Jim Butcher 2007 407 pages
4.38
124.4K ratings
Fantasy
Urban Fantasy
Mystery
Solo leveling - light Novel 2 Summary
Solo leveling - light Novel 2
by Chugong 400 pages
4.51
5.7K ratings
Fantasy
Light Novel
Manga
Dark Places Summary
Dark Places
by Gillian Flynn 2009 424 pages
3.95
805.5K ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Mystery Thriller
His Majesty's Dragon Summary
His Majesty's Dragon
by Naomi Novik 2006 356 pages
4.06
107.9K ratings
Fantasy
Dragons
Historical Fiction
Elizabeth Is Missing Summary
Elizabeth Is Missing
by Emma Healey 2014 320 pages
3.72
70.8K ratings
Mystery
Book Club
Contemporary
Fullmetal Alchemist, Vol. 1 Summary
Fullmetal Alchemist, Vol. 1
by Hiromu Arakawa 2002 192 pages
4.53
182.3K ratings
Manga
Fantasy
Graphic Novels
Worst Wingman Ever Summary
Worst Wingman Ever
by Abby Jimenez 2024 61 pages
3.99
128.2K ratings
Romance
Novella
Short Stories
Rise of the Evening Star Summary
Rise of the Evening Star
by Brandon Mull 2007 456 pages
4.18
131.9K ratings
Fantasy
Young Adult
Middle Grade
Trollhunters Summary
Trollhunters
by Guillermo del Toro 2015 336 pages
3.69
3.3K ratings
Fantasy
Young Adult
Horror
Lock and Key Summary
Lock and Key
by Sarah Dessen 2008 432 pages
3.99
151.7K ratings
Young Adult
Romance
Contemporary
Protect and Defend Summary
Protect and Defend
by Vince Flynn 2007 401 pages
4.36
43.5K ratings
Thriller
Espionage
Mystery
Tiger Eyes Summary
Tiger Eyes
by Judy Blume 1981 218 pages
3.92
18.6K ratings
Young Adult
Realistic Fiction
Childrens
Buddha Summary
Buddha
A Story of Enlightenment
by Deepak Chopra 2007 288 pages
3.93
12.1K ratings
Spirituality
Buddhism
Religion
A Guardian and a Thief Summary
A Guardian and a Thief
by Megha Majumdar 2025 224 pages
3.99
2.4K ratings
India
Literary Fiction
Dystopia
A Christmas Carol Summary
A Christmas Carol
by Charles Dickens 1843 184 pages
4.09
889.1K ratings
Christmas
Classics
Fantasy
Rules of Civility Summary
Rules of Civility
by Amor Towles 2011 335 pages
4.09
258.8K ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Historical
The Horse and His Boy Summary
The Horse and His Boy
by C.S. Lewis 1954 224 pages
3.91
377.8K ratings
Fantasy
Young Adult
Childrens
This Time Tomorrow Summary
This Time Tomorrow
by Emma Straub 2022 310 pages
3.80
149.2K ratings
Time Travel
Science Fiction
Fantasy
Pandemonium Summary
Pandemonium
by Lauren Oliver 2012 375 pages
4.03
243.7K ratings
Young Adult
Dystopia
Romance
Mother Knows Best Summary
Mother Knows Best
by Serena Valentino 2018 400 pages
3.98
16.1K ratings
Fantasy
Retellings
Young Adult
Wrath of the Dragons Summary
Wrath of the Dragons
by Olivia Rose Darling 2025 544 pages
4.19
2.2K ratings
Fantasy
Romantasy
Dragons
Son of the Black Sword Summary
Son of the Black Sword
by Larry Correia 2015 432 pages
4.23
9.7K ratings
Fantasy
Epic Fantasy
Science Fiction Fantasy
The Warm Hands of Ghosts Summary
The Warm Hands of Ghosts
by Katherine Arden 2024 325 pages
3.98
25.9K ratings
Historical Fiction
Fantasy
Historical
The Amber Spyglass Summary
The Amber Spyglass
by Philip Pullman 2000 465 pages
4.10
374.3K ratings
Fantasy
Young Adult
Adventure
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom Summary
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
by August Wilson 1984 111 pages
4.00
3.9K ratings
Plays
Drama
Historical Fiction
The Society of Unknowable Objects Summary
The Society of Unknowable Objects
by Gareth Brown 2025 352 pages
4.08
1.4K ratings
Fantasy
Mystery
Magical Realism
Rainbow Six Summary
Rainbow Six
by Tom Clancy 1998 912 pages
4.13
56.8K ratings
Thriller
Military Fiction
Action
Dragon Teeth Summary
Dragon Teeth
by Michael Crichton 2017 295 pages
3.85
45.5K ratings
Historical Fiction
Westerns
Adventure
The Murder House Summary
The Murder House
by James Patterson 2015 451 pages
4.07
48.0K ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Suspense
We All Fall Down Summary
We All Fall Down
by Robert Cormier 1991 208 pages
3.80
2.6K ratings
Young Adult
Banned Books
Mystery
Iron Widow Summary
Iron Widow
by Xiran Jay Zhao 2021 394 pages
4.04
101.0K ratings
Fantasy
Science Fiction
Young Adult
Anita de Monte Laughs Last Summary
Anita de Monte Laughs Last
by Xóchitl González 2024 342 pages
3.80
38.6K ratings
Historical Fiction
Mystery
Book Club
Reached Summary
Reached
by Ally Condie 2012 512 pages
3.54
174.4K ratings
Young Adult
Dystopia
Romance
Will Grayson, Will Grayson Summary
Will Grayson, Will Grayson
by John Green 2010 320 pages
3.69
407.9K ratings
Young Adult
Contemporary
LGBT
The Knife of Never Letting Go Summary
The Knife of Never Letting Go
by Patrick Ness 2008 479 pages
3.98
200.5K ratings
Young Adult
Dystopia
Science Fiction
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