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Fiction Book Summaries

Kidnapped Summary
Kidnapped
by Robert Louis Stevenson 1886 288 pages
3.79
66.7K ratings
Classics
Adventure
Historical Fiction
Fairest Summary
Fairest
by Gail Carson Levine 2006 326 pages
3.89
68.2K ratings
Fantasy
Young Adult
Fairy Tales
Dreaming in Cuban Summary
Dreaming in Cuban
by Cristina García 1992 274 pages
3.68
12.1K ratings
Historical Fiction
Magical Realism
Book Club
Sounder Summary
Sounder
by William H. Armstrong 1969 116 pages
3.97
31.0K ratings
Historical Fiction
Classics
Young Adult
Recruitment Summary
Recruitment
by K.A. Riley 2018 426 pages
3.93
5.6K ratings
Dystopia
Fantasy
Young Adult
A Spark of Light Summary
A Spark of Light
by Jodi Picoult 2018 381 pages
3.75
158.3K ratings
Contemporary
Book Club
Adult
Get a Life, Chloe Brown Summary
Get a Life, Chloe Brown
by Talia Hibbert 2019 384 pages
3.79
200.4K ratings
Romance
Contemporary
Adult
Takedown Summary
Takedown
by Brad Thor 2006 416 pages
4.29
24.4K ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Spy Thriller
The Red and the Black Summary
The Red and the Black
by Stendhal 1830 577 pages
3.86
81.5K ratings
Classics
France
French Literature
Slow Dance Summary
Slow Dance
by Rainbow Rowell 2024 400 pages
3.67
53.2K ratings
Romance
Contemporary
Adult
Mortal Engines Summary
Mortal Engines
by Philip Reeve 2001 326 pages
3.77
69.0K ratings
Fantasy
Young Adult
Science Fiction
Split Second Summary
Split Second
by Douglas E. Richards 2015 365 pages
3.96
27.7K ratings
Science Fiction
Time Travel
Thriller
The Phantom of the Opera Summary
The Phantom of the Opera
by Gaston Leroux 1910 360 pages
3.96
264.5K ratings
Horror
Romance
Gothic
When We Believed in Mermaids Summary
When We Believed in Mermaids
by Barbara O'Neal 2019 348 pages
4.17
238.3K ratings
Book Club
Romance
Mystery
The Final Warning Summary
The Final Warning
by James Patterson 2008 256 pages
3.85
73.3K ratings
Young Adult
Fantasy
Science Fiction
The Ghost Orchid Summary
The Ghost Orchid
by Jonathan Kellerman 2024 304 pages
4.19
14.8K ratings
Mystery
Crime
Thriller
Evidence of the Affair Summary
Evidence of the Affair
by Taylor Jenkins Reid 2018 88 pages
3.86
195.3K ratings
Romance
Short Stories
Contemporary
Alanna Summary
Alanna
The First Adventure
by Tamora Pierce 1983 274 pages
4.27
134.7K ratings
Fantasy
Young Adult
Magic
Reflected in You Summary
Reflected in You
by Sylvia Day 2012 338 pages
4.30
361.2K ratings
Romance
Contemporary Romance
Contemporary
Malorie Summary
Malorie
by Josh Malerman 2020 301 pages
3.80
26.2K ratings
Horror
Thriller
Dystopia
Hell House Summary
Hell House
by Richard Matheson 1971 301 pages
3.71
58.6K ratings
Horror
Paranormal
Classics
The Man from St. Petersburg Summary
The Man from St. Petersburg
by Ken Follett 1982 320 pages
3.94
35.2K ratings
Historical Fiction
Thriller
Mystery
Sandstorm Summary
Sandstorm
by James Rollins 2004 574 pages
3.96
53.4K ratings
Thriller
Adventure
Mystery
In the First Circle Summary
In the First Circle
by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn 1968 742 pages
4.36
1.7K ratings
Russia
Classics
Literature
The Ghost Brigades Summary
The Ghost Brigades
by John Scalzi 2006 343 pages
4.12
91.8K ratings
Science Fiction
Military Fiction
Science Fiction Fantasy
The Negotiator Summary
The Negotiator
by Frederick Forsyth 1989 512 pages
4.02
13.0K ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Espionage
Seconds Away Summary
Seconds Away
by Harlan Coben 2012 338 pages
4.06
18.7K ratings
Mystery
Young Adult
Thriller
All the Pretty Horses Summary
All the Pretty Horses
by Cormac McCarthy 1992 302 pages
4.05
137.7K ratings
Westerns
Historical Fiction
Classics
A Suitable Boy Summary
A Suitable Boy
by Vikram Seth 1993 1474 pages
4.11
49.6K ratings
India
Historical Fiction
Classics
The Arctic Incident Summary
The Arctic Incident
by Eoin Colfer 2002 398 pages
3.96
158.1K ratings
Fantasy
Young Adult
Middle Grade
Long Day’s Journey into Night Summary
Long Day’s Journey into Night
by Eugene O'Neill 1956 179 pages
4.05
42.2K ratings
Plays
Drama
Classics
Cibola Burn Summary
Cibola Burn
by James S.A. Corey 2014 581 pages
4.23
119.8K ratings
Science Fiction
Space Opera
Space
Planet of the Apes Summary
Planet of the Apes
by Pierre Boulle 1963 276 pages
3.99
46.9K ratings
Science Fiction
Classics
France
The Match Summary
The Match
by Harlan Coben 2022 352 pages
4.18
61.9K ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Suspense
Complicity Summary
Complicity
by Iain Banks 1993 313 pages
3.92
13.5K ratings
Crime
Thriller
Mystery
Redshirts Summary
Redshirts
by John Scalzi 2012 320 pages
3.87
113.8K ratings
Science Fiction
Humor
Fantasy
Acceleration Summary
Acceleration
by Graham McNamee 2003 210 pages
3.74
5.0K ratings
Young Adult
Mystery
Thriller
Red Winter Summary
Red Winter
by Marc Cameron 2022 430 pages
4.30
9.7K ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Espionage
The Unraveling Summary
The Unraveling
by Vi Keeland 2024 291 pages
3.91
12.2K ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Suspense
The Comfort of Ghosts Summary
The Comfort of Ghosts
by Jacqueline Winspear 2024 342 pages
4.41
14.1K ratings
Mystery
Historical Fiction
Historical Mystery
We the Living Summary
We the Living
by Ayn Rand 1936 464 pages
3.96
30.3K ratings
Classics
Philosophy
Historical Fiction
Le Temps Des Secrets Summary
Le Temps Des Secrets
by Marcel Pagnol 1962 285 pages
4.05
1.8K ratings
France
Classics
French Literature
The Final Scene Summary
The Final Scene
by Steph Nelson 2024 248 pages
3.78
16.0K ratings
Thriller
Horror
Mystery Thriller
The Lost Letters of Aisling Summary
The Lost Letters of Aisling
by Cynthia Ellingsen 2024 302 pages
4.32
22.3K ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
Book Club
Battle Ground Summary
Battle Ground
by Jim Butcher 2020 418 pages
4.42
46.0K ratings
Fantasy
Urban Fantasy
Paranormal
Hornet Flight Summary
Hornet Flight
by Ken Follett 2002 518 pages
3.99
27.8K ratings
Historical Fiction
Thriller
War
Twenties Girl Summary
Twenties Girl
by Sophie Kinsella 2009 435 pages
3.86
172.9K ratings
Chick Lit
Romance
Contemporary
On the Beach Summary
On the Beach
by Nevil Shute 1957 296 pages
3.98
47.5K ratings
Science Fiction
Classics
Post Apocalyptic
Fates and Furies Summary
Fates and Furies
by Lauren Groff 2015 390 pages
3.59
144.8K ratings
Book Club
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
Open Season Summary
Open Season
by Jonathan Kellerman 2025 288 pages
4.22
7.6K ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Crime
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