The Hating Game
Two executive assistants share an office, a rivalry, and a promotion neither will concede without a fight.
1,945-word summary · 9 min read
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Remarkably Bright Creatures
A widowed night janitor, a lost young man, and a grumpy octopus circle the same old loss in a small seaside town.
2,012-word summary · 9 min read
It Happened One Summer
LA It girl Piper is cut off and sent to Westport where gruff captain Brendan challenges her glitter.
2,089-word summary · 9 min read
Anxious People
A failed bank robber takes eight strangers hostage at an apartment viewing, and nobody is who they seem.
1,918-word summary · 9 min read
American Dirt
Lydia and Luca flee Acapulco after cartel murder and ride north through Mexico toward the US.
2,079-word summary · 9 min read
Twisted Love
Sunshine Ava Chen falls for her brother's cold billionaire best friend Alex Volkov as old fires and revenge surface.
2,495-word summary · 11 min read
To All the Boys I've Loved Before
Lara Jean's secret love letters get mailed and she fake-dates Peter Kavinsky to dodge Josh.
3,683-word summary · 16 min read
Things We Never Got Over
Naomi runs from her wedding to help her twin in Knockemout and clashes with Knox Morgan.
3,358-word summary · 15 min read
The Unhoneymooners
Olive Torres takes her sister's Hawaii honeymoon with enemy Ethan Thomas after food poisoning ruins the wedding.
2,864-word summary · 13 min read
The Hate U Give
Starr Carter sees her friend Khalil shot by police and must choose whether to speak up.
3,309-word summary · 15 min read
Red, White & Royal Blue
America's First Son fakes a friendship with a British prince after a cake disaster, but private emails turn into a secret romance during a tense reelection…
2,496-word summary · 11 min read
November 9
Fallon and Ben meet every November 9 for five years with no contact between, until his novel reveals the fire that scarred her.
2,547-word summary · 11 min read