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
Tag: contemporary
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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
Icebreaker
Figure skater Anastasia Allen shares a rink with hockey captain Nate Hawkins and sparks fly at UC Maple Hills.
2,176-word summary · 10 min read
Happy Place
A split couple fakes being together for one last week with friends at a Maine cottage. Emily Henry mixes witty banter, grief, and second chances in this 2023…
2,497-word summary · 11 min read
Fifty Shades Freed
Married Ana and Christian face Hyde, Elena and a pregnancy neither planned.
3,213-word summary · 14 min read
Fifty Shades Darker
Ana tries office life after leaving Christian, but Leila and Elena pull them back together.
3,612-word summary · 16 min read
Book Lovers
Sharp literary agent Nora Stephens gets dragged to small-town Sunshine Falls with her sister and keeps colliding with brooding editor Charlie Lastra.
1,952-word summary · 9 min read
Big Little Lies
In Pirriwee three mothers collide over school, marriage, and secrets until a trivia night death forces the truth about Perry abuse, Celeste fear, and Jane past.
2,582-word summary · 11 min read
Ugly Love
Colleen Hoover's Ugly Love retold: Tate and Miles, the rules, the past with Rachel, and the lake letter.
2,339-word summary · 10 min read
The Love Hypothesis
Love Hypothesis retold: Olive fakes dating Adam, lab hijinks, consent talks, Boston fall.
2,009-word summary · 9 min read
Reminders of Him
Kenna returns after prison to meet the daughter she lost, facing the family that blames her.
2,168-word summary · 10 min read
People We Meet on Vacation
Poppy and Alex have shared one vacation each summer for ten years. Two years after a silent falling out, she talks him into one more trip to fix it.
2,358-word summary · 10 min read
Normal People
Normal People retold: Connell and Marianne from Sligo school to Trinity, class and love.
2,066-word summary · 9 min read
My Sister's Keeper
Thirteen-year-old Anna sues her parents for medical emancipation so she can refuse to give her dying sister Kate a kidney.
2,332-word summary · 10 min read
Me Before You
Me Before You retold: Lou cares for Will in a Welsh annexe, trips and talks, choice and loss.
1,989-word summary · 9 min read
It Starts with Us
It Starts with Us retold: Lily and Atlas after Ryle, co-parenting, second chances in Boston.
2,216-word summary · 10 min read
Fifty Shades of Grey
E. L. James's Fifty Shades of Grey retold: Ana interviews Christian, the contract, the Red Room, and why she walks out.
2,507-word summary · 11 min read