Wish You Were Here
Diana goes to the Galapagos alone when Covid keeps her boyfriend in New York, and being stranded there forces her to rethink her job and relationship.
2,178-word summary · 10 min read
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Where the Heart Is
Pregnant teen Novalee Nation is abandoned at a Sequoyah, Oklahoma Wal-Mart, where she gives birth to Americus and rebuilds life with town help.
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The Storyteller
Baker Sage Singer is asked by old Josef Weber to kill him for his SS past, while her grandmother Minka's war story weighs on her.
2,174-word summary · 10 min read
The Other Hand
Nigerian Little Bee leaves detention after two years and reunites with Sarah O'Rourke, linked by a violent beach meeting in Nigeria.
2,385-word summary · 11 min read
The Measure
Small wooden boxes arrive for every adult, each holding a string that shows life length. Eight people decide if they will open theirs.
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Remember Me?
Lexi wakes after an accident missing three years, with a polished new life and a husband she does not recall, and must work out which parts she wants to keep.
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Olive Kitteridge
Thirteen linked stories orbit blunt Crosby teacher Olive, husband Henry and son Christopher through love, aging and Maine small-town life.
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My Grandmother Sends Her Regards and Apologises
Seven-year-old Elsa loses her granny and best friend, then delivers apology letters to neighbours while holding onto fairy tales of Miamas and the Land of…
2,311-word summary · 10 min read
Girl, Woman, Other
Twelve Black British women and girls link across years and cities, anchored by playwright Amma on her National Theatre premiere night.
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The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry
A widowed bookseller on Alice Island adopts abandoned toddler Maya, rebuilds Island Books, and finds love with sales rep Amelia before illness closes in.
2,972-word summary · 13 min read
The Pact
After Emily Gold dies from a gunshot, her boyfriend Chris Harte says it was a suicide pact and faces trial for murder.
2,873-word summary · 13 min read
The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared
On his 100th birthday Allan Karlsson climbs out of his care home window and pockets a gangster fortune, while flashbacks trace his explosive century.
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The Fountainhead
An architect who will not copy faces a rival who pleases everyone, a lover who fears the world, and a trial over dynamite.
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The Nanny Diaries
NYU student Nan nannies four-year-old Grayer X on Park Avenue, caught between a demanding Mrs. X, an absent Mr. X, and a lonely child who needs her more than…
2,233-word summary · 10 min read
The Casual Vacancy
Barry Fairbrother dies and leaves a Pagford council seat open, sparking an election, a class war over the Fields, and trouble for local teenagers.
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Still Alice
Harvard professor Alice Howland faces early onset Alzheimer's and her family must adapt as memory fades.
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Nineteen Minutes
Sterling High student Peter Haddon commits a school shooting and lawyer Jordan McAfee defends him while Josie Cormier hides truth.
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Beartown
In a fading Swedish hockey town, a rape accusation against the junior star splits neighbors, families, and teammates over truth and loyalty.
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Fight Club
An insomniac office worker and Tyler Durden build underground clubs that grow into Project Mayhem.
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The Devil Wears Prada
Andrea Sachs takes an assistant job for Miranda Priestly at Runway and loses herself.
3,203-word summary · 14 min read
A Man Called Ove
A grumpy widower plans to end his life after losing his wife, but new neighbors keep interrupting him. Backman blends grief, humor, and community in this…
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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.
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Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
Eleanor keeps a rigid Glasgow routine until she and Raymond from IT help an old man who collapses in the street, and slowly remembers why.
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The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
Taylor Jenkins Reid's The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo explained: the seven marriages, old Hollywood, Celia and John, and the twist in Monique's story.
2,239-word summary · 10 min read