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Americanah
Ifemelu leaves Nigeria for America on a scholarship, blogs about race and hair, while Obinze endures undocumented London until they reunite years later in…
2,527-word summary · 11 min read
literary fiction + romance
16 books tagged both “literary fiction” and “romance”.
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An American Marriage
Newlywed Roy is wrongly imprisoned and Celestial loves Andre while waiting.
2,535-word summary · 11 min read
Mansfield Park
Fanny Price loves Edmund amid Crawfords theatricals at Mansfield.
2,389-word summary · 11 min read
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Janie Crawford tells Pheoby about Eatonville life with Logan Killicks, Joe Starks called Jody, and Tea Cake.
2,230-word summary · 10 min read
Tom Lake
Lara tells daughters about young love with actor Peter Duke at Tom Lake.
2,600-word summary · 12 min read
Beautiful World, Where Are You
Two friends Alice and Eileen trade letters while navigating love with Felix and Simon.
2,872-word summary · 13 min read
The Sun Also Rises
Jake Barnes drifts through Paris bars and Pamplona bullfights with Brett Ashley and a wounded generation.
3,187-word summary · 14 min read
Call Me by Your Name
One summer on the Italian Riviera: seventeen-year-old Elio and grad student Oliver circle each other through swims, talks, and missed chances.
2,627-word summary · 12 min read
Love in the Time of Cholera
Florentino waits fifty years for Fermina: youth letters, a marriage to Urbino, hundreds of affairs, and a river trip where old love gets a last hearing.
2,204-word summary · 10 min read
Norwegian Wood
Toru recalls 1969 Tokyo, torn between fragile Naoko and lively Midori after a friend's suicide.
2,051-word summary · 9 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
Normal People
Normal People retold: Connell and Marianne from Sligo school to Trinity, class and love.
2,066-word summary · 9 min read