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Summary of The Vacationers by Emma Straub | Includes Analysis    Inside this Instaread Summary: -Overview of the entire book -Introduction to the characters in the book -Summary and analysis of all the chapters in the book -Reader's Perspective...

Summary of Here’s to Us by Elin Hilderbrand | Includes Analysis     Preview:   Here’s to Us, a novel by Elin Hilderbrand, follows the aftermath of the death of celebrity chef Deacon Thorpe, who succumbed to an unexpected heart attack at the age of 53. The...

Summary of The Singles Game by Lauren Weisberger | Includes Analysis     Preview:   The Singles Game, a novel by Lauren Weisberger, follows the rising star of Charlotte “Charlie” Silver, a 24-year-old tennis pro who has set her sights on winning her first...

Summary of Grey by E L James | Includes Analysis   Preview:   Love is not the same for all people, neither is passion, sex, or intimacy. Sometimes what one person finds thrilling, another can only hope to understand. These are the lessons learned from the...

Paper Towns by John Green | Includes Analysis   Preview: Paper Towns is a coming of age story set in Orlando, Florida. It focuses on Quentin, a young man about to embark on his adult life, and the adventure he and his friends, Ben and Radar, have their senior year that centers...

Summary of Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline | Includes Analysis   Preview: Chapter 1 Molly is a seventeen-year old girl living in the foster care system. Her current foster parents are Dina and Ralph. Molly is sure she will soon be kicked out and sent to the juvenile...

Purity: A Novel by Jonathan Franzen | Includes Analysis   Preview: A young woman unravels the mystery of her birth and learns about love and forgiveness in Purity, a coming of age saga that also takes a hard look at 21st century investigative journalism and the cult of personality....

Summary of The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho | Includes Analysis     Preview: The Alchemist is a Brazilian novel about a shepherd named Santiago, an 18-year-old youth who abandons his life in Spain to embark upon an epic treasure hunt across Africa. Making several unexpected...

Summary of The Girl in the Spider’s Web: by David Lagercrantz | Includes Analysis   Preview: The Girl in the Spider’s Web: A Lisbeth Salander Novel is the fourth novel in the Millennium Series by David Lagercrantz. This book follows Lisbeth Salander, a Swedish hacker who,...

Summary of Reconstructing Amelia by Kimberly McCreight | Includes Analysis   Preview: Chapter 1 A blogger reveals what the staff of Grace Hall High School did during summer break and makes fun of them. The writer says students should buckle up for an exciting year....

Summary of The First Phone Call From Heaven by Mitch Albom | Includes Analysis   Preview: The First Phone Call from Heaven by Mitch Albom is a mystery set on Lake Michigan in the small town of Coldwater. Tess Rafferty receives a phone call. She is unable to get to the phone in...

Summary of A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman | Includes Analysis   Preview:   A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman is a novel titled after its cranky but quietly heroic protagonist. A heart condition has forced Ove, a 59-year-old widower, into early retirement. Now lacking...

Summary of The Husband’s Secret by Liane Moriarty | Includes Analysis   Preview: The Husband’s Secret, by Liane Moriarty, is three stories in one. Cecilia is a middle-aged mother of three daughters. She is married to one of the well-known, wealthy Fitzpatrick boys, and to...

Summary of Finders Keepers by Stephen King | Includes Analysis   Preview: Private investigator, Bill Hodges, races to find another deranged killer in Finders Keepers, the second book in a projected trilogy by Stephen King. The first, Mr. Mercedes, won the 2015 Edgar...