Plot Summary Library

Explore thousands of classic and contemporary titles in a quick-read format. SuperSummary Plot Summaries feature a full synopsis to guide you through key plot points. Browse titles alphabetically or by genre.

There’s more! Find comprehensive chapter-by-chapter summaries and in-depth analyses on over 10,000 more titles in our Study Guide Library.

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ#
The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend
Katarina Bivald

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

The Real Boy
Anne Ursu

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2013

The Real Inspector Hound
Tom Stoppard

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1968

The Real Life of Sebastian Knight
Vladimir Nabokov

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1941

The Reapers are the Angels
Alden Bell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

The Reckoning
Susanne Valenti, Caroline Peckham

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Recognitions
William Gaddis

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1955

The Recovery Agent
Janet Evanovich

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Recruiting Officer
George Farquhar

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1706

The Redbreast
Jo Nesbø

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

The Red-Haired Woman
Orhan Pamuk

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The Red Lotus
Chris Bohjalian

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Red Necklace
Sally Gardner

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

The Red Queen
Margaret Drabble

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1968

The Red Room
H. G. Wells

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1896

The Red Winter
Cameron Sullivan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

The Regulators
Richard Bachman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1997

The Reivers
William Faulkner

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1962

The Relationship Cure
John M. Gottman, Joan DeClaire

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2001

The Remarkable Journey of Prince Jen
Lloyd Alexander

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1991

The Remembered Soldier
Anjet Daanje, Transl. David Mckay

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

The Republic of Imagination
Azar Nafisi

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2014

The Rescue
Nicholas Sparks

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

The Rescuers
Margery Sharp

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1959

The Residue Years
Mitchell S. Jackson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

The Rest of the Story
Sarah Dessen

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2019

The Retirement Plan
Sue Hincenbergs

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

The Retreat
Sarah Pearse

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Return
Nicholas Sparks

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Return of the Soldier
Rebecca West

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1918

The Revenant
Sonia Gensler

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2011

The Revenant: A Novel of Revenge
Michael Punke

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

The Revenge of Geography
Robert D. Kaplan

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2012

The Revenger's Tragedy
Thomas Middleton

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1607

The Reversal
Michael Connelly

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

The Revised Fundamentals of Caregiving
Jonathan Evison

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

The Revolt of the Cockroach People
Oscar Zeta Acosta

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1973

The Rice Mother
Rani Manicka

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

The Ride of a Lifetime
Robert Iger

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2019

The Rifle
Gary Paulsen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1995

The Rights of the Reader
Daniel Pennac

Nonfiction | Book | YA | Published in 1992

The Rings of Saturn
W.G. Sebald

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1995

The Rise and Fall of American Growth
Robert J. Gordon

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2016

The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O.
Neal Stephenson, Nicole Galland

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Rise and Rise of Daniel Rocket
Peter Parnell

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1976

The Rise of Superman: Decoding the Science of Ultimate Human Performance
Steven Kotler

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2014

The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt
Edmund Morris

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1979

The Rising of the Moon
Flynn Connolly

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Risk
Elle Kennedy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Risk Pool
Richard Russo

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1988

The Rithmatist
Brandon Sanderson

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2013

The Rivals
Richard Brinsley Sheridan

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1775

The River King
Alice Hoffman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

The River Niger
Joseph A. Walker

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1972

The River of Consciousness
Oliver Sacks

Nonfiction | Essay Collection | Adult | Published in 2017

The River of No Return
Bee Ridgway

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

The River Why
David James Duncan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1983

The Road Back to You: An Enneagram Journey to Self-Discovery
Ian Morgan Cron, Suzanne Stabile

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2016

The Road from Coorain
Jill Ker Conway

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1989

The Road Home
Rose Tremain

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

The Road to Memphis
Mildred D. Taylor

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1976

The Road Trip
Beth O'Leary

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Robber Bridegroom
Eudora Welty

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 1942

The Robbers
Friedrich Schiller

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1781

The Robe
Lloyd C. Douglas

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1942

The Robin on the Oak Throne
K. A. Linde

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

The Rock of Tanios
Amin Maalouf

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1993

The Rocks
Peter Nichols

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1969

The Romance of Tristan
Béroul

Fiction | Novel/Book in Verse | Adult | Published in 1150

The Roommate
Rosie Danan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Rooster Bar
John Grisham

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Rose Field
Philip Pullman

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2025

The Rose Tattoo
Tennessee Williams

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1951

The Rotters' Club
Jonathan Coe

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2001

The Royal Hunt of the Sun
Peter Shaffer

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1964

The Ruby in the Smoke
Philip Pullman

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1985

The Ruins Beneath Us
Sasha E. Sloan

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2026

The Rule Book
Sarah Adams

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Rule of Four
Ian Caldwell, Dustin Thomason

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

The Rule of Saint Benedict
Benedict of Nursia

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 529

The Rules Do Not Apply
Ariel Levy

Nonfiction | Essay Collection | Adult | Published in 2017

The Rules for Disappearing
Ashley Elston

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2013

The Rules of Attraction
Bret Easton Ellis

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1987

The Rules of Backyard Cricket
Jock Serong

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The Rules of Survival
Nancy Werlin

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2006

The Rules of the Game
Gilbert Andrew Hugh Gordon

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2021

The Rum Diary: A Novel
Hunter S. Thompson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

The Runaway Species
Anthony Brandt, David Eagleman

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2017

The Runner
Cynthia Voigt

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1985

The Running Grave
Robert Galbraith

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Running Man
Michael Gerard Bauer

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2004