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.

All Titles Modern Fiction Classic Fiction Nonfiction Plays Essays Poetry Middle Grade/YA

The Sixth Nik

Daniel Kraus

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

The Skin We're In: A Year of Black Resistance and Power

Desmond Cole

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2020

The Skull Beneath the Skin

P. D. James

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1982

The Sky Fisherman

Craig Lesley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1995

The Sky is Everywhere

Jandy Nelson

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2010

The Slap

Christos Tsiolkas

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

The Slave

Isaac Bashevis Singer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1962

The Slave Dancer

Paula Fox

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1973

The Sledding Hill

Chris Crutcher

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2005

The Sleepwalkers

Christopher Clark

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2012

The Slip

Lucas Schaefer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

The Slippery Slope

Lemony Snicket

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2003

The Smartest Guys in the Room: The Amazing Rise and Scandalous Fall of Enron

Peter Elkind, Bethany McLean

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2003

The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life

Alice Schroeder

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2008

The Snow Goose

Paul Gallico

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1941

The Snow Leopard

Peter Matthiessen

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1978

The Snowman

Raymond Briggs

Fiction | Picture Book | Early Reader Picture Book | Published in 1978

The Snow Queen

Michael Cunningham

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The Snows of Kilimanjaro

Ernest Hemingway

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1936

The Social Animal: The Hidden Sources Of Love, Character, And Achievement

David Brooks

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2011

The Social Conquest of Earth

Edward O. Wilson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2012

The Society of Unknowable Objects

Gareth Brown

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

The Solace of Open Spaces

Gretel Ehrlich

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1985

The Solitude of Prime Numbers

Paolo Giordano

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

The Someday Garden

Ashley Poston

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

The Song Is You

Arthur Phillips

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

The Songlines

Bruce Chatwin

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1987

The Song Machine

John Seabrook

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2015

The Song of the Dodo

David Quammen

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1996

The Sorcerer of the North

John A. Flanagan

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2006

The Sorceress

Michael Scott

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2009

The Soul of a New Machine

Tracy Kidder

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1981

The Soul of a Woman

Isabel Allende

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2020

The Soul of Money

Lynne Twist

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2003

The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating

Elisabeth Tova Bailey

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2010

The Sound of Regret

Trey Gowdy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

The Sound of the Mountain

Yasunari Kawabata

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1954

The Sound of Things Falling

Juan Gabriel Vásquez

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

The Sound of Waves

Yukio Mishima

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1954

The Source

Tara Swart

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2019

The Source

James A. Michener

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1965

The Sovereignty and Goodness of God

Mary Rowlandson

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1682

The Sovereignty of Good

Iris Murdoch

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1970

The Soviet Ambassador

Christopher Shulgan

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2010

The Space Between Us

Zoya Pirzad

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

The Special

David Stavanger

Fiction | Poetry Collection | Adult | Published in 2014

The Speckled Beauty: A Dog and His People

Rick Bragg

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2021

The Spectacular Now

Tim Tharp

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2008

The Spirit Bares Its Teeth

Andrew Joseph White

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2023

The Sport of Kings

C.E. Morgan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The Sport of the Gods

Paul Laurence Dunbar

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1902

The Sportswriter

Richard Ford

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1986

The Square

Marguerite Duras

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1955

The Squire's Tale

Gerald Morris

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1998

The Star

Arthur C. Clarke

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1955

The Stardust Grail

Yume Kitasei

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Stardust Thief

Chelsea Abdullah

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Stars are Fire

Anita Shreve

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Star Side of Bird Hill

Naomi Jackson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Stars My Destination

Alfred Bester

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1956

The State of Affairs

Esther Perel

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2017

The Steal

Alex Wagner

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2026

The Steps

Sylvester Stallone

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2026

The Stolen Child

Keith Donohue

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

The Stolen Hours

Allen Eskens

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Stolen Key

Margaret Peterson Haddix

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2024

The Stolen Marriage

Diane Chamberlain

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Stone Angel

Margaret Laurence

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1964

The Stone Boy

Gina Berriault

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1957

The Stone Carvers

Jane Urquhart

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

The Stone Child

Dan Poblocki

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2009

The Stones of Florence

Mary Mccarthy

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1959

The Stone Virgins

Yvonne Vera

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

The Stories We Tell

Patti Callahan Henry

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The Stories We Tell

Joanna Gaines

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2022

The Storm

Kate Chopin

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1898

The Story Keeper

Lisa Wingate

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The Story of a Marriage

Andrew Sean Greer

Fiction | Novel | Adult

The Story of B

Daniel Quinn

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1996

The Story Of Beautiful Girl

Rachel Simon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

The Story of Lucy Gault

William Trevor

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

The Story of Mankind

Hendrik Willem van Loon

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1921

The Story of My Teeth

Valeria Luiselli

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

The Story of Owen: Dragon Slayer of Trondheim

E. K. Johnston

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2014

The Story of the Jews

Simon Schama

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2013

The Story of the Treasure Seekers

E. Nesbit

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1899

The Story of Tom Brennan

J.C. Burke

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2005

The Strain

Chuck Hogan, Guillermo del Toro

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender

Leslye Walton

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2014

The Strange Bird

Jeff VanderMeer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Strange Career of William Ellis

Karl Jacoby

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2006

The Strange Library

Haruki Murakami

Fiction | Novella | YA | Published in 2005

The Strange Order of Things: Life, Feeling, and the Making of Cultures

António R. Damásio

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2017

The Stranger Beside Me

Ann Rule

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1980

The Stranger Diaries

Elly Griffiths

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Stranger in the Mirror

Liv Constantine

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Strangers

Naomi Alderman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

The Stranger's Child

Alan Hollinghurst

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

The Street of a Thousand Blossoms

Gail Tsukiyama

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

The Street of Crocodiles

Bruno Schulz

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1934