Books: P

16 books starting with P.

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Pachinko

Min Jin Lee · 2017

Four generations of a Korean family in Japan, from Sunja's fall and brave marriage to pachinko parlors, discrimination, and sons who choose different ways to…

2,210-word summary · 10 min read

Paper Towns

John Green · 2008

Quentin chases clues after Margo vanishes, learning the girl he imagined was never the whole story.

2,198-word summary · 10 min read

Part of Your World

Abby Jimenez · 2022

ER doctor Alexis Montgomery falls for carpenter Daniel Grant in Wakan while her surgeon family presses duty.

3,078-word summary · 14 min read

People We Meet on Vacation

Emily Henry · 2021

Poppy and Alex have shared one vacation each summer for ten years. Two years after a silent falling out, she talks him into one more trip to fix it.

2,358-word summary · 10 min read

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer

Patrick Suskind · 1985

Born with a perfect nose in 1738 Paris, Grenouille masters perfume craft then murders young women in Grasse to bottle the ultimate scent.

2,561-word summary · 11 min read

Persuasion

Jane Austen · 1817

Anne Elliot, twenty-seven and unmarried, meets the sailor she once refused when his fortunes rise.

2,063-word summary · 9 min read

Pet Sematary

Stephen King · 1983

Doctor Louis buries Church and then Gage in ground that returns them wrong, learning dead is better.

2,158-word summary · 10 min read

Peter Pan

J.M. Barrie · 1911

Wendy, John and Michael fly to Neverland with Peter, face Hook, and learn what growing up costs.

2,502-word summary · 11 min read

Powerless

Lauren Roberts · 2023

Ordinary Paedyn hides in Ilya, saves Kai, and enters the Purging Trials while pretending an ability.

3,079-word summary · 14 min read

Pretty Girls

Karin Slaughter · 2015

Estranged sisters Claire and Lydia reunite after a murder exposes snuff films, their sister Julia's fate, and a killer near Lydia's daughter.

2,498-word summary · 11 min read

Pride and Prejudice

Jane Austen · 1813

Pride and Prejudice through Elizabeth Bennet: Darcy's first proposal, Wickham's story, Lady Catherine's visit, and how Austen turns manners into a plot about…

2,494-word summary · 11 min read