The Flatshare
Two strangers share one bed on opposite shifts and fall in love through notes left around the flat.
2,793-word summary · 12 min read
contemporary + friendship
9 books tagged both “contemporary” and “friendship”.
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
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
Sidda Walker, a theater director, fights with her mother Vivi after a New York Times interview, then learns Vivi's past through the Ya-Ya scrapbook from…
2,611-word summary · 12 min read
In Five Years
Dannie sees herself with another man in 2025, then meets him as her best friend Bella's boyfriend. A sad, readable story about plans, friendship, and grief.
2,748-word summary · 12 min read
Something Borrowed
Good girl Rachel loves her best friend's fiance through a summer of weddings and lies.
2,100-word summary · 9 min read
The Maid
Hotel maid Molly Gray finds a dead guest and must use her eye for detail to clear herself.
2,031-word summary · 9 min read
Turtles All the Way Down
Aza Holmes lives with intrusive thoughts while chasing a missing billionaire with Daisy.
2,007-word summary · 9 min read
Remarkably Bright Creatures
A widowed night janitor, a lost young man, and a grumpy octopus circle the same old loss in a small seaside town.
2,012-word summary · 9 min read
People We Meet on Vacation
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