Books: O

16 books starting with O.

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Of Mice and Men

John Steinbeck · 1937

Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men retold: George and Lennie on a California ranch, the dream farm, and why mercy ends it.

2,237-word summary · 10 min read

Oh, the Places You'll Go!

Dr. Seuss · 1990

Seuss Sendoff follows life highs, slumps, and moving on with courage.

2,705-word summary · 12 min read

Oliver Twist

Charles Dickens · 1838

An orphan flees the workhouse for London's thieves, and Dickens indicts a cruel society.

2,763-word summary · 12 min read

On the Road

Jack Kerouac · 1957

Sal Paradise rides with Dean Moriarty across America chasing work, jazz, and meaning.

2,792-word summary · 12 min read

One Day

David Nicholls · 2009

Emma and Dexter meet July 15 1988 and we revisit each St Swithins Day for 20 years.

2,392-word summary · 11 min read

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Ken Kesey · 1962

Rebel McMurphy takes on Nurse Ratched's ward, narrated by the silent Chief Bromden who sees everything.

1,991-word summary · 9 min read

One for the Money

Janet Evanovich · 1994

Janet Evanovich's One for the Money fully retold: Stephanie Plum's first bounty hunt, Morelli on a murder charge, Ranger, Lula, Ramirez, and why Trenton still…

2,339-word summary · 10 min read

One Hundred Years of Solitude

Gabriel García Márquez · 1967

Seven generations of the Buendia family rise and fall in Macondo, where memory, war and miracles blur together.

2,093-word summary · 9 min read

One of Us Is Lying

Karen M. McManus · 2017

Five Bayview teens enter detention and Simon dies, leaving Bronwyn Nate Addy and Cooper suspects.

3,158-word summary · 14 min read

One True Loves

Taylor Jenkins Reid · 2016

Emma Blair loses husband Jesse presumed dead, rebuilds life in Acton with fiance Sam, then Jesse returns alive after years missing, forcing a painful choice…

2,418-word summary · 11 min read

Origin

Dan Brown · 2017

Robert Langdon chases Edmond Kirsch's lost discovery through Bilbao and Barcelona to answer where we come from and where we are going.

2,604-word summary · 12 min read