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None of This Is True

Lisa Jewell · 2023

Podcaster Alix meets birthday-twin Josie, whose dark past becomes the series that consumes them both.

1,992-word summary · 9 min read

Normal People

Sally Rooney · 2018

Normal People retold: Connell and Marianne from Sligo school to Trinity, class and love.

2,066-word summary · 9 min read

Northanger Abbey

Jane Austen · 1817

Naive Catherine Morland mixes gothic novels with real Bath society and love.

2,650-word summary · 12 min read

Norwegian Wood

Haruki Murakami · 1987

Toru recalls 1969 Tokyo, torn between fragile Naoko and lively Midori after a friend's suicide.

2,051-word summary · 9 min read

November 9

Colleen Hoover · 2015

Fallon and Ben meet every November 9 for five years with no contact between, until his novel reveals the fire that scarred her.

2,547-word summary · 11 min read

Number the Stars

Lois Lowry · 1989

Ten year old Annemarie helps her Jewish best friend escape occupied Copenhagen.

2,032-word summary · 9 min read

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