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The Outsider

Stephen King · 2018

Coach Terry Maitland's DNA and witnesses point to an impossible murder, until Ralph Anderson and Holly Gibney trace it to El Cuco.

2,586-word summary · 11 min read

The Outsiders

S.E. Hinton · 1967

Outsiders retold: Ponyboy and greasers vs Socs, church fire, rumble, stay gold ache.

2,067-word summary · 9 min read

The Paper Palace

Miranda Cowley Heller · 2021

Elle faces Jonas choice at Cape Cod while assault memory returns.

2,588-word summary · 12 min read

The Paris Apartment

Lucy Foley · 2022

Jess finds her brother missing in Paris where every neighbor hides something.

2,040-word summary · 9 min read

The Pelican Brief

John Grisham · 1992

Law student Darby Shaw writes a brief on murdered justices and becomes a target, fleeing with a reporter.

2,994-word summary · 13 min read

The Perfect Marriage

Jeneva Rose · 2020

A defense lawyer defends her husband accused of killing his mistress.

2,084-word summary · 9 min read

The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Stephen Chbosky · 1999

Chbosky's Perks retold: Charlie's letters, Sam and Patrick, first year of high school in Pittsburgh.

1,951-word summary · 9 min read

The Picture of Dorian Gray

Oscar Wilde · 1890

Dorian Gray retold: Basil paints, Henry talks, wish holds youth while canvas bears years.

2,061-word summary · 9 min read

The Poisonwood Bible

Barbara Kingsolver · 1998

A missionary drags his wife and four daughters to the Congo in 1959, and Africa remakes each of them.

2,227-word summary · 10 min read

The Power of Habit

Charles Duhigg · 2012

Why we do what we do: the cue routine reward loop, keystone habits, and how companies and movements use the same science, from toothpaste to the bus boycott.

2,207-word summary · 10 min read

The Power of Now

Eckhart Tolle · 1997

Tolle argues pain comes from mind chatter and peace from full attention to now.

2,354-word summary · 10 min read