The Shining
The Shining retold: Jack winters at Overlook with Wendy and Danny, REDRUM, hedge maze chase.
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The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner
Newborn Bree thinks through hunger with Diego in Victoria army basement.
2,143-word summary · 10 min read
The Silence of the Lambs
Clarice Starling seeks Hannibal Lecter's help to catch Buffalo Bill before Catherine Martin runs out of time.
2,616-word summary · 12 min read
The Silent Patient
Alex Michaelides's The Silent Patient retold: Alicia's silence, Theo's obsession, the Alcestis clue, and the final flip.
2,412-word summary · 11 min read
The Silkworm
A missing novelist and a cruel manuscript pull Strike and Robin into London publishing.
3,583-word summary · 16 min read
The Silmarillion
Tolkien's posthumous First Age history, edited by Christopher Tolkien: the Music of the Ainur, Feanor's Silmarils, Beren and Luthien, Gondolin, and the fall of…
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The Silver Chair
Eustace and Jill retold: four signs, a lost prince, Puddleglum the Marsh-wiggle, giants at Harfang, and the Lady below.
2,940-word summary · 13 min read
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
Four best friends share one magical pair of jeans through the summer that changes everything.
2,092-word summary · 9 min read
The Son of Neptune
Amnesiac Percy wakes at Camp Jupiter and quests to Alaska with Hazel and Frank to free Thanatos.
2,107-word summary · 9 min read
The Song of Achilles
Song of Achilles retold: Patroclus and Achilles from boys to Troy, love and war in Miller prose.
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The Soulmate Equation
Statistician Jess matches a genetics grump at top score ever, then tests dating by data.
2,006-word summary · 9 min read
The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires
In 1990s Charleston, book club mom Patricia Campbell suspects charming newcomer James Harris is a vampire preying on neighborhood children.
2,398-word summary · 11 min read