A Study in Scarlet
Watson meets Holmes in Baker Street, a Brixton body bears the word Rache, and a Utah revenge tale explains it.
2,208-word summary · 10 min read
Latest summaries
Page 106 of 129
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Francie Nolan grows up poor in 1910s Williamsburg, reading on fire escapes while her family scrapes by, and learns how schooling can lift her out.
2,485-word summary · 11 min read
A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail
Bryson and friend Katz attempt the Appalachian Trail with blisters, bears, and laughs.
2,660-word summary · 12 min read
All Quiet on the Western Front
Paul Bäumer enlists at nineteen and faces the trenches of World War I in Remarque's 1929 classic, told from the German side of the wire.
2,543-word summary · 11 min read
Along Came a Spider
Detective Alex Cross hunts Gary Soneji after two children vanish from a Washington school and a Lindbergh echo grows.
2,523-word summary · 11 min read
Anna and the French Kiss
Anna Oliphant is sent to Paris boarding school and falls for Etienne while misreading Bridget and Matt.
3,262-word summary · 14 min read
As Good As Dead
Pip faces online threats and a stalker as she investigates a serial case in the trilogy finale.
2,962-word summary · 13 min read
Beartown
In a fading Swedish hockey town, a rape accusation against the junior star splits neighbors, families, and teammates over truth and loyalty.
2,201-word summary · 10 min read
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
Before the Coffee Gets Cold
In a Tokyo cafe where guests can revisit the past until their coffee cools, four visitors seek words left unsaid with lovers and kin.
2,233-word summary · 10 min read
Beloved
Sethe lives with the memory of killing her child to save her from slavery until a young woman named Beloved arrives.
2,586-word summary · 11 min read
Better than the Movies
A rom com obsessed senior hires her annoying next door neighbor to win her crush, then finds real love is messier and kinder than any movie plot.
2,438-word summary · 11 min read
Bride
Vampire Misery enters an arranged marriage with Alpha Lowe to protect her friend.
2,933-word summary · 13 min read
Can You Keep a Secret?
Emma blurts every secret to a stranger on a turbulent flight, then finds him running her company.
3,114-word summary · 14 min read
Cat's Cradle
Jonah researches the atom bomb and finds ice-nine and Bokononism on San Lorenzo.
2,583-word summary · 11 min read
Clockwork Princess
Tessa chooses between Jem and Will as Mortmain's clockwork army closes on the London Institute.
3,289-word summary · 15 min read
Crying in H Mart
Japanese Breakfast singer Michelle Zauner remembers her Korean mother through food, grief, and growing up in Oregon.
2,337-word summary · 10 min read
Delirium
In a America where love is treated as disease, Lena Haloway counts down to her Cure until she meets Alex in Portland.
2,425-word summary · 11 min read
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Bounty hunter Rick Deckard retires escaped androids in ruined San Francisco while doubting what empathy still means.
2,841-word summary · 13 min read
Eldest
Eragon trains with Oromis in Ellesmera while Roran defends Carvahall and Nasuada leads the Varden toward war.
2,652-word summary · 12 min read
Ella Enchanted
Cursed to obey, Ella fights for freedom and love in a Cinderella retelling.
2,725-word summary · 12 min read
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Nine year old Oskar searches New York for a lock matching his father's key after 9/11.
2,999-word summary · 13 min read
Firefly Lane
Best friends Tully and Kate grow from teens to adults through careers, love, and loss.
2,734-word summary · 12 min read
Graceling
Katsa, Graced with killing, breaks from her uncle's use of her and follows a kidnapped prince toward a hidden king.
2,517-word summary · 11 min read