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Pretty Girls

Karin Slaughter · 2015

Estranged sisters Claire and Lydia reunite after a murder exposes snuff films, their sister Julia's fate, and a killer near Lydia's daughter.

2,498-word summary · 11 min read

Prince Caspian

C.S. Lewis · 1951

The Pevensies return to ruins at Cair Paravel and help Caspian take back Narnia from Miraz.

2,304-word summary · 10 min read

Punk 57

Penelope Douglas · 2016

Pen pals Misha and Ryen turn cruel at school while hiding who writes the letters and who takes the hits.

2,909-word summary · 13 min read

Quiet

Susan Cain · 2012

Cain traces the Extrovert Ideal from Harvard Business School to open offices and defends the power of quiet.

2,898-word summary · 13 min read

Rock Paper Scissors

Alice Feeney · 2021

Amelia and Adam spend a locked anniversary weekend at Blackwater Chapel, trading letters that hide who wrote what.

3,135-word summary · 14 min read

Sarah's Key

Tatiana de Rosnay · 2006

In 1942 Paris Sarah locks her brother to save him, then vanishes. Sixty years later journalist Julia traces her, exposing family guilt and silence.

2,591-word summary · 12 min read

Scarlet

Marissa Meyer · 2013

Scarlet searches for her grandmother with Wolf while escaped Cinder fights Levana in the Lunar Chronicles sequel.

2,756-word summary · 12 min read

Shiver

Maggie Stiefvater · 2009

Grace Brisbane loves yellow eyed wolf Sam, human in summer, as winter cold threatens to take him back for good in small town Mercy Falls.

2,408-word summary · 11 min read

Stardust

Neil Gaiman · 1999

Tristran Thorn climbs over the wall of Wall to fetch a fallen star and finds Yvaine, witches, and princes hunting her.

2,490-word summary · 11 min read

The 5th Wave

Rick Yancey · 2013

Cassie Sullivan crosses ruined Ohio to save Sammy after four alien waves, trusting Evan Walker while doubting him.

3,063-word summary · 14 min read

The BFG

Roald Dahl · 1982

Orphan Sophie is taken by the Big Friendly Giant, who blows happy dreams and eats vile snozzcumbers, and helps her stop nine man eating giants.

2,812-word summary · 12 min read

The Bourne Identity

Robert Ludlum · 1980

An amnesiac pulled from the sea hunts his identity as Jason Bourne while assassins and the CIA close in.

2,994-word summary · 13 min read

The Call of the Wild

Jack London · 1903

Stolen pet Buck learns club and fang on the Klondike trail from Perrault to Thornton and the wolves.

2,489-word summary · 11 min read

The Client

John Grisham · 1993

Eleven-year-old Mark Sway learns a mob secret in Memphis and hires lawyer Reggie Love for one dollar.

2,536-word summary · 11 min read

The Crucible

Arthur Miller · 1953

Salem witch trials inflame fear as John Proctor faces confession and conscience.

2,572-word summary · 11 min read

The Death Cure

James Dashner · 2011

Thomas refuses WICKED's final test, remembers too much, and runs with the Gladers toward a last cure and a ship north.

2,955-word summary · 13 min read

The Dutch House

Ann Patchett · 2019

Danny and Maeve Conroy lose their Elkins Park mansion to a stepmother, then spend decades parked outside it, bound by love and old grievance.

2,234-word summary · 10 min read

The Family Upstairs

Lisa Jewell · 2019

Libby Jones inherits a Chelsea mansion and a past tied to a cult house, two runaways, and a baby left waiting.

3,300-word summary · 15 min read

The Five Love Languages

Gary Chapman · 1992

Chapman maps words, time, gifts, service, and touch through counseling stories and the empty love-tank idea.

3,122-word summary · 14 min read

The Four Agreements

Don Miguel Ruiz · 1997

Don Miguel Ruiz offers four Toltec agreements for personal freedom: impeccable word, detachment, curiosity, and effort.

2,289-word summary · 10 min read

The Giver of Stars

Jojo Moyes · 2019

Alice Wright joins Kentucky packhorse librarians with Margery and faces marriage strain and a murder trial.

3,439-word summary · 15 min read

The Godfather

Mario Puzo · 1969

Vito Corleone and son Michael navigate mafia wars, loyalty, and power in Puzo's crime saga.

2,950-word summary · 13 min read

The Hawthorne Legacy

Jennifer Lynn Barnes · 2021

Avery hunts for lost Toby Hawthorne while old wills, postcards and a violent rival force her to face what the inheritance really costs.

2,576-word summary · 11 min read