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Pet Sematary

Stephen King · 1983

Doctor Louis buries Church and then Gage in ground that returns them wrong, learning dead is better.

2,158-word summary · 10 min read

Project Hail Mary

Andy Weir · 2021

A teacher wakes alone on a ship with dead crewmates and must solve why the sun is dimming to save Earth.

2,293-word summary · 10 min read

Rebecca

Daphne du Maurier · 1938

A shy bride at Manderley learns she competes with Maxim's perfect dead wife Rebecca.

2,008-word summary · 9 min read

Regretting You

Colleen Hoover · 2019

A mother and daughter grieve the same men differently after a crash, and secrets about paternity test them both.

2,182-word summary · 10 min read

Remarkably Bright Creatures

Shelby Van Pelt · 2022

A widowed night janitor, a lost young man, and a grumpy octopus circle the same old loss in a small seaside town.

2,012-word summary · 9 min read

Rich Dad Poor Dad

Robert T. Kiyosaki · 1997

Kiyosaki contrasts his poor dad and rich dad to teach assets, liabilities and minding your business.

2,031-word summary · 9 min read

Room

Emma Donoghue · 2010

Five year old Jack narrates life with Ma in an 11 foot locked room.

1,960-word summary · 9 min read

Siddhartha

Hermann Hesse · 1922

A Brahmin son leaves home to find peace beyond teachers and rules.

1,933-word summary · 9 min read

Siege and Storm

Leigh Bardugo · 2013

Alina hunts a second amplifier with Mal while the Darkling returns and Sturmhond offers a cunning alliance.

2,122-word summary · 9 min read

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

Stephen R. Covey · 1989

Covey's famous framework for living by principle: seven habits that move from private victory to working well with others.

2,259-word summary · 10 min read

The Color Purple

Alice Walker · 1982

Celie writes letters to God and to her sister, surviving abuse in the rural South to find her own voice.

2,053-word summary · 9 min read

The Couple Next Door

Shari Lapena · 2016

After a dinner next door, Anne and Marco find baby Cora gone and every neighbor has a motive.

2,053-word summary · 9 min read

The Deal

Elle Kennedy · 2015

Hannah tutors hockey star Garrett in exchange for help getting another guy.

1,906-word summary · 8 min read

The Devil in the White City

Erik Larson · 2003

Architect Burnham builds the 1893 Chicago Fair while H.H. Holmes builds his murder hotel nearby.

2,020-word summary · 9 min read

The Elite

Kiera Cass · 2013

Six girls remain as America torn between Maxon and Aspen faces rebels.

2,021-word summary · 9 min read

The Final Empire

Brandon Sanderson · 2006

A street thief with rare powers joins a crew planning the impossible: overthrowing the immortal Lord Ruler.

2,150-word summary · 10 min read

The Firm

John Grisham · 1991

Young lawyer Mitch joins a Memphis firm with great pay, then learns clients die and the FBI watches.

2,079-word summary · 9 min read

The Five People You Meet in Heaven

Mitch Albom · 2003

Eddie the ride mechanic dies saving a child and meets five people who explain what his life meant.

2,001-word summary · 9 min read

The Four Winds

Kristin Hannah · 2021

Elsa Martinelli fights the Dust Bowl to save her Texas farm, then risks everything on the road to California.

2,099-word summary · 9 min read

The Gunslinger

Stephen King · 1982

Roland chases the man in black across desert to the tower, losing Jake and learning ka is a wheel.

2,071-word summary · 9 min read

The Hating Game

Sally Thorne · 2016

Two executive assistants share an office, a rivalry, and a promotion neither will concede without a fight.

1,945-word summary · 9 min read