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The Woman in the Window

A.J. Finn · 2018

Agoraphobic Anna Fox thinks she sees a murder across the street in Harlem.

2,026-word summary · 9 min read

The Women

Kristin Hannah · 2024

Nurse Frankie McGrath serves in Vietnam and fights to be seen at home.

1,980-word summary · 9 min read

Then She Was Gone

Lisa Jewell · 2017

Ten years after Ellie vanished, her mother finds a link in a new family.

1,956-word summary · 9 min read

Tower of Dawn

Sarah J. Maas · 2017

Chaol and Nesryn sail to Antica for armies and healing, finding Yrene Towers and Valg darkness instead.

2,054-word summary · 9 min read

Twisted Games

Ana Huang · 2021

A stubborn princess and her stoic bodyguard fight a forbidden attraction that could topple a throne.

2,221-word summary · 10 min read

Uglies

Scott Westerfeld · 2005

Tally can't wait to turn pretty at sixteen, until her friend Shay runs away to the Smoke.

1,915-word summary · 9 min read

Unravel Me

Tahereh Mafi · 2013

Juliette trains at Omega Point while Warner hunts her and Adam's touch starts to hurt them both.

2,262-word summary · 10 min read

Vampire Academy

Richelle Mead · 2007

Dhampir Rose guards her vampire best friend Lissa after they are dragged back to St. Vladimir's Academy.

2,047-word summary · 9 min read

When Breath Becomes Air

Paul Kalanithi · 2016

A neurosurgeon facing terminal cancer asks what makes life meaningful when time runs out.

2,060-word summary · 9 min read

Winnie-the-Pooh

A.A. Milne · 1926

Edward Bear comes downstairs bump-bump-bump and into the Hundred Acre Wood for honey, hunneys, and heffalumps.

2,068-word summary · 9 min read

Yellowface

R.F. Kuang · 2023

Struggling writer June steals her dead friend Athena's manuscript and publishes it as Juniper Song.

2,081-word summary · 9 min read

A Christmas Carol

Charles Dickens · 1843

Scrooge is visited by Marley and three spirits on Christmas Eve.

3,128-word summary · 14 min read

A Clash of Kings

George R. R. Martin · 1998

Five kings fight after Robert dies while Jon meets wildlings, Dany crosses the Red Waste, and Tyrion holds King's Landing.

4,262-word summary · 19 min read

A Man Called Ove

Fredrik Backman · 2012

A grumpy widower plans to end his life after losing his wife, but new neighbors keep interrupting him. Backman blends grief, humor, and community in this…

2,473-word summary · 11 min read

A Tale of Two Cities

Charles Dickens · 1859

Lucie Manette frees her father from the Bastille while Sydney Carton loves her from afar through London and Paris revolt.

3,595-word summary · 16 min read

A Wrinkle in Time

Madeleine L'Engle · 1962

Meg Murry, Charles Wallace and Calvin tessar past Mrs Whatsit, Mrs Who and Mrs Which to Camazotz to free Mr Murry from IT.

2,055-word summary · 9 min read

Allegiant

Veronica Roth · 2013

Tris and Tobias leave walled Chicago to learn what lies past the fence. Allegiant closes the Divergent trilogy with Bureau secrets, exile, and a painful final…

2,155-word summary · 10 min read

American Gods

Neil Gaiman · 2001

Shadow Moon leaves prison to work for Mr Wednesday and gets pulled into war between old gods and new.

3,718-word summary · 17 min read

Anna Karenina

Leo Tolstoy · 1878

Anna leaves Karenin for Vronsky while Levin seeks faith and farming outside Moscow.

3,942-word summary · 18 min read

Anne of Green Gables

L. M. Montgomery · 1908

L. M. Montgomery brings talkative Anne Shirley to Green Gables on Prince Edward Island, where mistakes, school rivalries, and fierce friendship slowly turn…

2,182-word summary · 10 min read

Becoming

Michelle Obama · 2018

Michelle Obama traces her path from South Side Chicago through Princeton, Harvard law and the White House years in this warm, candid memoir of family, work and…

2,143-word summary · 10 min read

Big Little Lies

Liane Moriarty · 2014

In Pirriwee three mothers collide over school, marriage, and secrets until a trivia night death forces the truth about Perry abuse, Celeste fear, and Jane past.

2,582-word summary · 11 min read