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We Were Liars

E. Lockhart · 2014

Cadence Sinclair returns to Beechwood Island after an accident she cannot recall, chasing summers with Johnny, Mirren and Gat toward the truth.

1,923-word summary · 9 min read

Where the Wild Things Are

Maurice Sendak · 1963

Maurice Sendak follows Max in his wolf suit from mischief to a forest of Wild Things, through the wordless rumpus and back home to supper waiting still hot…

2,585-word summary · 11 min read

Wonder

R.J. Palacio · 2012

Auggie Pullman starts fifth grade at Beecher Prep in Manhattan with a facial difference, and his year of friendship, hurt, and kindness changes Via, Jack, and…

2,540-word summary · 11 min read

A Thousand Splendid Suns

Khaled Hosseini · 2007

Splendid Suns retold: Mariam and Laila share Kabul house, war, Rasheed, escape and return.

1,957-word summary · 9 min read

All the Light We Cannot See

Anthony Doerr · 2014

Doerr's All the Light We Cannot See retold: blind Marie-Laure, Werner the radio boy, and Saint-Malo.

1,962-word summary · 9 min read

And Then There Were None

Agatha Christie · 1939

And Then There Were None retold: ten to Soldier Island, rhyme deaths, no one left to tell.

2,137-word summary · 9 min read

Angels & Demons

Dan Brown · 2000

Dan Brown's Angels & Demons explained: a murdered physicist, the Illuminati, four missing cardinals, and Robert Langdon racing through Rome to stop an…

2,548-word summary · 11 min read

Beach Read

Emily Henry · 2020

Two rival writers share a summer next door, trading genres to beat block and grief.

2,301-word summary · 10 min read

Brave New World

Aldous Huxley · 1932

Huxley's Brave New World retold: hatcheries, soma, Bernard and Lenina, John the Savage, and the lighthouse.

2,513-word summary · 11 min read

Breaking Dawn

Stephenie Meyer · 2008

Breaking Dawn retold: Bella and Edward marry, Renesmee arrives, the Volturi gather in Forks snow.

2,020-word summary · 9 min read

Charlotte's Web

E. B. White · 1952

E. B. White's Charlotte's Web retold: Wilbur the pig, Charlotte the spider, and the words that save him.

2,059-word summary · 9 min read

City of Bones

Cassandra Clare · 2007

City of Bones retold: Clary sees Shadowhunters, Jace and the Cup, Valentine, and the Institute attack.

2,535-word summary · 11 min read

Crown of Midnight

Sarah J. Maas · 2013

Crown of Midnight, the second Throne of Glass book, follows Celaena as the King's Champion, a faked death, Nehemia's murder, and her return to Endovier.

2,255-word summary · 10 min read

Daisy Jones & The Six

Taylor Jenkins Reid · 2019

Daisy Jones and The Six retold: band oral history, fame, songs, breakup after final show.

1,902-word summary · 8 min read

Dracula

Bram Stoker · 1897

Count Dracula sails for England in letters and diaries, and Van Helsing leads the hunt to stop him.

2,860-word summary · 13 min read

Dune

Frank Herbert · 1965

Dune retold: Paul leaves Caladan for Arrakis, spice, Fremen, jihad seeded in desert.

2,138-word summary · 10 min read

Eat, Pray, Love

Elizabeth Gilbert · 2006

Eat, Pray, Love retold: divorce, Italy for pleasure, India for practice, Bali for balance.

1,962-word summary · 9 min read