The Kite Runner
Khaled Hosseini's The Kite Runner retold: Amir and Hassan in Kabul, the alley, the escape to America, and the return to find Sohrab.
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The Lightning Thief
Rick Riordan's The Lightning Thief retold: Percy Jackson, Camp Half-Blood, the stolen bolt, and the road trip to the Underworld.
2,581-word summary · 11 min read
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
C. S. Lewis's Narnia opener retold: four Pevensies, the White Witch's winter, Aslan's sacrifice, and the crowning at Cair Paravel.
2,502-word summary · 11 min read
The Little Prince
Saint-Exupery's The Little Prince retold: a pilot, a rose, the fox, and what matters is invisible.
2,492-word summary · 11 min read
The Love Hypothesis
Love Hypothesis retold: Olive fakes dating Adam, lab hijinks, consent talks, Boston fall.
2,009-word summary · 9 min read
The Lovely Bones
Alice Sebold's The Lovely Bones retold: Susie watches from above as her family hunts her killer.
2,257-word summary · 10 min read
The Maze Runner
Maze Runner retold: Thomas wakes in Glade, walls move, Grievers sting, Teresa triggers end.
1,907-word summary · 8 min read
The Midnight Library
Matt Haig's The Midnight Library retold: Nora between lives, Mrs Elm, regrets tried on, and choosing to live.
2,410-word summary · 11 min read
The Nightingale
Nightingale retold: Vianne and Isabelle in occupied France, hide children, run routes, trials.
1,950-word summary · 9 min read
The Notebook
The Notebook retold: Noah reads to Allie in a nursing home, summer love in New Bern, letters and choice.
1,957-word summary · 9 min read
The Outsiders
Outsiders retold: Ponyboy and greasers vs Socs, church fire, rumble, stay gold ache.
2,067-word summary · 9 min read
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Chbosky's Perks retold: Charlie's letters, Sam and Patrick, first year of high school in Pittsburgh.
1,951-word summary · 9 min read
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Dorian Gray retold: Basil paints, Henry talks, wish holds youth while canvas bears years.
2,061-word summary · 9 min read
The Secret Life of Bees
Lily runs from her father with Rosaleen to Tiburon, finding shelter with beekeeping sisters.
2,207-word summary · 10 min read
The Selection
The Selection retold: America Singer picked for palace contest, Prince Maxon, Aspen behind.
1,920-word summary · 9 min read
The Shining
The Shining retold: Jack winters at Overlook with Wendy and Danny, REDRUM, hedge maze chase.
2,011-word summary · 9 min read
The Silent Patient
Alex Michaelides's The Silent Patient retold: Alicia's silence, Theo's obsession, the Alcestis clue, and the final flip.
2,412-word summary · 11 min read
The Song of Achilles
Song of Achilles retold: Patroclus and Achilles from boys to Troy, love and war in Miller prose.
1,925-word summary · 9 min read
The Time Traveler's Wife
Niffenegger's Time Traveler's Wife retold: Henry's jumps, Clare waiting, art, and a marriage in two tenses.
1,932-word summary · 9 min read
Throne of Glass
Throne of Glass book 1 retold: Celaena out of Endovier, the contest, Dorian, Chaol, and the castle tests.
1,926-word summary · 9 min read
Ugly Love
Colleen Hoover's Ugly Love retold: Tate and Miles, the rules, the past with Rachel, and the lake letter.
2,339-word summary · 10 min read
Verity
Colleen Hoover's Verity explained: Lowen, injured Verity Crawford, the hidden autobiography, and the letter that flips everything.
2,593-word summary · 12 min read
Water for Elephants
Water for Elephants retold: Jacob on a circus train, Marlena and Rosie, Prohibition era dust.
1,925-word summary · 9 min read
Where the Crawdads Sing
Delia Owens's Where the Crawdads Sing: Kya the Marsh Girl, Tate and Chase, the 1969 murder in Barkley Cove, and what the trial misses.
2,568-word summary · 11 min read