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milk and honey

Rupi Kaur · 2014

Kaur's illustrated debut moves through hurting, loving, breaking, and healing in short lowercase poems.

2,006-word summary · 9 min read

Misery

Stephen King · 1987

A novelist crashes in Colorado snow and wakes in the home of his self-declared number one fan, who will not let him leave.

2,744-word summary · 12 min read

Never Let Me Go

Kazuo Ishiguro · 2005

Kathy looks back on Hailsham, the English school where she and her friends were raised for an unspoken purpose.

2,102-word summary · 9 min read

None of This Is True

Lisa Jewell · 2023

Podcaster Alix meets birthday-twin Josie, whose dark past becomes the series that consumes them both.

1,992-word summary · 9 min read

Norwegian Wood

Haruki Murakami · 1987

Toru recalls 1969 Tokyo, torn between fragile Naoko and lively Midori after a friend's suicide.

2,051-word summary · 9 min read

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Ken Kesey · 1962

Rebel McMurphy takes on Nurse Ratched's ward, narrated by the silent Chief Bromden who sees everything.

1,991-word summary · 9 min read

Outliers: The Story of Success

Malcolm Gladwell · 2008

Success comes from practice, timing, and hidden chances more than talent alone.

1,934-word summary · 9 min read

Persuasion

Jane Austen · 1817

Anne Elliot, twenty-seven and unmarried, meets the sailor she once refused when his fortunes rise.

2,063-word summary · 9 min read

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