Artemis Fowl
Twelve-year-old crime heir Artemis Fowl kidnaps fairy officer Holly Short for gold, triggering a siege at Fowl Manor with time-stops, trolls, and a shifting…
2,692-word summary · 12 min read
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Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail
At 26 Cheryl Strayed hikes the Pacific Crest Trail alone to grieve and reset.
2,075-word summary · 9 min read
The Son of Neptune
Amnesiac Percy wakes at Camp Jupiter and quests to Alaska with Hazel and Frank to free Thanatos.
2,107-word summary · 9 min read
The Mark of Athena
Seven demigods sail for Rome where Annabeth must follow the Mark to the Athena Parthenos alone.
2,031-word summary · 9 min read
The Assassin's Blade
Five novellas show Celaena before Throne of Glass, guild bound and bold.
1,924-word summary · 9 min read
The Two Towers
Frodo and Sam crawl toward Mordor with Gollum while Aragorn, Legolas and Gimli chase orcs across Rohan.
2,284-word summary · 10 min read
The Titan's Curse
Percy joins a winter quest to save Annabeth and Artemis with Thalia, Grover, Bianca and Zoe, facing Atlas and Luke under a hard Oracle prophecy on Mount…
2,229-word summary · 10 min read
The Sea of Monsters
Percy returns for a second summer as Camp Half-Blood loses its borders, Tyson is claimed as his brother, and the Golden Fleece waits past the Sea of Monsters.
2,056-word summary · 9 min read
The Return of the King
Frodo and Sam reach Mount Doom while Aragorn claims Gondor and Pippin and Merry fight at Minas Tirith.
3,341-word summary · 15 min read
The Princess Bride
Buttercup loses Westley to pirates and is forced to marry Prince Humperdinck in Florin.
3,412-word summary · 15 min read
The Odyssey
Homer's Odyssey in Fagles translation: Odysseus fights home past Cyclops, Circe, and Sirens while Telemachus seeks news and Penelope stalls suitors in Ithaca.…
2,504-word summary · 11 min read
The Lost Hero
Jason wakes with no memory while Piper and Leo learn they are demigods sent to free Hera.
2,734-word summary · 12 min read