The Golden Compass
Golden Compass retold: Lyra and Pan north to save Roger, bears, Dust, bridge to new world.
2,019-word summary · 9 min read
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The Fellowship of the Ring
Tolkien's The Fellowship of the Ring retold: Frodo's flight, Strider, Moria, Lothlorien, and the breaking of the Fellowship.
2,315-word summary · 10 min read
The Da Vinci Code
Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code retold: a Louvre murder, Sophie Neveu, the Grail cryptex, and the chase to Rosslyn.
2,590-word summary · 12 min read
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Huck Finn fakes his death, floats the Mississippi with the runaway Jim, and tears up the letter that would betray him. Twain's river classic, its cons and…
2,605-word summary · 12 min read
Life of Pi
Life of Pi retold: Pondicherry zoo, ship loss, Pi and Richard Parker in a boat, two stories.
1,936-word summary · 9 min read
Holes
Stanley Yelnats digs holes at Camp Green Lake while a broken promise, a buried outlaw, and a boy named Zero close in around him.
2,456-word summary · 11 min read
Eragon
Paolini's Eragon retold: a farm boy, a blue stone, Saphira the dragon, and the road to the Varden.
1,996-word summary · 9 min read
City of Bones
City of Bones retold: Clary sees Shadowhunters, Jace and the Cup, Valentine, and the Institute attack.
2,535-word summary · 11 min read
Angels & Demons
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
A Game of Thrones
Martin's A Game of Thrones retold: Starks, Lannisters, Dany's dragons, and why Ned's mercy costs him.
2,565-word summary · 11 min read
A Court of Wings and Ruin
ACOTAR book 3 retold: Feyre spies in Spring, the cauldron war, and the High Lords against Hybern.
2,454-word summary · 11 min read
A Court of Thorns and Roses
Sarah J. Maas's A Court of Thorns and Roses retold: Feyre, Tamlin's Spring Court, the curse, and the trials Under the Mountain.
2,442-word summary · 11 min read