The Virgin Suicides
Five Lisbon sisters die in 1970s Grosse Pointe as boys watch.
2,559-word summary · 11 min read
coming of age + mystery
5 books tagged both “coming of age” and “mystery”.
Paper Towns
Quentin chases clues after Margo vanishes, learning the girl he imagined was never the whole story.
2,198-word summary · 10 min read
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Curious Incident retold: Christopher finds Wellington dead, maps primes, seeks truth in Swindon.
2,146-word summary · 10 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
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