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
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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 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 Housemaid
The Housemaid retold: Millie cleans for the Winchesters, locked doors, twists in Long Island.
2,000-word summary · 9 min read
The Girl on the Train
Paula Hawkins's The Girl on the Train retold: Rachel's commute, Jess and Jason, Megan missing, and what really happened that night.
2,391-word summary · 11 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 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
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
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Jacob Portman finds his grandfather dead in the woods, follows a cryptic letter to a ruined orphanage in Wales, and meets children living inside a repeating…
2,331-word summary · 10 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
Gone Girl
Gillian Flynn's Gone Girl fully retold: Nick and Amy Dunne, the diary, Desi, the treasure hunt, and why the ending stays ugly.
2,334-word summary · 10 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