War and Peace
Pierre, Natasha, and Andrei search for meaning amid the Napoleonic wars.
2,536-word summary · 11 min read
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The Trial
Josef K. is arrested one morning on an unknown charge and pulled into an endless court he can never leave.
2,318-word summary · 10 min read
The Three-Body Problem
A physicist meets a secret from the Cultural Revolution and a game that models a dying alien sky.
2,465-word summary · 11 min read
The Prince
Machiavelli advises Lorenzo on rule through fear and love, fortune, cruelty and mercy.
2,204-word summary · 10 min read
The Name of the Rose
Friar William and Adso investigate 1327 abbey deaths amid library labyrinth.
2,580-word summary · 11 min read
The Karamazov Brothers
Dmitri, Ivan, and Alyosha Karamazov face their father, murder, faith, and doubt in Dostoevsky's final novel.
2,512-word summary · 11 min read
Scythe
Citra and Rowan become apprentice scythes who must glean one another.
2,574-word summary · 11 min read
Greenlights
McConaughey shares outlaw stories and greenlight catching from Texas to Hollywood.
2,577-word summary · 11 min read
Atlas Shrugged
Railroads strain under rules as Dagny fights to keep trains running and find a missing inventor.
2,001-word summary · 9 min read
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Surgeon Tomas loves Tereza yet keeps mistresses, while artist Sabina and professor Franz test freedom around the 1968 Soviet invasion of Prague.
2,427-word summary · 11 min read
The Screwtape Letters
A senior devil advises his nephew Wormwood on tempting an ordinary Englishman away from faith and attention.
2,489-word summary · 11 min read
The Four Agreements
Don Miguel Ruiz offers four Toltec agreements for personal freedom: impeccable word, detachment, curiosity, and effort.
2,289-word summary · 10 min read