Mere Christianity
C. S. Lewis builds a plain case for Christian belief from morals, faith, and habit.
2,923-word summary · 13 min read
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Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Bounty hunter Rick Deckard retires escaped androids in ruined San Francisco while doubting what empathy still means.
2,841-word summary · 13 min read
The Art of War
Sun Tzu's thirteen chapters on winning without fighting: laying plans, knowing ground, using spies, and why the best victory costs least, in the classic Giles…
2,029-word summary · 9 min read
When Breath Becomes Air
A neurosurgeon facing terminal cancer asks what makes life meaningful when time runs out.
2,060-word summary · 9 min read
The Shack
After his daughter's murder, Mack gets a note to return to the shack and spends a weekend questioning God.
2,068-word summary · 9 min read
Siddhartha
A Brahmin son leaves home to find peace beyond teachers and rules.
1,933-word summary · 9 min read
Man's Search for Meaning
Psychiatrist Viktor Frankl survived Auschwitz and argued that humans can endure anything by finding meaning in it.
2,012-word summary · 9 min read
Interview with the Vampire
Louis tells a reporter how Lestat made him and how Claudia doomed them all in New Orleans and Paris.
2,195-word summary · 10 min read
The Stranger
Meursault buries his mother, kills a man on an Algiers beach, and faces trial for seeming to feel nothing.
2,417-word summary · 11 min read
Crime and Punishment
Raskolnikov kills a pawnbroker to prove he is beyond morals, then unravels under Porfiry and Sonya.
3,206-word summary · 14 min read
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Dorian Gray retold: Basil paints, Henry talks, wish holds youth while canvas bears years.
2,061-word summary · 9 min read
The Midnight Library
Matt Haig's The Midnight Library retold: Nora between lives, Mrs Elm, regrets tried on, and choosing to live.
2,410-word summary · 11 min read