The Nanny Diaries
NYU student Nan nannies four-year-old Grayer X on Park Avenue, caught between a demanding Mrs. X, an absent Mr. X, and a lonely child who needs her more than…
2,233-word summary · 10 min read
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The Master and Margarita
Devil Woland visits 1930s Moscow while Master writes Pilate and Margarita bargains.
2,535-word summary · 11 min read
The Importance of Being Earnest
Jack and Algernon invent Ernest to court Gwendolen and Cecily until fiction collapses.
2,538-word summary · 11 min read
The Color of Magic
A failed wizard guides a tourist across a flat world on a turtle, with comic fantasy chaos.
2,032-word summary · 9 min read
The Casual Vacancy
Barry Fairbrother dies and leaves a Pagford council seat open, sparking an election, a class war over the Fields, and trouble for local teenagers.
2,571-word summary · 11 min read
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Raoul Duke and Gonzo binge Vegas covering Mint 400 and drug conference.
2,443-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
Northanger Abbey
Naive Catherine Morland mixes gothic novels with real Bath society and love.
2,650-word summary · 12 min read
My Year of Rest and Relaxation
A young art graduate tries to sleep for a year with pills and Reva while the city drifts toward 2001.
3,146-word summary · 14 min read
Cat's Cradle
Jonah researches the atom bomb and finds ice-nine and Bokononism on San Lorenzo.
2,583-word summary · 11 min read
World War Z
A UN researcher collects survivor accounts from Patient Zero in China to Yonkers and the Redeker Plan, charting the zombie war.
2,248-word summary · 10 min read
Crazy Rich Asians
Rachel Chu flies to Singapore with Nick Young and learns his family is not just rich but dynasty rich, with mothers, aunties, and weddings testing every bond.
2,117-word summary · 9 min read