Yellowface
Struggling writer June steals her dead friend Athena's manuscript and publishes it as Juniper Song.
2,081-word summary · 9 min read
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Rebel McMurphy takes on Nurse Ratched's ward, narrated by the silent Chief Bromden who sees everything.
1,991-word summary · 9 min read
Fight Club
An insomniac office worker and Tyler Durden build underground clubs that grow into Project Mayhem.
2,036-word summary · 9 min read
A Clockwork Orange
Teenage Alex leads his droogs on ultraviolent nights until the state rewrites him with the Ludovico Technique.
1,923-word summary · 9 min read
Catch-22
Yossarian tries to survive Pianosa bombing runs while the catch traps him.
3,764-word summary · 17 min read
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams' Hitchhiker's Guide retold: Earth's end, Ford, Zaphod, Marvin, and the answer 42.
2,253-word summary · 10 min read
Slaughterhouse-Five
Billy Pilgrim slips through time from Dresden to Tralfamadore in Vonnegut's short antiwar classic.
2,722-word summary · 12 min read
Brave New World
Huxley's Brave New World retold: hatcheries, soma, Bernard and Lenina, John the Savage, and the lighthouse.
2,513-word summary · 11 min read
Pride and Prejudice
Pride and Prejudice through Elizabeth Bennet: Darcy's first proposal, Wickham's story, Lady Catherine's visit, and how Austen turns manners into a plot about…
2,494-word summary · 11 min read
Animal Farm
George Orwell's Animal Farm explained: Old Major's vision, the seven commandments, Napoleon's dogs, Boxer, and how all animals end up equal but some more equal.
1,985-word summary · 9 min read