The Giver
Lois Lowry's The Giver retold: Jonas's Assignment, the memories, release, and the sled ride out.
2,510-word summary · 11 min read
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Slaughterhouse-Five
Billy Pilgrim slips through time from Dresden to Tralfamadore in Vonnegut's short antiwar classic.
2,722-word summary · 12 min read
Insurgent
Insurgent retold: Tris guilty after war, Erudite hunts Divergent, Amity talks, Candor serum.
1,951-word summary · 9 min read
Frankenstein
Frankenstein retold: Victor builds, the creature wakes, Arctic letters, demand and refusal.
1,901-word summary · 8 min read
Fahrenheit 451
Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 retold: Montag burns books, meets Clarisse, hides books, and follows the river to the readers.
2,336-word summary · 10 min read
Ender's Game
Ender Wiggin trains at Battle School to fight the Formics, winning games that turn out to be real.
2,039-word summary · 9 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
The Hunger Games
Suzanne Collins's The Hunger Games explained: the reaping, Rue, the tracker jackers, the nightlock berry standoff, and what the arena is really for.
2,295-word summary · 10 min read
Mockingjay
Suzanne Collins's Mockingjay explained: Katniss as the symbol, District 13, Coin and Snow, and the speech that ruins victory for her.
2,474-word summary · 11 min read
Divergent
Veronica Roth's Divergent explained: the five factions, Tris's choice of Dauntless, the aptitude test, and where the trilogy's premise starts to crack under…
2,494-word summary · 11 min read
Catching Fire
Suzanne Collins's Catching Fire explained: the Quarter Quell, the arena's secret, Finnick and Johanna, and the moment the Games turn into a rescue.
2,459-word summary · 11 min read