All Quiet on the Western Front
Paul Bäumer enlists at nineteen and faces the trenches of World War I in Remarque's 1929 classic, told from the German side of the wire.
2,543-word summary · 11 min read
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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
The Way of Kings
A slave, a warlord, and a scholar thief collide on a storm battered world marching toward an old war.
2,359-word summary · 10 min read
Ruin and Rising
Hiding in the White Cathedral, a weakened Alina hunts the firebird while the Darkling holds Ravka and the Fold widens.
2,775-word summary · 12 min read
Ignite Me
Juliette must rebuild after Omega Point falls, face Anderson, and choose between Adam and Warner as war closes in.
2,253-word summary · 10 min read
House of Sky and Breath
Bryce and Hunt want normal love but rebels and Asteri pull them to war and portals.
2,204-word summary · 10 min read
Divine Rivals
Iris Winnow trades secret letters with rival Roman Kitt as gods Enva and Dacre wake to war.
2,594-word summary · 12 min read
Atonement
A thirteen year old misreads two lovers at a country house in 1935, and her false claim follows all three through war.
2,743-word summary · 12 min read
Tower of Dawn
Chaol and Nesryn sail to Antica for armies and healing, finding Yrene Towers and Valg darkness instead.
2,054-word summary · 9 min read
The Women
Nurse Frankie McGrath serves in Vietnam and fights to be seen at home.
1,980-word summary · 9 min read
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
A London writer trades letters with Guernsey islanders after the war.
1,979-word summary · 9 min read
Kingdom of Ash
Aelin is chained in a glass coffin while her court fights Erawan's darkness across every front of the war.
2,078-word summary · 9 min read