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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The Cruel Prince
Mortal Jude fights for a place at the faerie court, bargaining with the prince she hates.
2,477-word summary · 11 min read
The Book Thief
Markus Zusak's The Book Thief retold: Liesel in Molching, Hans and Rosa, Max in the basement, and Death as narrator.
2,560-word summary · 11 min read
Paper Towns
Quentin chases clues after Margo vanishes, learning the girl he imagined was never the whole story.
2,198-word summary · 10 min read
New Moon
Twilight book 2 retold: Edward leaves, Jacob warms, the cliff dive, and Volterra.
2,403-word summary · 11 min read
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Jacob Portman finds his grandfather dead in the woods, follows a cryptic letter to a ruined orphanage in Wales, and meets children living inside a repeating…
2,331-word summary · 10 min read
Looking for Alaska
Looking for Alaska retold: Miles at Culver Creek, Alaska Young, pranks, loss, before and after.
1,914-word summary · 9 min read
Insurgent
Insurgent retold: Tris guilty after war, Erudite hunts Divergent, Amity talks, Candor serum.
1,951-word summary · 9 min read
Holes
Stanley Yelnats digs holes at Camp Green Lake while a broken promise, a buried outlaw, and a boy named Zero close in around him.
2,456-word summary · 11 min read
Eragon
Paolini's Eragon retold: a farm boy, a blue stone, Saphira the dragon, and the road to the Varden.
1,996-word summary · 9 min read
Eclipse
Twilight book 3 retold: Bella caught between Edward and Jacob as Victoria builds an army in Seattle.
2,060-word summary · 9 min read
Crown of Midnight
Crown of Midnight, the second Throne of Glass book, follows Celaena as the King's Champion, a faked death, Nehemia's murder, and her return to Endovier.
2,255-word summary · 10 min read
City of Bones
City of Bones retold: Clary sees Shadowhunters, Jace and the Cup, Valentine, and the Institute attack.
2,535-word summary · 11 min read
Breaking Dawn
Breaking Dawn retold: Bella and Edward marry, Renesmee arrives, the Volturi gather in Forks snow.
2,020-word summary · 9 min read
A Good Girl's Guide to Murder
Pip reopens a closed murder case for a school project and finds the town wanted it shut.
2,621-word summary · 12 min read
A Court of Thorns and Roses
Sarah J. Maas's A Court of Thorns and Roses retold: Feyre, Tamlin's Spring Court, the curse, and the trials Under the Mountain.
2,442-word summary · 11 min read
A Court of Mist and Fury
ACOTAR book 2 retold: Feyre in the Spring Court, the bargain with Rhysand, Velaris, and war with Hybern.
2,218-word summary · 10 min read
Twilight
Stephenie Meyer's Twilight in full: Bella and Edward's romance in Forks, the Cullens' rules and the nomad vampires, and what the novel's restraint does to its…
2,494-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
The Fault in Our Stars
John Green's The Fault in Our Stars: Hazel and Augustus in Amsterdam, the unfinished manuscript, and how the novel handles illness, humor, and dying without…
2,192-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
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix explained: the D.A., Umbridge's regime, the Department of Mysteries, and the loss that changes the series.
2,249-word summary · 10 min read
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince explained: the Pensieve, Tom Riddle's past, Slughorn's memory, and the ending that sets up the last book.
2,018-word summary · 9 min read
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire explained: the Triwizard Tournament, the graveyard, Bertha Jorkins, and the point where the series stops being a school…
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