Norse Mythology
Gaiman retells the Norse myths in order, from the creation of the world to Ragnarok, with Odin, Thor and Loki at the center.
4,647-word summary · 21 min read
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Northanger Abbey
Naive Catherine Morland mixes gothic novels with real Bath society and love.
2,650-word summary · 12 min read
Norwegian Wood
Toru recalls 1969 Tokyo, torn between fragile Naoko and lively Midori after a friend's suicide.
2,051-word summary · 9 min read
November 9
Fallon and Ben meet every November 9 for five years with no contact between, until his novel reveals the fire that scarred her.
2,547-word summary · 11 min read
Number the Stars
Ten year old Annemarie helps her Jewish best friend escape occupied Copenhagen.
2,032-word summary · 9 min read
Oathbringer
Dalinar chases unity in Urithiru while Kholinar falls and an old oath demands payment.
3,513-word summary · 16 min read
Odd Thomas
A twenty year old fry cook who sees the dead tries to stop a mass shooting in his desert town.
3,797-word summary · 17 min read
Of Mice and Men
Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men retold: George and Lennie on a California ranch, the dream farm, and why mercy ends it.
2,237-word summary · 10 min read
Oh, the Places You'll Go!
Seuss Sendoff follows life highs, slumps, and moving on with courage.
2,705-word summary · 12 min read
Oliver Twist
An orphan flees the workhouse for London's thieves, and Dickens indicts a cruel society.
2,763-word summary · 12 min read
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
A son writes to the mother who cannot read him: war, migration, first love, and loss in one Vietnamese American family in Hartford.
3,113-word summary · 14 min read