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Rich Dad Poor Dad

Robert T. Kiyosaki · 1997

Kiyosaki contrasts his poor dad and rich dad to teach assets, liabilities and minding your business.

2,031-word summary · 9 min read

Robinson Crusoe

Daniel Defoe · 1719

Shipwrecked near South America, Crusoe spends 28 years farming, building, praying, and facing who he becomes alone.

2,520-word summary · 11 min read

Rock Paper Scissors

Alice Feeney · 2021

Amelia and Adam spend a locked anniversary weekend at Blackwater Chapel, trading letters that hide who wrote what.

3,135-word summary · 14 min read

Romeo and Juliet

William Shakespeare · 1597

Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet retold: Verona feud, balcony, Friar's plan, and why the last minutes collapse.

2,531-word summary · 11 min read

Room

Emma Donoghue · 2010

Five year old Jack narrates life with Ma in an 11 foot locked room.

1,960-word summary · 9 min read

Ruin and Rising

Leigh Bardugo · 2014

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

Running with Scissors

Augusten Burroughs · 2002

A boy sent to live with his mother's psychiatrist grows up in a chaotic house with no rules.

2,036-word summary · 9 min read

Ruthless Vows

Rebecca Ross · 2023

Iris hunts for missing Roman while Dacre holds his memory, and linked letters pull them toward war's end.

3,501-word summary · 16 min read

Safe Haven

Nicholas Sparks · 2010

Katie hides in Southport from a violent husband and falls for widower Alex.

2,480-word summary · 11 min read

Saga, Volume 1

Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples · 2012

Alana and Marko flee a galaxy-wide war with baby Hazel, hunted by both sides.

2,200-word summary · 10 min read

Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

Yuval Noah Harari · 2011

Harari's Sapiens from cover to cover: the cognitive revolution, the agricultural bargain, shared fictions like money and nations, and the scientific centuries…

2,145-word summary · 10 min read