Water for Elephants
Water for Elephants retold: Jacob on a circus train, Marlena and Rosie, Prohibition era dust.
1,925-word summary · 9 min read
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Ugly Love
Colleen Hoover's Ugly Love retold: Tate and Miles, the rules, the past with Rachel, and the lake letter.
2,339-word summary · 10 min read
The Time Traveler's Wife
Niffenegger's Time Traveler's Wife retold: Henry's jumps, Clare waiting, art, and a marriage in two tenses.
1,932-word summary · 9 min read
The Notebook
The Notebook retold: Noah reads to Allie in a nursing home, summer love in New Bern, letters and choice.
1,957-word summary · 9 min read
The Lovely Bones
Alice Sebold's The Lovely Bones retold: Susie watches from above as her family hunts her killer.
2,257-word summary · 10 min read
The Kite Runner
Khaled Hosseini's The Kite Runner retold: Amir and Hassan in Kabul, the alley, the escape to America, and the return to find Sohrab.
2,584-word summary · 11 min read
The Help
Kathryn Stockett's The Help retold: Aibileen, Minny and Skeeter in 1962 Jackson, the interviews, and the book that breaks the town open.
2,592-word summary · 12 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
Memoirs of a Geisha
Arthur Golden's Memoirs of a Geisha retold: Chiyo to Sayuri in Gion, Mameha, Hatsumomo, and the Chairman.
2,567-word summary · 11 min read
Me Before You
Me Before You retold: Lou cares for Will in a Welsh annexe, trips and talks, choice and loss.
1,989-word summary · 9 min read
It Starts with Us
It Starts with Us retold: Lily and Atlas after Ryle, co-parenting, second chances in Boston.
2,216-word summary · 10 min read
Fifty Shades of Grey
E. L. James's Fifty Shades of Grey retold: Ana interviews Christian, the contract, the Red Room, and why she walks out.
2,507-word summary · 11 min read