The Testaments
Aunt Lydia, Agnes and Nicole conspire to bring down Gilead fifteen years later.
2,516-word summary · 11 min read
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The Prince
Machiavelli advises Lorenzo on rule through fear and love, fortune, cruelty and mercy.
2,204-word summary · 10 min read
The Casual Vacancy
Barry Fairbrother dies and leaves a Pagford council seat open, sparking an election, a class war over the Fields, and trouble for local teenagers.
2,571-word summary · 11 min read
Fall of Giants
Five families from Wales to Russia live through World War I, the Russian Revolution, and the fight for women's votes.
2,255-word summary · 10 min read
Dune Messiah
Emperor Paul faces jihad fallout as Bene Gesserit and Tleilaxu plot with ghola Duncan to break him.
2,593-word summary · 12 min read
Between the World and Me
Coates writes to his son about the Black body in America, from Howard to the loss of Prince Jones.
2,234-word summary · 10 min read
Atlas Shrugged
Railroads strain under rules as Dagny fights to keep trains running and find a missing inventor.
2,001-word summary · 9 min read
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Surgeon Tomas loves Tereza yet keeps mistresses, while artist Sabina and professor Franz test freedom around the 1968 Soviet invasion of Prague.
2,427-word summary · 11 min read
Hillbilly Elegy
Vance traces Mamaw and Papaw from Kentucky to Middletown through addiction, Marines, and Yale Law.
3,390-word summary · 15 min read
The Well of Ascension
After the Lord Ruler falls, Vin and Elend must hold Luthadel against three armies while a mist spirit hunts Vin and the Well of Ascension calls.
2,395-word summary · 11 min read
Deception Point
A meteorite in Arctic ice may prove alien life, and analyst Rachel Sexton must verify it as killers close in.
1,923-word summary · 9 min read
A Storm of Swords
Kings bleed, weddings turn red, and bastards rise as war splits Westeros.
2,099-word summary · 9 min read