9,789 summaries available
Page 33 of 408
by Naomi Novik
4.1(166,710)
A clumsy village girl, unexpectedly chosen by a reclusive, curmudgeonly wizard, must master untamed magic to fight a creeping, malevolent forest that threatens to devour her homeland.
by Robert Galbraith
4.2(166,680)
A severed leg sent through the mail starts private investigators Cormoran Strike and Robin Ellacott on a search for a killer from Strike's past before more body parts, and lives, are lost.
by Michael Crichton
3.8(166,653)
Beneath the crushing pressure of the Pacific, a team of scientists unearths a colossal, centuries-old spaceship, only to discover its true terror lies not in its alien origins, but in the dark reflections it casts upon their own minds.
by Stephen King
4.2(166,439)
Stranded in an alternate, plague-ridden Kansas, Roland takes his ka-tet to a past of young love, betrayal, and a mystical seeing sphere, showing the tragic start of his quest for the Dark Tower in a world near collapse.
by Hilary Mantel
3.9(166,308)
From blacksmith's son to the king's right hand, Thomas Cromwell navigates Henry VIII's court, reshaping England with lethal charm and cunning.
by David Guterson
3.8(166,026)
On an island shrouded in mist and prejudice, a murder trial unearths a buried wartime secret and the tragic echoes of a forbidden love affair between a white boy and a Japanese girl.
by Oliver Sacks
4.1(165,812)
Explore the astonishing minds of patients with neurological disorders, where lost selves, phantom limbs, and sudden artistic genius reveal the strange world of human consciousness.
by Ellen Raskin
4.0(165,228)
Sixteen varied heirs get pulled into a clever game by an unusual millionaire after his death, each a suspect and a piece in his final, confusing puzzle.
by Aziz Ansari
3.8(165,218)
Aziz Ansari humorously examines modern dating, from understanding pizza emojis to the search for a 'soul mate,' using global research.
by Terry Pratchett
4.3(165,125)
In the chaotic city of Ankh-Morpork, a struggling night watch and an unexpected librarian must stop a plot to unleash dragons on the Discworld.
by Joe Abercrombie
4.2(164,916)
In a world where heroes are villains and villains are heroes, a crippled torturer, a selfish nobleman, and a barbarian with a bloody past are unwillingly thrust together by a mysterious wizard as an ancient war threatens to consume them all.
by Jenny Lawson
3.9(164,790)
Jenny Lawson hilariously recounts her bizarre life, from a talking squirrel to sneaking a dead alligator on a plane, proving that our most awkward moments define us.
by Susan Ee
4.1(164,638)
In a post-apocalyptic world ravaged by angels, a determined teenage girl forges an uneasy alliance with a wounded warrior angel to rescue her kidnapped sister from the very beings who destroyed their world.
by Ann Patchett
3.9(164,487)
In the Amazon, Dr. Marina Singh searches for her vanished mentor, confronting scientific marvels and personal demons, uncovering a mystery that blurs groundbreaking medicine with ethical sacrifice.
by Ruta Sepetys
4.4(164,483)
In 1941, a Lithuanian teenager's artistic spirit becomes her most dangerous weapon as she secretly documents the brutal realities of a Siberian work camp, desperately hoping her drawings will bridge the impossible distance to her imprisoned father.
by John Gray
3.6(164,413)
Understand that men and women communicate and process emotions differently to build better relationships.
by Robert C. O'Brien
4.1(164,309)
A widowed mouse with a sick child discovers a secret society of intelligent, escapee lab rats who might just save her family from the farmer's plow.
by Jonathan Safran Foer
3.9(164,231)
A young American Jew goes on a funny, difficult journey through post-Soviet Ukraine with a translator who misuses words, a blind, haunted elder, and an 'undersexed' dog. He wants to find out about his grandfather's past and the woman who saved him from the Nazis.
by George Orwell
4.3(164,031)
A pig's revolution becomes a tyranny, and Big Brother's gaze crushes freedom, showing the chilling depths of totalitarian control.
by Lori Lansens
3.5(163,892)
Joined at the head yet seeking individual lives, conjoined twins Rose and Ruby experience love, loss, and the journey of their shared existence as one sister writes their story.
by Jodi Picoult
4.0(163,677)
A big-city lawyer defending an Amish woman accused of infanticide must navigate a clash of cultures, a client who refuses to cooperate, and her own buried desires to uncover the truth in a seemingly peaceful Pennsylvania town.
by Ishmael Beah
4.2(163,098)
A twelve-year-old boy's innocence is shattered as he transforms from a refugee into a child soldier, forced to commit unspeakable acts in the brutal civil war of Sierra Leone.
by Dennis Lehane
4.1(163,029)
A U.S. Marshal investigates a vanished patient from a remote asylum for the criminally insane, only to confront a spiraling hurricane, sinister medical secrets, and the terrifying possibility that his own identity is the most dangerous illusion of all.
by James Dashner
3.7(162,915)
After sun flares and a fast-spreading, rage-inducing disease devastate Earth, two survivors navigate a dangerous world where humanity's last hope is a risky cure, and every life has a price.