Book Guides

A clear summary of Tom Clancy's The Hunt for Red October: the plot, Jack Ryan and Marko Ramius, the themes, and why...

A clear summary of The House of the Spirits: the Trueba family, Clara's visions, Esteban's rage, the themes and why Allende's debut...

A clear summary of Oscar Wilde's 1895 comedy: the plot act by act, the characters, the themes of identity and class, and...

A clear guide to Freida McFadden's The Housemaid: the setup, the Winchester family, the themes of power and survival, plus a spoiler-marked...

A clear summary of Edith Wharton's The House of Mirth: the plot, the characters, the themes of class and money, and why...

A clear summary of Conan Doyle's The Hound of the Baskervilles: the Dartmoor plot, the characters, the themes and why the novel...

A clear summary of The Help by Kathryn Stockett: the setup in 1960s Jackson, the three narrators, the themes and why the...

A clear summary of The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas: the plot, Starr Carter, the themes of identity and justice, and...

A clear summary of Stephen King's The Gunslinger: the desert chase, the town of Tull, the characters, the themes and why it...

A clear summary of The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien: the quest, the characters, the themes of courage and greed, and why it...

A clear summary of The Great Gatsby: the plot, the characters, the themes of class and ambition, and the ending, kept under...

A clear summary of The Gift by Danielle Steel: the 1950s setup, who Maribeth Robertson is, the themes of grief and family,...

A clear summary of Neil Gaiman's The Graveyard Book: the plot, Bod and Silas, the themes of death and family, and why...

A clear summary of Donna Tartt's Pulitzer-winning The Goldfinch: the plot, Theo and Boris, the painting, the themes and the ending (flagged).

A clear summary of Arundhati Roy's The God of Small Things: the plot, the Ipe family, the themes of caste and love,...

A clear summary of The Grapes of Wrath: the Joad family's journey from Oklahoma to California, the main characters, the big themes...

A clear summary of O. Henry's 1905 story: the setup, Della and Jim, the themes of love and sacrifice, and why the...

A clear summary of The Giver by Lois Lowry: the plot, Jonas and the Giver, the themes of memory and choice, and...

A clear summary of Ayn Rand's The Fountainhead: the plot, the four central characters, the ideas behind it and why the 1943...

A clear summary of The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin: the Stillness, the three orogene storylines, the themes and why the Hugo...

A clear summary of Lisa Jewell's The Family Upstairs: the Chelsea house, the three narrators, the themes, and a separate spoiler section...

A clear summary of Le Guin's The Dispossessed: the plot across Anarres and Urras, the main characters, the themes, and why the...

A clear summary of Tolstoy's The Death of Ivan Ilyich: the plot, the characters, the themes of mortality and class, and why...

A clear summary of The Dark Tower by Stephen King: the plot, the ka-tet, the themes, and the famous ending, flagged under...