Reading companions

Book summaries and reading questions

A starting point for a book, not a replacement for it. Explore the premise, think through a few themes, and take a question into your next chapter.

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• A Little Life summary

  Hanya Yanagihara · Friendship, care, and the lasting effects of trauma.

• The Wager by David Grann: summary

  David Grann · Shipwreck, survival, and conflicting accounts of what happened.

• The Four Agreements summary

  Don Miguel Ruiz · Four commitments for examining everyday habits of thought.

• The Way I Used to Be summary

  Amber Smith · A teenager's experience of trauma across four years of high school.

• Synopsis of Twisted Love

  Ana Huang · A romance shaped by secrecy, attraction, and unresolved history.

• First Lie Wins summary

  Ashley Elston · An assumed identity and an assignment that becomes personal.

• On Wings of Blood: overview

  Briar Boleyn · Bloodwing Academy, a dangerous hierarchy, and a concealed power.