“People’s lives are like intersecting lines. You never know when or where they’ll cross again.” Chapter 1: The Letter in the Milk Box The story begins with three […]
German literature
The End of Days
“Every life has many possible endings, but only one true one.” Chapter 1: The Infant’s Death The novel opens in early 20th-century Galicia, where a Jewish family mourns […]
German literature
Look Who’s Back
“I opened my eyes. Unfamiliar ceiling. I sat up. Unfamiliar room. I stood up. Unfamiliar body.” Chapter 1: Awakening Adolf Hitler inexplicably wakes up in modern-day Berlin, disoriented […]
French literature
The President’s Hat
“A hat is not just a hat. It is a story waiting to be told.” Chapter 1: The Loss François Mitterrand, the President of France, dines at a […]
American literature
Insurgent
“I belong to the people I love, and they belong to me—they, and the love and loyalty I give them, form my identity far more than any word […]
American literature
Eleanor & Park
“He’d stopped trying to bring her back.” Chapter 1 Eleanor Douglas, a red-haired, plus-size teenager with a quirky fashion sense, starts at a new high school in Omaha, […]
American literature
The Fault in Our Stars
“The world is not a wish-granting factory.” – The Fault in Our Stars Chapters 1-5 Hazel Grace Lancaster, a 16-year-old with terminal thyroid cancer, is forced by her […]
American literature
A Man Called Ove
“We always think there’s enough time to do things with other people. Time to say things to them. And then something happens and then we stand there holding […]
English literature
The Light Between Oceans
“You only have to forgive once. To resent, you have to do it all day, every day.” Part One The novel opens with Tom Sherbourne, a World War […]
English literature
Bring Up the Bodies
“The dead are unseeing, unhearing. The dead are not our business. They cannot be reached, they cannot be touched, they cannot be spoken to.” Part One: Falconry Thomas […]