Books by reading effort
From lighter reads to more demanding books. Reading effort starts from writing, ideas, structure and background knowledge, each scored 1-5, then adjusts for pace and length, into a 0-100 score. It is not a quality rating.
2,536 book guides · Showing 433–480

At Bertram's Hotel
Agatha Christie
Effort 24/100

A Caribbean Mystery
Agatha Christie
Effort 24/100

Hidden Pictures
Jason Rekulak
Effort 24/100

The Wave
Todd Strasser
Effort 24/100

Elevation
Stephen King
Effort 24/100

Chinese Cinderella: The True Story of an Unwanted Daughter
Adeline Yen Mah
Effort 24/100

Zlata's Diary
Zlata Filipović
Effort 24/100

Open
Andre Agassi
Effort 24/100

Homeless Bird
Gloria Whelan
Effort 24/100

The Boy on the Wooden Box
Leon Leyson, Marilyn J. Harran, Elisabeth B. Leyson
Effort 24/100

Let's Talk About It
Erika Moen, Matthew Nolan
Effort 24/100

The Dog of the South
Charles Portis
Effort 24/100

The Road to Little Dribbling
Bill Bryson
Effort 24/100

Vacationland
John Hodgman
Effort 24/100

Funland
Richard Laymon
Effort 24/100

Invincible: The Ultimate Collection Volume 1
Robert Kirkman
Effort 24/100

The Wednesday Wars
Gary D. Schmidt
Effort 24/100

LaBrava
Elmore Leonard
Effort 24/100

After Dark, My Sweet
Jim Thompson
Effort 24/100

A Thousand Pounds of Dynamite
Adam Higginbotham
Effort 24/100

AWOL on the Appalachian Trail
David Miller
Effort 24/100

Journey Through Britain
John Hillaby
Effort 24/100

Lost on Planet China
J. Maarten Troost
Effort 24/100

The Country Kitchen
Della T. Lutes
Effort 24/100

The Long Haul
Finn Murphy
Effort 24/100

The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck
Mark Manson
Effort 25/100

Think and Grow Rich
Napoleon Hill
Effort 25/100

Shatter Me
Tahereh Mafi
Effort 25/100

The Summer I Turned Pretty
Jenny Han
Effort 25/100

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams
Effort 25/100

The Outsiders
S. E. Hinton
Effort 25/100

The Housemaid
Freida McFadden
Effort 25/100

The Titan's Curse
Rick Riordan
Effort 25/100

Confess
Colleen Hoover
Effort 25/100

Once Upon a Broken Heart
Stephanie Garber
Effort 25/100

Does It Hurt?
H. D. Carlton
Effort 25/100

Talking with Psychopaths and Savages
Christopher Berry-Dee
Effort 25/100

On Writing
Stephen King
Effort 25/100

The Call of the Wild
Jack London
Effort 25/100

The Housemaid's Secret
Freida McFadden
Effort 25/100

Inside Out & Back Again
Thanhhà Lại
Effort 25/100

The Obstacle Is the Way
Ryan Holiday
Effort 25/100

The Graveyard Book
Neil Gaiman
Effort 25/100

Mr. Mercedes
Stephen King
Effort 25/100

To Sir Phillip, With Love
Julia Quinn
Effort 25/100

Elvis and Me
Priscilla Presley, Sandra Harmon
Effort 25/100

Days at the Morisaki Bookshop
Satoshi Yagisawa
Effort 25/100

The Millionaire Master Plan
Roger James Hamilton
Effort 25/100