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 577–624

Escape from Camp 14
Blaine Harden
Effort 26/100

The Code of the Woosters
P. G. Wodehouse
Effort 26/100

Death Be Not Proud
John Gunther
Effort 26/100

Role Model
Rachel Reid
Effort 26/100

The Professor and the Madman
Simon Winchester
Effort 26/100

A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush
Eric Newby
Effort 26/100

Galveston
Nic Pizzolatto
Effort 26/100

Indian Creek Chronicles
Pete Fromm
Effort 26/100

Roads
Larry McMurtry
Effort 26/100

The Hobbit
J.R.R. Tolkien
Effort 27/100

I'm Glad My Mom Died
Jennette McCurdy
Effort 27/100

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Arthur Conan Doyle
Effort 27/100

Powerless
Lauren Roberts
Effort 27/100

Never Split the Difference
Chris Voss, Tahl Raz
Effort 27/100

Anne of Green Gables
L. M. Montgomery
Effort 27/100

Things We Never Got Over
Lucy Score
Effort 27/100

Flowers in the Attic
V.C. Andrews
Effort 27/100

The Sweetest Oblivion
Danielle Lori
Effort 27/100

The Wrong Bride
Catharina Maura
Effort 27/100

The Silver Eyes
Scott Cawthon, Kira Breed-Wrisley
Effort 27/100

Never Lie
Freida McFadden
Effort 27/100

King of Pride
Ana Huang
Effort 27/100

Outliers
Malcolm Gladwell
Effort 27/100

The School for Good and Evil
Soman Chainani
Effort 27/100

Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children
Ransom Riggs
Effort 27/100

Set on You
Amy Lea
Effort 27/100

Night Shift
Stephen King
Effort 27/100

Maybe Someday
Colleen Hoover
Effort 27/100

Heartstopper: Volume 4
Alice Oseman
Effort 27/100

Deception Point
Dan Brown
Effort 27/100

Beach Read
Emily Henry
Effort 27/100

If You Could See the Sun
Ann Liang
Effort 27/100

Spare
Prince Harry
Effort 27/100

Full Dark, No Stars
Stephen King
Effort 27/100

Wildfire
Hannah Grace
Effort 27/100

You'd Be Home Now
Kathleen Glasgow
Effort 27/100

The American Roommate Experiment
Elena Armas
Effort 27/100

The Tale of Despereaux
Kate DiCamillo
Effort 27/100

Pretty Little Liars
Sara Shepard
Effort 27/100

The Eyes of the Dragon
Stephen King
Effort 27/100

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
Sherman Alexie
Effort 27/100

Holding Up the Universe
Jennifer Niven
Effort 27/100

The Firm
John Grisham
Effort 27/100

Dance Upon the Air
Nora Roberts
Effort 27/100

The Green Witch
Arin Murphy-Hiscock
Effort 27/100

Tuck Everlasting
Natalie Babbitt
Effort 27/100

The $100 Startup
Chris Guillebeau
Effort 27/100

One Indian Girl
Chetan Bhagat
Effort 27/100