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 721–768

Packing for Mars
Mary Roach
Effort 28/100

Slow Days, Fast Company
Eve Babitz
Effort 28/100

Beyond Magenta
Susan Kuklin
Effort 28/100

The Sisters Brothers
Patrick deWitt
Effort 28/100

Five Decembers
James Kestrel
Effort 28/100

Company
Max Barry
Effort 28/100

Miami
Pat Booth
Effort 28/100

Freaky Deaky
Elmore Leonard
Effort 28/100

Leaving Cheyenne
Larry McMurtry
Effort 28/100

The Gales of November
John U. Bacon
Effort 28/100

The White Cascade
Gary Krist
Effort 28/100

The Cruel Prince
Holly Black
Effort 29/100

The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Stephen Chbosky
Effort 29/100

One of Us Is Lying
Karen M. McManus
Effort 29/100

The Spanish Love Deception
Elena Armas
Effort 29/100

Looking for Alaska
John Green
Effort 29/100

Red Queen
Victoria Aveyard
Effort 29/100

Romancing Mister Bridgerton
Julia Quinn
Effort 29/100

The Secret Garden
Frances Hodgson Burnett
Effort 29/100

Start with Why
Simon Sinek
Effort 29/100

Dark Psychology
Modern Psychology Publishing
Effort 29/100

Diary of an Oxygen Thief
Anonymous
Effort 29/100

Heated Rivalry
Rachel Reid
Effort 29/100

The Art of Thinking Clearly
Rolf Dobelli
Effort 29/100

The Phantom Tollbooth
Norton Juster
Effort 29/100

The Mysterious Affair at Styles
Agatha Christie
Effort 29/100

An Offer from a Gentleman
Julia Quinn
Effort 29/100

Night
Elie Wiesel
Effort 29/100

Daisy Jones & The Six
Taylor Jenkins Reid
Effort 29/100

The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
Arthur Conan Doyle
Effort 29/100

The House on Mango Street
Sandra Cisneros
Effort 29/100

White Fang
Jack London
Effort 29/100

How to Win at Chess: The Ultimate Guide for Beginners and Beyond
Levy Rozman
Effort 29/100

The Screaming Staircase
Jonathan Stroud
Effort 29/100

Terms and Conditions
Lauren Asher
Effort 29/100

Mindhunter: Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit
John E. Douglas, Mark Olshaker
Effort 29/100

"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!"
Richard P. Feynman
Effort 29/100

The Sign of Four
Arthur Conan Doyle
Effort 29/100

Almond
Won-Pyung Sohn
Effort 29/100

The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty
Anne Rice
Effort 29/100

A Little Princess
Frances Hodgson Burnett
Effort 29/100

Eat, Pray, Love
Elizabeth Gilbert
Effort 29/100

The Tales of Beedle the Bard
J. K. Rowling
Effort 29/100

Cunningham's Encyclopedia of Magical Herbs
Scott Cunningham
Effort 29/100

The Tell-Tale Heart
Edgar Allan Poe
Effort 29/100

Kane and Abel
Jeffrey Archer
Effort 29/100

Gathering Blue
Lois Lowry
Effort 29/100

Storm of the Century
Stephen King
Effort 29/100