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 961–1008

The Long Game
Rachel Reid
Effort 32/100

First They Killed My Father
Loung Ung
Effort 32/100

The Icebound Land
John Flanagan
Effort 32/100

Lucky Jim
Kingsley Amis
Effort 32/100

The Lost Colony
Eoin Colfer
Effort 32/100

The Last Picture Show
Larry McMurtry
Effort 32/100

Citizen 13660
Miné Okubo
Effort 32/100

Blood Rites
Jim Butcher
Effort 32/100

The Elementals
Michael McDowell
Effort 32/100

Ripley Under Ground
Patricia Highsmith
Effort 32/100

Okay for Now
Gary D. Schmidt
Effort 32/100

The Auctioneer
Joan Samson
Effort 32/100

The Getaway
Jim Thompson
Effort 32/100

A Confederate General from Big Sur
Richard Brautigan
Effort 32/100

Lights Out
Ted Koppel
Effort 32/100

Narconomics
Tom Wainwright
Effort 32/100

What Stands in a Storm
Kim Cross
Effort 32/100

Lives of the Saints
Nancy Lemann
Effort 32/100

The Silent Patient
Alex Michaelides
Effort 33/100

101 Essays That Will Change The Way You Think
Brianna Wiest
Effort 33/100

Wings of Fire
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, Arun Tiwari
Effort 33/100

Speak
Laurie Halse Anderson
Effort 33/100

Thirteen Reasons Why
Jay Asher
Effort 33/100

New Moon
Stephenie Meyer
Effort 33/100

The Godfather
Mario Puzo
Effort 33/100

Born a Crime
Trevor Noah
Effort 33/100

Death on the Nile
Agatha Christie
Effort 33/100

On the Road
Jack Kerouac
Effort 33/100

Crank
Ellen Hopkins
Effort 33/100

The Girl on the Train
Paula Hawkins
Effort 33/100

Word Power Made Easy
Norman Lewis
Effort 33/100

My Year of Rest and Relaxation
Ottessa Moshfegh
Effort 33/100

Suicide Med
Freida McFadden
Effort 33/100

Refugee
Alan Gratz
Effort 33/100

The One
Kiera Cass
Effort 33/100

Eleven Minutes
Paulo Coelho
Effort 33/100

The Complete Persepolis
Marjane Satrapi
Effort 33/100

Things We Hide from the Light
Lucy Score
Effort 33/100

The Institute
Stephen King
Effort 33/100

Artemis
Andy Weir
Effort 33/100

In Sheep's Clothing
George K. Simon
Effort 33/100

The Art of Public Speaking
Stephen E. Lucas
Effort 33/100

Say You Swear
Meagan Brandy
Effort 33/100

A Streetcar Named Desire
Tennessee Williams
Effort 33/100

Petals on the Wind
V.C. Andrews
Effort 33/100

Wizard's First Rule
Terry Goodkind
Effort 33/100

Exile
Shannon Messenger
Effort 33/100

Between Death and Life
Dolores Cannon
Effort 33/100