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 1201–1248

The Giver
Lois Lowry
Effort 37/100

They Both Die at the End
Adam Silvera
Effort 37/100

Holes
Louis Sachar
Effort 37/100

Before the Coffee Gets Cold
Toshikazu Kawaguchi
Effort 37/100

Steve Jobs
Walter Isaacson
Effort 37/100

Ignite Me
Tahereh Mafi
Effort 37/100

Mockingjay
Suzanne Collins
Effort 37/100

All the Bright Places
Jennifer Niven
Effort 37/100

Fifty Shades Darker
E. L. James
Effort 37/100

Reckless
Lauren Roberts
Effort 37/100

22 Cells in Nuremberg
Douglas M. Kelley
Effort 37/100

Skeleton Crew
Stephen King
Effort 37/100

What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
Randall Munroe
Effort 37/100

Glass Sword
Victoria Aveyard
Effort 37/100

Maurice
E. M. Forster
Effort 37/100

Mort
Terry Pratchett
Effort 37/100

The Things We Leave Unfinished
Rebecca Yarros
Effort 37/100

The Tunnel
Ernesto Sabato
Effort 37/100

Children of Blood and Bone
Tomi Adeyemi
Effort 37/100

Psychic Witch
Mat Auryn
Effort 37/100

The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales
Brothers Grimm
Effort 37/100

A Father's Story
Lionel Dahmer
Effort 37/100

Unbroken
Laura Hillenbrand
Effort 37/100

A Mind That Found Itself
Clifford Whittingham Beers
Effort 37/100

Feeling Good
David D. Burns
Effort 37/100

The Anarchist Cookbook
William Powell
Effort 37/100

Out of the Silent Planet
C. S. Lewis
Effort 37/100

Intensity
Dean Koontz
Effort 37/100

Carry On
Rainbow Rowell
Effort 37/100

The Tombs of Atuan
Ursula K. Le Guin
Effort 37/100

The Stranger Beside Me
Ann Rule
Effort 37/100

Fences
August Wilson
Effort 37/100

After Dark
Haruki Murakami
Effort 37/100

Travels with Charley
John Steinbeck
Effort 37/100

A Lesson Before Dying
Ernest J. Gaines
Effort 37/100

A Hat Full of Sky
Terry Pratchett
Effort 37/100

Second Class Citizen
Buchi Emecheta
Effort 37/100

Feed
M. T. Anderson
Effort 37/100

O Pioneers!
Willa Cather
Effort 37/100

The Secret of Secrets
Dan Brown
Effort 37/100

Halt's Peril
John Flanagan
Effort 37/100

Scoop
Evelyn Waugh
Effort 37/100

Jesus' Son
Denis Johnson
Effort 37/100

Winesburg, Ohio
Sherwood Anderson
Effort 37/100

Vernon God Little
D. B. C. Pierre
Effort 37/100

The Johnstown Flood
David McCullough
Effort 37/100

Black Flags, Blue Waters
Eric Jay Dolin
Effort 37/100

Early Autumn
Louis Bromfield
Effort 37/100