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 1249–1296

The Haves and Have-Yachts
Evan Osnos
Effort 37/100

The Shakespeare Requirement
Julie Schumacher
Effort 37/100

Women with Men
Richard Ford
Effort 37/100

Misery
Stephen King
Effort 38/100

The Lost Hero
Rick Riordan
Effort 38/100

Mistborn: The Final Empire
Brandon Sanderson
Effort 38/100

The Psychology of Money
Henry Clay Lindgren
Effort 38/100

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Maya Angelou
Effort 38/100

As Good as Dead
Holly Jackson
Effort 38/100

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
Agatha Christie
Effort 38/100

The Silence of the Lambs
Thomas Harris
Effort 38/100

Red Dragon
Thomas Harris
Effort 38/100

The Ocean at the End of the Lane
Neil Gaiman
Effort 38/100

The Price of Salt, or Carol
Patricia Highsmith
Effort 38/100

Monster
Walter Dean Myers
Effort 38/100

Wool
Hugh Howey
Effort 38/100

Crying in H Mart
Michelle Zauner
Effort 38/100

Stoner
John Williams
Effort 38/100

The Rainmaker
John Grisham
Effort 38/100

The Tyrant's Tomb
Rick Riordan
Effort 38/100

Prisoners of Geography
Tim Marshall
Effort 38/100

One Last Stop
Casey McQuiston
Effort 38/100

How to Be an Adult in Relationships
David Richo
Effort 38/100

Invisible Women
Caroline Criado Perez
Effort 38/100

Anxious People
Fredrik Backman
Effort 38/100

Legendary
Stephanie Garber
Effort 38/100

The Road Less Traveled
M. Scott Peck
Effort 38/100

Sabriel
Garth Nix
Effort 38/100

Prelude to Foundation
Isaac Asimov
Effort 38/100

The Slippery Slope
Lemony Snicket
Effort 38/100

The Grim Grotto
Lemony Snicket
Effort 38/100

Desert Solitaire
Edward Abbey
Effort 38/100

Killing for Company
Brian Masters
Effort 38/100

Butcher's Crossing
John Williams
Effort 38/100

The Boy Who Dared
Susan Campbell Bartoletti
Effort 38/100

Dead Man's Walk
Larry McMurtry
Effort 38/100

Pastoralia
George Saunders
Effort 38/100

Alice Adams
Booth Tarkington
Effort 38/100

Honey in the Horn
H. L. Davis
Effort 38/100

The Gambler
William C. Rempel
Effort 38/100

The Throwback Special
Chris Bachelder
Effort 38/100

Valuable Humans in Transit and Other Stories
qntm
Effort 38/100

Lord of the Flies
William Golding
Effort 39/100

Catching Fire
Suzanne Collins
Effort 39/100

I, Robot
Isaac Asimov
Effort 39/100

Ready Player One
Ernest Cline
Effort 39/100

The Immortals of Meluha
Amish Tripathi
Effort 39/100

Good Omens
Terry Pratchett, Neil Gaiman
Effort 39/100