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 1345–1392
Leonardo da Vinci
Leonardo da Vinci, Michael Desmond, Carlo Pedretti
Effort 40/100
Eclipse
Stephenie Meyer
Effort 40/100
White Nights
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Effort 40/100
Tao Te Ching
Laozi
Effort 40/100
Dark Matter
Blake Crouch
Effort 40/100
Scythe
Neal Shusterman
Effort 40/100
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin
Effort 40/100
The Dead Zone
Stephen King
Effort 40/100
The Queen of Nothing
Holly Black
Effort 40/100
The Ballad of Never After
Stephanie Garber
Effort 40/100
The Princess Bride
William Goldman
Effort 40/100
Just After Sunset
Stephen King
Effort 40/100
Dopamine Nation
Anna Lembke
Effort 40/100
The Blade Itself
Joe Abercrombie
Effort 40/100
The Glass Menagerie
Tennessee Williams
Effort 40/100
Desperation
Stephen King
Effort 40/100
Ella Minnow Pea
Mark Dunn
Effort 40/100
The Naked Sun
Isaac Asimov
Effort 40/100
The Talented Mr. Ripley
Patricia Highsmith
Effort 40/100
Billy Summers
Stephen King
Effort 40/100
Ethan Frome
Edith Wharton
Effort 40/100
Caliban's War
James S. A. Corey
Effort 40/100
Demon Copperhead
Barbara Kingsolver
Effort 40/100
Salt to the Sea
Ruta Sepetys
Effort 40/100
The Day of the Jackal
Frederick Forsyth
Effort 40/100
Thief of Time
Terry Pratchett
Effort 40/100
Hell's Angels
Hunter S. Thompson
Effort 40/100
Cyrano de Bergerac
Edmond Rostand
Effort 40/100
Antigone
Sophocles
Effort 40/100
Summer Knight
Jim Butcher
Effort 40/100
The Atlantis Complex
Eoin Colfer
Effort 40/100
The Glory Field
Walter Dean Myers
Effort 40/100
The River of Doubt
Candice Millard
Effort 40/100
Train Dreams
Denis Johnson
Effort 40/100
Nightmare Alley
William Lindsay Gresham
Effort 40/100
Foreign Affairs
Alison Lurie
Effort 40/100
The Library Policeman
Stephen King
Effort 40/100
Offshore
Penelope Fitzgerald
Effort 40/100
Now in November
Josephine Johnson
Effort 40/100
A Hell of a Woman
Jim Thompson
Effort 40/100
Conquistador
Buddy Levy
Effort 40/100
Pitch Dark
Renata Adler
Effort 40/100
Nothing but the Night
John Williams
Effort 40/100
The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters
Robert Lewis Taylor
Effort 40/100
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
John Boyne
Effort 41/100
Unravel Me
Tahereh Mafi
Effort 41/100
The Lean Startup
Eric Ries
Effort 41/100
Tender Is the Flesh
Agustina Bazterrica
Effort 41/100
