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 1729–1776
Into Thin Air
Jon Krakauer
Effort 47/100
The Hunt for Red October
Tom Clancy
Effort 47/100
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
Gabrielle Zevin
Effort 47/100
Oryx and Crake
Margaret Atwood
Effort 47/100
The Forever War
Joe Haldeman
Effort 47/100
Golden Son
Pierce Brown
Effort 47/100
A Certain Hunger
Chelsea G. Summers
Effort 47/100
I'll Give You the Sun
Jandy Nelson
Effort 47/100
Dandelion Wine
Ray Bradbury
Effort 47/100
From a Buick 8
Stephen King
Effort 47/100
Mostly Harmless
Douglas Adams
Effort 47/100
The Mysterious Island
Jules Verne
Effort 47/100
The White Tiger
Aravind Adiga
Effort 47/100
Medea
Euripides
Effort 47/100
James
Percival Everett
Effort 47/100
The Time Paradox
Eoin Colfer
Effort 47/100
There Is No Antimemetics Division
qntm
Effort 47/100
Essays and Aphorisms
Arthur Schopenhauer
Effort 47/100
Tales of the South Pacific
James A. Michener
Effort 47/100
Empire Falls
Richard Russo
Effort 47/100
The Nineties
Chuck Klosterman
Effort 47/100
Energy
Richard Rhodes
Effort 47/100
Uncommon Carriers
John McPhee
Effort 47/100
The Collected Stories of Jean Stafford
Jean Stafford
Effort 47/100
The Shining
Stephen King
Effort 48/100
Romeo and Juliet
William Shakespeare
Effort 48/100
Zero to One
Peter Thiel, Blake Masters
Effort 48/100
A Thousand Splendid Suns
Khaled Hosseini
Effort 48/100
The Bell Jar
Sylvia Plath
Effort 48/100
'Salem's Lot
Stephen King
Effort 48/100
Persuasion
Jane Austen
Effort 48/100
Women Who Run with the Wolves
Clarissa Pinkola Estés
Effort 48/100
As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow
Zoulfa Katouh
Effort 48/100
Heaven Official's Blessing
Mo Xiang Tong Xiu
Effort 48/100
Bag of Bones
Stephen King
Effort 48/100
Allegiant
Veronica Roth
Effort 48/100
The Raven
Edgar Allan Poe
Effort 48/100
Rendezvous with Rama
Arthur C. Clarke
Effort 48/100
Fearless
Lauren Roberts
Effort 48/100
Hearts in Atlantis
Stephen King
Effort 48/100
The King in Yellow
Robert W. Chambers
Effort 48/100
Wintergirls
Laurie Halse Anderson
Effort 48/100
Research Design
John W. Creswell, J. David Creswell
Effort 48/100
Phantastes
George MacDonald
Effort 48/100
Twelfth Night
William Shakespeare
Effort 48/100
Cry, the Beloved Country
Alan Paton
Effort 48/100
My Policeman
Bethan Roberts
Effort 48/100
The Nickel Boys
Colson Whitehead
Effort 48/100
