Book in a Minute — 60 Great Books, Retold

Sixty of the greatest books ever written. Each one retold in full — the story, the ending, and what the book is actually doing.

Animal Farm. 1984. The Great Gatsby. Crime and Punishment. Gone Girl. The Handmaid's Tale. Never Let Me Go. Pride and Prejudice. Sixty in total, from the classics everyone pretends to have read to the modern books everyone is talking about.

This is not a list of bullet points. Every chapter is a proper piece of writing — the plot as it actually unfolds, the scenes that stay with people, the twist, the ending, and a closing section on why the book has lasted. Around four to six minutes per book. Sixty books in an afternoon.

Each chapter opens with its own original illustration, painted in a single consistent style across the whole collection.

What you get:

250 pages, illustrated, delivered as a PDF you can read on a phone, tablet, laptop or print at home. Instant download. Yours forever, no subscription.

Who it's for:

Anyone who wants the substance of a great book without the four hundred pages. Anyone rebuilding a reading habit and deciding where to start. Anyone who wants to hold their own in a conversation about the books everyone references.

Written and illustrated by the creator of Book in a Minute.