Brevity.

Brevity is the soul of wit. ~ Shakespeare, Hamlet

If that is the case, the wittiest website I know might be Book-a-Minute, summarizing your favorites.  With sections for Classics, Children’s Stories and SF, you can take the modern obsession with efficiency a little too far in several genres.

As the site itself says, “when even the Cliff Notes are too long.”

It’s harder to write a ten minute play than a full-length play.  It’s harder to write a short story than a novel, and I am sure it’s harder to write a one-minute summary than a full review of a book.

And, I’d say that this site proves it.

Most of these summaries are just silly.

I do have to say, though, that I think the summary of Hamlet will save you a lot of time.