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32 Short Books to Help You Win Your Reading Challenge
The end of the year is fast approaching, which means there are only a few weeks left to reach your 2017 Reading Challenge Goal! But don't worry if you're a couple of books (or more) behind schedule. We're serving up a huge variety of short books by authors from around the globe—from Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's We Should All Be Feminists to Neil Gaiman's The Ocean at the End of the Lane. The best part? They're all fewer than 250 pages and ordered from shortest to longest—you'll get back on track in no time.
So don't fret, fellow bookworms! We're cheering for you from the sidelines. Your assured victory is within sight and within reach.
So don't fret, fellow bookworms! We're cheering for you from the sidelines. Your assured victory is within sight and within reach.
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Have a quick read that you'd like to recommend? Share it with us in the comments below!
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I read Steinbeck's "Cannery Row" during part of an airport layover. It reads quickly and is less than 200 pages, but damn, he packs a lot in there. My favorite Steinbeck novel!
If you want a quick read for the holidays, A Deal of a Lifetime by Fredrik Backman is a great choice! It’s less than 100 pages, and I’m pretty sure like half the page count is actually a preview of Beartown (also a great book, but that’s a lot longer).
As far as the remarkable Miss Christie goes, I usually grab whichever is reachable from the bed, the chair, the trunk of my car.....Whatever's handy. There is usually a referral to another book, character, or situation that guides the choice of the next book. If not, I just close my eyes and reach again. New books: Anne Hillerman has a new, and rather SHORT (291pp) Song of the Lion. It's one of a series, but each book stands alone very well; Dean Koontz, The Silent Corner; Stephen King (with talented offspring Owen) Sleeping Beauties, a very large book, but it doesn't read "long". Kathy Reichs, Two Nights", not a Bones Book. Has anyone read The Party by Robyn Harding? I keep starting it and then wandering off. I have been reading a bit more - whatever I can get to from the bed, the wheelchair, or my terribly worn but so, so comfortable recliner. Hope to be ambulatory again by Christmas. Merry Holidays to all. 🎄 ❄ 😊
Barbara wrote: "I just read News of the World by Paulette Jiles. It is 209 pages so qualifies as short. I really enjoyed it! Rated 4.17 on Goodreads."I really enjoyed News of the World also...a great short read!
13 books to go in 3 weeks, I have to try my best! I will start with Annhilation and A monster calls. Any suggestions for some short reads in fantasy?
Steinbeck's "The Pearl""Train Dreams" by Dennis Johnson
"Julius Winsome" by Gerard Donovan
"Ethan Frome" by Willa Cather
"So Long See you Tomorrow" by William Maxwell
I have to admit American authors are the masters of the novella world !
Lakhsesis wrote: "13 books to go in 3 weeks, I have to try my best! I will start with Annhilation and A monster calls. Any suggestions for some short reads in fantasy?"Allegory....Orwell's Animal Farm. Read long ago in high school and listened to again this year.
When I was in high school, I was involved in a messy but not particularly serious auto accident. One of my teachers, a lovely nun who didn't get out much, brought me a gift from the school library (she was the librarian). It was"How to Read a Book". After I got about halfway through it, I swore I'd never read another book! Of course, that (obviously) didn't last long. Current "pleasure" read is a lovely mystery, "Down the Darkest Road" by Tami Hoag. Not much blood, but lots of twists and turns.
"Remainder" by Tom McCarthy. I read about this book on a TED talk website of books favourited by presenters. I read it well over a year ago and it still surfaces in my thoughts from time to time. A great read.
I was going to suggest Animal Farm by Orwell but some one else did so I concur. AlsoOf Mice and Men and The Red Pony both by Steinbeck.
Ohh, Fever Dream was included! Nice to see a modern Argentine author amongst so many classics. It's a fantastic book.
Robin Sharma’s Little Black Book of Stunning Success - only 51 pages!
Raymond wrote: "Mary Beard's 
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Thank you so much for this! I just saw the article, and I'm 18 books behind. :D I can do this!!
Thanks so much for this list! Although it would've been a lot more helpful a couple of months ago, but I managed to find some short books for my challenge.Human Acts is one of my favorite books I read this year too! It is a hard read but so worth it.
Add to this any manga. Most are around 200 pages, and are comics. :)
Short, sweet and absolutely, positively terrifying.
The Body in the Library is my favorite Miss Marple novel.My suggestions: The Castles of Athlin and Dunbaynea by Ann Radcliffe and Girls' Poker Night by Jill A. Davis
i am usually behind, but for a change i passed my challenge! Goodluck to everyone still catching up, there are definitely a lot of good reads to choose from besides these- anywho happy reading!
Anil wrote: "Thanks for suggesting these books. I have one question regarding Agatha Christie books. In order to read one of her Poirot series, should I have to start right from the first or is it okay to just ..."You can read it from anywhere. Agatha Christie books are stand alones. But if you are an avid thriller fan, once you start her books, you will get addicted to her books. :)
Short non-fiction books to help meet your Reading Challenge: The Gifts of Imperfection by Brene Brown 138 pp
Mere Christianity by C. S. Lewis 191 pp
The Five Love Languages by Gary Chapman 203 pp
Learning to Love Yourself by Gay Hendricks 140 pp
Boundaries with Kids by Henry Cloud 223 pp
Meditations by Marcus Aurelius 170 pp
Man's Search for Meaning by Victor Frankl 184 pp
The Dip by Seth Godin 80 pp
Profound parables:
The Anatomy of Peace by Arbinger Institute 231 pp
Who Moved My Cheese by Spencer Johnson 96 pp
The Go-Giver by Bob Burg 133 pp
Cody by David K. Draper 88 pp
Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach 112 pp
Fiction:
The Diary of Adam and Eve by Mark Twain 95 pp
The Christmas Box by Richard Paul Evans 125 pp
Legion by Brandon Sanderson 88 pp
The Emperor's Soul by Brandon Sanderson 175 pp
Planet of the Apes by Pierre Boulle 128 pp
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle 211 pp
Dragonsong by Anne McCaffrey 192 pp
I, Robot by Issac Asimov 224 pp
My novelette is super short...takes less than 2 hours to read if that helps anyone meet their goal! www.goodreads.com/book/show/35218530-...I am going to set a goal for next year!
Wonderful. Thanks for this post I bought Very Good Lives: The Fringe Benefits of Failure and the Importance of Imagination yesterday by J.K. Rowling. I look forward to her work and her perspective on her journey in life.
Hi I just released my first book, so this is all new to me. I would love to get some opinions. https://www.amazon.com/dp/1640828060/...2 minutes ago
The Pearl (96 pages) by Steinbeck, also Of Mice and Men (112) by same. The Ballad of the Sad Cafe (160) by Carson McCullers. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, Jean Dominique Bauby, also 160.
