Discover new books on Goodreads
Meet your next favorite book
Sign in with Facebook
List created for the 2025 reading challenge in the Ultimate Popsugar Reading Challenge group .
A book under 250 pages.
Please use this list for all books you are considering reading, as well as books you would recommend for this prompt! If you use the "Search" feature to add books (instead of choosing from "My Books"), that will eliminate multiple versions of the same book being added to the list. When you add the book, you can add a comment (in the box provided next to "why you added this book") if you wish.
link to discussion post .
See other popsugar 2025 lists: https://www.goodreads.com/list/tag/popsugar-2025
A book under 250 pages.
Please use this list for all books you are considering reading, as well as books you would recommend for this prompt! If you use the "Search" feature to add books (instead of choosing from "My Books"), that will eliminate multiple versions of the same book being added to the list. When you add the book, you can add a comment (in the box provided next to "why you added this book") if you wish.
link to discussion post .
See other popsugar 2025 lists: https://www.goodreads.com/list/tag/popsugar-2025
Score
A book’s total score is based on multiple factors, including the number of people who have voted for it and how highly those voters ranked the book.
| 1 |
|
All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1)
by
Martha Wells (Goodreads Author)
4.12 avg rating — 349,007 ratings
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 2 |
|
The Little Prince
by
4.33 avg rating — 2,410,069 ratings
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 3 |
|
Animal Farm
by
4.01 avg rating — 4,424,028 ratings
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 4 |
|
Night
by
4.38 avg rating — 1,344,139 ratings
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 5 |
|
The Giver (The Giver, #1)
by
Lois Lowry (Goodreads Author)
4.12 avg rating — 2,758,381 ratings
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 6 |
|
Every Heart a Doorway (Wayward Children, #1)
by
Seanan McGuire (Goodreads Author)
3.81 avg rating — 121,672 ratings
score: 873,
and
9 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 7 |
|
The Great Gatsby
by
3.93 avg rating — 5,794,132 ratings
score: 851,
and
9 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 8 |
|
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1)
by
4.22 avg rating — 1,986,207 ratings
score: 766,
and
8 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 9 |
|
Crying in H Mart
by
4.24 avg rating — 571,001 ratings
score: 750,
and
8 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 10 |
|
Of Mice and Men
by
3.89 avg rating — 2,779,787 ratings
score: 743,
and
8 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 11 |
|
A Psalm for the Wild-Built (Monk & Robot, #1)
by
Becky Chambers (Goodreads Author)
4.23 avg rating — 173,803 ratings
score: 741,
and
8 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 12 |
|
The Empress of Salt and Fortune (The Singing Hills Cycle, #1)
by
Nghi Vo (Goodreads Author)
3.92 avg rating — 43,103 ratings
score: 681,
and
7 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 13 |
|
Small Things Like These
by
4.11 avg rating — 377,228 ratings
score: 676,
and
7 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 14 |
|
Fahrenheit 451
by
3.97 avg rating — 2,759,504 ratings
score: 670,
and
7 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 15 |
|
The Outsiders
by
S.E. Hinton (Goodreads Author)
4.14 avg rating — 1,559,684 ratings
score: 637,
and
7 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 16 |
|
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
by
4.24 avg rating — 1,966,875 ratings
score: 633,
and
7 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 17 |
|
Why Fish Don’t Exist: A Story of Loss, Love, and the Hidden Order of Life
by
4.14 avg rating — 53,421 ratings
score: 581,
and
6 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 18 |
|
Animal Farm
by
4.01 avg rating — 4,424,028 ratings
score: 560,
and
6 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 19 |
|
Galatea
by
Madeline Miller (Goodreads Author)
3.93 avg rating — 118,439 ratings
score: 493,
and
5 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 20 |
|
The House on Mango Street
by
3.69 avg rating — 226,602 ratings
score: 481,
and
5 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 21 |
|
The Crucible
by
3.61 avg rating — 455,984 ratings
score: 479,
and
6 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 22 |
|
Fangs
by
Sarah Andersen (Goodreads Author)
4.21 avg rating — 52,237 ratings
score: 477,
and
5 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 23 |
|
How to Keep House While Drowning
by
4.21 avg rating — 74,918 ratings
score: 476,
and
5 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 24 |
|
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
by
3.92 avg rating — 1,004,835 ratings
score: 475,
and
5 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 25 |
|
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #1)
by
Alexander McCall Smith (Goodreads Author)
3.81 avg rating — 274,170 ratings
score: 467,
and
5 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 26 |
|
The Phantom Tollbooth
by
4.20 avg rating — 303,694 ratings
score: 466,
and
5 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 27 |
|
Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood (Persepolis, #1)
by
4.27 avg rating — 226,890 ratings
score: 462,
and
5 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 28 |
|
Thornhedge
by
3.93 avg rating — 55,651 ratings
score: 459,
and
5 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 28 |
|
Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson
by
Mitch Albom (Goodreads Author)
4.20 avg rating — 1,170,654 ratings
score: 459,
and
5 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 30 |
|
Binti (Binti, #1)
by
Nnedi Okorafor (Goodreads Author)
3.84 avg rating — 79,366 ratings
score: 456,
and
5 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 31 |
|
Coraline
by
Neil Gaiman (Goodreads Author)
4.13 avg rating — 767,813 ratings
score: 445,
and
5 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 32 |
|
Ring Shout
by
P. Djèlí Clark (Goodreads Author)
3.96 avg rating — 49,228 ratings
score: 444,
and
5 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 33 |
|
The Tea Dragon Society (Tea Dragon, #1)
by
4.34 avg rating — 68,465 ratings
score: 440,
and
5 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 34 |
|
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
by
4.47 avg rating — 11,181,039 ratings
score: 383,
and
4 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 35 |
|
Penric’s Demon (Penric and Desdemona, #1)
by
Lois McMaster Bujold (Goodreads Author)
4.20 avg rating — 12,118 ratings
score: 380,
and
4 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 36 |
|
Even Though I Knew the End
by
C.L. Polk (Goodreads Author)
3.81 avg rating — 18,978 ratings
score: 377,
and
4 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 37 |
|
84, Charing Cross Road
by
4.16 avg rating — 94,547 ratings
score: 373,
and
4 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 38 |
|
I, Robot (Robot, #0.1)
by
4.21 avg rating — 373,247 ratings
score: 370,
and
4 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 38 |
|
Bridge to Teribithia
by
4.06 avg rating — 583,444 ratings
score: 370,
and
4 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 38 |
|
Of Mice and Men
by
3.89 avg rating — 2,779,787 ratings
score: 370,
and
4 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 41 |
|
Letter from the Birmingham Jail
by
4.72 avg rating — 8,550 ratings
score: 368,
and
4 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 42 |
|
Little House in the Big Woods (Little House, #1)
by
4.21 avg rating — 283,292 ratings
score: 365,
and
4 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 42 |
|
Convenience Store Woman
by
3.67 avg rating — 358,239 ratings
score: 365,
and
4 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 44 |
|
Skipping Christmas
by
John Grisham (Goodreads Author)
3.57 avg rating — 84,505 ratings
score: 358,
and
4 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 45 |
|
Girl, Interrupted
by
3.94 avg rating — 272,321 ratings
score: 354,
and
4 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 46 |
|
Out of the Silent Planet (The Space Trilogy, #1)
by
3.93 avg rating — 104,778 ratings
score: 353,
and
4 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 47 |
|
Before the Coffee Gets Cold (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #1)
by
3.66 avg rating — 648,876 ratings
score: 345,
and
4 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 48 |
|
The Haunting of Hill House
by
3.81 avg rating — 373,426 ratings
score: 343,
and
4 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 49 |
|
A Wrinkle in Time (Time Quintet, #1)
by
3.97 avg rating — 1,269,634 ratings
score: 341,
and
4 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 50 |
|
James and the Giant Peach
by
4.04 avg rating — 509,624 ratings
score: 336,
and
4 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 51 |
|
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Charlie Bucket, #1)
by
4.17 avg rating — 918,977 ratings
score: 334,
and
4 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 52 |
|
Matilda
by
4.33 avg rating — 1,087,741 ratings
score: 331,
and
4 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 53 |
|
Melissa
by
4.09 avg rating — 47,524 ratings
score: 293,
and
3 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 54 |
|
The Message
by
4.51 avg rating — 37,348 ratings
score: 285,
and
3 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 54 |
|
Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes
by
4.14 avg rating — 29,072 ratings
score: 285,
and
3 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 56 |
|
Their Eyes Were Watching God
by
3.99 avg rating — 380,831 ratings
score: 282,
and
3 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 57 |
|
The City in Glass
by
Nghi Vo (Goodreads Author)
3.71 avg rating — 5,883 ratings
score: 280,
and
3 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 57 |
|
Play It As It Lays
by
3.91 avg rating — 87,786 ratings
score: 280,
and
3 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 59 |
|
The Mimicking of Known Successes (The Investigations of Mossa and Pleiti, #1)
by
Malka Ann Older (Goodreads Author)
3.61 avg rating — 9,157 ratings
score: 275,
and
3 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 59 |
|
What Feasts at Night (Sworn Soldier, #2)
by
3.81 avg rating — 35,673 ratings
score: 275,
and
3 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 61 |
|
When Among Crows (Curse Bearer, #1)
by
Veronica Roth (Goodreads Author)
3.72 avg rating — 23,520 ratings
score: 271,
and
3 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 61 |
|
The White Darkness
by
David Grann (Goodreads Author)
3.97 avg rating — 9,300 ratings
score: 271,
and
3 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 63 |
|
The Fall of the House of Usher
by
3.85 avg rating — 85,161 ratings
score: 269,
and
3 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 64 |
|
A Spindle Splintered (Fractured Fables, #1)
by
Alix E. Harrow (Goodreads Author)
3.60 avg rating — 38,623 ratings
score: 266,
and
3 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 65 |
|
A Mirror Mended (Fractured Fables, #2)
by
Alix E. Harrow (Goodreads Author)
3.74 avg rating — 14,909 ratings
score: 264,
and
3 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 66 |
|
The Deal of a Lifetime
by
Fredrik Backman (Goodreads Author)
3.81 avg rating — 59,671 ratings
score: 260,
and
3 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 66 |
|
Ella Minnow Pea
by
3.94 avg rating — 56,980 ratings
score: 260,
and
3 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 68 |
|
The Remains of the Day
by
Kazuo Ishiguro (Goodreads Author)
4.14 avg rating — 349,875 ratings
score: 257,
and
3 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 69 |
|
The Scourge Between Stars
by
3.56 avg rating — 5,023 ratings
score: 256,
and
3 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 70 |
|
Last Chance to See
by
4.32 avg rating — 25,884 ratings
score: 254,
and
3 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 71 |
|
Talk Before Sleep
by
3.96 avg rating — 12,336 ratings
score: 243,
and
3 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 72 |
|
Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder
by
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 25,423 ratings
score: 233,
and
3 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 73 |
|
The Bell Jar
by
4.05 avg rating — 1,179,467 ratings
score: 199,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 74 |
|
Orbital
by
3.53 avg rating — 120,795 ratings
score: 197,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 75 |
|
The Hundred Dresses
by
4.11 avg rating — 41,726 ratings
score: 196,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 75 |
|
Three Days in June
by
Anne Tyler (Goodreads Author)
3.63 avg rating — 80,380 ratings
score: 196,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 77 |
|
SantaLand Diaries
by
4.32 avg rating — 46,700 ratings
score: 195,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 78 |
|
Kidnapped (David Balfour, #1)
by
3.79 avg rating — 67,470 ratings
score: 191,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 78 |
|
You'll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey: Crazy Stories about Racism
by
4.42 avg rating — 21,894 ratings
score: 191,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 78 |
|
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
by
3.79 avg rating — 38,022 ratings
score: 191,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 81 |
|
The Five People You Meet in Heaven
by
Mitch Albom (Goodreads Author)
4.01 avg rating — 789,585 ratings
score: 190,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 81 |
|
Ru
by
3.81 avg rating — 24,967 ratings
score: 190,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 83 |
|
Foster
by
4.31 avg rating — 148,125 ratings
score: 189,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 84 |
|
The Gifts of Imperfection
by
Brené Brown (Goodreads Author)
4.25 avg rating — 217,484 ratings
score: 187,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 84 |
|
The Gift
by
Freida McFadden (Goodreads Author)
3.22 avg rating — 128,568 ratings
score: 187,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 86 |
|
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
by
3.97 avg rating — 62,110 ratings
score: 186,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 87 |
|
The Mountains of Mourning (Vorkosigan Saga, #5.1)
by
Lois McMaster Bujold (Goodreads Author)
4.29 avg rating — 8,972 ratings
score: 184,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 87 |
|
The Grown Up
by
Gillian Flynn (Goodreads Author)
3.55 avg rating — 150,101 ratings
score: 184,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 89 |
|
The Lottery
by
4.04 avg rating — 106,074 ratings
score: 183,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 90 |
|
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane
by
Kate DiCamillo (Goodreads Author)
4.39 avg rating — 119,863 ratings
score: 181,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 91 |
|
Speak
by
Laurie Halse Anderson (Goodreads Author)
4.05 avg rating — 625,797 ratings
score: 180,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 91 |
|
We'll Prescribe You a Cat (We'll Prescribe You a Cat, #1)
by
3.78 avg rating — 37,743 ratings
score: 180,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 91 |
|
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
by
4.09 avg rating — 502,695 ratings
score: 180,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 91 |
|
Giovanni’s Room
by
4.34 avg rating — 236,383 ratings
score: 180,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 95 |
|
Wash Day Diaries
by
4.34 avg rating — 11,449 ratings
score: 179,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 96 |
|
We Have Always Been Here: A Queer Muslim Memoir
by
4.16 avg rating — 19,071 ratings
score: 178,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 97 |
|
The Notebook (The Notebook, #1)
by
Nicholas Sparks (Goodreads Author)
4.16 avg rating — 1,820,654 ratings
score: 177,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 97 |
|
Anne of the Island (Anne of Green Gables, #3)
by
4.28 avg rating — 190,845 ratings
score: 177,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 97 |
|
A Room with a View
by
3.89 avg rating — 199,285 ratings
score: 177,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 100 |
|
And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer
by
Fredrik Backman (Goodreads Author)
4.33 avg rating — 116,182 ratings
score: 176,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
416 books ·
95 voters ·
list created December 2nd, 2024
by Nadine in NY Jones (votes) .
Nadine in NY
5520 books
334 friends
334 friends
Dubhease
1016 books
26 friends
26 friends
Jen W.
5878 books
92 friends
92 friends
Tammy
951 books
68 friends
68 friends
Chelsea
3832 books
51 friends
51 friends
Weatherby
2413 books
6 friends
6 friends
Allison
761 books
27 friends
27 friends
Doni
4527 books
45 friends
45 friends
More voters…
Anyone can add books to this list.
How to Vote
To vote on existing books from the list, beside each book there is a link vote for this book clicking it will add that book to your votes.
To vote on books not in the list or books you couldn't find in the list, you can click on the tab add books to this list and then choose from your books, or simply search.
