Recs if you like The Old Nurse's Story...

on average people read 40-60 pages an hour, so this is a continuously updated collection of books with 60 pages or less & a couple short story collections

Overlooked, lesser known classics from all over the world and of many genres.

This list also exists as a book club on Fable under the same name.

Victorians would tell ghost stories on Christmas Eve, a practice dating back to Yule. This list includes titles perfect to recount over a fire with roasted chestnuts.

The Entire Collection of Penguin's Little Black Classics

NOTE: the ones with non matching covers just won't switch to the LBC edition no matter what I do

Mujeres que escriben historias

Interested: Me interesan pero aun no lo consigo TBR: Comprado pero aún sin leer

All the books in the little black classic collection from Penguin.

They are pretty, they are tiny, they are collectable, but have you read them all?

Yeah it’s literally just the Penguin Little Black Classics from 1-80. Enjoy!

Missing two: cannot find them on Pagebound

I got the box set as a gift some time ago and got overwhelmed, so I'm making this list to finally get around to reading them. Slowly but surely!

Only including the following publishers: NYRB, Norton Critical, Penguin Modern, Pantheon, Penguin Classics, Oxford World's Classic, Vintage, Picador Paper, New Directions, McNally, Fitzcarraldo, Seven Stories, Very Short Introductions, Knopf, and Charco Press.