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classic shorties

For when reading a classic feels too daunting. Classics under 200 pages!

Island of the Blue Dolphins

I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream

The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas

To Build a Fire

Island of the Blue Dolphins

I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream

50 Great Classic Novels Under 200 Pages

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Hunger

The Girls of Slender Means

Ethan Frome

Animal Farm

Hunger

The Girls of Slender Means

California Dreamin'

by skiesbeyondearth

I know there are already several lists with a California theme, but I am hoping this acts as a syllabus of sorts for books that deal with the core myth, history, violence, dream, and contradiction of California. Suggestions are welcome!

The Lost and the Found: A True Story of Homelessness, Found Family, and Second Chances

The Woman Warrior

There There

Slouching Towards Bethlehem

The Lost and the Found: A True Story of Homelessness, Found Family, and Second Chances

The Woman Warrior

Backlisted

Books that were featured on an episode of Backlisted.

The Animal Family

Desperate Characters

It Had to Be You

L'imprevedibile Venetia

The Animal Family

Desperate Characters

artrage

Książki konglomeratu.

Tell Them of Battles, Kings, and Elephants

Tymczasowy dżentelmen

Klub Dumas

Puste domy

Tell Them of Battles, Kings, and Elephants

Tymczasowy dżentelmen

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