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
created by anaconda
last updated August, 2026
The Fox Wish
Kimiko Aman
The Story of Kao Yu
Peter S. Beagle
They're Made Out of Meat
Terry Bisson
The Monster's Million Faces
Rachel Swirsky
Black Box
Jennifer Egan
Someday a Bird Will Poop on You
Sue Salvi
Ghostly Stories
Celia Fremlin
There Will Come Soft Rains
Ray Bradbury
My Son the Fanatic
Hanif Kureishi
Mary Ventura and the Ninth Kingdom
Sylvia Plath
The Victim
P.D. James
The Conquered Sits at the Bus Stop, Waiting
Veronica Montes
All the Dead We Have Yet to Bury (Chestnut Review Chapbooks)
Mario Aliberto III
Everything's Changing
Chelsea Stickle
Eros: Queer Myths for Lovers
Zoe Terakes
Crown Tourney: Ten tales of deadly damsels, cursed castles and edged weapons
Tansy Rayner Roberts
The Living Statue: A Legend
GĂŒnter Grass
The Famous Magician
César Aira
An Attempt at Exhausting a Place in Paris
Georges Perec
The White Guy Dies First: 13 Scary Stories of Fear and Power
Terry J. Benton-Walker
The Lorax
Dr. Seuss
The Worst Book in the Whole Entire World: A Seriously Silly Story for Kids
Joey Acker
Schoolgirl
Osamu Dazai
We Should All Be Feminists
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
The Old Nurse's Story (Penguin Little Black Classics, #39)
Elizabeth Gaskell
The Most Dangerous Game
Richard Connell
Rapunzel
Jacob Grimm
Galatea
Madeline Miller
The Tell-Tale Heart
Edgar Allan Poe
Little Red Riding Hood
Trina Schart Hyman
I also recommend this list for a HUGE collection of free online short stories!
Love this! I might have a few that meets this criteria
Please do give them! If there are a lot of illustrations we can also go a bit over 50 pages
I have a couple one hour (or less) reads:
Added!
Saving this for my December short reads sessions!
I am honored!
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