Short books that can be read in a sitting (<200pgs) - from a list from Gary Turk and amysbookshelf with some additions by me.
created by saropolis
last updated November, 2026
The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion: Vol. 3
Beth Brower
The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion: Vol. 2
The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion, Vol. 1
Days at the Morisaki Bookshop
Satoshi Yagisawa
The River Has Roots
Amal El-Mohtar
The Stranger
Albert Camus
84, Charing Cross Road
Helene Hanff
The Housekeeper and the Professor
YĆko Ogawa
Lemon
Kwon Yeo-Sun
Open Water
Caleb Azumah Nelson
Small Things Like These
Claire Keegan
Minor Detail
Adania Shibli
And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer
Fredrik Backman
Hope for the Flowers
Trina Paulus
Termush
Sven Holm
The Invention of Morel
Adolfo Bioy Casares
Orbital
Samantha Harvey
A Short Stay in Hell
Steven L. Peck
All My Friends are Superheroes
Andrew Kaufman
Train Dreams
Denis Johnson
Foster
A Prayer for the Crown-Shy
Becky Chambers
The Hitchhikerâs Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams
The Seagull
Anton Chekhov
I Who Have Never Known Men
Jacqueline Harpman
Animal Farm
George Orwell
A Psalm for the Wild-Built
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