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100 One-Night Reads: A Book Lover's Guide

Written by David C. Major in 2001. This is a description of 100 (and one extra) short books from various genres.
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Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe)
Things Fall Apart
1
Chinua Achebe
A Coffin for Dimitrios (Eric Ambler)
A Coffin for Dimitrios
2
Eric Ambler
Lucky Jim (Kinglsey Amis)
Lucky Jim
3
Kinglsey Amis
The Education of Oscar Fairfax (Louis Auchincloss)
The Education of Oscar Fairfax
4
Louis Auchincloss
Growing Up (Russell Baker)
Growing Up
5
Russell Baker
Wartime Lies (Louis Begley)
Wartime Lies
6
Louis Begley
Queen Lucia
Queen Lucia
7
Hacks at Lunch (Mary Bringle)
Hacks at Lunch
8
Mary Bringle
Breakfast at Tiffany's (Truman Capote)
Breakfast at Tiffany's
9
Truman Capote
Death Comes for the Archbishop (Willa Cather)
Death Comes for the Archbishop
10
Willa Cather
The Big Sleep (Raymond Chandler)
The Big Sleep
11
Raymond Chandler
In Patagonia (Chatwin)
In Patagonia
12
Chatwin
The Ox-Bow Incident (Walter Van Tilburg Clark)
The Ox-Bow Incident
13
Walter Van Tilburg Clark
Mrs.Bridge (Evan S. Connell)
Mrs.Bridge
14
Evan S. Connell
The Secret Agent (Joseph Conrad)
The Secret Agent
15
Joseph Conrad
The Road From Coorain (Jill Ker Conway)
The Road From Coorain
16
Jill Ker Conway
Microcosmographia Academica: Being a Guide for the Young Academic Politician (F.M. Cornford)
Microcosmographia Academica: Being a Guide for the Young Academic Politician
17
F.M. Cornford
Auntie Mame (Patrick Dennis)
Auntie Mame
18
Patrick Dennis
The Ten Thousand Things (Maria Dermout)
The Ten Thousand Things
19
Maria Dermout
Mr. Dimock Explores the Mysteries of the East (Edward Cameron Dimock)
Mr. Dimock Explores the Mysteries of the East
20
Edward Cameron Dimock
Flying Start: A Fighter Pilot's War Years (Hugh Dundas)
Flying Start: A Fighter Pilot's War Years
21
Hugh Dundas
The Sun, the Genome, and the Internet (Freeman J. Dyson)
The Sun, the Genome, and the Internet
22
Freeman J. Dyson
Write If You Get Work: The Best of Bob and Ray (Bob Elliott and Ray Goulding)
Write If You Get Work: The Best of Bob and Ray
23
Bob Elliott and Ray Goulding
Self-Reliance [And Other Essays] (Ralph Waldo Emerson)
Self-Reliance [And Other Essays]
24
Ralph Waldo Emerson
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
25
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Paris Was Yesterday: 1925-1939 (Janet Flanner)
Paris Was Yesterday: 1925-1939
26
Janet Flanner
Where Angels Fear to Tread (E.M. Forster)
Where Angels Fear to Tread
27
E.M. Forster
Name-Dropping (John Kenneth Galbraith)
Name-Dropping
28
John Kenneth Galbraith
Our Man in Havana (Graham Greene)
Our Man in Havana
29
Graham Greene
The Maltese Falcon (Dashiell Hammett)
The Maltese Falcon
30
Dashiell Hammett
84, Charing Cross (Helene Hanff)
84, Charing Cross
31
Helene Hanff
Fadeout
Fadeout
32
Beowulf (Anonymous)
Beowulf
33
Anonymous
The Sun Also Rises (Ernest Hemingway)
The Sun Also Rises
34
Ernest Hemingway
The Friends of Eddie Coyle
The Friends of Eddie Coyle
35
The Talented Mr. Ripley (Patricia Highsmith)
The Talented Mr. Ripley
36
Patricia Highsmith
Lost Horizon (James Hilton)
Lost Horizon
37
James Hilton
The Haunting of Hill House (Shirley Jackson)
The Haunting of Hill House
38
Shirley Jackson
Washington Square (Henry James)
Washington Square
39
Henry James
The Country of the Pointed Firs (Sarah Orne Jewett)
The Country of the Pointed Firs
40
Sarah Orne Jewett
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