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100 Short Good Books

Mostly novels (a few essays and memoir type things), under 260 pages but a lot of them considerably shorter.
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Reunion (Fred Uhlman)
Reunion
1
Fred Uhlman
A Month in the Country (J.L. Carr)
A Month in the Country
2
J.L. Carr
The Lady and the Little Fox Fur (Violette Leduc)
The Lady and the Little Fox Fur
3
Violette Leduc
The Ice Palace (Tarjei Vesaas)
The Ice Palace
4
Tarjei Vesaas
Bonjour Tristesse (Francoise Sagan)
Bonjour Tristesse
5
Francoise Sagan
The Summer Book (Tove Jansson)
The Summer Book
6
Tove Jansson
They Came Like Swallows (William Maxwell)
They Came Like Swallows
7
William Maxwell
Snow Country Yasunari Kawabata
Snow Country Yasunari Kawabata
8
The Lonely Londoners (Sam Selvon)
The Lonely Londoners
9
Sam Selvon
Another Brooklyn (Jacqueline Woodson)
Another Brooklyn
10
Jacqueline Woodson
Small Things Like These (Claire Keegan)
Small Things Like These
11
Claire Keegan
Some Prefer Nettles (Jun'ichirō Tanizaki)
Some Prefer Nettles
12
Jun'ichirō Tanizaki
The Mussel Feast (Birgit Vanderbeke)
The Mussel Feast
13
Birgit Vanderbeke
Space Invaders (Nona Fernández)
Space Invaders
14
Nona Fernández
The Yellow Rain (Julio Llamazares)
The Yellow Rain
15
Julio Llamazares
The Blue Flower (Penelope Fitzgerald)
The Blue Flower
16
Penelope Fitzgerald
Convenience Store Woman (Sayaka Murata)
Convenience Store Woman
17
Sayaka Murata
The Twilight Years (Sawako Ariyoshi)
The Twilight Years
18
Sawako Ariyoshi
In Praise of Shadows (Jun'ichirō Tanizaki)
In Praise of Shadows
19
Jun'ichirō Tanizaki
The Military Orchid (Jocelyn Brooke)
The Military Orchid
20
Jocelyn Brooke
Moon Tiger
Moon Tiger
21
To the Lighthouse (Virginia Woolf)
To the Lighthouse
22
Virginia Woolf
Nowhere Slow: Eleven Years in Micronesia (Jonathan Gourlay)
Nowhere Slow: Eleven Years in Micronesia
23
Jonathan Gourlay
Persuasion (Jane Austen)
Persuasion
24
Jane Austen
Hotel Du Lac
Hotel Du Lac
25
The Return of the Soldier (Rebecca West)
The Return of the Soldier
26
Rebecca West
One Fine Day (Mollie Panter-Downes)
One Fine Day
27
Mollie Panter-Downes
A Wreath of Roses (Elizabeth Taylor)
A Wreath of Roses
28
Elizabeth Taylor
Wide Sargasso Sea (Jean Rhys)
Wide Sargasso Sea
29
Jean Rhys
Invitation to the Waltz (Rosamond Lehmann)
Invitation to the Waltz
30
Rosamond Lehmann
A High Wind in Jamaica (Richard Hughes)
A High Wind in Jamaica
31
Richard Hughes
Mozart's Journey to Prague (Eduard Mörike)
Mozart's Journey to Prague
32
Eduard Mörike
The Blank Wall (Elisabeth Sanxay Holding)
The Blank Wall
33
Elisabeth Sanxay Holding
Invisible Cities (Italo Calvino)
Invisible Cities
34
Italo Calvino
Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck)
Of Mice and Men
35
John Steinbeck
The Awakening (Kate Chopin)
The Awakening
36
Kate Chopin
The Grass Is Singing (Doris Lessing)
The Grass Is Singing
37
Doris Lessing
The Comfort of Strangers (Ian McEwan)
The Comfort of Strangers
38
Ian McEwan
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
39
George Orwell
The Periodic Table - Primo Levi (Primo Levi)
The Periodic Table - Primo Levi
40
Primo Levi
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