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30 Short but Very Powerful Books

Books under 250 pages that leave a longlasting impression. For working class readers on public transportation.
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A Single Man (Christopher Isherwood)
A Single Man
1
Christopher Isherwood
The House on Mango Street (Sandra Cisneros)
The House on Mango Street
2
Sandra Cisneros
Almond (Won-Pyung Sohn)
Almond
3
Won-Pyung Sohn
The Yellow Wallpaper (Charlotte Perkins Gilman)
The Yellow Wallpaper
4
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
The Awakening (Kate Chopin)
The Awakening
5
Kate Chopin
Normal People (Sally Rooney)
Normal People
6
Sally Rooney
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five
7
Kurt Vonnegut
Family Lexicon (Natalia Ginzburg)
Family Lexicon
8
Natalia Ginzburg
We Have Always Lived in the Castle (Shirley Jackson)
We Have Always Lived in the Castle
9
Shirley Jackson
The Vegetarian (Han Kang)
The Vegetarian
10
Han Kang
If I Had Your Face (Frances Cha)
If I Had Your Face
11
Frances Cha
Babette's Feast (Isak Dinesen)
Babette's Feast
12
Isak Dinesen
No One Writes to the Colonel (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
No One Writes to the Colonel
13
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
My Year of Rest and Relaxation (Ottessa Moshfegh)
My Year of Rest and Relaxation
14
Ottessa Moshfegh
The Travelling Cat Chronicles (Hiro Arikawa)
The Travelling Cat Chronicles
15
Hiro Arikawa
The Housekeeper and the Professor (Yoko Ogawa)
The Housekeeper and the Professor
16
Yoko Ogawa
The Summer Without Men (Siri Hustvedt)
The Summer Without Men
17
Siri Hustvedt
Ex Libris (Anne Fadiman)
Ex Libris
18
Anne Fadiman
Wait Until Spring, Bandini (John Fante)
Wait Until Spring, Bandini
19
John Fante
Convenience Store Woman (Sayaka Murata)
Convenience Store Woman
20
Sayaka Murata
The Crucible (Arthur Miller)
The Crucible
21
Arthur Miller
The Human Comedy
The Human Comedy
22
The Paul Street Boys (Ferenc Malnár)
The Paul Street Boys
23
Ferenc Malnár
An Apprenticeship or the Book of Pleasures (Clarice Lispector)
An Apprenticeship or the Book of Pleasures
24
Clarice Lispector
Pedro Paramo (Juan Rulfo)
Pedro Paramo
25
Juan Rulfo
Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 (Cho Nam-Joo)
Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982
26
Cho Nam-Joo
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Fahrenheit 451
27
Ray Bradbury
The Lover's Dictionary (David Levithan)
The Lover's Dictionary
28
David Levithan
The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)
The Old Man and the Sea
29
Ernest Hemingway
Persuasion (Jane Austen)
Persuasion
30
Jane Austen
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