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50 Great Classic Novels Under 200 Pages

50 novels under 200 pages published before 1970.
Also see the companion list 50 novels under 200 pages published 1970-2020: https://www.listchallenges.com/create-list/info/330303
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The Invention of Morel (Adolfo Bioy Casares)
The Invention of Morel (Adolfo Bioy Casares)
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Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck)
Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck)
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Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
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The Hound of the Baskervilles
The Hound of the Baskervilles
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The Postman Always Rings Twice (James M. Cain)
The Postman Always Rings Twice (James M. Cain)
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Passing (Nella Larsen)
Passing (Nella Larsen)
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Camus: The Stranger (Patrick McCarthy)
Camus: The Stranger (Patrick McCarthy)
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Pedro Páramo (Juan Rulfo)
Pedro Páramo (Juan Rulfo)
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The Cloven Viscount (Italo Calvino)
The Cloven Viscount (Italo Calvino)
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The Awakening, by Kate Chopin
The Awakening, by Kate Chopin
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The Death of Ivan Ilyich
The Death of Ivan Ilyich
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In Watermelon Sugar (Richard Brautigan)
In Watermelon Sugar (Richard Brautigan)
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The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man (James Weldon Johnson)
The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man (James Weldon Johnson)
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Death in Venice
Death in Venice
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We Have Always Lived in the Castle (Shirley Jackson)
We Have Always Lived in the Castle (Shirley Jackson)
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A Single Man (Christopher Isherwood)
A Single Man (Christopher Isherwood)
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Notes From the Underground
Notes From the Underground
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Ice (Anna Kavan)
Ice (Anna Kavan)
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Cane (Jean Toomer)
Cane (Jean Toomer)
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The Drowned World, J. G. Ballard (1962)
The Drowned World, J. G. Ballard (1962)
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Hunger
Hunger
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Giovanni's Room (James Baldwin)
Giovanni's Room (James Baldwin)
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O Pioneers! (Willa Cather)
O Pioneers! (Willa Cather)
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Bonjour Tristesse (Françoise Sagan)
Bonjour Tristesse (Françoise Sagan)
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Billy Budd (Herman Melville)
Billy Budd (Herman Melville)
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The Crying of Lot 49
The Crying of Lot 49
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The Trial (Franz Kafka)
The Trial (Franz Kafka)
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A Personal Matter - Kenzaburo Oe
A Personal Matter - Kenzaburo Oe
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Nightwood (Djuna Barnes)
Nightwood (Djuna Barnes)
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Snow Country (Yasunari Kawabata)
Snow Country (Yasunari Kawabata)
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Wide Sargasso Sea (Jean Rhys)
Wide Sargasso Sea (Jean Rhys)
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Silas Marner (George Eliot)
Silas Marner (George Eliot)
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The Girls of Slender Means (Muriel Spark)
The Girls of Slender Means (Muriel Spark)
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Jacob Von Gunten (Robert Walser)
Jacob Von Gunten (Robert Walser)
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Breakfast at Tiffany's (Truman Capote)
Breakfast at Tiffany's (Truman Capote)
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Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe)
Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe)
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Fat City (Leonard Gardner)
Fat City (Leonard Gardner)
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House Made of Dawn (N. Scott Momaday)
House Made of Dawn (N. Scott Momaday)
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If He Hollers Let Him Go (Chester Himes)
If He Hollers Let Him Go (Chester Himes)
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The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
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