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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
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Adolfo Bioy Casares
Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck)
Of Mice and Men
2
John Steinbeck
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
3
George Orwell
The Hound of the Baskervilles (Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Hound of the Baskervilles
4
Arthur Conan Doyle
The Postman Always Rings Twice (James M. Cain)
The Postman Always Rings Twice
5
James M. Cain
Passing (Nella Larsen)
Passing
6
Nella Larsen
Camus: The Stranger (Patrick McCarthy)
Camus: The Stranger
7
Patrick McCarthy
Pedro Páramo (Juan Rulfo)
Pedro Páramo
8
Juan Rulfo
The Cloven Viscount (Italo Calvino)
The Cloven Viscount
9
Italo Calvino
The Awakening, by Kate Chopin
The Awakening, by Kate Chopin
10
The Death of Ivan Ilyich (Leo Tolstoy)
The Death of Ivan Ilyich
11
Leo Tolstoy
In Watermelon Sugar (Richard Brautigan)
In Watermelon Sugar
12
Richard Brautigan
The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man (James Weldon Johnson)
The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man
13
James Weldon Johnson
Death in Venice (Thomas Mann)
Death in Venice
14
Thomas Mann
We Have Always Lived in the Castle (Shirley Jackson)
We Have Always Lived in the Castle
15
Shirley Jackson
A Single Man (Christopher Isherwood)
A Single Man
16
Christopher Isherwood
Notes From the Underground (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
Notes From the Underground
17
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Ice (Anna Kavan)
Ice
18
Anna Kavan
Cane (Jean Toomer)
Cane
19
Jean Toomer
The Drowned World, J. G. Ballard (1962)
The Drowned World, J. G. Ballard (1962)
20
Hunger (Knut Hamsun)
Hunger
21
Knut Hamsun
Giovanni's Room (James Baldwin)
Giovanni's Room
22
James Baldwin
O Pioneers! (Willa Cather)
O Pioneers!
23
Willa Cather
Bonjour Tristesse (Françoise Sagan)
Bonjour Tristesse
24
Françoise Sagan
Billy Budd (Herman Melville)
Billy Budd
25
Herman Melville
The Crying of Lot 49 (Thomas Pynchon)
The Crying of Lot 49
26
Thomas Pynchon
The Trial (Franz Kafka)
The Trial
27
Franz Kafka
A Personal Matter - Kenzaburo Oe
A Personal Matter - Kenzaburo Oe
28
Nightwood (Djuna Barnes)
Nightwood
29
Djuna Barnes
Snow Country (Yasunari Kawabata)
Snow Country
30
Yasunari Kawabata
Wide Sargasso Sea (Jean Rhys)
Wide Sargasso Sea
31
Jean Rhys
Silas Marner (George Eliot)
Silas Marner
32
George Eliot
The Girls of Slender Means (Muriel Spark)
The Girls of Slender Means
33
Muriel Spark
Jacob Von Gunten (Robert Walser)
Jacob Von Gunten
34
Robert Walser
Breakfast at Tiffany's (Truman Capote)
Breakfast at Tiffany's
35
Truman Capote
Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe)
Things Fall Apart
36
Chinua Achebe
Fat City (Leonard Gardner)
Fat City
37
Leonard Gardner
House Made of Dawn (N. Scott Momaday)
House Made of Dawn
38
N. Scott Momaday
If He Hollers Let Him Go (Chester Himes)
If He Hollers Let Him Go
39
Chester Himes
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
40
F. Scott Fitzgerald
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