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75 Important Books Quick Enough to Read This Weekend

Sometimes when you're looking for a good book to read, it's all about a quick fix. Maybe you're in a book club and you need something that everyone will be able to finish by next meeting. Or maybe you're going away for the weekend and you want a novel you can have read by Monday. We're here to help! These classic, quality pieces of literature — with some fun books thrown in the mix — are quick enough to start and finish in two days, with most being around 300 pages or less. Plus, many of the classics you can actually check out on your Kindle for free! Either that or you can pick up a copy at your local library. Check out these book recommendations now to find your next weekend read.
** The list has 76 books, but The Stranger and The Outsider (Albert Camus)are listed separately even though they are the same book.
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
1
Douglas Adams
Tom Sawyer (Mark Twain)
Tom Sawyer
2
Mark Twain
The Plague (Albert Camus)
The Plague
3
Albert Camus
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
4
William Golding
Winner Take Nothing (Ernest Hemingway)
Winner Take Nothing
5
Ernest Hemingway
Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë)
Wuthering Heights
6
Emily Brontë
Circles in the Forest (Dalene Matthee)
Circles in the Forest
7
Dalene Matthee
Many Lives, Many Masters (Brian Weiss)
Many Lives, Many Masters
8
Brian Weiss
A Doll's House (Henrik Ibsen)
A Doll's House
9
Henrik Ibsen
2BRO2B (Kurt Vonnegut)
2BRO2B
10
Kurt Vonnegut
The Chosen (Chaim Potok)
The Chosen
11
Chaim Potok
Flashman (George MacDonald Fraser)
Flashman
12
George MacDonald Fraser
The Royal Game
The Royal Game
13
Pygmalion (George Bernard Shaw)
Pygmalion
14
George Bernard Shaw
Jonathan Livingston Seagull (Richard Bach)
Jonathan Livingston Seagull
15
Richard Bach
Memories of My Melancholy Whores
Memories of My Melancholy Whores
16
The Importance of Being Ernest (Oscar Wilde)
The Importance of Being Ernest
17
Oscar Wilde
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five
18
Kurt Vonnegut
Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck)
Of Mice and Men
19
John Steinbeck
The Train Was on Time (Heinrich Böll)
The Train Was on Time
20
Heinrich Böll
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
21
George Orwell
Journey's End (R.C. Sherriff)
Journey's End
22
R.C. Sherriff
Men Without Women (Ernest Hemingway)
Men Without Women
23
Ernest Hemingway
Silas Marner (George Eliot)
Silas Marner
24
George Eliot
Without Feathers (Woody Allen)
Without Feathers
25
Woody Allen
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde)
The Picture of Dorian Gray
26
Oscar Wilde
The Wasp Factory (Iain Banks)
The Wasp Factory
27
Iain Banks
The Stranger (Albert Camus)
The Stranger
28
Albert Camus
Twenty-Four Hours in the Life of a Woman (Stefan Zweig)
Twenty-Four Hours in the Life of a Woman
29
Stefan Zweig
The Metamorphosis (Franz Kafka)
The Metamorphosis
30
Franz Kafka
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
31
Mark Twain
The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)
The Old Man and the Sea
32
Ernest Hemingway
Siddhartha (Hermann Hesse)
Siddhartha
33
Hermann Hesse
White Nights (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
White Nights
34
Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Red Pony (John Steinbeck)
The Red Pony
35
John Steinbeck
Breakfast of Champions (Kurt Vonnegut)
Breakfast of Champions
36
Kurt Vonnegut
The War of the Worlds (H.G. Wells)
The War of the Worlds
37
H.G. Wells
Night (Elie Wiesel)
Night
38
Elie Wiesel
Winesburg, OH
Winesburg, OH
39
Bartleby, the Scrivener (Herman Melville)
Bartleby, the Scrivener
40
Herman Melville
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