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75 Important Books Quick Enough to Read This Weekend - Page 2

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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Man's Search for Meaning (Viktor Frankl)
Man's Search for Meaning
41
Viktor Frankl
The Remains of the Day (Kazuo Ishiguro)
The Remains of the Day
42
Kazuo Ishiguro
Breakfast at Tiffany's (Truman Capote)
Breakfast at Tiffany's
43
Truman Capote
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
44
George Orwell
The Sense of an Ending (Julian Barnes)
The Sense of an Ending
45
Julian Barnes
A Christmas Carol (Charles Dickens)
A Christmas Carol
46
Charles Dickens
Amsterdam (Ian McEwan)
Amsterdam
47
Ian McEwan
Notes From the Underground (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
Notes From the Underground
48
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Stories: Anton Chekhov (Anton Chekhov)
Stories: Anton Chekhov
49
Anton Chekhov
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Robert Louis Stevenson)
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
50
Robert Louis Stevenson
The World as I See It (Albert Einstein)
The World as I See It
51
Albert Einstein
The Hobbit (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Hobbit
52
J.R.R. Tolkien
The Day of the Triffids (John Wyndham)
The Day of the Triffids
53
John Wyndham
An Ideal Husband (Oscar Wilde)
An Ideal Husband
54
Oscar Wilde
The Year of the Hare (Arto Paasilinna)
The Year of the Hare
55
Arto Paasilinna
Hunger (Knut Hamsun)
Hunger
56
Knut Hamsun
Death and the Penguin (Andrey Kurkov)
Death and the Penguin
57
Andrey Kurkov
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
On the Road
58
Jack Kerouac
Collected Stories (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
Collected Stories
59
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
A Short Stay in Hell (Steven L. Peck)
A Short Stay in Hell
60
Steven L. Peck
The Sun Also Rises (Ernest Hemingway)
The Sun Also Rises
61
Ernest Hemingway
The Pigeon
The Pigeon
62
A Midsummer Night's Dream (William Shakespeare)
A Midsummer Night's Dream
63
William Shakespeare
Father Sergius (Leo Tolstoy)
Father Sergius
64
Leo Tolstoy
AMERIKA (Franz Kafka)
AMERIKA
65
Franz Kafka
The Trial (Franz Kafka)
The Trial
66
Franz Kafka
The Pearl (John Steinbeck)
The Pearl
67
John Steinbeck
Cat's Cradle (Kurt Vonnegut)
Cat's Cradle
68
Kurt Vonnegut
Foundation (Isaac Asimov)
Foundation
69
Isaac Asimov
The Red Badge of Courage (Stephen Crane)
The Red Badge of Courage
70
Stephen Crane
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
71
Harper Lee
A Study in Scarlet (Arthur Conan Doyle)
A Study in Scarlet
72
Arthur Conan Doyle
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
73
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Little Prince (Antoine De Saint-Exupéry)
The Little Prince
74
Antoine De Saint-Exupéry
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
75
J.D. Salinger
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