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88 Short New Books to Help You Crush Your 2022 Reading Challenge

"Time is ticking! If you're currently participating in the 2022 Goodreads Reading Challenge, autumn is a good season to check your progress and pace.

If you find you're a bit behind, no worries. There are many ways to accelerate your book count in the reading challenge. Add another hour or so each day to your designated book time. Or take up speed reading and skip all those pesky adverbs and adjectives. (We kid! Please don't skip the adverbs and adjectives!) Caffeine is always a friend.

Or you could switch over to shorter books, and that's what we have in mind here. Lighter page counts can have a marvelous effect on your overall reading challenge numbers. The books here are all published within the past five years in the U.S. and the list is divided into two sections: books with fewer than 200 pages, and books with fewer than 300 pages.
The titles wander all over the genre map, so hopefully you can make a quick stack for the stretch run."
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Infinite Country (Patricia Engel)
Infinite Country
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Patricia Engel
Body Work: The Radical Power of Personal Narrative (Melissa Febos)
Body Work: The Radical Power of Personal Narrative
2
Melissa Febos
The City of Mist (Carlos Ruis Zafon)
The City of Mist
3
Carlos Ruis Zafon
How to Pronounce Knife (Souvankham Thammavongsa)
How to Pronounce Knife
4
Souvankham Thammavongsa
The Body Is Not an Apology (Sonya Renee Taylor)
The Body Is Not an Apology
5
Sonya Renee Taylor
A Psalm for the Wild-Built (Becky Chambers)
A Psalm for the Wild-Built
6
Becky Chambers
Whereabouts (Jhumpa Lahiri)
Whereabouts
7
Jhumpa Lahiri
Remote Control (Nnedi Okorafor)
Remote Control
8
Nnedi Okorafor
The Soul of a Woman (Isabel Allende)
The Soul of a Woman
9
Isabel Allende
And Then I Woke Up (Malcolm Devlin)
And Then I Woke Up
10
Malcolm Devlin
All the Horses of Iceland (Sarah Tolmie)
All the Horses of Iceland
11
Sarah Tolmie
Notes on Grief (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Notes on Grief
12
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Intimations (Zadie Smith)
Intimations
13
Zadie Smith
Open Water (Caleb Azumah Nelson)
Open Water
14
Caleb Azumah Nelson
When We Cease to Understand the World (Benjamín Labatut)
When We Cease to Understand the World
15
Benjamín Labatut
Second Place (Rachel Cusk)
Second Place
16
Rachel Cusk
Heart Berries (Terese Marie Mailhot)
Heart Berries
17
Terese Marie Mailhot
A Spindle Splintered (Alix E. Harrow)
A Spindle Splintered
18
Alix E. Harrow
Finna (Nino Cipri)
Finna
19
Nino Cipri
Convenience Store Woman (Sayaka Murata)
Convenience Store Woman
20
Sayaka Murata
Let Me Tell You What I Mean (Joan Didion)
Let Me Tell You What I Mean
21
Joan Didion
Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 (Cho Nam-Joo)
Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982
22
Cho Nam-Joo
Elevation (Stephen King)
Elevation
23
Stephen King
How We Fight for Our Lives (Saeed Jones)
How We Fight for Our Lives
24
Saeed Jones
All Systems Red (Martha Wells)
All Systems Red
25
Martha Wells
Assembly (Natasha Brown)
Assembly
26
Natasha Brown
Ring Shout (P. Djèlí Clark)
Ring Shout
27
P. Djèlí Clark
Year of the Monkey (Patti Smith)
Year of the Monkey
28
Patti Smith
Heaven (Mieko Kawakami)
Heaven
29
Mieko Kawakami
The Deep (Rivers Solomon)
The Deep
30
Rivers Solomon
Mona (Pola Oloixarac)
Mona
31
Pola Oloixarac
The Past Is Red (Catherynne M. Valente)
The Past Is Red
32
Catherynne M. Valente
Liberation Day: Stories (George Saunders)
Liberation Day: Stories
33
George Saunders
Now Is Not the Time to Panic (Kevin Wilson)
Now Is Not the Time to Panic
34
Kevin Wilson
How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water (Angie Cruz)
How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water
35
Angie Cruz
If I Survive You (Jonathan Escoffery)
If I Survive You
36
Jonathan Escoffery
Our Wives Under the Sea (Julia Armfield)
Our Wives Under the Sea
37
Julia Armfield
Four Aunties and a Wedding (Jesse Q. Sutanto)
Four Aunties and a Wedding
38
Jesse Q. Sutanto
Night of the Living Rez (Morgan Talty)
Night of the Living Rez
39
Morgan Talty
Motherthing (Ainslie Hogarth)
Motherthing
40
Ainslie Hogarth
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