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Flavorwire's 50 Incredible Novels Under 200 Pages

50 incredible novels under 200 pages (editions vary, of course, so there’s a little leeway) that are suitable for this or any season. For simplicity’s sake, the list makes no distinction between novel and novella, excludes children’s books, and only allows one novel per author. Read on to find a book to divert your springtime attentions, and since there are way more than 50 incredible short novels out there in the world, add any favorites missing here in the comments.
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Train Dreams (Denis Johnson)
Train Dreams
1
Denis Johnson
Speedboat
Speedboat
2
We Have Always Lived in the Castle (Shirley Jackson)
We Have Always Lived in the Castle
3
Shirley Jackson
We the Animals
We the Animals
4
Autobiography of Red (Anne Carson)
Autobiography of Red
5
Anne Carson
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
6
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Pnin (Vladimir Nabokov)
Pnin
7
Vladimir Nabokov
Invisible Cities (Italo Calvino)
Invisible Cities
8
Italo Calvino
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
9
Mary Shelley
The Orange Eats Creeps
The Orange Eats Creeps
10
The Mezzanine
The Mezzanine
11
Franny and Zooey (J.D. Salinger)
Franny and Zooey
12
J.D. Salinger
Dept. of Speculation (Jenny Offill)
Dept. of Speculation
13
Jenny Offill
Nightwood (Djuna Barnes)
Nightwood
14
Djuna Barnes
The Member of the Wedding (Carson McCullers)
The Member of the Wedding
15
Carson McCullers
Elect Mr. Robinson for a Better World
Elect Mr. Robinson for a Better World
16
Arthur Conan Doyle the Hound of the Baskervilles
Arthur Conan Doyle the Hound of the Baskervilles
17
Mrs. Dalloway (Virginia Woolf)
Mrs. Dalloway
18
Virginia Woolf
Leaving the Atocha Station
Leaving the Atocha Station
19
The Stranger (Albert Camus)
The Stranger
20
Albert Camus
The Lover (Marguerite Duras)
The Lover
21
Marguerite Duras
Sula (Toni Morrison)
Sula
22
Toni Morrison
The Crying of Lot 49 (Thomas Pynchon)
The Crying of Lot 49
23
Thomas Pynchon
Heart of a Dog
Heart of a Dog
24
The King
The King
25
Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck)
Of Mice and Men
26
John Steinbeck
Who Will Run the Frog Hospital
Who Will Run the Frog Hospital
27
Annihilation (Jeff Vandermeer)
Annihilation
28
Jeff Vandermeer
Time's Arrow
Time's Arrow
29
The Sense of an Ending (Julian Barnes)
The Sense of an Ending
30
Julian Barnes
How to Get Into the Twin Palms
How to Get Into the Twin Palms
31
Ghosts
Ghosts
32
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
33
George Orwell
The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)
The Old Man and the Sea
34
Ernest Hemingway
The Optimist's Daughter (Eudora Welty)
The Optimist's Daughter
35
Eudora Welty
The Metamorphosis (Franz Kafka)
The Metamorphosis
36
Franz Kafka
Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad)
Heart of Darkness
37
Joseph Conrad
The Ghost Writer
The Ghost Writer
38
Candide (Voltaire)
Candide
39
Voltaire
Billy Budd (Herman Melville)
Billy Budd
40
Herman Melville
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