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Goodreads Summer Challenge - Lightning Round

152 Titles to Help You Pick Your Next Read by Page Count.
Has anyone noticed that books seem to be getting shorter and shorter these days?

We don't have any empirical evidence to back this up, but it sure feels that way—and we sort through a lot of books here at Goodreads. Maybe it's the price of paper, or more efficient page design, or smaller fonts. Possibly it's our online-addled brains—a cultural concession to the 21st-century attention span.

In any case, we've taken the opportunity to implement yet another sorting strategy to our never-ending digital bookshelves. In the collection below, we've organized a selection of relatively recent books according to page count, across all genres, in both fiction and nonfiction. Sometimes you want a shorter book, for entirely practical or mood-related reasons.

As a bonus, we've included a category at the end for particularly long books, with page counts of 500 and up. Sometimes you want a longer book, for scheduling or doorstop reasons.
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Small Things Like These (Claire Keegan)
Small Things Like These
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Claire Keegan
The River Has Roots (Amal El-Mohtar)
The River Has Roots
2
Amal El-Mohtar
A Few Rules for Predicting the Future: An Essay (Octavia E. Butler)
A Few Rules for Predicting the Future: An Essay
3
Octavia E. Butler
Hunchback (Ichikawa Saou)
Hunchback
4
Ichikawa Saou
The Wilderness (Ayşegül Savaş)
The Wilderness
5
Ayşegül Savaş
Immemorial (Lauren Markham)
Immemorial
6
Lauren Markham
The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World (Robin Wall Kimmerer)
The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World
7
Robin Wall Kimmerer
A Sentimental Education (Hannah McGregor)
A Sentimental Education
8
Hannah McGregor
Open Water (Caleb Azumah Nelson)
Open Water
9
Caleb Azumah Nelson
What Does It Feel Like? (Sophie Kinsella)
What Does It Feel Like?
10
Sophie Kinsella
Murder by Memory (Olivia Waite)
Murder by Memory
11
Olivia Waite
But Not Too Bold (Hache Pueyo)
But Not Too Bold
12
Hache Pueyo
Thorn Hedge (T. Kingfisher)
Thorn Hedge
13
T. Kingfisher
The Mistletoe Mystery (Nita Prose)
The Mistletoe Mystery
14
Nita Prose
Until August (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
Until August
15
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Rosarita (Anita Desai)
Rosarita
16
Anita Desai
I Want to Burn This Place Down: Essays (Maris Kreizman)
I Want to Burn This Place Down: Essays
17
Maris Kreizman
The Burrow (Melanie Cheng)
The Burrow
18
Melanie Cheng
Blue Light Hours (Bruna Dantas Lobato)
Blue Light Hours
19
Bruna Dantas Lobato
Three Days in June (Anne Tyler)
Three Days in June
20
Anne Tyler
Upright Women Wanted (Sarah Gailey)
Upright Women Wanted
21
Sarah Gailey
Full Speed to a Crash Landing (Beth Revis)
Full Speed to a Crash Landing
22
Beth Revis
Things in Nature Merely Grow (Yiyun Li)
Things in Nature Merely Grow
23
Yiyun Li
The Unworthy (Agustina Bazterrica)
The Unworthy
24
Agustina Bazterrica
One Level Down (Mary G. Thompson)
One Level Down
25
Mary G. Thompson
To Be Taught, If Fortunate (Becky Chambers)
To Be Taught, If Fortunate
26
Becky Chambers
Clear (Carys Davies)
Clear
27
Carys Davies
Open Throat (Henry Hoke)
Open Throat
28
Henry Hoke
Universality (Natasha Brown)
Universality
29
Natasha Brown
My Lesbian Novel (Renee Gladman)
My Lesbian Novel
30
Renee Gladman
No Straight Road Takes You There: Essays for Uneven Terrain (Rebecca Solnit)
No Straight Road Takes You There: Essays for Uneven Terrain
31
Rebecca Solnit
Thunderhead (Miranda Darling)
Thunderhead
32
Miranda Darling
Thinning Blood: A Memoir of Family, Myth, and Identity (Leah Myers)
Thinning Blood: A Memoir of Family, Myth, and Identity
33
Leah Myers
Tantrum (Rachel Eve Moulton)
Tantrum
34
Rachel Eve Moulton
Black Friend (Ziwe)
Black Friend
35
Ziwe
When We Cease to Understand the World (Benjamin Labatut)
When We Cease to Understand the World
36
Benjamin Labatut
Automatic Noodle (Annalee Newitz)
Automatic Noodle
37
Annalee Newitz
I Who Have Never Known Men (Jacqueline Harpman)
I Who Have Never Known Men
38
Jacqueline Harpman
The Butcher of the Forest (Premee Mohamed)
The Butcher of the Forest
39
Premee Mohamed
Volatile Memory (Seth Haddon)
Volatile Memory
40
Seth Haddon
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