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Short Books for Busy Lives

This is a list of short books you could probably read in a day. They should all be under ~200 pages, and you'll find a wide variety of genres among them. Not a list of recommendation, but a mix of books I've read and that I would like to read.
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And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer (Fredrik Backman)
And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer
1
Fredrik Backman
And Then I Woke Up (Malcolm Devlin)
And Then I Woke Up
2
Malcolm Devlin
The Appendix (Liam Konemann)
The Appendix
3
Liam Konemann
Assembly (Natasha Brown)
Assembly
4
Natasha Brown
At Night All Blood Is Black (David Diop)
At Night All Blood Is Black
5
David Diop
Baby Teeth (Meg Grehan)
Baby Teeth
6
Meg Grehan
The Beautifull Cassandra (Jane Austen)
The Beautifull Cassandra
7
Jane Austen
Before the Coffee Gets Cold (Toshikazu Kawaguchi)
Before the Coffee Gets Cold
8
Toshikazu Kawaguchi
Brokeback Mountain (Annie Proulx)
Brokeback Mountain
9
Annie Proulx
The Cat Who Saved Books (Sosuke Natsukawa)
The Cat Who Saved Books
10
Sosuke Natsukawa
Clash of Civilizations Over an Elevator in Piazza Vittorio (Amara Lakhous)
Clash of Civilizations Over an Elevator in Piazza Vittorio
11
Amara Lakhous
Confusion (Stefan Zweig)
Confusion
12
Stefan Zweig
Convenience Store Woman (Sayaka Murata)
Convenience Store Woman
13
Sayaka Murata
Coraline (Neil Gaiman)
Coraline
14
Neil Gaiman
The Cybernetic Tea Shop (Meredith Katz)
The Cybernetic Tea Shop
15
Meredith Katz
Dead Poets Society (N.H. Kleinbaum)
Dead Poets Society
16
N.H. Kleinbaum
The Deep (Rivers Solomon)
The Deep
17
Rivers Solomon
Devotion (Patti Smith)
Devotion
18
Patti Smith
Diary of a Film (Niven Govinden)
Diary of a Film
19
Niven Govinden
Diary of a Void (Emi Yagi)
Diary of a Void
20
Emi Yagi
Dogs of Summer (Andrea Abreu)
Dogs of Summer
21
Andrea Abreu
Doppler (Erlend Loe)
Doppler
22
Erlend Loe
The Dragon of Ynys (Minerva Cerridwen)
The Dragon of Ynys
23
Minerva Cerridwen
The Dream-Quest of Vellitt Boe (Kij Johnson)
The Dream-Quest of Vellitt Boe
24
Kij Johnson
The Emissary (Yoko Tawada)
The Emissary
25
Yoko Tawada
Every Heart a Doorway (Seanan McGuire)
Every Heart a Doorway
26
Seanan McGuire
Feed Them Silence (Lee Mandelo)
Feed Them Silence
27
Lee Mandelo
Flush (Virginia Woolf)
Flush
28
Virginia Woolf
Foster (Claire Keegan)
Foster
29
Claire Keegan
The Four Profound Weaves (R. B. Lemberg)
The Four Profound Weaves
30
R. B. Lemberg
Gay Like Me (Richie Jackson)
Gay Like Me
31
Richie Jackson
Giovanni's Room (James Baldwin)
Giovanni's Room
32
James Baldwin
Glamour Boutique (Torrey Peters)
Glamour Boutique
33
Torrey Peters
Good Boy (Mal Peet)
Good Boy
34
Mal Peet
Grief Is the Thing With Feathers (Max John Porter)
Grief Is the Thing With Feathers
35
Max John Porter
Happening (Annie Ernaux)
Happening
36
Annie Ernaux
The Hearing Trumpet (Leonora Carrington)
The Hearing Trumpet
37
Leonora Carrington
Hex (Rebecca Dinerstein Knight)
Hex
38
Rebecca Dinerstein Knight
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
39
Douglas Adams
Homesick (Nino Cipri)
Homesick
40
Nino Cipri
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