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Short Works for Completing Your Reading Challenges - A Librarian's Recs

A bevy of under-200 page reads here, all of which received a four star or higher from your humble librarian. It's worth checking Project Gutenberg for those works on the older side.
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Letters to a Young Poet (Rainer Maria Rilke)
Letters to a Young Poet
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Rainer Maria Rilke
Waiting for Godot (Samuel Beckett)
Waiting for Godot
2
Samuel Beckett
Playing in the Dark: Whiteness and the Literary Imagination (Toni Morrison)
Playing in the Dark: Whiteness and the Literary Imagination
3
Toni Morrison
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich (Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn)
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
4
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Visitation (Jenny Erpenbeck)
Visitation
5
Jenny Erpenbeck
Asunder (Chloe Aridjis)
Asunder
6
Chloe Aridjis
Twelve Years a Slave (Solomon Northup)
Twelve Years a Slave
7
Solomon Northup
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave (Frederick Douglass)
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave
8
Frederick Douglass
Life of Black Hawk (Black Hawk)
Life of Black Hawk
9
Black Hawk
Ficciones (Jorge Luis Borges)
Ficciones
10
Jorge Luis Borges
So Long a Letter (Mariama Bâ)
So Long a Letter
11
Mariama Bâ
What You Are Getting Wrong About Appalachia (Elizabeth Catte)
What You Are Getting Wrong About Appalachia
12
Elizabeth Catte
Train to Pakistan (Khushwant Singh)
Train to Pakistan
13
Khushwant Singh
Corregidora (Gayl Jones)
Corregidora
14
Gayl Jones
The Seers (Sulaiman Addonia)
The Seers
15
Sulaiman Addonia
The Ballad of Black Tom (Victor Lavalle)
The Ballad of Black Tom
16
Victor Lavalle
A Breath of Life (Clarice Lispector)
A Breath of Life
17
Clarice Lispector
The Buddha in the Attic (Julie Otsuka)
The Buddha in the Attic
18
Julie Otsuka
The Art of War (Sun Tzu)
The Art of War
19
Sun Tzu
Pygmalion (George Bernard Shaw)
Pygmalion
20
George Bernard Shaw
On the Abolition of All Political Parties (Simone Weil)
On the Abolition of All Political Parties
21
Simone Weil
Bait: Four Stories (Mahasweta Devi)
Bait: Four Stories
22
Mahasweta Devi
The Vegetarian (Han Kang)
The Vegetarian
23
Han Kang
The Reluctant Fundamentalist (Mohsin Hamid)
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
24
Mohsin Hamid
Concerning My Daughter (Hye-Jin Kim)
Concerning My Daughter
25
Hye-Jin Kim
A Pale View of the Hills (Kazuo Ishiguro)
A Pale View of the Hills
26
Kazuo Ishiguro
84, Charing Cross Road (Helene Hanff)
84, Charing Cross Road
27
Helene Hanff
Monstress (Marjorie Liu)
Monstress
28
Marjorie Liu
Chess Story (Stefan Zweig)
Chess Story
29
Stefan Zweig
The Giver (Lois Lowry)
The Giver
30
Lois Lowry
Woman at Point Zero (Nawal Saadawi)
Woman at Point Zero
31
Nawal Saadawi
The Goshawk (T.H. White)
The Goshawk
32
T.H. White
Dictee (Theresa Hak Kyung Cha)
Dictee
33
Theresa Hak Kyung Cha
The Mixquiahuala Letters (Ana Castillo)
The Mixquiahuala Letters
34
Ana Castillo
Barabbas (Pär Lagerkvist)
Barabbas
35
Pär Lagerkvist
Sultana's Dream (Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain)
Sultana's Dream
36
Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain
Butterfly Burning (Yvonne Vera)
Butterfly Burning
37
Yvonne Vera
The Pure and the Impure (Colette)
The Pure and the Impure
38
Colette
Barracoon (Zora Neale Hurston)
Barracoon
39
Zora Neale Hurston
Heart Berries (Terese Marie Mailhot)
Heart Berries
40
Terese Marie Mailhot
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