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The 54 Best Short Books You Can Read in a Day

If you're finding that 1000+ pages long giant tome lying in your nightstand too daunting, here's a list of the 54 great short books you can get through in a day :)
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A Room of One's Own (Virginia Woolf)
A Room of One's Own
1
Virginia Woolf
After the Quake (Haruki Murakami)
After the Quake
2
Haruki Murakami
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
3
Lewis Carroll
Annihilation (Jeff Vandermeer)
Annihilation
4
Jeff Vandermeer
Anthem (Ayn Rand)
Anthem
5
Ayn Rand
Around the World in 80 Days (Jules Verne)
Around the World in 80 Days
6
Jules Verne
Autobiography of Red (Anne Carson)
Autobiography of Red
7
Anne Carson
Billy Budd, Sailor (Herman Melville)
Billy Budd, Sailor
8
Herman Melville
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
9
Aldous Huxley
Chronicle of a Death Foretold (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
Chronicle of a Death Foretold
10
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Dept. of Speculation (Jenny Offill)
Dept. of Speculation
11
Jenny Offill
How to Get Into the Twin Palms
How to Get Into the Twin Palms
12
Sleepless Nights (Elizabeth Hardwick)
Sleepless Nights
13
Elizabeth Hardwick
The Art of War (Sun Tzu)
The Art of War
14
Sun Tzu
The Big Sleep (Raymond Chandler)
The Big Sleep
15
Raymond Chandler
The Hound of the Baskervilles (Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Hound of the Baskervilles
16
Arthur Conan Doyle
The Outsiders (S. E. Hinton)
The Outsiders
17
S. E. Hinton
The Pearl (John Steinbeck)
The Pearl
18
John Steinbeck
The Prince (Niccolò Machiavelli)
The Prince
19
Niccolò Machiavelli
The Sense of an Ending (Julian Barnes)
The Sense of an Ending
20
Julian Barnes
The Snows of Kilimanjaro (Ernest Hemingway)
The Snows of Kilimanjaro
21
Ernest Hemingway
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Robert Louis Stevenson)
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
22
Robert Louis Stevenson
The Time Machine (H.G. Wells)
The Time Machine
23
H.G. Wells
The Turn of the Screw (Henry James)
The Turn of the Screw
24
Henry James
Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe)
Things Fall Apart
25
Chinua Achebe
Time's Arrow
Time's Arrow
26
Who Will Run the Frog Hospital? (Lorrie Moore)
Who Will Run the Frog Hospital?
27
Lorrie Moore
Bonjour Tristesse (Françoise Sagan)
Bonjour Tristesse
28
Françoise Sagan
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Fahrenheit 451
29
Ray Bradbury
Night (Elie Wiesel)
Night
30
Elie Wiesel
Notes From the Underground (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
Notes From the Underground
31
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Speedboat (Renata Adler)
Speedboat
32
Renata Adler
Sula (Toni Morrison)
Sula
33
Toni Morrison
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
34
J.D. Salinger
The Crying of Lot 49 (Thomas Pynchon)
The Crying of Lot 49
35
Thomas Pynchon
The Lover (Marguerite Duras)
The Lover
36
Marguerite Duras
The Mezzanine (Nicholson Baker)
The Mezzanine
37
Nicholson Baker
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde)
The Picture of Dorian Gray
38
Oscar Wilde
Train Dreams (Denis Johnson)
Train Dreams
39
Denis Johnson
We Have Always Lived in the Castle (Shirley Jackson)
We Have Always Lived in the Castle
40
Shirley Jackson
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