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100 Short Books to Get Your Reading Started

A mix of short classics and some other genres I enjoy, most under 250 pages (though the exact number depends on the edition you own)
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
1
Lewis Carroll
Elder Race (Adrian Tchaikovsky)
Elder Race
2
Adrian Tchaikovsky
Evil Under the Sun (Agatha Christie)
Evil Under the Sun
3
Agatha Christie
Lord Edgware Dies (Agatha Christie)
Lord Edgware Dies
4
Agatha Christie
The ABC Murders (Agatha Christie)
The ABC Murders
5
Agatha Christie
The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Agatha Christie)
The Mysterious Affair at Styles
6
Agatha Christie
They Do It With Mirrors (Agatha Christie)
They Do It With Mirrors
7
Agatha Christie
Tender Is the Flesh (Agustina Bazterrica)
Tender Is the Flesh
8
Agustina Bazterrica
Pet (Akwaeke Emezi)
Pet
9
Akwaeke Emezi
The Cavern (Alister Hodge)
The Cavern
10
Alister Hodge
This Is How You Lose the Time War (Amal El-Mohtar)
This Is How You Lose the Time War
11
Amal El-Mohtar
Disfigured: On Fairy Tales, Disability, and Making Space (Amanda Leduc)
Disfigured: On Fairy Tales, Disability, and Making Space
12
Amanda Leduc
The Ghost Line (Andrew Neil Gray, J. S. Herbison)
The Ghost Line
13
Andrew Neil Gray, J. S. Herbison
Ace: What Asexuality Reveals About Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex (Angela Chen)
Ace: What Asexuality Reveals About Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex
14
Angela Chen
A Sicilian Romance (Ann Radcliffe)
A Sicilian Romance
15
Ann Radcliffe
The Little Prince (Antoine De Saint-Exupéry)
The Little Prince
16
Antoine De Saint-Exupéry
The Bayou (Arden Powell)
The Bayou
17
Arden Powell
A Study in Scarlet (Arthur Conan Doyle)
A Study in Scarlet
18
Arthur Conan Doyle
The Crucible (Arthur Miller)
The Crucible
19
Arthur Miller
Taaqtumi (Aviaq Johnston)
Taaqtumi
20
Aviaq Johnston
To Be Taught, If Fortunate (Becky Chambers)
To Be Taught, If Fortunate
21
Becky Chambers
Yellow Jessamine (Caitlin Starling)
Yellow Jessamine
22
Caitlin Starling
Open Water (Caleb Azumah Nelson)
Open Water
23
Caleb Azumah Nelson
Her Body and Other Parties (Carmen Maria Machado)
Her Body and Other Parties
24
Carmen Maria Machado
In the Dream House (Carmen Maria Machado)
In the Dream House
25
Carmen Maria Machado
A Christmas Carol (Charles Dickens)
A Christmas Carol
26
Charles Dickens
Migrations (Charlotte McConaghy)
Migrations
27
Charlotte McConaghy
The Yellow Wallpaper (Charlotte Perkins Gilman)
The Yellow Wallpaper
28
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
The Marrow Thieves (Cherie Dimaline)
The Marrow Thieves
29
Cherie Dimaline
We Should All Be Feminists (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
We Should All Be Feminists
30
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
The Iliac Crest (Cristina Rivera Garza)
The Iliac Crest
31
Cristina Rivera Garza
The Tell-Tale Heart (Edgar Allan Poe)
The Tell-Tale Heart
32
Edgar Allan Poe
Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke (Eric Larocca)
Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke
33
Eric Larocca
The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)
The Old Man and the Sea
34
Ernest Hemingway
The Metamorphosis (Franz Kafka)
The Metamorphosis
35
Franz Kafka
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
36
George Orwell
The Grownup (Gillian Flynn)
The Grownup
37
Gillian Flynn
At the Mountains of Madness (H. P. Lovecraft)
At the Mountains of Madness
38
H. P. Lovecraft
The Time Machine (H.G. Wells)
The Time Machine
39
H.G. Wells
White Is for Witching (Helen Oyeyemi)
White Is for Witching
40
Helen Oyeyemi
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