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100 Short Classics

Here is a list of 100 short classics that are interesting and by well known authors and are all under 300 pages.
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Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe)
Things Fall Apart
1
Chinua Achebe
Tuck Everlasting (Natalie Babbitt)
Tuck Everlasting
2
Natalie Babbitt
Heart of a Dog (Mikhail Bulgakov)
Heart of a Dog
3
Mikhail Bulgakov
Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad)
Heart of Darkness
4
Joseph Conrad
Peter Pan (J. M. Barrie)
Peter Pan
5
J. M. Barrie
Daisy Miller (Henry James)
Daisy Miller
6
Henry James
The Turn of the Screw (Henry James)
The Turn of the Screw
7
Henry James
Northanger Abbey (Jane Austen)
Northanger Abbey
8
Jane Austen
Sula (Toni Morrison)
Sula
9
Toni Morrison
Notes From Underground (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Notes From Underground
10
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Medea (Euripides)
Medea
11
Euripides
The Bacchae (Euripides)
The Bacchae
12
Euripides
The Outsiders (S.E. Hinton)
The Outsiders
13
S.E. Hinton
The Old Man and the Sea (1952)
The Old Man and the Sea
14
1952
And Then There Were None (Agatha Christie)
And Then There Were None
15
Agatha Christie
Murder on the Orient Express (Agatha Christie)
Murder on the Orient Express
16
Agatha Christie
The Stranger (Albert Camus)
The Stranger
17
Albert Camus
The Raven (Edgar Allan Poe)
The Raven
18
Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allen Poe - Masque of the Red Death
Edgar Allen Poe - Masque of the Red Death
19
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
20
Anthony Burgess
Death of a Salesman (Arthur Miller)
Death of a Salesman
21
Arthur Miller
The Crucible (Arthur Miller)
The Crucible
22
Arthur Miller
Dracula's Guest and Other Weird Stories (Bram Stoker)
Dracula's Guest and Other Weird Stories
23
Bram Stoker
Anthem (Ayn Rand)
Anthem
24
Ayn Rand
Hard Times (Charles Dickens)
Hard Times
25
Charles Dickens
A Christmas Carol (Charles Dickens)
A Christmas Carol
26
Charles Dickens
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich (Alexander Solzhenitsyn)
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
27
Alexander Solzhenitsyn
The Yellow Wallpaper, Herland, and Selected Writings (Charlotte Perkins Gilman)
The Yellow Wallpaper, Herland, and Selected Writings
28
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Dear Ijeawele, or a Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Dear Ijeawele, or a Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions
29
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
The Communist Manifesto (Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels)
The Communist Manifesto
30
Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels
Fight Club (Chuck Palahniuk)
Fight Club
31
Chuck Palahniuk
Beowulf (Unknown)
Beowulf
32
Unknown
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adam)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
33
Douglas Adam
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and Six Other Stories (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and Six Other Stories
34
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
35
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Metamorphosis (Franz Kafka)
The Metamorphosis
36
Franz Kafka
The Trial (Franz Kafka)
The Trial
37
Franz Kafka
Pygmalion (George Bernard Shaw)
Pygmalion
38
George Bernard Shaw
Coraline (Neil Gaiman)
Coraline
39
Neil Gaiman
Silas Marner and Two Short Stories (George Eliot)
Silas Marner and Two Short Stories
40
George Eliot
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