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42 Short Classics

42 Classic books you actually have time to read, because they're so short! Ordered by page count. All books are under 200 pages.
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The Metamorphosis (Franz Kafka)
The Metamorphosis
1
Franz Kafka
Songs of Innocence and of Experience (William Blake)
Songs of Innocence and of Experience
2
William Blake
The Misanthrope (Molière)
The Misanthrope
3
Molière
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (Washington Irving)
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
4
Washington Irving
The Wasteland (T.S. Eliot)
The Wasteland
5
T.S. Eliot
The Little Prince (Antoine De Saint-Exupéry)
The Little Prince
6
Antoine De Saint-Exupéry
Sonnets From the Portuguese (Elizabeth Barrett Browning)
Sonnets From the Portuguese
7
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
The Red Pony (John Steinbeck)
The Red Pony
8
John Steinbeck
The Pearl (John Steinbeck)
The Pearl
9
John Steinbeck
A Streetcar Named Desire (Tennessee Williams)
A Streetcar Named Desire
10
Tennessee Williams
Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck)
Of Mice and Men
11
John Steinbeck
A Room of One's Own (Virginia Woolf)
A Room of One's Own
12
Virginia Woolf
Death of a Salesman (Arthur Miller)
Death of a Salesman
13
Arthur Miller
The Time Machine (H.G. Wells)
The Time Machine
14
H.G. Wells
A Room With a View (E.M. Forster)
A Room With a View
15
E.M. Forster
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
16
George Orwell
The Stranger (Albert Camus)
The Stranger
17
Albert Camus
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
18
Lewis Carroll
Candide (Voltaire)
Candide
19
Voltaire
The Turn of the Screw (Henry James)
The Turn of the Screw
20
Henry James
The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)
The Old Man and the Sea
21
Ernest Hemingway
The Prince (Nicolo Machiavelli)
The Prince
22
Nicolo Machiavelli
The Crucible (Arthur Miller)
The Crucible
23
Arthur Miller
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Robert Louis Stevenson)
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
24
Robert Louis Stevenson
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (Simon Armitage (Translator))
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
25
Simon Armitage (Translator)
O Pioneers! (Willa Cather)
O Pioneers!
26
Willa Cather
Billy Budd, Sailor
Billy Budd, Sailor
27
The Bridge of San Luis Rey (Thornton Wilder)
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
28
Thornton Wilder
The Red Badge of Courage (Stephen Crane)
The Red Badge of Courage
29
Stephen Crane
The Call of the Wild (Jack London)
The Call of the Wild
30
Jack London
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Fahrenheit 451
31
Ray Bradbury
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (Harriet Jacobs)
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
32
Harriet Jacobs
Peter Pan (J.M. Barrie)
Peter Pan
33
J.M. Barrie
Long Day's Journey Into Night (Eugene O'Neill)
Long Day's Journey Into Night
34
Eugene O'Neill
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
35
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Our Town (Thornton Wilder)
Our Town
36
Thornton Wilder
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
37
William Golding
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (Kate Douglas Wiggin)
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
38
Kate Douglas Wiggin
Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad)
Heart of Darkness
39
Joseph Conrad
The War of the Worlds (H.G. Wells)
The War of the Worlds
40
H.G. Wells
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