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Great Short Books - Page 2

Books discussed or listed in Kenneth C. Davis's book Great Short Books: A Year of Reading -- Briefly.
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Ethan Frome (Edith Wharton)
Ethan Frome
Edith Wharton
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Evil Under the Sun (Agatha Christie)
Evil Under the Sun
Agatha Christie
43
Fateless
Fateless
44
Fathers and Sons (Ivan Turgenev)
Fathers and Sons
Ivan Turgenev
45
The Fifth Child (Doris Lessing)
The Fifth Child
Doris Lessing
46
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
Mary Shelley
47
Franny and Zooey (J.D. Salinger)
Franny and Zooey
J.D. Salinger
48
A Gathering of Old Men (Ernest Gaines)
A Gathering of Old Men
Ernest Gaines
49
The Ghost Writer (Philip Roth)
The Ghost Writer
Philip Roth
50
Giovanni's Room (James Baldwin)
Giovanni's Room
James Baldwin
51
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald
52
The Hour of the Star (Clarice Lispector)
The Hour of the Star
Clarice Lispector
53
The Hours (Michael Cunningham)
The Hours
Michael Cunningham
54
The House on Mango Street (Sandra Cisneros)
The House on Mango Street
Sandra Cisneros
55
Housekeeping (Marilynne Robinson)
Housekeeping
Marilynne Robinson
56
If Beale Street Could Talk (James Baldwin)
If Beale Street Could Talk
James Baldwin
57
If This Is a Man (Primo Levi)
If This Is a Man
Primo Levi
58
The Immortalist (Andre Gide)
The Immortalist
Andre Gide
59
In the Penal Colony (Franz Kafka)
In the Penal Colony
Franz Kafka
60
Invisible Cities (Italo Calvino)
Invisible Cities
Italo Calvino
61
July's People (Nadine Gordimer)
July's People
Nadine Gordimer
62
Kitchen (Banana Yoshimoto)
Kitchen
Banana Yoshimoto
63
The Landlady (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
The Landlady
Fyodor Dostoevsky
64
The Lathe of Heaven (Ursula K. Le Guin)
The Lathe of Heaven
Ursula K. Le Guin
65
Legends of the Fall
Legends of the Fall
66
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
William Golding
67
The Lost Daughter (Elena Ferrante)
The Lost Daughter
Elena Ferrante
68
The Lover (Marguerite Duras)
The Lover
Marguerite Duras
69
Lucy (Jamaica Kincaid)
Lucy
Jamaica Kincaid
70
Maus I: A Survivor's Tale (Art Spiegelman)
Maus I: A Survivor's Tale
Art Spiegelman
71
Metamorphosis (Franz Kafka)
Metamorphosis
Franz Kafka
72
Middle Passage (Charles Johnson)
Middle Passage
Charles Johnson
73
Mrs. Dalloway (Virginia Woolf)
Mrs. Dalloway
Virginia Woolf
74
My House in Umbria (William Trevor)
My House in Umbria
William Trevor
75
The Nickel Boys (Colson Whitehead)
The Nickel Boys
Colson Whitehead
76
Nightwood (Djuna Barnes)
Nightwood
Djuna Barnes
77
No One Writes to the Colonel (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
No One Writes to the Colonel
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
78
Notes From the Underground (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
Notes From the Underground
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
79
O Pioneers! (Willa Cather)
O Pioneers!
Willa Cather
80
The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)
The Old Man and the Sea
Ernest Hemingway
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