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Kenneth C. Davis's Great Short Books

These are the short novels in Kenneth C. Davis's book "Great Short Books: A Year of Reading - Briefly".
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Agostino (Alberto Moravia)
Agostino
1
Alberto Moravia
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
2
George Orwell
Another Brooklyn (Jacqueline Woodson)
Another Brooklyn
3
Jacqueline Woodson
The Awakening (Kate Chopin)
The Awakening
4
Kate Chopin
The Ballad of the Sad Cafe (Carson McCullers)
The Ballad of the Sad Cafe
5
Carson McCullers
'Big Boy Leaves Home' in Uncle Tom's Children (Richard Wright)
'Big Boy Leaves Home' in Uncle Tom's Children
6
Richard Wright
Bonjour Tristesse (Françoise Sagan)
Bonjour Tristesse
7
Françoise Sagan
Candide (Voltaire)
Candide
8
Voltaire
Charlotte's Web (E.B. White)
Charlotte's Web
9
E.B. White
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
10
Anthony Burgess
The Country Girls (Edna O'Brien)
The Country Girls
11
Edna O'Brien
Death in Venice (Thomas Mann)
Death in Venice
12
Thomas Mann
Dept. of Speculation (Jenny Offill)
Dept. of Speculation
13
Jenny Offill
The Dry Heart (Natalia Ginzburg)
The Dry Heart
14
Natalia Ginzburg
Ethan Frome (Edith Wharton)
Ethan Frome
15
Edith Wharton
Evil Under the Sun (Agatha Christie)
Evil Under the Sun
16
Agatha Christie
The Fifth Child (Doris Lessing)
The Fifth Child
17
Doris Lessing
The Ghost Writer (Philip Roth)
The Ghost Writer
18
Philip Roth
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
19
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Hour of the Star (Clarice Lispector)
The Hour of the Star
20
Clarice Lispector
The House on Mango Street (Sandra Cisneros)
The House on Mango Street
21
Sandra Cisneros
If Beale Street Could Talk (James Baldwin)
If Beale Street Could Talk
22
James Baldwin
If This Is a Man (Primo Levi)
If This Is a Man
23
Primo Levi
July's People (Nadine Gordimer)
July's People
24
Nadine Gordimer
The Lathe of Heaven (Ursula K. Le Guin)
The Lathe of Heaven
25
Ursula K. Le Guin
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
26
William Golding
The Lost Daughter (Elena Ferrante)
The Lost Daughter
27
Elena Ferrante
The Lover (Marguerite Duras)
The Lover
28
Marguerite Duras
Lucy (Jamaica Kincaid)
Lucy
29
Jamaica Kincaid
Maus I: My Father Bleeds History (Art Spiegelman)
Maus I: My Father Bleeds History
30
Art Spiegelman
Middle Passage (Charles Johnson)
Middle Passage
31
Charles Johnson
Mrs. Dalloway (Virginia Woolf)
Mrs. Dalloway
32
Virginia Woolf
The Hours (Michael Cunningham)
The Hours
33
Michael Cunningham
The Nickel Boys (Colson Whitehead)
The Nickel Boys
34
Colson Whitehead
No One Writes to the Colonel (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
No One Writes to the Colonel
35
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)
The Old Man and the Sea
36
Ernest Hemingway
On Chesil Beach (Ian McEwan)
On Chesil Beach
37
Ian McEwan
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovitch (Alexander Solzhenitsyn)
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovitch
38
Alexander Solzhenitsyn
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit - Lancashire (Jeanette Winterson)
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit - Lancashire
39
Jeanette Winterson
Pale Horse, Pale Rider
Pale Horse, Pale Rider
40
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