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Short Books to Read

Books that are 250 pages or under! This has no determination on if they're easy to read or not, but they aren't as intimidating when you're trying to get out of your reading slumps :)
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The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
1
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Giver (Lois Lowry)
The Giver
2
Lois Lowry
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
3
J.D. Salinger
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five
4
Kurt Vonnegut
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
5
William Golding
The Stranger (Albert Camus)
The Stranger
6
Albert Camus
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Roald Dahl)
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
7
Roald Dahl
Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad)
Heart of Darkness
8
Joseph Conrad
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Stephen Chbosky)
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
9
Stephen Chbosky
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
10
Douglas Adams
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Mark Haddon)
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
11
Mark Haddon
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
12
Anthony Burgess
The Trial (Franz Kafka)
The Trial
13
Franz Kafka
We Have Always Lived in the Castle (Shirley Jackson)
We Have Always Lived in the Castle
14
Shirley Jackson
The Time Machine (H.G. Wells)
The Time Machine
15
H.G. Wells
And Then There Were None (Agatha Christie)
And Then There Were None
16
Agatha Christie
The Sun Also Rises (Ernest Hemingway)
The Sun Also Rises
17
Ernest Hemingway
Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe)
Things Fall Apart
18
Chinua Achebe
Looking for Alaska (John Green)
Looking for Alaska
19
John Green
The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)
The Old Man and the Sea
20
Ernest Hemingway
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
21
George Orwell
The Things They Carried (Tim O'Brien)
The Things They Carried
22
Tim O'Brien
The Turn of the Screw (Henry James)
The Turn of the Screw
23
Henry James
A Wrinkle in Time (Madeleine L'engle)
A Wrinkle in Time
24
Madeleine L'engle
Between the World and Me (Ta-Nehisi Coates)
Between the World and Me
25
Ta-Nehisi Coates
My Sister, the Serial Killer (Oyinkan Braithwaite)
My Sister, the Serial Killer
26
Oyinkan Braithwaite
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Robert Louis Stevenson)
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
27
Robert Louis Stevenson
The Virgin Suicides (Jeffrey Eugenides)
The Virgin Suicides
28
Jeffrey Eugenides
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian (Sherman Alexie)
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
29
Sherman Alexie
The House on Mango Street (Sandra Cisneros)
The House on Mango Street
30
Sandra Cisneros
We Should All Be Feminists (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
We Should All Be Feminists
31
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
The Call of the Wild (Jack London)
The Call of the Wild
32
Jack London
Fight Club (Chuck Palahniuk)
Fight Club
33
Chuck Palahniuk
The Outsiders (S. E. Hinton)
The Outsiders
34
S. E. Hinton
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Fahrenheit 451
35
Ray Bradbury
Antigone (Sophocles)
Antigone
36
Sophocles
Mrs Dalloway (Virginia Woolf)
Mrs Dalloway
37
Virginia Woolf
Franny and Zooey (J.D. Salinger)
Franny and Zooey
38
J.D. Salinger
The Haunting of Hill House (Shirley Jackson)
The Haunting of Hill House
39
Shirley Jackson
Where the Wild Things Are (Maurice Sendak)
Where the Wild Things Are
40
Maurice Sendak
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