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Quick & Easy: Great Reads Under 150 Pages ⏳
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items Whether you want to get out of a reading slump or you're just in the mood for something you can easily read in one sitting, you can find something to enjoy here! From stories as short as 33 pages to those that are almost 150 pages long, from quirky a...
an intriguing contemporary romance that is just 33 pages long, and a story from an author i love a lot, especially when it comes to writing about relationships. in this book we discover the ‘relationship’ between sukie and nathan and all its complexi...
Mr Salary (33 pages)
a super short book that i found very interesting and introspective. it follows the unnamed narrator as she visits her friend - the girl who is getting married. she climbs the stairs up to her friend's apartment, and with every step she thinks of a me...
The Girl Who is Getting Married (36 pages)
my favourite of anything murakami has written, very short but very unique, intriguing and atmospheric. this story set in tokyo follows the uneventful night of a waitress on her 20th birthday, when she is tasked with bringing dinner to the owner of th...
Birthday Girl (48 pages)
a short horror novel that follows charlotte, an author who murders her best friend kim, who is also an author. charlotte does this to make sure that her newest book will be successful, and nobody seems to suspect her of the crime. however, charlotte ...
Magnum Opus (58 pages)
a super fun, quirky book with a quirky title. this very short collection consists of three stories, and the title story was the most memorable one for me. it follows mitsuko, a teacher who tells her students the story of a dog whose task is to clean ...
The Bridegroom Was a Dog (60 pages)
an amazing classic, a great piece of feminist literature and a famous psychological horror story in which a woman goes mad as a result of her husband imprisoning her and confining her to one room because of her mental and physical condition after she...
The Yellow Wallpaper (64 pages)
a super underrated short horror novel with a very creepy energy and storyline. it follows louise, a woman who is taking care of her sick and dying husband edward, and she's taking him to the house he grew up in. as they make their way to it, we find ...
Helpmeet (80 pages)
a quirky little book that consists of three chapters, and follows a couple who are trying to have a child but it just won't work out. they meet up with their friends who have children, and they have a bunch of bizarre interactions that made me read s...
Weasels in the Attic (80 pages)
the events of this unique little book unfold over the course of a single night, and the story follows julian, a man reading to his step-daughter as he waits for his wife to return home. julian comes up with a different bedtime story to tell her every...
The Private Lives of Trees (86 pages)
a truly devastating but beautiful story that follows a girl who is sent to live with her new foster family on a farm, and she becomes very connected with the family in such a special way. though the plot seems very simple, this is such an emotionally...
Foster (88 pages)
a very intriguing queer horror novella that i first picked up because i thought the cover was interesting. this story follows andi, whose love and obsession with her girlfriend takes a peculiar turn, and it seems that not even her therapist can help ...
To Be Devoured (90 pages)
a super quirky short read with a touching message and a great atmosphere i absolutely adored. the novel follows the life of a boy who is infatuated with a woman who works at a store where she sells sandwiches. everyone else finds the woman unpleasant...
Ms Ice Sandwich (92 pages)
one of the easiest single-sitting reads of my life, and my favourite novel from osamu dazai. seemingly simple, this story talks about the every day experiences of a young schoolgirl in japan, through a day in her life. the most important and valuable...
Schoolgirl (94 pages)
an absolute classic of vampire literature which definitely inspired a lot of other vampire novels, and it's an easy entertaining read. whether you're already a fan of vampire lit or you're just looking to get into it, this is a great book to pick up.
The Vampyre (96 pages)
so short but sooo interesting and so easy to read, pretty impressive if you ask me. a very psychologically intriguing book that you can extremely easily read in one sitting, it follows a young actor called rikio and xplores his thoughts on loneliness...
Star (96 pages)
a very intriguing and gorgeously written short novel set in a girls' boarding school in switzerland, follows the narrator and her relationships with two different girls. one of them, frédérique, is more stoic and cold, and the narrator is fascinated ...
Sweet Days of Discipline (101 pages)
a truly amazing classic and it's not very long, nor is it difficult to understand the message behind it, especially since it can resonate with people these days as well. this novel is 100% a must-read, and it's a great place to start if you're intere...
Animal Farm (103 pages)
such a unique and intriguing book that i immediately picked up when i read the blurb, this story follows sean, a scientist who uses technology to be able to see the world through the eyes of an animal, specifically a wolf. of course, her doing this d...
Feed Them Silence (105 pages)
so extremely unique and often eerie, this story follows an author who is writing the biography of an artist/novelist, but then discovers unsettling connections between her life and the artist's life, and things become creepy from then on. i was immed...
My Death (105 pages)
a bestseller and a coming of age classic, a wonderful story told through vignettes. it follows a girl growing up in chicago, her struggles, her experiences as a hispanic girl + some good commentary on racism, classism, discrimination, gender roles an...
The House on Mango Street (110 pages)
an absolutely gorgeous novel from dostoevsky who simply has to write everything beautifully, which i of course very much appreciate. this story follows a young man in st petersburg, and we discover his struggles with various difficult emotions, espec...
White Nights (113 pages)
a great dystopian read and in my top 5 dystopian novels ever, the story is set on the six thousand ship which is on an interstellar expedition. some of the employees are humans, others are humanoids, and the novel consists of their accounts and tales...
The Employees (126 pages)
a beautiful classic about youth, first love, and nostalgia, nabokov's first novel and my favourite novel of his. the writing here is so gorgeous, even more impressive when you consider the fact that this is his first book. great if you like a complic...
Mary (128 pages)
a short yet very intriguing book that criticises work culture, in capitalism specifically. the story follows three workers of a factory and their thoughts on how they feel like they're becoming nothing more than employees, instead of actual people wi...
The Factory (128 pages)
a book i gatekeep 99% of the time because i love it so so much i feel like i need to keep it to myself, but it's so good i need to share it. the story follows simon and marie, a struggling couple who move to a strange town with the wish to start over...
The Country Will Bring Us No Peace (132 pages)
an unusual and emotional story in banana yoshimoto's wonderful signature style. it's a story about nostalgia and family, that follows a 19 year old girl called yayoi, who is struggling with the sense that she can't remember something big that happene...
The Premonition (133 pages)
a gorgeous and heart-warming short novel that reads like a fable, and it works super well as a metaphor for how people are treated in society. this wonderful story discusses race, adoption, motherhood, family, belonging, and freedom. sprout is an esp...
The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly (134 pages)
one of the cutest books i've ever read, truly touched my heart. an extremely adorable novel that revolves around a lonely girl and her cat who adores her. chobi, the cat, has some adorable observations and friendships with other animals in the neighb...
She and Her Cat (135 pages)
a short book i absolutely adore and one of the most intriguing, thought-provoking novels i've ever read. this gothic story follows the life of a man whose home is invaded by two women who then start to question his identity, and throughout various my...
The Iliac Crest (136 pages)
a super heart-warming story about a couple that starts getting visits from a neighbourhood cat called chibi, who they get very attached to since they live otherwise uneventful lives. the novel highlights how seemingly small things can make one the ha...
The Guest Cat (136 pages)
an underrated classic of vampire literature, this short gothic novel is super important for vampire books and it was actually written 25 years before dracula. it's focused on the relationship between laura and carmilla, where laura is a young woman w...
Carmilla (141 pages)
such an underrated gem of magical realism, inspired by the 2009 yongsan protest in south korea. the story is set in an electronics market in seoul, and it follows two employees. this novel discusses the struggles of the korean working class in contra...
One Hundred Shadows (147 pages)
a short yet intriguing murder mystery novel that mostly focuses on the emotional effects of such a tragedy. this is explored through daon, who copes with her grief in ways that might seem ridiculous. great commentary on the justice system, good writi...
Lemon (147 pages)