Great Short Short Books (580 books)

Fictions that are less than 200 pages or 50k words, that seem longer, read easily, of all genres

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1	Animal Farm by George Orwell 4.02 avg rating — 4,578,090 ratings score: 14,844, and 151 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald 3.93 avg rating — 5,939,892 ratings score: 11,381, and 116 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry 4.33 avg rating — 2,491,401 ratings score: 8,964, and 92 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	The Stranger by Albert Camus 4.03 avg rating — 1,412,561 ratings score: 7,901, and 82 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck 3.90 avg rating — 2,847,370 ratings score: 7,093, and 75 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway 3.81 avg rating — 1,318,834 ratings score: 7,011, and 73 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka 3.91 avg rating — 1,439,013 ratings score: 6,310, and 66 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury 3.97 avg rating — 2,853,052 ratings score: 5,576, and 58 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	Lord of the Flies by William Golding 3.70 avg rating — 3,211,177 ratings score: 5,216, and 55 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson 3.83 avg rating — 667,877 ratings score: 4,677, and 50 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens 4.09 avg rating — 942,453 ratings score: 4,401, and 47 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse 4.08 avg rating — 880,780 ratings score: 4,252, and 45 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 772,078 ratings score: 3,996, and 43 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	The Giver (The Giver, #1) by Lois Lowry (Goodreads Author) 4.12 avg rating — 2,817,828 ratings score: 3,912, and 41 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	Breakfast at Tiffany’s and Three Stories by Truman Capote 3.85 avg rating — 252,202 ratings score: 3,013, and 34 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16	Night by Elie Wiesel 4.38 avg rating — 1,368,273 ratings score: 2,997, and 33 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho (Goodreads Author) 3.92 avg rating — 3,587,730 ratings score: 2,931, and 31 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad 3.43 avg rating — 560,094 ratings score: 2,917, and 32 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	Candide by Voltaire 3.76 avg rating — 302,455 ratings score: 2,915, and 32 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
20	We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson 3.91 avg rating — 297,814 ratings score: 2,760, and 30 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
21	Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Charlie Bucket, #1) by Roald Dahl 4.17 avg rating — 933,135 ratings score: 2,528, and 27 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde 4.14 avg rating — 1,891,250 ratings score: 2,474, and 27 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
23	The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury 4.16 avg rating — 286,628 ratings score: 2,460, and 27 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
23	The Time Machine by H.G. Wells 3.89 avg rating — 566,774 ratings score: 2,460, and 27 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
25	Chess Story by Stefan Zweig 4.27 avg rating — 174,800 ratings score: 2,210, and 25 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
26	Chronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel García Márquez 3.97 avg rating — 237,631 ratings score: 2,161, and 25 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
27	The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky 4.24 avg rating — 2,008,152 ratings score: 2,158, and 23 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
28	The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes 3.74 avg rating — 193,063 ratings score: 2,133, and 24 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
29	Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss 4.32 avg rating — 848,939 ratings score: 2,081, and 23 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
30	One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn 3.98 avg rating — 125,533 ratings score: 2,034, and 23 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
30	The Death of Ivan Ilyich by Leo Tolstoy 4.14 avg rating — 226,443 ratings score: 2,034, and 22 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
32	The Fall by Albert Camus 4.03 avg rating — 136,384 ratings score: 2,022, and 23 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
33	Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino 4.10 avg rating — 97,761 ratings score: 1,960, and 22 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
34	The Call of the Wild by Jack London 3.92 avg rating — 474,227 ratings score: 1,918, and 23 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
35	The Postman Always Rings Twice by James M. Cain 3.76 avg rating — 48,885 ratings score: 1,798, and 21 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
36	Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe 3.75 avg rating — 413,882 ratings score: 1,787, and 21 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
37	Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf 3.78 avg rating — 358,262 ratings score: 1,745, and 20 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
38	Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston 3.99 avg rating — 387,790 ratings score: 1,727, and 19 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
39	The Sorrows of Young Werther by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 3.69 avg rating — 156,019 ratings score: 1,502, and 17 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
40	Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri 4.18 avg rating — 206,772 ratings score: 1,464, and 16 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
41	The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett 3.73 avg rating — 60,664 ratings score: 1,385, and 15 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
42	The Trial by Franz Kafka 3.94 avg rating — 397,757 ratings score: 1,277, and 15 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
43	The Turn of the Screw by Henry James 3.38 avg rating — 180,923 ratings score: 1,225, and 14 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
44	The Dead by James Joyce 3.97 avg rating — 24,806 ratings score: 1,198, and 13 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
45	The Lover by Marguerite Duras 3.70 avg rating — 73,707 ratings score: 1,177, and 14 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
46	The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks 3.75 avg rating — 109,679 ratings score: 1,143, and 13 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
47	The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yōko Ogawa 4.05 avg rating — 98,138 ratings score: 1,112, and 12 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
48	Pedro Páramo by Juan Rulfo 4.05 avg rating — 100,933 ratings score: 1,087, and 14 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
49	The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark 3.69 avg rating — 61,280 ratings score: 1,086, and 13 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
50	Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton 3.46 avg rating — 138,619 ratings score: 1,083, and 13 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
51	Bartleby the Scrivener by Herman Melville 3.93 avg rating — 75,819 ratings score: 1,060, and 12 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
52	The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman (Goodreads Author) 4.01 avg rating — 658,507 ratings score: 1,032, and 11 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
53	The Awakening by Kate Chopin 3.69 avg rating — 228,000 ratings score: 1,019, and 13 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
54	Ficciones by Jorge Luis Borges 4.40 avg rating — 79,580 ratings score: 1,012, and 11 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
55	The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum by Heinrich Böll 3.70 avg rating — 18,563 ratings score: 998, and 12 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
56	The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon 3.69 avg rating — 97,874 ratings score: 997, and 12 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
57	Giovanni’s Room by James Baldwin 4.34 avg rating — 256,235 ratings score: 946, and 11 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
58	The End of the Affair by Graham Greene 3.90 avg rating — 70,983 ratings score: 934, and 11 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
59	The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Chronicles of Narnia, #1) by C.S. Lewis 4.24 avg rating — 3,160,434 ratings score: 898, and 10 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
60	Death in Venice by Thomas Mann 3.68 avg rating — 69,072 ratings score: 880, and 10 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
61	84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff 4.16 avg rating — 99,527 ratings score: 841, and 9 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
62	The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison 4.13 avg rating — 302,917 ratings score: 824, and 10 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
63	Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys 3.59 avg rating — 107,354 ratings score: 717, and 8 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
64	Doctor Glas by Hjalmar Söderberg 3.68 avg rating — 17,153 ratings score: 709, and 8 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
65	Momo by Michael Ende 4.34 avg rating — 96,809 ratings score: 666, and 9 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
66	The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom (Goodreads Author) 4.01 avg rating — 806,563 ratings score: 658, and 7 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
67	Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog) by Jerome K. Jerome 3.83 avg rating — 80,466 ratings score: 642, and 8 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
68	The Drowned World by J.G. Ballard 3.47 avg rating — 20,783 ratings score: 637, and 7 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
69	In the Country of Last Things by Paul Auster 3.91 avg rating — 16,091 ratings score: 635, and 7 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
70	Childhood's End by Arthur C. Clarke 4.12 avg rating — 174,038 ratings score: 634, and 7 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
71	Anthem by Ayn Rand 3.61 avg rating — 167,377 ratings score: 624, and 7 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
72	Heart of a Dog by Mikhail Bulgakov 4.08 avg rating — 73,043 ratings score: 614, and 7 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
73	Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk (Goodreads Author) 4.18 avg rating — 645,100 ratings score: 595, and 7 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
74	The Pigeon by Patrick Süskind 3.71 avg rating — 23,464 ratings score: 593, and 7 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
75	A River Runs Through It by Norman Maclean 4.15 avg rating — 12,036 ratings score: 592, and 7 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
75	Coraline by Neil Gaiman (Goodreads Author) 4.13 avg rating — 784,601 ratings score: 592, and 7 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
77	The Captain's Daughter by Alexander Pushkin 3.85 avg rating — 28,497 ratings score: 588, and 7 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
78	We Were Liars by E. Lockhart (Goodreads Author) 3.65 avg rating — 1,408,293 ratings score: 575, and 6 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
79	Generation X by Douglas Coupland (Goodreads Author) 3.74 avg rating — 30,349 ratings score: 567, and 7 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
80	Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson (Goodreads Author) 4.05 avg rating — 632,784 ratings score: 562, and 7 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
81	The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories by Angela Carter 3.90 avg rating — 65,439 ratings score: 535, and 6 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
82	The Postman by Antonio Skármeta 3.65 avg rating — 19,717 ratings score: 527, and 7 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
83	A Wizard of Earthsea (Earthsea Cycle, #1) by Ursula K. Le Guin 4.01 avg rating — 362,423 ratings score: 518, and 6 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
84	Time's Arrow by Martin Amis 3.76 avg rating — 18,031 ratings score: 514, and 6 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
85	Jacob's Room by Virginia Woolf 3.52 avg rating — 13,599 ratings score: 500, and 6 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
85	The Theater of Dusk by Lizbeth Gabriel (Goodreads Author) 3.93 avg rating — 42 ratings score: 500, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
87	The Old Man Who Read Love Stories by Luis Sepúlveda 3.93 avg rating — 30,516 ratings score: 494, and 6 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
88	Ca apa pentru ciocolată by Laura Esquivel 3.95 avg rating — 395,863 ratings score: 493, and 7 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
89	Rear Window and Other Stories by Cornell Woolrich 3.98 avg rating — 1,984 ratings score: 492, and 6 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
90	A Single Man by Christopher Isherwood 4.06 avg rating — 37,745 ratings score: 489, and 6 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
91	The Girl with All the Gifts (The Girl With All the Gifts, #1) by M.R. Carey (Goodreads Author) 3.95 avg rating — 245,528 ratings score: 485, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
92	More Than Human by Theodore Sturgeon 3.93 avg rating — 19,500 ratings score: 483, and 6 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
93	The Horla by Guy de Maupassant 3.88 avg rating — 23,717 ratings score: 473, and 6 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
94	Cain by José Saramago 3.97 avg rating — 34,146 ratings score: 472, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
95	Visitation by Jenny Erpenbeck 3.46 avg rating — 7,639 ratings score: 471, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
95	Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto 3.89 avg rating — 130,104 ratings score: 471, and 6 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
97	Roadside Picnic by Arkady Strugatsky 4.12 avg rating — 87,896 ratings score: 467, and 6 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
98	The Mysterious Stranger by Mark Twain 4.12 avg rating — 11,745 ratings score: 435, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
99	The Waves by Virginia Woolf 4.14 avg rating — 53,889 ratings score: 431, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
100	The Tartar Steppe by Dino Buzzati 4.21 avg rating — 42,404 ratings score: 420, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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580 books · 515 voters · list created April 19th, 2012 by Kamakana (votes) .

Tags: fiction, pages, short, short-fiction, short-novels

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message 1: by Themis-Athena (Lioness at Large) (last edited Jan 04, 2013 12:19PM) (new)

Jan 04, 2013 12:17PM

Is "novels" intended to be understood as a synonym for "fiction," or meant literally (i.e., as opposed to short stories and plays)? There are currently several anthologies and collections of short stories on this list (e.g., Interpreter of Maladies, E.A. Poe's Complete Stories and Poems, Borges's Ficciones, Best Gay Romance 2010, etc.). Stay or go?

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message 2: by Kamakana (new)

Jan 04, 2013 02:18PM

Good point! I have changed the title of this list in response, thanks.

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message 3: by Themis-Athena (Lioness at Large) (new)

Jan 04, 2013 02:28PM

Cool, thanks for clarifying.

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message 4: by Jan C (new)

Jan 04, 2013 02:36PM

Should Dashiell Hammett - Five Complete Novels be on here? Individually I believe that they are all fairly short but together they are +500 pp.

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message 5: by Themis-Athena (Lioness at Large) (new)

Jan 04, 2013 02:54PM

I voted for it because it had initially been added by the list creator, so I assume it was added on the reasoning that it's not the total length of the omnibus edition that counts but the length of each individual novel.

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message 6: by Kamakana (new)

Jan 04, 2013 02:55PM

Just lazy and/or indecisive as I took it from my lists then could not decide which to nominate in particular, but yeah, I like them all and together they are... too long. Not thinking too much about collections, but think I will add an Alice Munro...

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message 7: by Themis-Athena (Lioness at Large) (new)

Jan 04, 2013 04:21PM

Well, if short story collections and anthologies are on this list (many of which are -- in total -- also longer than 200p./50k words, shouldn't that also apply to the odd collection of novels? Your list, of course. And I do admit to adding one further of those of my own, Tolstoy's Great Short Works, because I was coming up against the 100 book limit as it was, and I really did want to add virtually every single entry in that book ...

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message 8: by Kamakana (last edited Jan 04, 2013 07:07PM) (new)

Jan 04, 2013 05:24PM

My list? I ran into that 100 limit too, but do not have an answer, do not know how to limit the list while in progress... And then some works are published in collections like that Hammett one, some are considered novellas, some are just long long short stories. List is open for anyone. My original conception was and is not rigorous, just ones I enjoyed for conciseness, enjoyed for an afternoon's reading. I see other works nominated and think maybe I will read them someday.

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message 9: by Themis-Athena (Lioness at Large) (new)

Jan 04, 2013 05:32PM

I meant "your list" as in "you created it." My preference is to stick as close as possible to the list creator's intentions -- hence my initial question as well. Again, thanks for explaining. Concise Hammett certainly is! :)

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message 10: by Kamakana (new)

Jan 04, 2013 07:06PM

i have read 150 short story collections- is there a list of them on this site, or should i create one? on the other, i have about 612 short works also... and now 297 long works- more than 100k words or 400 pages... i like to think that doing these lists are useful for somebody rather than empty boasting. have you discovered any reads you did not know before you saw this list?

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message 11: by Themis-Athena (Lioness at Large) (new)

Jan 05, 2013 10:47AM

There are several lists of short story collections:
http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/22...
http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/78...
http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/57...
http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/26...

I think many people's TBR lists have enjoyed a steady influx of new additions through listmania lists -- that's part of the fun of (creating and/or) voting on them!

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message 12: by Kamakana (new)

Jan 05, 2013 11:13AM

Yes, I think these are good resources. The problem I have with recs is that it is easy to have too many, so I limit that shelf to 100, which suggests to me that if I have not read one I must decide if the new one should bump off an old one! I like to read translations, I like to read philosophy, I like to read sf&f, I like to read lit. I see you have read a lot of Nobel Winners, this is one of my favourite awards. I read Jose Saramago because I found him there, or Le Clezio recently, and several Japanese authors, but unfortunately I read only English, so who knows what I miss with Herta Muller for example...

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message 13: by Themis-Athena (Lioness at Large) (new)

Jan 05, 2013 01:15PM

Limiting yourself this rigidly -- wise decision and brave if you actually manage to stick to it (I've found that I can't; at least not beyond a certain point). The Nobel winners are fairly recent additions, initiated by, you guessed it, another series of listopia lists, which brought home to me how great exactly is the wealth of literature by or about that very special group of people (and how little of it I've actually read).

http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/27...
http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/27...
http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/27...
http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/89...
http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/93...

I'm planning to slowly work my way through this particular shelf, in between my other reads.

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message 14: by Kamakana (new)

Nov 27, 2015 07:57AM

1984 by Orwell removed because it is too long for this list

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message 15: by Kamakana (new)

Nov 27, 2015 08:03AM

Prince of Raselas removed because it is too long for this list
Do androids dream of electric sheep? is too long for this list

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message 16: by Kamakana (new)

Nov 27, 2015 08:08AM

Notes from Underground too long
Maltese Falcon too long

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message 17: by Elizabeth (new)

Dec 13, 2016 07:52PM

The Girl with all the Gifts is almost 500 pages.

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message 18: by BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) (last edited Mar 10, 2017 04:10AM) (new)

Mar 10, 2017 04:05AM

Jan C wrote: "Should Dashiell Hammett - Five Complete Novels be on here? Individually I believe that they are all fairly short but together they are +500 pp."

I also noticed several others over 200 pages; Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (#85) for instance is 300 pages and Their Eyes Were Watching God (#25) is 256 pages. These are just examples.

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Jul 04, 2021 11:27AM