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The Yellow Wall-Paper (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.06 — 393,543 ratings — published 1892
Animal Farm (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 313 times as short)
avg rating 4.03 — 4,860,377 ratings — published 1945
The Stranger (Paperback)
by (shelved 306 times as short)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,554,006 ratings — published 1942
The Metamorphosis (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 285 times as short)
avg rating 3.91 — 1,584,643 ratings — published 1915
Small Things Like These (Hardcover)
by (shelved 253 times as short)
avg rating 4.06 — 533,283 ratings — published 2021
The Death of Ivan Ilych (Paperback)
by (shelved 249 times as short)
avg rating 4.14 — 270,587 ratings — published 1886
Of Mice and Men (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.90 — 2,976,034 ratings — published 1937
The Old Man and the Sea (Hardcover)
by (shelved 241 times as short)
avg rating 3.82 — 1,388,926 ratings — published 1952
The Little Prince (Hardcover)
by (shelved 231 times as short)
avg rating 4.34 — 2,634,800 ratings — published 1943
All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1)
by (shelved 224 times as short)
avg rating 4.10 — 417,709 ratings — published 2017
White Nights (Paperback)
by (shelved 215 times as short)
avg rating 4.05 — 473,961 ratings — published 1848
We Have Always Lived in the Castle (Paperback)
by (shelved 207 times as short)
avg rating 3.90 — 331,288 ratings — published 1962
Convenience Store Woman (Hardcover)
by (shelved 203 times as short)
avg rating 3.66 — 417,115 ratings — published 2016
Foster (Paperback)
by (shelved 184 times as short)
avg rating 4.29 — 209,143 ratings — published 2010
I Who Have Never Known Men (Paperback)
by (shelved 178 times as short)
avg rating 4.02 — 750,546 ratings — published 1995
A Short Stay in Hell (Paperback)
by (shelved 174 times as short)
avg rating 4.11 — 129,715 ratings — published 2011
A Psalm for the Wild-Built (Monk & Robot, #1)
by (shelved 171 times as short)
avg rating 4.19 — 213,167 ratings — published 2021
The Lottery (Paperback)
by (shelved 170 times as short)
avg rating 4.02 — 123,617 ratings — published 1948
The Alchemist (Paperback)
by (shelved 163 times as short)
avg rating 3.92 — 3,787,770 ratings — published 1988
Giovanni’s Room (Paperback)
by (shelved 161 times as short)
avg rating 4.34 — 313,205 ratings — published 1956
Fahrenheit 451 (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 155 times as short)
avg rating 3.97 — 3,021,146 ratings — published 1963
The Great Gatsby (Paperback)
by (shelved 154 times as short)
avg rating 3.92 — 6,184,081 ratings — published 1925
This Is How You Lose the Time War (ebook)
by (shelved 152 times as short)
avg rating 3.82 — 380,309 ratings — published 2019
A Room of One’s Own (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.22 — 286,491 ratings — published 1929
Notes from Underground (Paperback)
by (shelved 143 times as short)
avg rating 4.16 — 266,999 ratings — published 1864
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 141 times as short)
avg rating 3.83 — 709,437 ratings — published 1886
The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas (Library Binding)
by (shelved 141 times as short)
avg rating 4.36 — 59,519 ratings — published 1973
We Should All Be Feminists (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 135 times as short)
avg rating 4.39 — 344,062 ratings — published 2012
Chess Story (Paperback)
by (shelved 131 times as short)
avg rating 4.26 — 201,620 ratings — published 1942
Carmilla (Paperback)
by (shelved 120 times as short)
avg rating 3.86 — 241,122 ratings — published 1872
The Tell-Tale Heart (Library Binding)
by (shelved 115 times as short)
avg rating 4.23 — 133,910 ratings — published 1843
The Pearl (Paperback)
by (shelved 115 times as short)
avg rating 3.59 — 295,994 ratings — published 1947
Siddhartha (Mass Market Paperback)
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avg rating 4.09 — 924,792 ratings — published
The Vegetarian (Hardcover)
by (shelved 114 times as short)
avg rating 3.65 — 473,604 ratings — published 2007
Galatea (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 110 times as short)
avg rating 3.93 — 136,722 ratings — published 2013
A Christmas Carol (Paperback)
by (shelved 107 times as short)
avg rating 4.09 — 968,044 ratings — published 1843
Letters to a Young Poet (Paperback)
by (shelved 100 times as short)
avg rating 4.26 — 136,706 ratings — published 1929
The Time Machine (Paperback)
by (shelved 99 times as short)
avg rating 3.89 — 584,302 ratings — published 1895
The Grownup (Hardcover)
by (shelved 99 times as short)
avg rating 3.54 — 161,955 ratings — published 2014
The Six Deaths of the Saint (Into Shadow, #3)
by (shelved 98 times as short)
avg rating 4.29 — 41,407 ratings — published 2022
Open Water (Hardcover)
by (shelved 98 times as short)
avg rating 3.97 — 95,767 ratings — published 2021
The Empress of Salt and Fortune (The Singing Hills Cycle, #1)
by (shelved 98 times as short)
avg rating 3.89 — 48,591 ratings — published 2020
Lord of the Flies (Paperback)
by (shelved 96 times as short)
avg rating 3.71 — 3,338,314 ratings — published 1954
No Longer Human (Paperback)
by (shelved 96 times as short)
avg rating 3.92 — 295,925 ratings — published 1948
Before the Coffee Gets Cold (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #1)
by (shelved 95 times as short)
avg rating 3.64 — 789,199 ratings — published 2015
The Importance of Being Earnest (Paperback)
by (shelved 95 times as short)
avg rating 4.17 — 418,058 ratings — published 1895
Heart of Darkness (Paperback)
by (shelved 94 times as short)
avg rating 3.43 — 579,393 ratings — published 1899
Interpreter of Maladies (Hardcover)
by (shelved 94 times as short)
avg rating 4.18 — 212,547 ratings — published 1999
Breakfast at Tiffany’s and Three Stories (Paperback)
by (shelved 93 times as short)
avg rating 3.85 — 258,463 ratings — published 1958
Night (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.38 — 1,411,796 ratings — published 2012
“On Earth I was short, at just an inch under five foot, but here I'm positively squat. I'm a footstool. A cute, fluffy little human footstool that no one takes very seriously.”
― Worse Guy
― Worse Guy
“Physical size can not measure the ferocity and compassion of the heart, spirit and soul. Truly in the measure of a person, short or tall doesn’t matter at all.”
― Short or Tall Doesn't Matter at All
― Short or Tall Doesn't Matter at All
