There's a sense of accomplishment when you can finish a book in a day or in one sitting. I just finished Elevation by Stephen King, less than 150 pages, and it was wonderful to read an entire book in a couple hours while enjoying some comfort food and hot chocolate.
If you are looking for shorter books that don't take up all your time then this list is for you! A novella is longer than a short story, but not as long as a novel. They are a nice way of getting some reading done. I tend to read them in between some of my books that are more of a commitment. For this list, I chose books that I completed in one sitting and one that is still on my TBR. Some of them are so small that you may have to squint to see the titles on the spines. This list includes fiction, non-fiction, memoir, YA, philosophy, spirituality, and poetry,
For some quick reads, here are 20 suggestions.
1. 63 pages / Dear Ijeawele, or a Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
2. 64 pages / Acres of Diamonds by Russell H. Conwell
3. 68 pages / Personals by Ian Williams
4. 85 pages / I'm Afraid of Men by Vivek Shraya
5. 89 pages / Lift by Kelly Corrigan
6. 102 pages / Wenjack by Joseph Boyden
7. 107 pages / Of Mice & Men by John Steinbeck
8. 115 pages / The Little Prince by St. Antoine de Saint-Exupery
9. 120 pages / Night by Ellie Wiesel
10. 127 pages / Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach
11. 128 pages / The Four Loves by C.S. Lewis
12. 130 pages / Shopgirl by Steve Martin
13. 139 pages / The Diving Bell and the Butterfly by Jean-Dominique Bauby
14. 139 pages / Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt
15. 151 pages / Gift of the Red Bird by Paula D'Arcy
16. 152 pages / Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse
17. 174 pages / The Alchemist / Paulo Coelho
18. 175 pages / Hope Matters by Lee Maracle, Tania Carter and Columpa Bobb
19. 180 pages / The Giver by Lois Lowry
20. 213 pages / The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
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