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Looking for a short book I can finish in a weekend

Under 200 pages. The kind you can pick up Friday and finish Sunday afternoon.
  1. The Old Man and the Sea — Hemingway 127 pp
    Fish, sea, old man. Earns its reputation.
  2. Convenience Store Woman — Sayaka Murata 163 pp
    Tokyo. Strange and excellent.
  3. The Stranger — Albert Camus 123 pp
    Absurdism, fast.
  4. Of Mice and Men — Steinbeck 107 pp
    The one you read in school. Holds up.
  5. Bonjour Tristesse — Françoise Sagan 154 pp
    French, summer, eighteen.
  6. Train Dreams — Denis Johnson 116 pp
    Logging, the American West, brief and beautiful.
  7. The Body — Stephen King 190 pp
    Stand By Me on the page.
  8. Norwegian Wood — Murakami very short version: any Murakami short story
    Try "Tony Takitani" if hesitant.
  9. So Long, See You Tomorrow — William Maxwell 135 pp
    Quiet, devastating, Illinois.
  10. Passing — Nella Larsen 120 pp
    Harlem Renaissance. Astonishing.