books / short
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.
- The Old Man and the Sea — Hemingway 127 ppFish, sea, old man. Earns its reputation.
- Convenience Store Woman — Sayaka Murata 163 ppTokyo. Strange and excellent.
- The Stranger — Albert Camus 123 ppAbsurdism, fast.
- Of Mice and Men — Steinbeck 107 ppThe one you read in school. Holds up.
- Bonjour Tristesse — Françoise Sagan 154 ppFrench, summer, eighteen.
- Train Dreams — Denis Johnson 116 ppLogging, the American West, brief and beautiful.
- The Body — Stephen King 190 ppStand By Me on the page.
- Norwegian Wood — Murakami very short version: any Murakami short storyTry "Tony Takitani" if hesitant.
- So Long, See You Tomorrow — William Maxwell 135 ppQuiet, devastating, Illinois.
- Passing — Nella Larsen 120 ppHarlem Renaissance. Astonishing.