***The Old Man and The Sea*** **by Ernest Hemingway**
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If you like thrillers SE Green has short ones. I’ve read The Family and Ten Years Later they were both pretty good.
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I Who Have Never Known Men
We the Animals
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Chronicles of Amber by Zelazny. Great series, I wish I could forget it so I can read it again. 10 books, each from 170-225 pages.
The series is made out of two series of 5 books. First five are Corwin saga, ehich is really good. The latter 5 are Merlin saga, which is meh. Corwin is great, definitely read it. I don’t really recommend Merlin saga, but it will increase your book count.
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Nine Princes in Amber by Roger Zelazny
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An Elderly Lady Must Not Be Crossed by Helene Tristen
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If I Stay by Gayle Forman
I just read it this week and it was very nice.
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Realistic fiction, historical friendship
“Love and Saffron” by Faye Kim
Sci-fi novella: Elder Race by Adrian Tchaikovsky
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The Salt Grows Heavy by Cassandra Khaw. Fairytale horror
The Fireborne Blade/The Bloodless Princes by Charlotte Bond. Fantasy LGBTQ
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Foster – Claire Keegan
Giovanni’s Room – James Baldwin
The Quiet American – Graham Greene
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Here are my faves:
– My Sister, the Serial Killer
– Poison For Breakfast
– HELP! A Bear Is Eating Me!
– The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran
– A Short Stay in Hell
– The Answer is No by Frederik Backman
– The Grownup by Gillian Flynn
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Pablo paramo. One of the first examples of Mexican magical realism
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The stranger
The alchemist
The giver
Little prince
Piranesi is a little over but SO GOOD
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The Old Man and the Sea!
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The two Monk & Robot
My Death
Fair Play
The Summer Book
The Constant Reader
The Loved One
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Ghost Wall by Sarah Moss is short but packs a subtle folk-horror punch.
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(Obviously the page counts are estimates and based on the edition of the book)
**Egyptian Steampunk Mystery with Djinn**
*A Dead Djinn in Cairo* (47 pages) or *The Haunting of Tram Car 015* (144 pages) by P. Djeli Clark
**African Fantasy Parable**
*The Forever Desert* series including *The Lies of the Ajungo* (87 pages), *The Truth of the Aleke* (103 pages), and *The Memory of the Ogisi* (112 pages) by Moses Ose Utomi
**Solar Punk (eco Sci-Fi subgenre) Story About Purpose and Found Family**
The *Monk and Robot* series including *A Psalm for the Wild-Built* (147 pages) and *A Prayer for the Crown-Shy* (152 pages) by Becky Chambers.
**More “Realistic” (no faster than light travel, slice of life) Sci-Fi**
*To Be Taught, If Fortunate* (153 pages) by Becky Chambers
**Gothic Fantasy Horror/Mystery**
The *Sworn Soldier* series including *What Moves the Dead* (165 pages, *The Fall of the House of Usher* retelling), *What Feasts at Night* (151 pages), and *What Stalks the Deep* (192 pages)
Since I mentioned *The Fall of the House of Usher* (30 pages), other short stories by Edgar Allen Poe include *The Masque of Red Death* (47 pages), *The Tell-Tale Heart* (26 pages), The Raven (30 pages), and the Cask of Amontillado (20 pages)
**Sci-Fi Dystopia**
*The Murderbot Diaries* including *Compulsory* (9 pages), *All Systems Red* (152 pages), *Artificial Condition* (158 pages), *Exit Strategy* (172 pages), *Home: Habitat, Range, Niche, Territory* (20 pages), and *Fugitive Telemetry* (168 pages) (*System Collapse* is 245 pages)
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***Breakfast at Tiffany’s*** **by Truman Capote**
***Torchlight Parade*** **by Jeanpaul Ferro**
***The Old Man and The Sea*** **by Ernest Hemingway**
If you like thrillers SE Green has short ones. I’ve read The Family and Ten Years Later they were both pretty good.
I Who Have Never Known Men
We the Animals
Chronicles of Amber by Zelazny. Great series, I wish I could forget it so I can read it again. 10 books, each from 170-225 pages.
The series is made out of two series of 5 books. First five are Corwin saga, ehich is really good. The latter 5 are Merlin saga, which is meh. Corwin is great, definitely read it. I don’t really recommend Merlin saga, but it will increase your book count.
Nine Princes in Amber by Roger Zelazny
An Elderly Lady Must Not Be Crossed by Helene Tristen
If I Stay by Gayle Forman
I just read it this week and it was very nice.
Realistic fiction, historical friendship
“Love and Saffron” by Faye Kim
Sci-fi novella: Elder Race by Adrian Tchaikovsky
The Salt Grows Heavy by Cassandra Khaw. Fairytale horror
The Fireborne Blade/The Bloodless Princes by Charlotte Bond. Fantasy LGBTQ
Foster – Claire Keegan
Giovanni’s Room – James Baldwin
The Quiet American – Graham Greene
Here are my faves:
– My Sister, the Serial Killer
– Poison For Breakfast
– HELP! A Bear Is Eating Me!
– The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran
– A Short Stay in Hell
– The Answer is No by Frederik Backman
– The Grownup by Gillian Flynn
Pablo paramo. One of the first examples of Mexican magical realism
The stranger
The alchemist
The giver
Little prince
Piranesi is a little over but SO GOOD
The Old Man and the Sea!
The two Monk & Robot
My Death
Fair Play
The Summer Book
The Constant Reader
The Loved One
Ghost Wall by Sarah Moss is short but packs a subtle folk-horror punch.
(Obviously the page counts are estimates and based on the edition of the book)
**Egyptian Steampunk Mystery with Djinn**
*A Dead Djinn in Cairo* (47 pages) or *The Haunting of Tram Car 015* (144 pages) by P. Djeli Clark
**African Fantasy Parable**
*The Forever Desert* series including *The Lies of the Ajungo* (87 pages), *The Truth of the Aleke* (103 pages), and *The Memory of the Ogisi* (112 pages) by Moses Ose Utomi
**Solar Punk (eco Sci-Fi subgenre) Story About Purpose and Found Family**
The *Monk and Robot* series including *A Psalm for the Wild-Built* (147 pages) and *A Prayer for the Crown-Shy* (152 pages) by Becky Chambers.
**More “Realistic” (no faster than light travel, slice of life) Sci-Fi**
*To Be Taught, If Fortunate* (153 pages) by Becky Chambers
**Gothic Fantasy Horror/Mystery**
The *Sworn Soldier* series including *What Moves the Dead* (165 pages, *The Fall of the House of Usher* retelling), *What Feasts at Night* (151 pages), and *What Stalks the Deep* (192 pages)
Since I mentioned *The Fall of the House of Usher* (30 pages), other short stories by Edgar Allen Poe include *The Masque of Red Death* (47 pages), *The Tell-Tale Heart* (26 pages), The Raven (30 pages), and the Cask of Amontillado (20 pages)
**Sci-Fi Dystopia**
*The Murderbot Diaries* including *Compulsory* (9 pages), *All Systems Red* (152 pages), *Artificial Condition* (158 pages), *Exit Strategy* (172 pages), *Home: Habitat, Range, Niche, Territory* (20 pages), and *Fugitive Telemetry* (168 pages) (*System Collapse* is 245 pages)
[Wayward Children Series](https://www.goodreads.com/series/165484-wayward-children) a fantasy series of 10 books all under 200 pages.
a story of yesterday- it’s like 70 pages and such a fever dream of a book
Cursed Sands by B.C. James
When Breath Becomes Air
The Driver’s Seat by Muriel Spark
The Murderbot books—most are novellas, not novels (book 5 the exception). They’re great and there’s a miniseries now.
The Best We Could Do by Thi Bui (a graphic novel memoir)
Breadsong: How Baking Changed Our Lives by Kitty Tait (It’s technically longer but half of it is a cookbook.)