Actually books between 150 and 250 pages, that is to say books that can easily be read within a week of the meeting. I favour classics and well-known authors, but it would be great to discover some obscure delights, e.g. First written in a foreign language.
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I Who Have Never Known Men
A Psalm for the Wild-Built
Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata
Diary of a Void by Emi Yagi
– *Annie Bot* by Sierra Greer
– *I Who Have Never Known Men* by Jacqueline Harpman
– *The Employees* by Olga Ravn
– *Ice* by Anna Kavan
– *Piranesi* by Susanna Clarke
– *Annihilation* by Jeff Vandermeer
Some of these are pretty weird and require deeper analysis to appreciate, so really depends the kind of vibe you’re going for whether they’ll be good fits.
You might also want to check the novella nominees from your preferred literary awards.
Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan. It’s a beautiful book
Consider *Winter in Sokcho* by Elisa Dusapin, 160 page novella set in Korea, translated from French.
We have always lived in the castle
The Wasp Factory by Ian Banks
Full Brutal by Kristopher Triana
The metamorphisis by Kafka
Ogres by Adrian Tchaikovsky
Elder Race by Adrian Tchaikovsky
Of Mice and Men – John Steinbeck