Short and Sweet

Description
Rewarding short novels or novellas
1
Of Mice and Men
by John Steinbeck
39,326 members
666 reviews
3.9
10 Members
hipdeep, iggyjreilly, sturlington, thecoroner, lewbs, spiphany, Twixi, LALKitty11, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
2
The Metamorphosis
by Franz Kafka
12,605 members
222 reviews
3.9
9 Members
sturlington, thecoroner, lewbs, spiphany, Twixi, LALKitty11, ahef1963, FranzK72, ManWithAnAgenda
3
A Christmas Carol
by Charles Dickens
24,923 members
528 reviews
4.1
9 Members
hipdeep, starfishian, merrystar, sturlington, souloftherose, lewbs, Bretzky1, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
4
Animal Farm
by George Orwell
60,403 members
892 reviews
4
9 Members
hipdeep, sturlington, thecoroner, lewbs, Twixi, Bretzky1, LALKitty11, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
5
The Uncommon Reader
by Alan Bennett
5,766 members
575 reviews
3.9
8 Members
inge87, starfishian, thorold, iggyjreilly, merrystar, souloftherose, lewbs, ManWithAnAgenda
6
The Stranger
by Albert Camus
35,679 members
510 reviews
3.9
8 Members
thecoroner, lewbs, Twixi, LALKitty11, ahef1963, audreyuhl, FranzK72, ManWithAnAgenda
7
Things Fall Apart
by Chinua Achebe
20,812 members
435 reviews
3.8
7 Members
jain, souloftherose, thecoroner, Twixi, Bretzky1, LALKitty11, ahef1963
8
Fahrenheit 451
by Ray Bradbury
54,263 members
1,006 reviews
4
8 Members
hipdeep, merrystar, sturlington, thecoroner, lewbs, Twixi, Bretzky1, ManWithAnAgenda
9
84, Charing Cross Road
by Helene Hanff
5,886 members
354 reviews
4.2
6 Members
thorold, merrystar, souloftherose, bookwoman247, Twixi, ahef1963
10
The Old Man and the Sea
by Ernest Hemingway
30,882 members
508 reviews
3.8
7 Members
jain, sturlington, lewbs, Twixi, LALKitty11, ahef1963, audreyuhl
11
Ethan Frome
by Edith Wharton
9,541 members
217 reviews
½ 3.6
7 Members
iggyjreilly, souloftherose, thecoroner, lewbs, Bretzky1, ahef1963, FranzK72
12
The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
by Robert Louis Stevenson
17,237 members
318 reviews
½ 3.7
7 Members
sturlington, thecoroner, lewbs, Twixi, Bretzky1, ahef1963, FranzK72
13
Candide
by Voltaire
20,665 members
310 reviews
3.8
8 Members
sturlington, thecoroner, lewbs, Twixi, LALKitty11, ahef1963, FranzK72, ManWithAnAgenda
14
The Awakening
by Kate Chopin
9,233 members
179 reviews
½ 3.6
6 Members
jain, starfishian, sturlington, spiphany, LALKitty11, ahef1963
15
Death in Venice
by Thomas Mann
5,374 members
104 reviews
½ 3.7
6 Members
thorold, thecoroner, spiphany, Twixi, FranzK72, ManWithAnAgenda
16
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
by Muriel Spark
5,255 members
172 reviews
½ 3.7
6 Members
thorold, sturlington, souloftherose, thecoroner, ahef1963, FranzK72
17
Persuasion
by Jane Austen
28,882 members
535 reviews
4.2
4 Members
merrystar, sturlington, barbharper, ahef1963
18
Heart of Darkness
by Joseph Conrad
23,723 members
390 reviews
½ 3.6
6 Members
sturlington, thecoroner, lewbs, LALKitty11, ahef1963, FranzK72,jain
19
Bartleby, the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street
by Herman Melville
2,897 members
99 reviews
3.9
5 Members
jain, thorold, sturlington, spiphany, ahef1963
20
The Little Prince
by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
44,992 members
770 reviews
4.2
6 Members
merrystar, sturlington, thecoroner, lewbs, Twixi, FranzK72
21
The Red Badge of Courage
by Stephen Crane
11,244 members
128 reviews
½ 3.4
4 Members
thecoroner, Bretzky1, FranzK72, DanielSTJ
22
The Scarlet Letter
by Nathaniel Hawthorne
36,800 members
374 reviews
½ 3.4
5 Members
sturlington, thecoroner, ahef1963, FranzK72, ManWithAnAgenda
23
Brokeback Mountain
by Annie Proulx
2,720 members
99 reviews
3.9
5 Members
thorold, sturlington, LALKitty11, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
24
The Martian Chronicles
by Ray Bradbury
16,728 members
325 reviews
4
4 Members
merrystar, sturlington, lewbs, Bretzky1
25
Notes from Underground
by Fyodor Dostoevsky
12,620 members
156 reviews
4.1
3 Members
thecoroner, Bretzky1, FranzK72
26
The Time Machine
by H. G. Wells
17,821 members
341 reviews
½ 3.7
5 Members
sturlington, thecoroner, lewbs, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
27
Fictions
by Jorge Luis Borges
7,648 members
114 reviews
½ 4.4
3 Members
merrystar, lewbs, FranzK72
28
The Turn of the Screw
by Henry James
8,173 members
249 reviews
½ 3.4
5 Members
sturlington, thecoroner, lewbs, Bretzky1, ManWithAnAgenda
29
A Clockwork Orange
by Anthony Burgess
25,996 members
389 reviews
4
4 Members
sturlington, lewbs, Twixi, FranzK72
30
Daisy Miller
by Henry James
3,625 members
84 reviews
½ 3.4
4 Members
sturlington, thecoroner, Bretzky1, ManWithAnAgenda
31
Different Seasons
by Stephen King
8,985 members
122 reviews
4
4 Members
hipdeep, sturlington, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
32
Nausea
by Jean-Paul Sartre
10,005 members
83 reviews
3.8
3 Members
thecoroner, audreyuhl, FranzK72
33
The Leopard
by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa
6,596 members
151 reviews
4.1
3 Members
lewbs, Twixi, FranzK72
34
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
by Alexander Solzhenitsyn
13,013 members
202 reviews
4
4 Members
sturlington, thecoroner, Twixi, Bretzky1
35
The rider on the white horse
by Theodor Storm
939 members
18 reviews
½ 3.7
3 Members
inge87, thorold, spiphany
36
The Thirty-Nine Steps
by John Buchan
5,421 members
190 reviews
½ 3.5
3 Members
souloftherose, Twixi, ahef1963
37
Brave New World
by Aldous Huxley
54,187 members
774 reviews
3.9
4 Members
merrystar, sturlington, lewbs, Twixi
38
The Sorrows of Young Werther
by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
8,106 members
127 reviews
½ 3.6
3 Members
thecoroner, Twixi, FranzK72
39
Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions
by Edwin A. Abbott
9,808 members
183 reviews
3.8
4 Members
merrystar, sturlington, lewbs, ManWithAnAgenda
40
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
by Barbara Robinson
7,113 members
111 reviews
4.2
3 Members
hipdeep, merrystar, ManWithAnAgenda
41
The Bread of Those Early Years
by Heinrich Böll
411 members
12 reviews
½ 3.6
3 Members
thorold, Twixi, bluepiano
Explanations
bluepiano: 92 pages
42
The Lover
by Marguerite Duras
5,183 members
156 reviews
½ 3.7
4 Members
thecoroner, Twixi, FranzK72, ManWithAnAgenda
43
Michael Kohlhaas
by Heinrich von Kleist
836 members
27 reviews
½ 3.6
2 Members
thorold, spiphany
44
With the Flow
by Joris-Karl Huysmans
217 members
2 reviews
4
3 Members
thecoroner, bluepiano, FranzK72
Explanations
bluepiano: 69 pages
45
Frankenstein
by Mary Shelley
42,964 members
714 reviews
3.8
3 Members
hipdeep, sturlington, lewbs
46
Last Night at the Lobster
by Stewart O'Nan
1,371 members
125 reviews
3.8
3 Members
iggyjreilly, sturlington, Twixi
47
The Body
by Stephen King
757 members
12 reviews
3.8
3 Members
hipdeep, sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda
48
Pedro Páramo
by Juan Rulfo
3,357 members
74 reviews
4
3 Members
thecoroner, Twixi, FranzK72
49
Chess Story
by Stefan Zweig
4,048 members
117 reviews
4.1
3 Members
lewbs, spiphany, Twixi
50
The Lathe of Heaven
by Ursula K. Le Guin
6,575 members
197 reviews
4
3 Members
jain, sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda
51
The Following Story
by Cees Nooteboom
872 members
22 reviews
½ 3.6
2 Members
iggyjreilly, Twixi
52
All Systems Red
by Martha Wells
5,616 members
354 reviews
4.1
3 Members
jain, sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations
jain: And the sequel novellas.
53
The Great Gatsby
by F. Scott Fitzgerald
72,604 members
1,176 reviews
3.8
3 Members
sturlington, lewbs, ManWithAnAgenda
54
The Postman Always Rings Twice
by James M. Cain
3,487 members
133 reviews
½ 3.7
3 Members
sturlington, Twixi, ManWithAnAgenda
55
The Invisible Man
by H. G. Wells
10,985 members
255 reviews
½ 3.5
3 Members
sturlington, lewbs, ManWithAnAgenda
56
The Ocean at the End of the Lane
by Neil Gaiman
14,941 members
966 reviews
4.1
4 Members
sturlington, Twixi, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda,jain
57
The Kreutzer Sonata
by León Tolstói
1,623 members
40 reviews
½ 3.7
3 Members
thecoroner, Twixi, FranzK72
58
City of Illusions
by Ursula K. Le Guin
1,599 members
37 reviews
½ 3.6
3 Members
jain, sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda
59
Planet of Exile
by Ursula K. Le Guin
1,348 members
35 reviews
½ 3.5
3 Members
jain, sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda
60
The Tartar Steppe
by Dino Buzzati
2,535 members
58 reviews
4.1
3 Members
lewbs, Twixi, FranzK72
61
Wide Sargasso Sea
by Jean Rhys
8,516 members
255 reviews
½ 3.5
4 Members
jain, sturlington, Twixi, ManWithAnAgenda,Bretzky1
62
The Testament of Mary
by Colm Tóibín
1,360 members
109 reviews
½ 3.6
2 Members
souloftherose, Twixi
63
Breakfast at Tiffany's
by Truman Capote
2,786 members
83 reviews
½ 3.7
3 Members
thorold, sturlington, thecoroner
64
The Pledge
by Friedrich Dürrenmatt
1,128 members
23 reviews
4
3 Members
thecoroner, Twixi, FranzK72
65
The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum
by Heinrich Böll
2,509 members
47 reviews
3.8
3 Members
thecoroner, Twixi, FranzK72
66
Barabbas
by Pär Lagerkvist
1,411 members
25 reviews
3.9
3 Members
lewbs, Twixi, FranzK72
67
Shopgirl
by Steve Martin
4,380 members
105 reviews
½ 3.5
2 Members
starfishian, LALKitty11
68
Their Eyes Were Watching God
by Zora Neale Hurston
19,253 members
348 reviews
4
2 Members
jain, sturlington
69
Flagman Thiel
by Gerhart Hauptmann
455 members
4 reviews
½ 3.6
2 Members
spiphany, Twixi
70
Invisible Cities
by Italo Calvino
9,434 members
205 reviews
4.1
3 Members
thecoroner, lewbs, FranzK72
71
A Month in the Country
by J. L. Carr
2,330 members
120 reviews
4.2
2 Members
inge87, ManWithAnAgenda
72
The Nonexistent Knight
by Italo Calvino
1,400 members
21 reviews
3.9
3 Members
thecoroner, Twixi, FranzK72
73
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
by Lewis Carroll
27,358 members
482 reviews
4
3 Members
sturlington, lewbs, Twixi
74
Peter Schlemihl
by Adelbert von Chamisso
686 members
14 reviews
½ 3.6
3 Members
thecoroner, lewbs, FranzK72
75
Lenz
by Georg Büchner
265 members
6 reviews
½ 3.6
2 Members
spiphany, bluepiano
Explanations
bluepiano: 49 pages
76
Franny and Zooey
by J. D. Salinger
14,889 members
171 reviews
4
2 Members
jain, ManWithAnAgenda
77
The Tale of the Unknown Island
by José Saramago
969 members
24 reviews
3.9
2 Members
thorold, Twixi
78
The Summer Book
by Tove Jansson
3,011 members
133 reviews
4.1
2 Members
souloftherose, Twixi
79
The End of the Affair
by Graham Greene
6,570 members
172 reviews
3.9
2 Members
hipdeep, merrystar
80
The Mussel Feast
by Birgit Vanderbeke
333 members
26 reviews
3.8
2 Members
thorold, Twixi
81
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
by Mark Twain
33,151 members
328 reviews
3.9
2 Members
sturlington, Bretzky1
82
Northanger Abbey
by Jane Austen
21,790 members
420 reviews
3.8
2 Members
jain, sturlington
83
Nervous Conditions
by Tsitsi Dangarembga
2,063 members
45 reviews
3.9
2 Members
jain, ManWithAnAgenda
84
Journey to the Centre of the Earth
by Jules Verne
14,969 members
230 reviews
½ 3.7
2 Members
sturlington, Bretzky1
85
A Perfect Hoax
by Italo Svevo
180 members
3 reviews
½ 3.3
2 Members
lewbs, bluepiano
Explanations
bluepiano: 81 pages
86
The Alchemist
by Paulo Coelho
39,408 members
1,043 reviews
½ 3.6
2 Members
merrystar, ahef1963
87
To the Lighthouse
by Virginia Woolf
17,728 members
271 reviews
3.9
2 Members
jain, ManWithAnAgenda
88
The Wonderful O
by James Thurber
823 members
16 reviews
4
2 Members
merrystar, sturlington
89
Rock Crystal
by Adalbert Stifter
499 members
19 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
inge87
90
King Cophetua
by Julien Gracq
38 members
2 reviews
4
Member
bluepiano
Explanations
bluepiano: This, like all the books I've entered, is 1) one I'd highly recommend that's 2) available in a stand-alone edition and 3) fewer than 100 pages long--I'm always one for half-measures. 96 pages
91
The Haunting of Tram Car 015
by P. Djèlí Clark
843 members
68 reviews
4
2 Members
jain, sturlington
92
The Warden
by Anthony Trollope
4,391 members
131 reviews
3.8
2 Members
lewbs, ManWithAnAgenda
93
The Life of Insects
by Viktor Pelevin
492 members
12 reviews
½ 3.6
2 Members
iggyjreilly, Twixi
94
The Lifecycle of Software Objects {novella}
by Ted Chiang
659 members
54 reviews
3.9
2 Members
jain, sturlington
95
Cycle of the Werewolf
by Stephen King
3,248 members
74 reviews
½ 3.4
2 Members
hipdeep, sturlington
96
Je m'en vais
by Jean Echenoz
122 members
4 reviews
½ 3.7
2 Members
lewbs, Twixi
97
The Family of Pascual Duarte
by Camilo José Cela
1,529 members
28 reviews
3.8
2 Members
lewbs, Twixi
98
The Pastoral Symphony
by André Gide
1,075 members
12 reviews
½ 3.5
2 Members
thecoroner, Twixi
99
Treasure Island
by Robert Louis Stevenson
34,347 members
439 reviews
3.8
2 Members
sturlington, lewbs
100
The Haunting of Hill House
by Shirley Jackson
9,856 members
433 reviews
3.9
2 Members
jain, sturlington