Short and Sweet

Description
Rewarding short novels or novellas
1
Of Mice and Men
by John Steinbeck
44,776 members
726 reviews
3.9
10 Members
hipdeep, iggyjreilly, sturlington, thecoroner, lewbs, spiphany, Twixi, LALKitty11, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
2
The Metamorphosis [novella]
by Franz Kafka
15,287 members
278 reviews
3.9
9 Members
sturlington, thecoroner, lewbs, spiphany, Twixi, LALKitty11, ahef1963, FranzK72, ManWithAnAgenda
3
A Christmas Carol
by Charles Dickens
29,549 members
599 reviews
4.1
9 Members
hipdeep, starfishian, merrystar, sturlington, souloftherose, lewbs, Bretzky1, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
4
The Uncommon Reader
by Alan Bennett
6,227 members
594 reviews
3.9
8 Members
inge87, starfishian, thorold, iggyjreilly, merrystar, souloftherose, lewbs, ManWithAnAgenda
5
Animal Farm
by George Orwell
70,290 members
1,009 reviews
4
9 Members
hipdeep, sturlington, thecoroner, lewbs, Twixi, Bretzky1, LALKitty11, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
6
The Stranger
by Albert Camus
40,991 members
584 reviews
3.9
8 Members
thecoroner, lewbs, Twixi, LALKitty11, ahef1963, audreyuhl, FranzK72, ManWithAnAgenda
7
Things Fall Apart
by Chinua Achebe
23,435 members
461 reviews
3.8
7 Members
jain, souloftherose, thecoroner, Twixi, Bretzky1, LALKitty11, ahef1963
8
Fahrenheit 451
by Ray Bradbury
63,615 members
1,142 reviews
4
8 Members
hipdeep, merrystar, sturlington, thecoroner, lewbs, Twixi, Bretzky1, ManWithAnAgenda
9
84, Charing Cross Road
by Helene Hanff
6,682 members
389 reviews
½ 4.3
6 Members
thorold, merrystar, souloftherose, bookwoman247, Twixi, ahef1963
10
The Old Man and the Sea
by Ernest Hemingway
35,532 members
563 reviews
3.8
7 Members
jain, sturlington, lewbs, Twixi, LALKitty11, ahef1963, audreyuhl
11
Ethan Frome
by Edith Wharton
10,691 members
243 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
19,732 members
368 reviews
½ 3.7
7 Members
sturlington, thecoroner, lewbs, Twixi, Bretzky1, ahef1963, FranzK72
13
Candide
by Voltaire
23,196 members
344 reviews
3.8
8 Members
sturlington, thecoroner, lewbs, Twixi, LALKitty11, ahef1963, FranzK72, ManWithAnAgenda
14
The Awakening
by Kate Chopin
10,279 members
208 reviews
½ 3.6
6 Members
jain, starfishian, sturlington, spiphany, LALKitty11, ahef1963
15
Death in Venice
by Thomas Mann
6,018 members
119 reviews
½ 3.7
6 Members
thorold, thecoroner, spiphany, Twixi, FranzK72, ManWithAnAgenda
16
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
by Muriel Spark
5,899 members
192 reviews
½ 3.7
6 Members
thorold, sturlington, souloftherose, thecoroner, ahef1963, FranzK72
17
Persuasion
by Jane Austen
33,347 members
575 reviews
4.2
4 Members
merrystar, sturlington, barbharper, ahef1963
18
Heart of Darkness
by Joseph Conrad
26,464 members
431 reviews
½ 3.6
6 Members
sturlington, thecoroner, lewbs, LALKitty11, ahef1963, FranzK72,jain
19
Bartleby, the Scrivener
by Herman Melville
3,457 members
123 reviews
3.9
5 Members
jain, thorold, sturlington, spiphany, ahef1963
20
The Little Prince
by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
53,305 members
875 reviews
4.2
6 Members
merrystar, sturlington, thecoroner, lewbs, Twixi, FranzK72
21
The Red Badge of Courage
by Stephen Crane
13,494 members
138 reviews
½ 3.4
4 Members
thecoroner, Bretzky1, FranzK72, DanielSTJ
22
The Scarlet Letter
by Nathaniel Hawthorne
41,935 members
416 reviews
½ 3.4
5 Members
sturlington, thecoroner, ahef1963, FranzK72, ManWithAnAgenda
23
Brokeback Mountain
by Annie Proulx
3,009 members
119 reviews
3.9
5 Members
thorold, sturlington, LALKitty11, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
24
The Martian Chronicles
by Ray Bradbury
18,669 members
366 reviews
4
4 Members
merrystar, sturlington, lewbs, Bretzky1
25
Notes from Underground
by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
14,953 members
189 reviews
4.1
3 Members
thecoroner, Bretzky1, FranzK72
26
The Time Machine
by H. G. Wells
20,298 members
386 reviews
½ 3.7
5 Members
sturlington, thecoroner, lewbs, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
27
Fictions
by Jorge Luis Borges
8,868 members
134 reviews
½ 4.4
3 Members
merrystar, lewbs, FranzK72
28
The Turn of the Screw
by Henry James
9,465 members
296 reviews
½ 3.4
5 Members
sturlington, thecoroner, lewbs, Bretzky1, ManWithAnAgenda
29
A Clockwork Orange
by Anthony Burgess
28,759 members
416 reviews
4
4 Members
sturlington, lewbs, Twixi, FranzK72
30
Daisy Miller
by Henry James
4,005 members
91 reviews
½ 3.4
4 Members
sturlington, thecoroner, Bretzky1, ManWithAnAgenda
31
Different Seasons
by Stephen King
10,229 members
136 reviews
4
4 Members
hipdeep, sturlington, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
32
Nausea
by Jean-Paul Sartre
11,533 members
102 reviews
½ 3.7
3 Members
thecoroner, audreyuhl, FranzK72
33
The Leopard
by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa
7,684 members
171 reviews
4.1
3 Members
lewbs, Twixi, FranzK72
34
The Great Gatsby
by F. Scott Fitzgerald
83,141 members
1,306 reviews
3.8
4 Members
hipdeep, sturlington, lewbs, ManWithAnAgenda
35
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
by Alexander Solzhenitsyn
14,587 members
232 reviews
4
4 Members
sturlington, thecoroner, Twixi, Bretzky1
36
The rider on the white horse
by Theodor Storm
1,027 members
22 reviews
½ 3.7
3 Members
inge87, thorold, spiphany
37
All Systems Red
by Martha Wells
8,539 members
494 reviews
4.1
4 Members
jain, merrystar, sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations
jain: And the sequel novellas.
38
Their Eyes Were Watching God
by Zora Neale Hurston
22,411 members
390 reviews
4
3 Members
hipdeep, jain, sturlington
39
The Thirty-Nine Steps
by John Buchan
6,008 members
203 reviews
½ 3.5
3 Members
souloftherose, Twixi, ahef1963
40
Brave New World
by Aldous Huxley
61,692 members
871 reviews
3.9
4 Members
merrystar, sturlington, lewbs, Twixi
41
The Sorrows of Young Werther
by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
9,278 members
151 reviews
½ 3.6
3 Members
thecoroner, Twixi, FranzK72
42
Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions
by Edwin A. Abbott
10,872 members
203 reviews
3.8
4 Members
merrystar, sturlington, lewbs, ManWithAnAgenda
43
The Bread of Those Early Years
by Heinrich Böll
460 members
11 reviews
½ 3.6
3 Members
thorold, Twixi, bluepiano
Explanations
bluepiano: 92 pages
44
The Lover
by Marguerite Duras
6,109 members
168 reviews
½ 3.7
4 Members
thecoroner, Twixi, FranzK72, ManWithAnAgenda
45
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
by Barbara Robinson
8,791 members
125 reviews
4.2
3 Members
hipdeep, merrystar, ManWithAnAgenda
46
Michael Kohlhaas
by Heinrich von Kleist
982 members
29 reviews
½ 3.6
2 Members
thorold, spiphany
47
With the Flow
by Joris-Karl Huysmans
237 members
2 reviews
4
3 Members
thecoroner, bluepiano, FranzK72
Explanations
bluepiano: 69 pages
48
Frankenstein
by Mary Shelley
51,328 members
814 reviews
3.8
3 Members
hipdeep, sturlington, lewbs
49
Last Night at the Lobster
by Stewart O'Nan
1,472 members
134 reviews
3.8
3 Members
iggyjreilly, sturlington, Twixi
50
Pedro Páramo
by Juan Rulfo
4,418 members
100 reviews
4
3 Members
thecoroner, Twixi, FranzK72
51
Chess Story
by Stefan Zweig
5,053 members
140 reviews
4.1
3 Members
lewbs, spiphany, Twixi
52
The Body
by Stephen King
1,339 members
19 reviews
3.9
3 Members
hipdeep, sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda
53
The Lathe of Heaven
by Ursula K. Le Guin
7,804 members
229 reviews
4
3 Members
jain, sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda
54
The Following Story
by Cees Nooteboom
944 members
24 reviews
½ 3.6
2 Members
iggyjreilly, Twixi
55
The Postman Always Rings Twice
by James M. Cain
3,918 members
144 reviews
½ 3.7
3 Members
sturlington, Twixi, ManWithAnAgenda
56
The Invisible Man
by H. G. Wells
12,772 members
290 reviews
½ 3.5
3 Members
sturlington, lewbs, ManWithAnAgenda
57
The Ocean at the End of the Lane
by Neil Gaiman
17,415 members
1,038 reviews
4.1
4 Members
sturlington, Twixi, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda,jain
58
The Kreutzer Sonata
by Leo Tolstoy
1,892 members
45 reviews
½ 3.7
3 Members
thecoroner, Twixi, FranzK72
59
City of Illusions
by Ursula K. Le Guin
1,804 members
46 reviews
½ 3.6
3 Members
jain, sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda
60
Planet of Exile
by Ursula K. Le Guin
1,538 members
42 reviews
½ 3.5
3 Members
jain, sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda
61
The Tartar Steppe
by Dino Buzzati
3,163 members
73 reviews
4.1
3 Members
lewbs, Twixi, FranzK72
62
Wide Sargasso Sea
by Jean Rhys
9,504 members
275 reviews
½ 3.6
4 Members
jain, sturlington, Twixi, ManWithAnAgenda,Bretzky1
63
The Testament of Mary
by Colm Tóibín
1,531 members
122 reviews
½ 3.6
2 Members
souloftherose, Twixi
64
Breakfast at Tiffany's
by Truman Capote
4,192 members
101 reviews
3.8
3 Members
thorold, sturlington, thecoroner
65
The Pledge
by Friedrich Dürrenmatt
1,259 members
26 reviews
4
3 Members
thecoroner, Twixi, FranzK72
66
The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum
by Heinrich Böll
2,794 members
53 reviews
3.8
3 Members
thecoroner, Twixi, FranzK72
67
Barabbas
by Pär Lagerkvist
1,565 members
27 reviews
3.9
3 Members
lewbs, Twixi, FranzK72
68
Shopgirl
by Steve Martin
4,574 members
111 reviews
½ 3.5
2 Members
starfishian, LALKitty11
69
Flagman Thiel
by Gerhart Hauptmann
498 members
5 reviews
½ 3.6
2 Members
spiphany, Twixi
70
Invisible Cities
by Italo Calvino
10,857 members
228 reviews
4.1
3 Members
thecoroner, lewbs, FranzK72
71
A Month in the Country
by J. L. Carr
3,012 members
138 reviews
4.2
2 Members
inge87, ManWithAnAgenda
72
The Nonexistent Knight
by Italo Calvino
1,648 members
21 reviews
3.9
3 Members
thecoroner, Twixi, FranzK72
73
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
by Lewis Carroll
32,689 members
535 reviews
4
3 Members
sturlington, lewbs, Twixi
74
Peter Schlemihl
by Adelbert von Chamisso
807 members
17 reviews
½ 3.6
3 Members
thecoroner, lewbs, FranzK72
75
Büchner : Lenz [mismatched ISBN/title]
by Georg Büchner
304 members
6 reviews
½ 3.6
2 Members
spiphany, bluepiano
Explanations
bluepiano: 49 pages
76
Franny and Zooey
by J. D. Salinger
16,191 members
196 reviews
4
2 Members
jain, ManWithAnAgenda
77
The Tale of the Unknown Island
by José Saramago
1,101 members
28 reviews
3.9
2 Members
thorold, Twixi
78
The Summer Book
by Tove Jansson
3,789 members
156 reviews
4.1
2 Members
souloftherose, Twixi
79
The Mussel Feast
by Birgit Vanderbeke
372 members
29 reviews
3.8
2 Members
thorold, Twixi
80
The End of the Affair
by Graham Greene
7,258 members
192 reviews
3.9
2 Members
hipdeep, merrystar
81
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
by Mark Twain
38,530 members
370 reviews
3.9
2 Members
sturlington, Bretzky1
82
Northanger Abbey
by Jane Austen
25,100 members
464 reviews
3.8
2 Members
jain, sturlington
83
Nervous Conditions
by Tsitsi Dangarembga
2,411 members
51 reviews
3.9
2 Members
jain, ManWithAnAgenda
84
Journey to the Centre of the Earth
by Jules Verne
17,745 members
267 reviews
½ 3.7
2 Members
sturlington, Bretzky1
85
A Perfect Hoax
by Italo Svevo
203 members
3 reviews
½ 3.5
2 Members
lewbs, bluepiano
Explanations
bluepiano: 81 pages
86
The Alchemist
by Paulo Coelho
44,348 members
1,130 reviews
½ 3.6
2 Members
merrystar, ahef1963
87
To the Lighthouse
by Virginia Woolf
20,383 members
312 reviews
3.9
2 Members
jain, ManWithAnAgenda
88
The Wonderful O
by James Thurber
906 members
20 reviews
4
2 Members
merrystar, sturlington
89
Up at the Villa
by W. Somerset Maugham
946 members
33 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
Bookmarque
90
Rock Crystal
by Adalbert Stifter
577 members
22 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
inge87
91
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
92
The Haunting of Tram Car 015
by P. Djèlí Clark
1,062 members
78 reviews
4
2 Members
jain, sturlington
93
The Warden
by Anthony Trollope
4,891 members
139 reviews
3.8
2 Members
lewbs, ManWithAnAgenda
94
The Life of Insects
by Viktor Pelevin
537 members
13 reviews
½ 3.6
2 Members
iggyjreilly, Twixi
95
The Lifecycle of Software Objects {novella}
by Ted Chiang
718 members
59 reviews
3.9
2 Members
jain, sturlington
96
Je m'en vais
by Jean Echenoz
141 members
4 reviews
½ 3.7
2 Members
lewbs, Twixi
97
Cycle of the Werewolf
by Stephen King
3,716 members
90 reviews
½ 3.4
2 Members
hipdeep, sturlington
98
The Family of Pascual Duarte
by Camilo José Cela
1,767 members
33 reviews
3.8
2 Members
lewbs, Twixi
99
The Pastoral Symphony
by André Gide
1,200 members
14 reviews
½ 3.5
2 Members
thecoroner, Twixi
100
Treasure Island
by Robert Louis Stevenson
41,026 members
492 reviews
3.8
2 Members
sturlington, lewbs