Short and Sweet

Description
Rewarding short novels or novellas
Members
23 participating members
1
Of Mice and Men
by John Steinbeck
38,082 members
645 reviews
3.9
10 Members
hipdeep, iggyjreilly, sturlington, thecoroner, lewbs, spiphany, Twixi, LALKitty11, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
2
The Metamorphosis
by Franz Kafka
12,039 members
208 reviews
3.9
9 Members
sturlington, thecoroner, lewbs, spiphany, Twixi, LALKitty11, ahef1963, FranzK72, ManWithAnAgenda
3
A Christmas Carol
by Charles Dickens
23,770 members
507 reviews
4.1
9 Members
hipdeep, starfishian, merrystar, sturlington, souloftherose, lewbs, Bretzky1, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
4
Animal Farm
by George Orwell
58,443 members
854 reviews
4
9 Members
hipdeep, sturlington, thecoroner, lewbs, Twixi, Bretzky1, LALKitty11, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
5
The Uncommon Reader
by Alan Bennett
5,655 members
563 reviews
3.9
8 Members
inge87, starfishian, thorold, iggyjreilly, merrystar, souloftherose, lewbs, ManWithAnAgenda
6
The Stranger
by Albert Camus
34,648 members
489 reviews
3.9
8 Members
thecoroner, lewbs, Twixi, LALKitty11, ahef1963, audreyuhl, FranzK72, ManWithAnAgenda
7
Things Fall Apart
by Chinua Achebe
20,125 members
425 reviews
3.8
7 Members
jain, souloftherose, thecoroner, Twixi, Bretzky1, LALKitty11, ahef1963
8
Fahrenheit 451
by Ray Bradbury
52,324 members
970 reviews
4
8 Members
hipdeep, merrystar, sturlington, thecoroner, lewbs, Twixi, Bretzky1, ManWithAnAgenda
9
84, Charing Cross Road
by Helene Hanff
5,724 members
340 reviews
4.2
6 Members
thorold, merrystar, souloftherose, bookwoman247, Twixi, ahef1963
10
The Old Man and the Sea
by Ernest Hemingway
29,881 members
492 reviews
3.8
7 Members
jain, sturlington, lewbs, Twixi, LALKitty11, ahef1963, audreyuhl
11
Ethan Frome
by Edith Wharton
9,323 members
209 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
16,771 members
311 reviews
½ 3.7
7 Members
sturlington, thecoroner, lewbs, Twixi, Bretzky1, ahef1963, FranzK72
13
Candide
by Voltaire
20,100 members
304 reviews
3.8
8 Members
sturlington, thecoroner, lewbs, Twixi, LALKitty11, ahef1963, FranzK72, ManWithAnAgenda
14
The Awakening
by Kate Chopin
9,000 members
177 reviews
½ 3.6
6 Members
jain, starfishian, sturlington, spiphany, LALKitty11, ahef1963
15
Death in Venice
by Thomas Mann
5,258 members
104 reviews
½ 3.7
6 Members
thorold, thecoroner, spiphany, Twixi, FranzK72, ManWithAnAgenda
16
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
by Muriel Spark
5,136 members
167 reviews
½ 3.7
6 Members
thorold, sturlington, souloftherose, thecoroner, ahef1963, FranzK72
17
Persuasion
by Jane Austen
27,897 members
522 reviews
4.2
4 Members
merrystar, sturlington, barbharper, ahef1963
18
Heart of Darkness
by Joseph Conrad
23,033 members
373 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
2,779 members
94 reviews
3.9
5 Members
jain, thorold, sturlington, spiphany, ahef1963
20
The Little Prince
by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
43,166 members
740 reviews
4.2
6 Members
merrystar, sturlington, thecoroner, lewbs, Twixi, FranzK72
21
The Red Badge of Courage
by Stephen Crane
10,845 members
126 reviews
½ 3.4
4 Members
thecoroner, Bretzky1, FranzK72, DanielSTJ
22
The Scarlet Letter
by Nathaniel Hawthorne
35,635 members
364 reviews
½ 3.4
5 Members
sturlington, thecoroner, ahef1963, FranzK72, ManWithAnAgenda
23
Brokeback Mountain
by Annie Proulx
2,656 members
93 reviews
3.9
5 Members
thorold, sturlington, LALKitty11, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
24
The Martian Chronicles
by Ray Bradbury
16,244 members
310 reviews
4
4 Members
merrystar, sturlington, lewbs, Bretzky1
25
Notes from Underground
by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
12,137 members
147 reviews
4.1
3 Members
thecoroner, Bretzky1, FranzK72
26
The Time Machine
by H. G. Wells
17,219 members
330 reviews
½ 3.7
5 Members
sturlington, thecoroner, lewbs, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
27
Fictions
by Jorge Luis Borges
7,390 members
110 reviews
½ 4.4
3 Members
merrystar, lewbs, FranzK72
28
The Turn of the Screw
by Henry James
7,880 members
241 reviews
½ 3.4
5 Members
sturlington, thecoroner, lewbs, Bretzky1, ManWithAnAgenda
29
A Clockwork Orange
by Anthony Burgess
25,433 members
380 reviews
4
4 Members
sturlington, lewbs, Twixi, FranzK72
30
Daisy Miller
by Henry James
3,547 members
81 reviews
½ 3.4
4 Members
sturlington, thecoroner, Bretzky1, ManWithAnAgenda
31
Different Seasons
by Stephen King
8,720 members
121 reviews
4
4 Members
hipdeep, sturlington, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
32
Nausea
by Jean-Paul Sartre
9,734 members
80 reviews
3.8
3 Members
thecoroner, audreyuhl, FranzK72
33
The Leopard
by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa
6,396 members
145 reviews
4.1
3 Members
lewbs, Twixi, FranzK72
34
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
by Alexander Solzhenitsyn
12,658 members
194 reviews
4
4 Members
sturlington, thecoroner, Twixi, Bretzky1
35
The rider on the white horse
by Theodor Storm
909 members
18 reviews
½ 3.7
3 Members
inge87, thorold, spiphany
36
The Thirty-Nine Steps
by John Buchan
5,268 members
185 reviews
½ 3.5
3 Members
souloftherose, Twixi, ahef1963
37
Brave New World
by Aldous Huxley
52,655 members
753 reviews
3.9
4 Members
merrystar, sturlington, lewbs, Twixi
38
The Sorrows of Young Werther
by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
7,863 members
119 reviews
½ 3.6
3 Members
thecoroner, Twixi, FranzK72
39
Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions
by Edwin A. Abbott
9,528 members
182 reviews
3.8
4 Members
merrystar, sturlington, lewbs, ManWithAnAgenda
40
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
by Barbara Robinson
6,754 members
108 reviews
4.2
3 Members
hipdeep, merrystar, ManWithAnAgenda
41
The Bread of Those Early Years
by Heinrich Böll
403 members
11 reviews
½ 3.5
3 Members
thorold, Twixi, bluepiano
Explanations
bluepiano: 92 pages
42
The Lover
by Marguerite Duras
5,056 members
151 reviews
½ 3.7
4 Members
thecoroner, Twixi, FranzK72, ManWithAnAgenda
43
Michael Kohlhaas
by Heinrich von Kleist
805 members
24 reviews
½ 3.6
2 Members
thorold, spiphany
44
With the Flow
by Joris-Karl Huysmans
212 members
2 reviews
4
3 Members
thecoroner, bluepiano, FranzK72
Explanations
bluepiano: 69 pages
45
Frankenstein
by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
41,161 members
693 reviews
3.8
3 Members
hipdeep, sturlington, lewbs
46
Last Night at the Lobster
by Stewart O'Nan
1,342 members
123 reviews
3.8
3 Members
iggyjreilly, sturlington, Twixi
47
The Body
by Stephen King
631 members
9 reviews
3.9
3 Members
hipdeep, sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda
48
Pedro Páramo
by Juan Rulfo
3,120 members
71 reviews
4
3 Members
thecoroner, Twixi, FranzK72
49
Chess Story
by Stefan Zweig
3,861 members
113 reviews
4.1
3 Members
lewbs, spiphany, Twixi
50
The Lathe of Heaven
by Ursula K. Le Guin
6,314 members
189 reviews
4
3 Members
jain, sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda
51
The Following Story
by Cees Nooteboom
860 members
20 reviews
½ 3.6
2 Members
iggyjreilly, Twixi
52
All Systems Red
by Martha Wells
4,932 members
318 reviews
4.1
3 Members
jain, sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations
jain: And the sequel novellas.
53
The Great Gatsby
by F. Scott Fitzgerald
70,301 members
1,137 reviews
3.8
3 Members
sturlington, lewbs, ManWithAnAgenda
54
The Postman Always Rings Twice
by James M. Cain
3,388 members
125 reviews
½ 3.7
3 Members
sturlington, Twixi, ManWithAnAgenda
55
The Invisible Man
by H. G. Wells
10,614 members
246 reviews
½ 3.5
3 Members
sturlington, lewbs, ManWithAnAgenda
56
The Ocean at the End of the Lane
by Neil Gaiman
14,321 members
936 reviews
4.1
4 Members
sturlington, Twixi, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda,jain
57
The Kreutzer Sonata
by Leo Tolstoy
1,555 members
38 reviews
½ 3.7
3 Members
thecoroner, Twixi, FranzK72
58
City of Illusions
by Ursula K. Le Guin
1,550 members
37 reviews
½ 3.6
3 Members
jain, sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda
59
Planet of Exile
by Ursula K. Le Guin
1,294 members
36 reviews
½ 3.5
3 Members
jain, sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda
60
The Tartar Steppe
by Dino Buzzati
2,429 members
56 reviews
4.1
3 Members
lewbs, Twixi, FranzK72
61
Wide Sargasso Sea
by Jean Rhys
8,222 members
242 reviews
½ 3.5
4 Members
jain, sturlington, Twixi, ManWithAnAgenda,Bretzky1
62
The Testament of Mary
by Colm Tóibín
1,348 members
107 reviews
½ 3.6
2 Members
souloftherose, Twixi
63
Breakfast at Tiffany's
by Truman Capote
2,695 members
79 reviews
½ 3.7
3 Members
thorold, sturlington, thecoroner
64
The Pledge
by Friedrich Dürrenmatt
1,090 members
23 reviews
4
3 Members
thecoroner, Twixi, FranzK72
65
The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum
by Heinrich Böll
2,448 members
44 reviews
½ 3.7
3 Members
thecoroner, Twixi, FranzK72
66
Barabbas
by Pär Lagerkvist
1,377 members
24 reviews
3.9
3 Members
lewbs, Twixi, FranzK72
67
Shopgirl
by Steve Martin
4,331 members
104 reviews
½ 3.5
2 Members
starfishian, LALKitty11
68
Their Eyes Were Watching God
by Zora Neale Hurston
18,591 members
337 reviews
4
2 Members
jain, sturlington
69
Flagman Thiel
by Gerhart Hauptmann
444 members
4 reviews
½ 3.5
2 Members
spiphany, Twixi
70
Invisible Cities
by Italo Calvino
9,136 members
200 reviews
4.1
3 Members
thecoroner, lewbs, FranzK72
71
A Month in the Country
by J. L. Carr
2,223 members
118 reviews
4.2
2 Members
inge87, ManWithAnAgenda
72
The Nonexistent Knight
by Italo Calvino
1,337 members
20 reviews
3.9
3 Members
thecoroner, Twixi, FranzK72
73
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
by Lewis Carroll
26,132 members
469 reviews
4
3 Members
sturlington, lewbs, Twixi
74
Peter Schlemihl
by Adelbert von Chamisso
670 members
14 reviews
½ 3.6
3 Members
thecoroner, lewbs, FranzK72
75
Lenz
by Georg Büchner
246 members
6 reviews
½ 3.6
2 Members
spiphany, bluepiano
Explanations
bluepiano: 49 pages
76
Franny and Zooey
by J. D. Salinger
14,587 members
168 reviews
4
2 Members
jain, ManWithAnAgenda
77
The Tale of the Unknown Island
by José Saramago
939 members
23 reviews
3.9
2 Members
thorold, Twixi
78
The Summer Book
by Tove Jansson
2,887 members
128 reviews
4.1
2 Members
souloftherose, Twixi
79
The End of the Affair
by Graham Greene
6,389 members
168 reviews
3.9
2 Members
hipdeep, merrystar
80
The Mussel Feast
by Birgit Vanderbeke
330 members
26 reviews
3.8
2 Members
thorold, Twixi
81
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
by Mark Twain
31,918 members
319 reviews
3.9
2 Members
sturlington, Bretzky1
82
Northanger Abbey
by Jane Austen
21,043 members
408 reviews
3.8
2 Members
jain, sturlington
83
Nervous Conditions
by Tsitsi Dangarembga
1,985 members
45 reviews
3.9
2 Members
jain, ManWithAnAgenda
84
Journey to the Centre of the Earth
by Jules Verne
14,331 members
223 reviews
½ 3.7
2 Members
sturlington, Bretzky1
85
A Perfect Hoax
by Italo Svevo
174 members
3 reviews
½ 3.4
2 Members
lewbs, bluepiano
Explanations
bluepiano: 81 pages
86
The Alchemist
by Paulo Coelho
38,021 members
1,009 reviews
½ 3.6
2 Members
merrystar, ahef1963
87
To the Lighthouse
by Virginia Woolf
17,156 members
260 reviews
3.9
2 Members
jain, ManWithAnAgenda
88
The Wonderful O
by James Thurber
791 members
17 reviews
4
2 Members
merrystar, sturlington
89
Rock Crystal
by Adalbert Stifter
479 members
18 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
inge87
90
King Cophetua
by Julien Gracq
36 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
779 members
62 reviews
4
2 Members
jain, sturlington
92
The Warden
by Anthony Trollope
4,264 members
123 reviews
3.8
2 Members
lewbs, ManWithAnAgenda
93
The Life of Insects
by Viktor Pelevin
483 members
11 reviews
½ 3.6
2 Members
iggyjreilly, Twixi
94
The Lifecycle of Software Objects {novella}
by Ted Chiang
639 members
53 reviews
3.9
2 Members
jain, sturlington
95
Cycle of the Werewolf
by Stephen King
3,126 members
70 reviews
½ 3.4
2 Members
hipdeep, sturlington
96
Je m'en vais
by Jean Echenoz
121 members
4 reviews
½ 3.7
2 Members
lewbs, Twixi
97
The Family of Pascual Duarte
by Camilo José Cela
1,476 members
28 reviews
3.8
2 Members
lewbs, Twixi
98
The Pastoral Symphony
by André Gide
1,047 members
12 reviews
½ 3.5
2 Members
thecoroner, Twixi
99
Treasure Island
by Robert Louis Stevenson
32,889 members
425 reviews
3.8
2 Members
sturlington, lewbs
100
The Haunting of Hill House
by Shirley Jackson
9,234 members
425 reviews
3.9
2 Members
jain, sturlington