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Need something short but with substance? Maybe your head is crowded with lengthy sagas and your fingers ache from turning page after page after page. Do you yearn for something meaty yet petite? Get your hands on one of these short books and zip your way through a great story.

 The Stranger by Camus, Albert, 1913-1960.   The Stranger
Camus, Albert, 1913-1960.
In the story of an ordinary man who unwittingly gets drawn into a senseless murder on a sun-drenched ...
 
 The uncommon reader by Bennett, Alan, 1934-   The uncommon reader
Bennett, Alan, 1934-
 
 Is everyone hanging out without me? (and other con ... by Kaling, Mindy.   Is everyone hanging out without me? (and other concerns)
Kaling, Mindy.
Kaling shares her observations, fears, and opinions about a wide-ranging list of the topics she thin ...
 
 The little prince by Saint-Exupéry, Antoine de, 1900-1944.   The little prince
Saint-Exupéry, Antoine de, 1900-1944.
An aviator whose plane is forced down in the Sahara Desert encounters a little prince from a small p ...
 
 The Curious incident of the dog in the night-time by Haddon, Mark.   The Curious incident of the dog in the night-time
Haddon, Mark.
 
 The alchemist by Coelho, Paulo.   The alchemist
Coelho, Paulo.
"Every few decades a book is published that changes the lives of its readers forever. The Alchemist ...
 
 Balzac and the little Chinese seamstress by Dai, Sijie, 1954-   Balzac and the little Chinese seamstress
Dai, Sijie, 1954-
"In 1971 Mao's campaign against the intellectuals is at its height. Our narrator and his best friend ...
 
 Shopgirl by Martin, Steve, 1945?-   Shopgirl
Martin, Steve, 1945?-
"Mirabelle is the "shopgirl" of the title, a young woman, beautiful in a wallflowerish kind of way, ...
 
 Things fall apart by Achebe, Chinua.   Things fall apart
Achebe, Chinua.
With more than eight million copies in print worldwide, the author of this classic of twentieth-cent ...
 
 The great Gatsby by Fitzgerald, F. Scott 1896-1940.   The great Gatsby
Fitzgerald, F. Scott 1896-1940.
Magnificently restored to include all of Fitzgerald's own revisions, manuscript notes, and corrected ...
 
 The tales of Beedle the Bard by Rowling, J. K.   The tales of Beedle the Bard
Rowling, J. K.
The Tales of Beedle the Bard, a Wizarding classic, first came to Muggle readers' attention in the bo ...
 
 Fahrenheit 451 : Fahrenheit 451--the temperature a ... by Bradbury, Ray, 1920-2012   Fahrenheit 451 : Fahrenheit 451--the temperature at which book paper catche ...
Bradbury, Ray, 1920-2012
Story of a society in which all books are to be burned.
 
 The House on Mango Street by Cisneros, Sandra.   The House on Mango Street
Cisneros, Sandra.
Originally published in 1985, and republished to coincide with the release of Cisneros' new book, Wo ...
 
 Animal farm : a fairy story by Orwell, George, 1903-1950   Animal farm : a fairy story
Orwell, George, 1903-1950
 
 The Old man and the sea by Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961.   The Old man and the sea
Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961.
The last novel Ernest Hemingway saw published, The Old Man and the Sea has proved itself to be one o ...
 
 The lover's dictionary by Levithan, David.   The lover's dictionary
Levithan, David.
A modern love story told through a series of dictionary-style entries is a sequence of intimate wind ...
 
 Chronicle of a death foretold by García Márquez, Gabriel, 1928-   Chronicle of a death foretold
García Márquez, Gabriel, 1928-
 
 The last lecture by Pausch, Randy.   The last lecture
Pausch, Randy.
Reflections of a Carnegie Mellon computer science professor who lectured on "Really achieving your c ...
 
 Siddhartha by Hesse, Hermann, 1877-1962.   Siddhartha
Hesse, Hermann, 1877-1962.
A young Indian mystic, a contemporary of Buddha, sacrifices everything to search for the true meanin ...
 
 The Five people you meet in heaven by Albom, Mitch, 1958-   The Five people you meet in heaven
Albom, Mitch, 1958-
 
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