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18 Best Short Books of All Time


Our goal: Find the best Short books according to the internet (not just one random person's opinion).

    Here's what we did:
  1. Type "best short books" into our search engine and study the top 5+ pages.
  2. Add only the books mentioned 2+ times.
  3. Rank the results neatly for you here! 😊
    (It was a lot of work. But hey! That's why we're here, right?)

(Updated 2024)

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Last Updated: Monday 1 Jan, 2024

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  1. MOST RECOMMENDED!
    1
    The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
  2. 2
    The Great Gatsby

    The Great Gatsby

    F. Scott Fitzgerald

  3. 3
    The Little Prince

    The Little Prince

    Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

  4. 4
    Things Fall Apart
  5. 5
    The Bell Jar
  6. 6
    Heart Berries

    Heart Berries

    A Memoir

    Terese Marie Mailhot

  7. 7
    We Have Always Lived in the Castle
  8. 8
    The Awakening

    The Awakening

    Kate Chopin

  9. 9
    Whereabouts

    Whereabouts

    A Novel

    Jhumpa Lahiri

  10. 10
    The Vegetarian
  11. 11
    Wide Sargasso Sea
  12. 12
    Notes on Grief

    Notes on Grief

    Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

  13. 13
    The Death of Ivan Ilych
  14. 14
    Pedro Páramo

    Pedro Páramo

    Juan Rulfo

  15. 15
    A Single Man

    A Single Man

    A Novel

    Christopher Isherwood

  16. 17
    The End We Start From
  17. 18
    Bonjour Tristesse
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