Sometimes a very, very short book is just the ticket – reading slump, testing a new genre, choosing something for your book group (because you know they don’t have the stamina for anything over 200 pages), a long train ride…
Here’s a list of my favourite very short books.
01. Wigs on the Green by Nancy Mitford (177 pages)
02. On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan (166 pages)
03. My Name is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout (193 pages)
04. Our Souls at Night by Kent Haruf (179 pages)
05. The Embassy of Cambodia by Zadie Smith (70 pages)
06. Mothering Sunday by Graham Swift (132 pages)
07. 99 Reasons Why by Caroline Smailes (202 pages)
08. Wilful Disregard by Lena Andersson (206 pages)
09. Gourmet Rhapsody by Muriel Barbery (160 pages)
10. Heartburn by Nora Ephron (170 pages)
11. Of a Boy by Sonya Hartnett (208 pages)
12. Ru by Kim Thuy (144 pages)