We get it — you're busy. You're lucky most days if you can even squeeze in a 10-minute workout [1]. There are plenty of books out there too weighty to tackle when you're pressed for time, but lucky for you, we've put together a list of bite-sized books that you can finish in a weekend (or even in a single night!). Even if they weren't 200 pages or less, these 25 eerie books are so thrilling that you wouldn't want to put them down. The best thing about these short novels: you'll be able to cruise through your 2018 POPSUGAR Reading Challenge [2]!
The Vegetarian
- The Vegetarian by Han Kang [3]
- 192 pages
All This Has Nothing to Do With Me
- All This Has Nothing to Do With Me by Monica Sabolo [4]
- 160 pages
The Sense of an Ending
- The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes [5]
- 150 pages
An Event in Autumn
- An Event in Autumn by Henning Mankell [6]
- 176 pages
The Ballad of Black Tom
- The Ballad of Black Tom by Victor LaValle [7]
- 160 pages
McGlue
- McGlue by Ottessa Moshfegh [8]
- 144 pages
Home
- Home by Toni Morrison [9]
- 160 pages
The End We Start From
- The End We Start From by Megan Hunter [10]
- 160 pages
Annihilation
- Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer [11]
- 208 pages
Moonstone: The Boy Who Never Was
- Moonstone: The Boy Who Never Was by Sjón [12]
- 156 pages
The Ocean at the End of the Lane
- The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman [13]
- 181 pages
Gwendy's Button Box
- Gwendy's Button Box by Stephen King and Richard Chizmar [14]
- 176 pages
Fever Dream
- Fever Dream by Samantha Schweblin [15]
- 192 pages
The Dream-Quest of Vellitt Boe
- The Dream-Quest of Vellitt Boe by Kij Johnson [16]
- 192 pages
The Grownup
- The Grownup by Gillian Flynn [17]
- 64 pages
Ghachar Ghochar
- Ghachar Ghochar by Vivek Shanbhag [18]
- 128 pages
Deep Ellum
- Deep Ellum by Brandon Hobson [19]
- 120 pages
The Dig
- The Dig by Cynan Jones [20]
- 176 pages
The Missing Year of Juan Salvatierra
- The Missing Year of Juan Salvatierra by Pedro Mairal [21]
- 118 pages
John the Posthumous
- John the Posthumous by Jason Schwartz [22]
- 148 pages
Nightshades
- Nightshades by Melissa F. Olson [23]
- 208 pages
Prodigies
- Prodigies by Angélica Gorodischer [24]
- 192 pages
So You Don't Get Lost in the Neighborhood
- So You Don't Get Lost in the Neighborhood by Patrick Modiano [25]
- 160 pages
The Many
- The Many by Wyl Menmuir [27]
- 160 pages
Links:
[1] https://www.popsugar.co.uk/fitness/10-Minute-Workouts-You-Can-Do-Home-44720291
[2] https://www.popsugar.co.uk/smart-living/Reading-Challenge-2018-44211686
[3] https://www.amazon.com/Vegetarian-Han-Kang/dp/1101906111/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1524771815&sr=1-1&keywords=the+vegetarian+han+kang&dpID=41HPlwO0OHL&preST=_SY291_BO1,204,203,200_QL40_&dpSrc=srch
[4] https://www.amazon.com/All-This-Has-Nothing-Do/dp/1447274962/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1524771888&sr=1-1&dpID=41touMO0rEL&preST=_SY344_BO1,204,203,200_QL70_&dpSrc=detail
[5] https://www.amazon.com/Sense-Ending-Julian-Barnes/dp/0224094157/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1524771940&sr=1-1
[6] https://www.amazon.com/Event-Autumn-Kurt-Wallander/dp/0804170649/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1524772036&sr=1-1&keywords=an+event+in+autumn+henning+mankell&dpID=61MOm35glqL&preST=_SY344_BO1,204,203,200_QL70_&dpSrc=srch
[7] https://www.amazon.com/Ballad-Black-Tom-Victor-LaValle/dp/0765387867/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1524772103&sr=1-1&keywords=the+ballad+of+black+tom&dpID=518QfzeTziL&preST=_SY344_BO1,204,203,200_QL70_&dpSrc=srch
[8] https://www.amazon.com/McGlue-Fence-Modern-Prize-Prose/dp/1934200859/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1524772195&sr=1-1&keywords=mcglue+by+ottessa+moshfegh&dpID=41OQmWywe2L&preST=_SY291_BO1,204,203,200_QL40_&dpSrc=srch
[9] https://www.amazon.com/Home-Toni-Morrison/dp/0307594165/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1524772300&sr=1-1
[10] https://www.amazon.com/End-We-Start-Megan-Hunter/dp/0802126898/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1524772336&sr=1-1&keywords=the+end+we+start+from&dpID=41ZE3UvbESL&preST=_SY291_BO1,204,203,200_QL40_&dpSrc=srch
[11] https://www.amazon.com/Annihilation-Novel-Southern-Reach-Trilogy/dp/0374104093/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1524772396&sr=1-3&keywords=annihilation+jeff+vandermeer&dpID=51CBSQW0CbL&preST=_SY291_BO1,204,203,200_QL40_&dpSrc=srch
[12] https://www.amazon.com/Moonstone-Boy-Who-Never-Novel/dp/0374536929/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1524772609&sr=1-1&keywords=moonstone+the+boy+who+never+was&dpID=41wA%252BIldYAL&preST=_SY291_BO1,204,203,200_QL40_&dpSrc=srch
[13] https://www.amazon.com/Ocean-End-Lane-Novel/dp/0062255665/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1524772804&sr=1-1&dpID=513EmERKdxL&preST=_SY291_BO1,204,203,200_QL40_&dpSrc=detail
[14] https://www.amazon.com/Gwendys-Button-Box-Stephen-King/dp/1501188291/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1524772877&sr=1-1&keywords=gwendy%27s+button+box
[15] https://www.amazon.com/Fever-Dream-Novel-Samanta-Schweblin/dp/0399184600/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1524773128&sr=1-1&keywords=fever+dream+samanta+schweblin&dpID=51ex5IY2icL&preST=_SY291_BO1,204,203,200_QL40_&dpSrc=srch
[16] https://www.amazon.com/Dream-Quest-Vellitt-Boe-Kij-Johnson/dp/0765391414/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1524773160&sr=1-1&keywords=the+dream-quest+of+vellitt+boe&dpID=51jobxkxbAL&preST=_SY291_BO1,204,203,200_QL40_&dpSrc=srch
[17] http://www.amazon.com/Grownup-Story-Author-Gone-Girl/dp/0804188971
[18] http://www.amazon.com/Ghachar-Ghochar-Novel-Vivek-Shanbhag/dp/014311168X
[19] http://www.amazon.com/Deep-Ellum-Brandon-Hobson/dp/194085301X
[20] http://www.amazon.com/Dig-Cynan-Jones/dp/1566893933
[21] https://www.amazon.com/Missing-Year-Juan-Salvatierra/dp/193993107X/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=&dpID=51AiSs73oyL&preST=_SY344_BO1,204,203,200_QL70_&dpSrc=detail
[22] http://www.amazon.com/John-Posthumous-J-Schwartz/dp/1939293219
[23] https://www.amazon.com/Nightshades-Paranormal-Thriller-Melissa-Olson/dp/0765388502/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=
[24] https://www.amazon.com/Prodigies-novel-Ang%C3%A9lica-Gorodischer/dp/1618730991
[25] http://www.amazon.com/You-Dont-Get-Lost-Neighborhood/dp/054463506X
[26] http://www.amazon.com/Invisibility-Cloak-Review-Books-Classics/dp/1681370204
[27] http://www.amazon.com/Many-Wyl-Menmuir/dp/1784630489
