Popsugar Entertainment Books Mystery Books You Can Read in a Day 25 Short Thrillers and Mysteries You Can't Even Pretend You Don't Have Time to Read 2 May 2018 by Corinne Sullivan Image Source: POPSUGAR Photography / Diggy Lloyd We get it — you're busy. You're lucky most days if you can even squeeze in a 10-minute workout. 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! 1 The Vegetarian The Vegetarian by Han Kang 192 pages 1 / 25 2 All This Has Nothing to Do With Me All This Has Nothing to Do With Me by Monica Sabolo 160 pages 2 / 25 3 The Sense of an Ending The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes 150 pages 3 / 25 4 An Event in Autumn An Event in Autumn by Henning Mankell 176 pages 4 / 25 5 The Ballad of Black Tom The Ballad of Black Tom by Victor LaValle 160 pages 5 / 25 6 McGlue McGlue by Ottessa Moshfegh 144 pages 6 / 25 7 Home Home by Toni Morrison 160 pages 7 / 25 8 The End We Start From The End We Start From by Megan Hunter 160 pages 8 / 25 9 Annihilation Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer 208 pages 9 / 25 10 Moonstone: The Boy Who Never Was Moonstone: The Boy Who Never Was by Sjón 156 pages 10 / 25 11 The Ocean at the End of the Lane The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman 181 pages 11 / 25 12 Gwendy's Button Box Gwendy's Button Box by Stephen King and Richard Chizmar 176 pages 12 / 25 13 Fever Dream Fever Dream by Samantha Schweblin 192 pages 13 / 25 14 The Dream-Quest of Vellitt Boe The Dream-Quest of Vellitt Boe by Kij Johnson 192 pages 14 / 25 15 The Grownup The Grownup by Gillian Flynn 64 pages 15 / 25 16 Ghachar Ghochar Ghachar Ghochar by Vivek Shanbhag 128 pages 16 / 25 17 Deep Ellum Deep Ellum by Brandon Hobson 120 pages 17 / 25 18 The Dig The Dig by Cynan Jones 176 pages 18 / 25 19 The Missing Year of Juan Salvatierra The Missing Year of Juan Salvatierra by Pedro Mairal 118 pages 19 / 25 20 John the Posthumous John the Posthumous by Jason Schwartz 148 pages 20 / 25 21 Nightshades Nightshades by Melissa F. Olson 208 pages 21 / 25 22 Prodigies Prodigies by Angélica Gorodischer 192 pages 22 / 25 23 So You Don't Get Lost in the Neighborhood So You Don't Get Lost in the Neighborhood by Patrick Modiano 160 pages 23 / 25 24 The Invisibility Cloak The Invisibility Cloak by Ge Fei 144 pages 24 / 25 25 The Many The Many by Wyl Menmuir 160 pages 25 / 25 Books