Thread: Anyone know any short, quick novels.

I want to read some stuff I can take in quickly and gets straight to the point....but yet at the same time, good (as should be expected). Any suggestions?

Depends on what genre you like. Frankenstein is a very short, quick read (I read it in an afternoon) as are most of Poe's work. In the midrange, Madeleine L'Engle or John Bellairs both write fairly short books. Or you can always look into short story collections.

Anthem

It's less than 100 pages, even with its large font size.

Dogs of Babel, I read it on a one hour plane ride and it was very enjoyable.

Originally Posted by Eiji Tunsinagi

I want to read some stuff I can take in quickly and gets straight to the point....but yet at the same time, good (as should be expected). Any suggestions?

Many of Kurt Vonnegut's books meet your criteria and have the added bonus of being very, very good.

Fight Club

I found Fahrenheit 451 to be a fast read, and a classic, of course. 1984 also was good.

I did, however, have the benefit of never having to read either for school, so they were pure pleasure-reading.

Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk.

1984 is not a short novel.


Slaughterhouse Five is fairly short, and it's easy to get through because it's so engrossing. It was over long before I wanted it to be. So it goes.

Animal Farm is short, however.

Yes it is. Very short, very to the point, and very good. It's a pity Orwell died so young (40ish is young, dammit)...

The Rats - James Herbert
Slugs - Shaun Hutson
The Manitou - Graham Masterton

Most 70's/early 80's horror stories are short, pulpy fun. Just don't expect anything deep and meaningful.

Oh yeah, Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger.

The Giver by Lois Lowry

Our school has 15 minuit reading classes after lunch (I can only think of 3 other people in our entire school who read. The low litiracy rate was why it was implimented.). It only took me less than two weeks of these classes to finish it. so thats little over two hours.

It was on our reading list in both grade 8 and 10. I hated it in grade 8 but now I love the book, I think it's because of reading it myself.

You might want to try the Chronicals of Narnia books. That is if you don't mind the Christian allegory.

The Old Man and the Sea if you haven't already read it!