Scallydandling about the books | In praise of short novels @scallydandlingaboutthebook2711 | Uploaded March 2023 | Updated October 2024, 4 hours ago.
Are long novels more worthy and significant? Or are there special qualities and pleasures to be found in shorter fiction? I love good things in small packages. This article about brilliant short novels inspired me to share some of my favourites.
theguardian.com/film/2023/mar/12/eighty-nine-perfect-minutes-30-of-the-best-short-films-and-novels?

Do you value fiction or non-fiction that is small but perfectly formed? If so, tell me the short books that outpunch their page count for you. Or argue for luxuriating in long ones.
Anyone want to weaponise this into a tag?

And a special thank you Kiran @KDbooks for recommending my outstanding short read this week, Cove by Cynan Jones.