Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
I’ve been having a great time with very short books lately, so here are my favorite books (fiction and nonfiction) that are under 150 pages (and a few from my TBR). An entire video of books you could dunk in your coffee! Expand for more information. 👇
Further Viewing 🍿
The Best Short Books or Novellas: youtu.be/3MmMm0tf_5g
My Video About Train Dreams: youtu.be/ydylVjwjCPo
My Video About An Old Man and the Sea: youtu.be/B2nxX2E0dDU
Time Stamp ⏰
Jump Over the TBR to What I’ve Read: 12:26
Titles Mentioned 📚
So Long, See You Tomorrow, William Maxwell: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780679767206
A Room Above a Shop, Anthony Shapland
Other Voices, Other Rooms, Truman Capote: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780679745648
Rent Boy, Gary Indiana: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781946022523
The Lilies of the Field, William E. Barrett
The Stranger, Albert Camus: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780679720201
A Room of One’s Own, Virginia Woolf: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780156787338
Heart of Darkness, Joseph Conrad: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780141441672
The Fire Next Time, James Baldwin: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780679744726
Night, Elie Wiesel: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780374500016
Happening, Annie Ernaux (translated by Tanya Leslie): bookshop.org/a/99775/9781609809485
84, Charing Cross Road, Helene Hanff: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780140143508
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, Jean-Dominique Bauby (translated by Jeremy Leggatt: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780375701214
Intoxicated By My Illness, Anatole Broyard: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780449908341
Ada, Mark Haber: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781566897594
The Fifth Year, Marlen Haushofer (translated by Shaun Whiteside): bookshop.org/a/99775/9780811239981
Killing Stella, Marlen Haushofer (translated by Shaun Whiteside): bookshop.org/a/99775/9780811238656
Small Things Like These, Claire Keegan: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780802158741
Foster, Claire Keegan: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780802160140
Train Dreams, Denis Johnson: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781250007650
We Have Always Lived in the Castle, Shirley Jackson: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780143039976
Brokeback Mountain, Annie Proulx: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780743271325
Animal Farm, George Orwell: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780451526342
Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780140177398
The Old Man and the Sea, Ernest Hemingway: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781476787855
A Month in the Country, J.L. Carr: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780940322479
The House on Mango Street, Sandra Cisneros: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780679734772
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, Muriel Spark: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780061711299
Address Unknown, Katherine Kressman Taylor: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780063068490
Elena Knows, Claudia Piñeiro: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781999368432
eBook Links 📱
Small Things Like These, Claire Keegan: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780802158758
Foster, Claire Keegan: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780802160157
Animal Farm, George Orwell: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780547370224
Elena Knows, Claudia Piñeiro: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781999368494
Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781440633904
The Old Man and the Sea, Ernest Hemingway: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781476787862
A Month in the Country, J.L. Carr: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781590176832
Killing Stella, Marlen Haushofer (translated by Shaun Whiteside): bookshop.org/a/99775/9780811239578
The Fifth Year, Marlen Haushofer (translated by Shaun Whiteside): bookshop.org/a/99775/9780811239998
Train Dreams, Denis Johnson: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781429995207
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, Muriel Spark: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781453248690
We Have Always Lived in the Castle, Shirley Jackson: bookshop.org/a/99775/9789369434367
So Long, See You Tomorrow, William Maxwell: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780307789877
A Room of One’s Own, Virginia Woolf: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780547544403
Rent Boy, Gary Indiana: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781946022530
Happening, Annie Ernaux (translated by Tanya Leslie): bookshop.org/a/99775/9781609802264
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, Jean-Dominique Bauby (translated by Jeremy Leggatt: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780307454836
Intoxicated By My Illness, Anatole Broyard: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780307775887
The Fire Next Time, James Baldwin: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780804149723
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I’ve been having a great time with very short books lately, so here are my favorite books (fiction and nonfiction) that are under 150 pages (and a few from my TBR). An entire video of books you could dunk in your coffee! Expand for more information. 👇
Further Viewing 🍿
The Best Short Books or Novellas: youtu.be/3MmMm0tf_5g
My Video About Train Dreams: youtu.be/ydylVjwjCPo
My Video About An Old Man and the Sea: youtu.be/B2nxX2E0dDU
Time Stamp ⏰
Jump Over the TBR to What I’ve Read: 12:26
Titles Mentioned 📚
So Long, See You Tomorrow, William Maxwell: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780679767206
A Room Above a Shop, Anthony Shapland
Other Voices, Other Rooms, Truman Capote: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780679745648
Rent Boy, Gary Indiana: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781946022523
The Lilies of the Field, William E. Barrett
The Stranger, Albert Camus: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780679720201
A Room of One’s Own, Virginia Woolf: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780156787338
Heart of Darkness, Joseph Conrad: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780141441672
The Fire Next Time, James Baldwin: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780679744726
Night, Elie Wiesel: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780374500016
Happening, Annie Ernaux (translated by Tanya Leslie): bookshop.org/a/99775/9781609809485
84, Charing Cross Road, Helene Hanff: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780140143508
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, Jean-Dominique Bauby (translated by Jeremy Leggatt: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780375701214
Intoxicated By My Illness, Anatole Broyard: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780449908341
Ada, Mark Haber: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781566897594
The Fifth Year, Marlen Haushofer (translated by Shaun Whiteside): bookshop.org/a/99775/9780811239981
Killing Stella, Marlen Haushofer (translated by Shaun Whiteside): bookshop.org/a/99775/9780811238656
Small Things Like These, Claire Keegan: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780802158741
Foster, Claire Keegan: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780802160140
Train Dreams, Denis Johnson: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781250007650
We Have Always Lived in the Castle, Shirley Jackson: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780143039976
Brokeback Mountain, Annie Proulx: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780743271325
Animal Farm, George Orwell: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780451526342
Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780140177398
The Old Man and the Sea, Ernest Hemingway: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781476787855
A Month in the Country, J.L. Carr: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780940322479
The House on Mango Street, Sandra Cisneros: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780679734772
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, Muriel Spark: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780061711299
Address Unknown, Katherine Kressman Taylor: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780063068490
Elena Knows, Claudia Piñeiro: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781999368432
eBook Links 📱
Small Things Like These, Claire Keegan: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780802158758
Foster, Claire Keegan: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780802160157
Animal Farm, George Orwell: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780547370224
Elena Knows, Claudia Piñeiro: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781999368494
Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781440633904
The Old Man and the Sea, Ernest Hemingway: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781476787862
A Month in the Country, J.L. Carr: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781590176832
Killing Stella, Marlen Haushofer (translated by Shaun Whiteside): bookshop.org/a/99775/9780811239578
The Fifth Year, Marlen Haushofer (translated by Shaun Whiteside): bookshop.org/a/99775/9780811239998
Train Dreams, Denis Johnson: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781429995207
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, Muriel Spark: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781453248690
We Have Always Lived in the Castle, Shirley Jackson: bookshop.org/a/99775/9789369434367
So Long, See You Tomorrow, William Maxwell: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780307789877
A Room of One’s Own, Virginia Woolf: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780547544403
Rent Boy, Gary Indiana: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781946022530
Happening, Annie Ernaux (translated by Tanya Leslie): bookshop.org/a/99775/9781609802264
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, Jean-Dominique Bauby (translated by Jeremy Leggatt: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780307454836
Intoxicated By My Illness, Anatole Broyard: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780307775887
The Fire Next Time, James Baldwin: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780804149723
Support This Channel ❤️
My Wishlist on Bookshop: bookshop.org/wishlists/2ea05da898651ed2274efe2bebb9441a494fabb1
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