Short and Sweet
Looking for a quick read that still satisfies? Check out these options under 200 pages. (Created January 2026)
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The Three of Us
When a well-to-do British Nigerian couple and the wife's best friend drink way too much wine and whiskey, the fraught triangle of their relationship falls apart. (Kirkus)
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Coup De Grâce
Taking the form of a disturbing, high-stakes choose-your-own-adventure novel, Arjam’s captivating debut explores loneliness and desolation. (Publishers Weekly)
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The Most
Can the secrets and misdeeds of a marriage be survived? The events of an unseasonably warm Sunday in November provide the backdrop for Anthony’s short, no-holds-barred account of a crucial juncture in the married life of a young couple in 1950s Delaware. (Kirkus)
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This World Is Not Yours
This claustrophobic queer sci-fi horror hybrid from Ashing-Giwa focuses on the toxic love triangle between three characters—Amara, Vinh, and Jesse—as they come to terms with a terrible entity that haunts the planet they’ve been tasked with colonizing. (Publishers Weekly)
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Idle Grounds
A group of cousins searching for a missing child during a family gathering wander deeper into haunted woods, uncovering unsettling family secrets that challenge everything they know about their past, identity and inheritance. (NoveList)
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The Unworthy
As the world dies, the remnants of the patriarchy and their minions keep right on terrorizing the weak. (Kirkus)
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The River Has Roots
Two sisters fight their way back to each other across death and Faerie through riddle songs and murder ballads. (Kirkus)
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Eternal Summer
Set in a German spa town wracked by climate change, this intense, enthralling debut explores trust, abuse, and solidarity through the unexpected bond between two women. (NoveList)
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The Last White Man
A brilliantly realized allegory of racial transformation. Hamid’s latest opens with a scenario worthy of Kafka: A young man named Anders awakens “to find he [has] turned a deep and undeniable brown.” (Kirkus)
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Greek Lessons
A woman finds herself without language at the same time that her instructor slowly loses his eyesight...A stunning exploration of language, memory, and beauty from an internationally renowned writer. (Kirkus)
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