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69 Short Books - Books that are Good To Help You finish Reading Goal 2022

The year is about to end, and I'm close to completing my reading goal.  I have started reading about 10+ books in the last 2 months and I intend to finish them before the year ends. otherwise by this time I would've been looking for the shortest books in my reading of 3000+ books. 

However, in Goodreads' latest blog, they recommended 88 books to help you fish your reading goals. coincidentally, a friend of mine also asked for a short book recommendation. 


SO, Here are 69 Short Books that I Recommend to Complete your Reading Goal 2022.


Latest Books on the Shelf:

These books hit the self relatively recently, and are hit. From comfort to existential the stories are captivating.



1. Infinite Country by Patricia Engel Page count: 191 pages

2. The City of Mist: Stories by Carlos Ruiz Zafón Page count: 162 pages

3. How to Pronounce Knife: Stories by Souvankham Thammavongsa Page count: 192 pages

4. A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers Page count: 147 pages

5. All the Horses of Iceland by Sarah Tolmie Page count: 112 pages

6. Notes on Grief by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Page count: 80 pages

7. When We Cease to Understand the World by Benjamín Labatut Page count: 192 pages

8. Elevation by Stephen King Page count: 146 pages

9. How We Fight For Our Lives by Saeed Jones Page count: 192 pages

10. Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata Page count: 163 pages

11. Year of the Monkey by Patti Smith Page count: 171 pages

12. Ring Shout by P. Djèlí Clark Page count: 185 pages



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Explore the Unknown:

These books are not new, but sure to give you a new perspective. For any one who wanted to get into reading, I would recommend some serious reading.


1. How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water by Angie Cruz Page count: 208 pages
2. Now Is Not the Time to Panic by Kevin Wilson Page count: 256 pages
3. Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century by Kim Fu Page count: 220 pages
4. Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel Page count: 255 pages
5. Less by Andrew Sean Greer Page count: 263 pages
6. Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner Page count: 242 pages
8. Conditional Citizens: On Belonging in America by Laila Lalami Page count: 208 pages
9. Tender is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica Page count: 211 pages
10. What Are You Going Through by Sigrid Nunez Page count: 210 pages
11. Of Women and Salt by Gabriela Garcia Page count: 207 pages
12. A House Is a Body by Shruti Swamy Page count: 208 pages


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Think Deep:

The books in this list contain some in between the line philosophies. To make your head turn, read these short books.


1. Welcome to the Monkey House by Kurt Vonnegut Jr Page count: 331 pages
2. Happy-Go-Lucky by David Sedaris Page count: 272 pages
3. Why I Am So Wise by Friedrich Nietzsche Page count: 96 pages
4. Games People Play by Eric Berne Page count: 192 pages
5. The Ones Who Don't Say They Love You: Stories by Maurice Carlos Ruffin Page count: 240 pages
6. The Good Lie by A.R. Torre Page count: 244 pages
7. Remember: The Science of Memory and the Art of Forgetting by Lisa Genova Page count: 256 pages
8. Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning by Cathy Park Hong Page count: 209 pages
10. Life on Mars by Tracy K. Smith Page count: 75 pages
11. The Man in the Picture by Susan Hill Page count: 145 pages
12. The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch Page count: 206 pages


Classic Edition:

If modern writers are not your cup of tea, you can always rely on Classics (contemporary or otherwise) are sure to suit you.



1. Animal Farm by George Orwell Page count: 122 pages
2. The Time Machine by H.G. Wells Page count: 80 pages
3.The Yellow Wall-Paper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman Page count: 64 pages
4. A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen Page count: 81 pages
5. Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin Page count: 159 pages
6. Shopgirl by Steve Martin Page count: 130 pages
7. Grits by Virginia Willis Page count: 48 pages
8. Guide to Troubled Birds by Matt Adrian Page count: 64 pages
9. The Curious Sofa by Edward Gorey Page count: 64 pages
10. The Myth of Sisyphus by Albert Camus Page count: 192 pages
11. The End of the Affair by Graham Greene Page count: 192 pages

12. Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck Page count: 112 pages


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Tales for Comfort:

Well, don't be deceived, these books will give you comfort but first it will disturb you. Provoke your thoughts and then give you comfort. It's a process.



1. Milk and Honey Page count: by Rupi Kaur 204 pages
by Sarah Andersen Page count: 100 pages
3. Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl Page count: 165 pages
4. The Call of the Wild by Jack London Page count: 150 pages
5. The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman Page count: 181 pages
6.No Exit by Jean-Paul Sartre Page count: 60 pages
7. Somebody's Daughter by Ashley C. Ford Page count: 224 pages
8.Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie, Ina Rilke Page count: 184 pages
9. The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros Page count: 110 pages
10. Mr Salary by Sally Rooney Page count: 33 pages
11. If You're Not Yet Like Me by Edan Lepucki Page count: 55 pages
12. Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats by T.S. Eliot Page count: 56 pages


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On the Dark Side:

I love horror, and my list would be incomplete with some horror/dark recommendations.



1. A Hunger Artist by Franz Kafka Page count: 84 pages
2. Poking Holes by Juan Valencia Page count: 209 pages
3. The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides Page count: 260 pages
4. Prosper's Demon by K.J. Parker Page count: 112 pages
5. Comfort Me with Apples by Catherynne M. Valente Page count: 103 pages
6. True Crime by Samantha Kolesnik Page count: 156 pages
7. Diary of an Oxygen Thief by Anonymous Page count: 160 pages
by T. Kingfisher Page count: 176 pages
9. Nightbitch by Rachel Yoder Page count: 256 pages


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