“To be taught if fortunate” by Becky Chambers. It’s near-future space travel sci-fi. Normally I don’t love sci-fi, but this worked for me!
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Nothing but the Rain by Naomi Salman, a novella just under 100 pages I believe! One of my favourites this year – it’s shelved under SciFi but very light on the SciFi elements.
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*If Beale Street Could Talk* by James Baldwin
*Address Unknown* by Kathrine Kressmann Taylor
*The Summer Book* by Tove Jansson
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The Death of Ivan Ilych by Tolstoy.
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All systems red (The murderbot diaries) by Martha Wells.
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*Sweet Bean Paste* by Durian Sukegawa
*Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982* by Cho Nam-Joo
*Almond* by Sohn Won-Pyung – it’s just slightly over 250 but so worth it in my opinion!
*Dept. of Speculation* by Jenny Offill
*Lady Susan* by Jane Austen
*The Outsiders* by S.E. Hinton
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Breakfast at Tiffany’s by Truman Capote
Passing by Nella Larsen
Bonjour Tristesse by Francoise Sagan
Open Water by Caleb Azumah Nelson
We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
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The Stranger by Albert Camus
The Great Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald
The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemmingway.
Needle in a haystack by casey jordan
[The House on Mango Street](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/139253) by Sandra Cisneros
[The Metamorphosis](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1058052) by Franz Kafka
[Human Acts](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34964181) by Han Kang
[The Vegetarian](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25489025) by Han Kang
[The Bell Jar](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/395040) by Sylvia Plath
[The Picture of Dorian Gray](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7912816) by Oscar Wilde
“To be taught if fortunate” by Becky Chambers. It’s near-future space travel sci-fi. Normally I don’t love sci-fi, but this worked for me!
Nothing but the Rain by Naomi Salman, a novella just under 100 pages I believe! One of my favourites this year – it’s shelved under SciFi but very light on the SciFi elements.
*If Beale Street Could Talk* by James Baldwin
*Address Unknown* by Kathrine Kressmann Taylor
*The Summer Book* by Tove Jansson
The Death of Ivan Ilych by Tolstoy.
All systems red (The murderbot diaries) by Martha Wells.
*Sweet Bean Paste* by Durian Sukegawa
*Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982* by Cho Nam-Joo
*Almond* by Sohn Won-Pyung – it’s just slightly over 250 but so worth it in my opinion!
*Dept. of Speculation* by Jenny Offill
*Lady Susan* by Jane Austen
*The Outsiders* by S.E. Hinton
Breakfast at Tiffany’s by Truman Capote
Passing by Nella Larsen
Bonjour Tristesse by Francoise Sagan
Open Water by Caleb Azumah Nelson
We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
Sula by Toni Morrison
Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto
Giovanni’s Room by James Baldwin
Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata
Lolly Willowes by Sylvia Warner Townsend
Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel
The Lost Estate by Henri Alain-Fournier
Wild Geese by Soula Emmanuel
On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong
I hope some of these sound like your cup of tea!