I’ve been in a bit of a slump lately, having trouble focusing on anything for too long. I’d love a read that is just fun and easy to get in to. I’m not looking for prose or depth here, just something to jump-start me back into reading
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The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
Are you looking for any genre, or is there a genre that you particularly enjoy?
Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan. 114 pages.
Of Mice and Men
the bachman books by stephen king is short stories that go pretty fast and as i remember not too goory……i believe there are 4 stories.. and aslo different seasons which i think was published under richard bachman aka stephen king
A Man Called Ove
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society
Candy Freak (very funny non-fiction if you love candy)
The mysteries/detective books by Dorothy Simpson (15 in the series, short/medium length, all very enjoyable with same detective, supporting characters)
Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris (listen to audiobook version as he reads his own, extremely hilarious, essays)
a house with good bones by t. kingfisher! 256 pages but very fun to read and it definitely kept me entertained 🙂
Anything by Francesca Lia Block. Her stuff is YA. She uses short prose effectively and its easily to follow. I don’t normally like YA, but she is stellar. You could also look into Terry Pratchett’s shorter discworld novels. They’re fun and easy to follow. They’re written in such a way that you need not have read any other book in the series to enjoy them. I usually suggest starting with Equal Rites or Small Gods.
‘Emma in the Zone’ by David Hight
How about Vicious by V.E. Schwab. Snappy writing and it’s not long. It was one of my favourite reads this year
* *Small Things Like These* by Claire Keegan – 116 pages. It’s set in a small Irish town in 1980s. The main character discovers a dark secret hidden in the town’s convent.
* *At Night All Blood is Black by David Diop* – 145 pages. Historical fiction, follows a Senegalese soldier in the French army during WW1.
* *Convenience Store Woman* by Sayaka Murata – 163 pages. The main character is an employee of a Japanese convenience store who has trouble with fitting in with society’s norms and expectations.
* *Heatwave* by Victor Jestin – 112 pages. Follows a teenage boy on a summer vacation who witnesses the death of another boy and decides to hide his body.
* *She of the Mountains* by Vivek Shraya – 128 pages. A story about identity, family and acceptance mixed with Indian mythology.
* *Coraline* by Neil Gaiman – 176 pages. The main character is a girl who finds a door to an alternative version of reality. Great if you don’t mind spooky stories that are aimed mainly for children.
A couple of very different suggestions: Hench by Natalie Zina Walschots, a Lee Child Jack Reacher novel, or Lord of Light by Roger Zelazny.
“Convenience Store Woman,” by Sayaka Murata
“No Way to Run,” by Janice Green
“Bull Rider,” by Marilyn Halvorson
“Outback,” by Robin Stevenson