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Short Novels and Novellas for Book Clubs

The most-discussed short novels and novellas — perfect for book clubs and courses where reading time is limited, but depth is not.

The Great Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald · 1925 Essential Read Get it on Amazon →
Of Mice and Men John Steinbeck · 1937 Recommended Get it on Amazon →
The Old Man and the Sea Ernest Hemingway · 1952 Recommended Get it on Amazon →
The Metamorphosis Franz Kafka · 1915 Essential Read See details →
The Death of Ivan Ilyich Leo Tolstoy · 1886 Essential Read See details →
The Yellow Wallpaper Charlotte Perkins Gilman · 1892 Essential Read See details →
A Room of One's Own Virginia Woolf · 1929 Recommended See details →
The Testament of Mary Colm Toibin · 2012 Essential Read See details →
Small Things Like These Claire Keegan · 2021 Essential Read See details →
Foster Claire Keegan · 2010 Essential Read See details →
Brokeback Mountain Annie Proulx · 1997 Essential Read See details →
On Chesil Beach Ian McEwan · 2007 Essential Read See details →
The Sense of an Ending Julian Barnes · 2011 Essential Read See details →
The Bridge of San Luis Rey Thornton Wilder · 1927 Recommended See details →
Pedro Paramo Juan Rulfo · 1955 Essential Read See details →
Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde Robert Louis Stevenson · 1886 Essential Read See details →

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