8 Super Short Books (To Finish Your Reading Challenge!)

2,291 views · Published 15 December 2017 · 2:10 · Indexed 4 November 2026

Channel: Penguin Platform · 2017 · Entertainment

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Looking for a short book (or two) that you can finish in a single breath? Here are some of our recommendations. Leave your own suggestions below!

The books:

Lyra's Oxford: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Lyras-Oxford-His-Dark-Materials/dp/0857535579

The Trouble with Women: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Trouble-Women-Jacky-Fleming/dp/1910931098

The Worm and the Bird: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Worm-Bird-Coralie-Bickford-Smith/dp/1846149223

Esio Trot: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Esio-Trot-Dahl-Fiction-Roald/dp/014136548X

Penguin Little Black Classics (check out the full range!) http://www.littleblackclassics.com/

Vintage Minis: https://www.penguin.co.uk/vintage/vintageminis/

Tales of the Peculiar:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Tales-Peculiar-Miss-Peregrines-Children/dp/014137165X

The Pearl by John Steinbeck: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Pearl-John-Steinbeck/dp/0241980364

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