I like big books and I cannot lie.
I also quite like short books to tell the truth.
Some of my favorite #ShortNovels:
The Weight of Things (Marianne Fritz), Who Was Changed and Who Was Dead (Barbara Comyns), The Guest Cat (Takashi Hiraide), The Blue Fox (Sjón), The Facts of Winter (Paul Poissel), Small Things Like These (Claire Keegan), Attempts at a Life (Danielle Dutton), The Lover (Marguerite Duras), The Day of the Locust (Nathaniel Hawthorne), To the Lighthouse (Virginia Woolf)...
More unsolicited #ShortNovel recommendations:
If Beale Street Could Talk (James Baldwin), The House of Paper (Carlos María Domínguez), The Ice Palace (Tarjei Vesaas), Fool's Sanctuary (Jennifer Johnston), Sula (Toni Morrison), Tinkers (Paul Harding), Glaciers (Alexis Smith), The Testament of Mary (Colm Tóibín), Dept. of Speculation (Jenny Offill), Ghost Wall (Sarah Moss), A Psalm for the Wild-Built (Becky Chambers), Enter the Aardvark by Jessica Anthony.
Why am I tooting about #ShortNovels, you may ask?
Because I'm falling short of my reading goal for this year, and while part of me thinks it's arbitrary and silly to care, another part of me would like to read a few more books before the year is out.
So... seeking recommendations for a good #Novella or #ShortNovel that isn't already listed. Please and thank you @bookstodon 🙏
@deborahrosereeves @bookstodon a few short novels I've enjoyed immensely:
-Strange Weather in Tokyo by Hiromi Kawakami
-The Seep by Chana Porter
-The Honjin Murders by Seishi Yokomiso
-The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
-Angry Queer Somali Boy by Mohammed Abdulkarim Ali
-Manikanetish by Naomi Fontaine
-Close To Spiderman by Ivan Coyote
OK, so maybe that was more than a few....
Deborah Rose Reeves
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