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An ode to brevity- mix it up with shorter reads.
The Penelopiad
by Margaret Atwood
Dept. of Speculation
by Jenny Offill
The All of It
by Jeannette Haien
Open Water
by Caleb Azumah Nelson
The Stranger
by Albert Camus
The Ocean at the End of the Lane
by Neil Gaiman
The Lost Daughter
by Elena Ferrante
The Metamorphosis
by Franz Kafka
The Empress of Salt and Fortune
by Nghi Vo
Ghost Wall
by Sarah Moss
Picks from the Italic Type staff.
1Q84
by Haruki Murakami
Staff Pick: Emily
Amusing Ourselves to Death
by Neil Postman
Atomic Habits
by James Clear
Staff Pick: Kelsey
The Moon and Sixpence
by W. Somerset Maugham
Staff Pick: Jason
The Undocumented Americans
by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio
Staff Pick: Rachel
The Mists of Avalon
by Marion Zimmer Bradley
The Cactus League
by Emily Nemens
How Not to Die
by Michael Greger, M.D., FACLM and Gene Stone
Catch-22
by Joseph Heller
American Wife
by Curtis Sittenfeld
The Hate U Give
by Angie Thomas
Confirmation Bias
by Ivanna Baranova
Bad Blood
by John Carreyrou
Snow Crash
by Neal Stephenson
Strangers in Their Own Land
by Arlie Russell Hochschild
The Age of Surveillance Capitalism
by Shoshana Zuboff
The Color of Money
by Mehrsa Baradaran
Because we could all use a few laughs right now.
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
by Douglas Adams
Wow, No Thank You.
by Samantha Irby
Born A Crime
by Trevor Noah
The Fran Lebowitz Reader
by Fran Lebowitz
High Fidelity
by Nick Hornby
The Princess Bride
by William Goldman
Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs
by Chuck Klosterman
Jitterbug Perfume
by Tom Robbins
Less
by Andrew Sean Greer
The Sellout
by Paul Beatty
The Phantom Tollbooth
by Norton Juster
Cold Comfort Farm
by Stella Gibbons
The Mark and the Void
by Paul Murray
Super Sad True Love Story
by Gary Shteyngart
Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns)
by Mindy Kaling
The First Wives Club
by Olivia Goldsmith
Rubyfruit Jungle
by Rita Mae Brown