April BYOB(ook) List: Great Short Reads

As always, I had the best time talking about books with a group of fellow readers during this month’s BYOB(ook). The theme was great short books and these readers brought so many great titles to share. In addition to the list that we co-created during our virtual gathering, I also put a call out for more titles on Substack and readers delivered as they always do. The Substack thread remains open so if you want to add to this list, follow the link above and let me know which short books you love.

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Great Short Books

Chouette by Claire Oshetsky

Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan

Miracle Creek by Angie Kim

Address Unknown by Kathrine Kressman Taylor

84 Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff

Comfort me with Apples by Catherynne M. Valente

We Should All be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Hallelujah Anyway: Rediscovering Mercy by Anne Lammott

Small Victories by Anne Lammott

Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Album

Intimations by Zadie Smith

Lucy by the Sea by Lucy Barton

A Heart that Works by Rob Delaney

The Signal Man by Charles Dickens (from Seth’s Christmas Ghost Stories)

Recitatif by Toni Morrison

Franny and Zooey by JD Salinger

Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds

Galatea by Madeline Miller