When your schedule is packed and you need a short break, take time to read with books that you can finish in under an hour. Most of these are available in short story collections in our catalog; find time to read and escape into a good story!
A few pages a day are easy when you are
- relaxing,
- waiting,
- exercising,
- or commuting.
Give it a try!
Books You Can Read In Under An Hour
- The Body-Snatcher by Robert Louis Stevenson
- The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and the Horse by Charlie Mackesy
- Brokeback Mountain by Annie Proulx
- The Call of Cthulhu by H.P. Lovecraft
- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button by F. Scott Fitzgerald
- Everyone's Reading Bastard by Nick Hornby
- The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allan Poe
- The Great Wall of China by Franz Kafka
- Guns by Stephen King
- The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving
- Lifeboat No. 8: Surviving the Titanic by Elizabeth Kaye
- Next Day of the Condor by James Grady
- The Nose by Nikolai Gogol
- Safety Tips for Living Alone by Jim Shepard
- Second Variety by Philip K. Dick
- The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
- A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
The infographic below appears with the estimated time it will take you to complete a selection of short titles. (via Ebook Friendly)