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Start 2021 and the off right and mark your short book off the list. 

What counts as a short book? Good question. For people who read 900 page books, a 500 pager is going to be a brief adventure, right? We're willing to be flexible with the definition of "short," but in general if you want some guidelines, aim for 250 pages or fewer or about 6 hours or shorter for an audiobook.

But wait! What if the audiobook of a short book is longer than 6 hours? Does that count? Sure. For example, Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy (a beautiful book, and ) is about 250 pages in print and about 8 hours as an audiobook. Does it count if you read it as an audiobook? Sure. (Why not? If you're going to go to the work of cross referencing page number vs. audio time, we can respect that.) 

Do novellas count? It's a book, so it counts! Have we told you about (Answer: Yes we have and we will over and over again. It also takes place in space-- another category!) I'm also loving , likely available through your local public library's Overdrive/Libby collection.

Without further ado, let's get to the list of short books in a variety of subject areas.

I'd also like to remind you of  where, in under 150 pages, you can learn about ethics, demography, sociology, modern architecture, fairy tales, law, film noir, among the 156 books we have across our three campuses. 

Want to check one of these books out? or contact us and we can grab it for you and schedule a time for you to come get it.

Happy (brief) reading! And remember that any of these books fit into our favorite category-- A book suggested by a Â鶹ӰÊÓ Library staff member or on the Library blog!