| Short (less than 250 pages, mostly) books that I've been surprised and thrilled by. | ||
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| Piano
by Jean Echenoz £7.19 A strange but wonderful little book, I couldn't put it down (in fact, I think I read it in one sitting). | Fup
by Jim Dodge To call Fup a work of genius would be unkind to it - it's absolutely wonderful, magical, touching, and absolutely hilarious. | The Trial (Vintage Classics)
by Franz Kafka £4.79 If you know what Kafka-esque means, then you've already read this. If you don't know what Kafka-esque means, then you will by ... |
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| I Am Legend (Gollancz)
by Richard Matheson £4.97 Amazing horror/science-fiction. Brilliantly conceived, brilliantly written, and brilliantly concluded (for God's sake, don't t... | The Notebook: The Proof ; the Third Lie : T...
by Agota Kristof £8.82 Not at all what it seems - an incredibly interesting and fast moving ... well, to call it a novel would be wrong. The first in... | Tideland
by Mitch Cullin Very easily summed up as a modern day Alice In Wonderland, but it's more than that. It's more than a little peculiar, but in t... |
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| The Catcher in the Rye
by J. D. Salinger £4.90 It may have been part of the reason that Mark Chapman spared us a septuagenarian John Lennon, waffling on about peace and love... | The Hunter
by Julia Leigh £4.99 Dark, intriguing and wonderfully written, Julia Leigh has created an extraordinary little book. Short and sweet. |
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Short novels
