Quick Reads

Short, but great, books you can read in one sitting.

*Books where the most popular edition >200 pages will be summarily deleted.
795

by
3.86 avg rating — 98 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
795

by
3.09 avg rating — 11 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
803

by
3.51 avg rating — 1,998 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
803

by
3.61 avg rating — 3,037 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
803

by
4.12 avg rating — 1,888 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
803

by
3.85 avg rating — 5,544 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
803

by
3.60 avg rating — 485 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
803

by
3.63 avg rating — 4,484 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
803

by
4.03 avg rating — 29,799 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
803

by
3.50 avg rating — 8 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
803

by
4.39 avg rating — 119,560 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
812

by
3.35 avg rating — 142 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
812

by
3.46 avg rating — 779 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
812

by
3.49 avg rating — 6,066 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
812

by
3.78 avg rating — 268 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
812

by
4.01 avg rating — 53,441 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
812

by
3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
818

by
4.21 avg rating — 4,630 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
818

by
4.17 avg rating — 33,774 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
818

by
3.68 avg rating — 702 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
818

by
3.63 avg rating — 29,798 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
818

by
3.69 avg rating — 1,918 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
818

by
3.86 avg rating — 786 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
818

by
3.62 avg rating — 8 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
825

by
4.12 avg rating — 1,266 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
825

by
3.76 avg rating — 489 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
825

by
4.07 avg rating — 211,185 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
825

by
4.03 avg rating — 3,331 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
825

by
3.69 avg rating — 4,633 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
825

by
3.61 avg rating — 2,712 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
825

by
3.99 avg rating — 23,022 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
832

by
4.11 avg rating — 1,060 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
832

by
3.74 avg rating — 238,656 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
832

by
3.09 avg rating — 148 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
832

by
4.08 avg rating — 16,141 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
832

by
3.95 avg rating — 428 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
832

by
4.14 avg rating — 71,567 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
838

by
3.63 avg rating — 2,287 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
838

by
3.75 avg rating — 1,278 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
838

by
3.75 avg rating — 78,748 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
838

by
3.98 avg rating — 475,723 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
838

by
3.45 avg rating — 2,287 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
838

by
3.90 avg rating — 195 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
844

by
3.55 avg rating — 16,438 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
844

by
3.96 avg rating — 1,027 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
844

by
3.74 avg rating — 93,490 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
844

by
3.25 avg rating — 4 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
848

by
3.62 avg rating — 21,201 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
848

by
4.03 avg rating — 27,663 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
848

by
4.15 avg rating — 237 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
848

by
4.07 avg rating — 5,054 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
848

by
3.89 avg rating — 2,512 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
853

by
4.03 avg rating — 3,883 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
853

by
3.80 avg rating — 2,460 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
853

by
3.80 avg rating — 2,067 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
853

by
3.81 avg rating — 5,651 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
857

by
3.74 avg rating — 3,510 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
857

by
4.80 avg rating — 5 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
859

by
3.83 avg rating — 28,765 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
859

by
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 9,712 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
859

by
3.34 avg rating — 4,160 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
859

by
4.17 avg rating — 6 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
859

by
3.49 avg rating — 2,754 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
864

by
3.48 avg rating — 279 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
864

by
3.94 avg rating — 19,125 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
864

by
3.89 avg rating — 1,788,832 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
864

by
3.69 avg rating — 150,664 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
868

by
3.58 avg rating — 2,855 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
868

by
3.91 avg rating — 399 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
868

by
4.17 avg rating — 57,117 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
868

by
3.55 avg rating — 34,697 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
868

by
4.02 avg rating — 6,656 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
873

by
3.87 avg rating — 20,794 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
873

by
3.75 avg rating — 1,986 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
873

by
4.28 avg rating — 7,450 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
873

by
3.46 avg rating — 1,813 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
873

by
3.97 avg rating — 11,729 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
873

by
3.56 avg rating — 208 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
879

by
3.92 avg rating — 17,216 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
879

by
3.48 avg rating — 512 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
879

by
3.71 avg rating — 55,794 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
879

by
3.79 avg rating — 1,664 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
879

by
3.77 avg rating — 811 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
884

by
3.94 avg rating — 84 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
884

by
3.88 avg rating — 132 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
884

by
3.82 avg rating — 7,743 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
884

by
3.38 avg rating — 43,998 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
884

by
4.06 avg rating — 27,494 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
889

by
3.75 avg rating — 92 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
889

by
3.89 avg rating — 173,867 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
889

by
3.56 avg rating — 2,973 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
889

by
3.41 avg rating — 138 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
893

by
3.54 avg rating — 177 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
893

by
4.17 avg rating — 7,667 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
893

by
3.86 avg rating — 3,175 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
893

by
3.72 avg rating — 2,485 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
897

by
3.82 avg rating — 19,759 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
897

by
4.08 avg rating — 339 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
897

by
3.29 avg rating — 2,261 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
897

by
4.23 avg rating — 14,817 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
1,059 books · 718 voters · list created June 20th, 2009 by Diane (votes) .
379 likes · 
Lists are re-scored approximately every 5 minutes.


Diane 18560 books
201 friends
Greyweather 2660 books
65 friends
Susanna - Censored by GoodReads 3384 books
853 friends
Bettie 15668 books
19 friends
Anna-Liisa 759 books
61 friends
Rita 90 books
42 friends
Lynda 23784 books
298 friends
Eileen 701 books
12 friends

More voters…


Comments Showing 1-9 of 9 (9 new)

dateUp arrow    newest »

message 1: by John (new)

John I guess alot of folks have a different view of "quick reads" than i do. James Joyce in one sitting? I don't think so.


message 2: by Ruth (new)

Ruth I agree. I'd vote on more books here, except they're too long for me to read in one sitting.


message 3: by Ashley (new)

Ashley I find it strange that A Clockwork Orange is a fast read...I feel like it takes more than just one sit down. Especially with such inventive language.


message 4: by Elisa (new)

Elisa I agree with all of you!!! I really was interested in some fast reads!!! Now I'm not sure how believable this is. Aren't there any moderators?


Susanna - Censored by GoodReads You don't want a moderator - you need a GR Librarian.

What should I delete?


message 6: by Sara (new)

Sara Weather Anthem is not short.


message 7: by Bonnie (last edited May 30, 2013 04:19AM) (new)

Bonnie These seem to vary between stories I can read in an hour and stories that, admittedly, took me at least three weeks to read. Maybe I'm not a hardcore enough reader? Trainspotting took me a while to read; it's over 300 pages long AND the language style slowed me down.


message 8: by B (last edited Sep 09, 2015 01:09PM) (new)

B Nelson Well, I can speed read, but I'm not sure if counts as real reading. After all, Frankenstein took me a couple weeks. As it was written in the early 19th century, I spent a bit of time looking up words, and analyzing sentences and dialogue. I got more out of it that way.


message 9: by BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) (last edited May 11, 2016 07:53AM) (new)

BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) John wrote: "I guess alot of folks have a different view of "quick reads" than i do. James Joyce in one sitting? I don't think so."

I have been wondering about some titles myself, as to me they were definitely not a quick read, 'to be read in one sitting', as the description says. I read, on average, 30 pages per hour, which means a novel of 150 pages would take me five hours...


back to top



Related News

  Here at Goodreads World Headquarters, we sort through a lot of books each month. Our monthly Readers' Most Anticipated Books feature is...

Anyone can add books to this list.