50 best short books for busy people Non-fiction books 1. Etsy, Zazzle, Redbubble, Society6 and Amazon. This list includes the most wonderful posters that are serving one simple task: they encourage to read books. Would you like to add a book to this overview? Please share it in the comments below. So far, the list includes a few dozens titles. Kobo Exclusive Shorts – Kobo’s initiative to benefit from the revival of short form reading. Nook Snaps – Barnes & Noble’s selection of exclusive quick reads includes short stories, long-form journalism, from the “most compelling voices.” The books are grouped according to their reading time: from 15-minute to 2-hour reads. Kindle Short Reads – Amazon describes them as “great stories in one sitting”. You can find here not only short stories or novellas, but also non-fiction. Kindle Singles – the books are carefully selected by Amazon editors. That’s why major ebookstores see a lot of potential in short books, and devoted special sections to promote new titles: We’ve got such short reads collected in the list of 24 books to read under an hour.Įlectronic format makes it possible to publish short stories as standalone books, not only in collections. Within one hour a reader should be able to finish a book that is no longer than 72 pages. For the calculation, we use the reading speed of 300 words per minute, and 250 as the average number of words per page. Obviously, the reading time is an estimation. You can jump to each one right from here:įor each book we created a visual that includes the number of pages (the dots show how it compares to the reference of 200 pages) plus a time it will take to read it. Longer doesn’t mean better.Īnd every book you read (because you have time for it) is better than a book you don’t (because it’s so long you assume you’ll never be able to finish it). Well, it is, as long as it’s released as a separate publication.ĭon’t judge a book by its length. Some readers think that a short story or a novella is not a book.
They are shorter than 200 pages, so you should be able to finish each book in a couple of hours. In the list below you’ll find 50 books we found most interesting. Kindle Scribe – 5 reasons you should buy it and 4 you should notĪmazon Kindle 11 (2022) – things to know before buying it
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