Long books are really great and sometimes it’s nice to get lost in a super lengthy book… but sometimes you need something short. So here are 10 short books under 150 pages that you’ll love!

Galatea – Madeline Miller

In ancient Greece, a skilled sculptor has been blessed by a goddess who has given his masterpiece – the most beautiful woman the town has ever seen – the gift of life. He made her his wife but now she has her own desires and yearns for independence from her obsessive husband.

Minor Detail – Adania Shibli

A year after the Nakba, in 1949, Israeli soldiers capture and abuse a young Palestinian woman, kill her and bury her in the sand. Years later, a woman learns of this ‘minor detail’ in history and becomes obsessed with finding out the truth of what happened.

Under One Roof – Ali Hazelwood

Mara arrives at the house she has inherited to find that there is already a man living there. She discovers that she actually only inherited half of the house and Liam inherited the other half.

This wouldn’t be so bad if didn’t make it clear that he didn’t want her there right from the beginning, but Mara refuses to give up her inheritance without a fight.

Evidence of the Affair – Taylor Jenkins Reid

A desperate young woman in Southern California sits down to write a letter to a man that she has never met. Carrie Allsop has recently found out that her husband is having an affair with the wife of David Meyers, and through a number of letters they begin to confess all of their fears and bare their souls to each other.

The Exception to the Rule – Christina Lauren

On February 14th, an accidental email leads to 2 teenagers connecting. They wish each other Happy Valentine’s Day and then move on with their lives. Until the year after. Emailing each other on Valentine’s Day quickly becomes a friendly annual tradition.

But there are rules. They won’t tell each other their real names, where they live, and nothing too personal. Over 10 years, they start to break the rules and begin to start sharing more than they ever planned.

Arch-Conspirator – Veronica Roth

The Archive is where the genes of the dead are stored, and without the Archive humanity will end. Passing into the Archive is supposed to be a cause of celebration, but Antigone’s parents were killed, leaving her father’s throne vacant. Her militant uncle Kreon is attempting to take the the throne, and when he invites Antigone and her siblings into his mansion, she soon realises that she is nothing more than a captive.

The Risk (Mindf*ck series) – S.T. Abby

10 years ago, something happened to Lana and ever since then she’s been on a journey of revenge. One by one, she’s been taking out the people that caused her pain.

And, then she meets Logan. Logan is the FBI agent that’s investigating her crimes, but she can’t seem to make herself stay away from him.

Thornhedge – T. Kingfisher

On the day she was born, Toadling was stolen away from her family by the fairies and grew up safe and loved in faerieland. Once an adult, Toadling is asked to return to the human world to protect a human child. Centuries later, a princess is a trapped in a tower and a knight approaches the tower. He’s heard that there’s a curse that needs breaking but it’s a curse Toadling will do anything to uphold.

The Grown Up – Gillian Flynn

A young woman makes a living as a cheap (fake) psychic, with some illegal soft-core sex work on the side. She makes enough money telling people exactly what they want to hear. But then she meets Susan Burke. 

Susan lives with her husband and 15-year-old stepson, and she’s convinced that their Victorian house is haunted by a malevolent spirit. The young woman doesn’t really believe in spirits or exorcisms, but she agrees to visit the house anyway. And when she enters the house … she begins to feel the effects of the spirit too..

Open Water – Caleb Azuman Nelson

Two young black people meet in at a South East London pub. They’re both artists and they both previously won scholarships to private schools where they struggled to belong. They’re both trying to make their mark in the world, and they slowly fall in love. However, as much as they seem destined to be together, they can still be torn apart.