Best Short Books to Read || Recommendations

With the end of the year is approaching and vlogmas is in full spin so I thought I would share some of the best short books to read to hit your reading goal! Here are some recommendations of short books with reviews! What short book would you recommend?
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[@BookswithEmilyFox]

What short books would you recommend? :D

[@TheEickert]

Some of my faves: All Systems Red by Martha Wells The Little Prince by antoine de saint-exerpery Coraline by Neil gaiman The hitchhikers guide to the galaxy by Douglas Adams (audiobook is amazing) The sirens of Titan by kurt vonnegut

[@marelizalde7207]

These are some short books that I've read recently and that I have enjoyed: Animal farm by George Orwell The little prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery The strange case of Mr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson

[@aliciacampos5789]

Some good short reads: General Fiction The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett Ghost Wall by Sarah Moss Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit by Jeannette Winterson New World Fairy Tales by Cassandra Parkin SFF Chocky by John Wyndham Forest of Memory by Mary Robinette Kowal The Word for World is Forest by Ursula Le Guin The Murderbot series by Martha Wells The Dreamquest of Vellit Boe by Kij Johnson The Sorcerer of the Wildeeps by Kai Ashanti Wilson

[@DeeDeeCatMom]

Definitely Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice (a dystopian tale set in a remote reserve in Ontario, creepy, cold, and ominous), and Ghost Wall by Sarah Moss (a family goes on an anthropological revival with some researchers and things go too far). Both of these books were some of my best reads of 2019 and I can't recommend them enough!

[@zahraaal-hilo7013]

Uncle Vanya - Anton Chekhov The Broken Wings - Khalil Gibran Sleep - Haruki Murakami The Strange Library - Haruki Murakami The Festival of Insignificance - Milan Kundera White Nights - Fyodor Dostoyevsky The Overcoat - Nikolai Gogol Momo - Michael Ende Sweet Bean Paste - Durian Sukigawa When Breath Becomes Air - Paul Kalanithi Sea Prayer - Khaled Hosseini Dear Ijeawele, or a Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichi Into the Wild - Jon Krakauer An Unquiet Mind - Kay Redfield Jamison My Sweet Orange Tree - José Mauro da Vasconcelos The Captain’s Daughter - Alexander Pushkin The Death of Ivan Ilych - Leo Tolstoy

[@haycc454]

I read a Winnie the pooh book in like 5 mins at the doctor's office and counted it for my reading challenge lol

[@thereadingrobin2191]

I really love Winnie the Pooh! There are like 3 parts so maybe you could read them as well 🙂

[@beautywithemilie]

SG Emily's bangs are looking extra cute today...

[@srokachannel]

Real Emily's bangs are looking banging though! :)

[@SolotaireKid]

Insert the Spider-Man pointing at Spider-Man meme

[@shmizzleshmazzle9830]

If the squirrel sees those bangs he's going to try to mate with her.

[@banditachutia5854]

My eyes keeps drifting towards snowglobe Emily's bangs

[@jennacollins7776]

And here I am just starting A Little Life

[@angim6750]

😁

[@PoojaSingh-lm6sc]

Good luck on that LOL

[@DarkMistyDay]

Manga and graphic novels are generally short and really easy to read quickly, sometimes in less than an hour

[@16SF]

I really sabotaged myself reading so many long-ass fantasy books this year. 😩 Now I'm adding all those 0.5 prequels that are 10 pages long. Lying to myself like a pro. ✌😂

[@chumplml]

I was literally looking for good short books to read this month! You're a mind reader! Thank you so much for this ^^

[@IM-uh5tk]

1:11 the tales of beetle the bard 2:57 the curious case of benjamin button 4:08 lady susan jane austen 8:05 we should all be feminists 9:25 the grownup by gillian flynn 10:35 book series by seanan mcguire 12:16 the giver by lois lowry 12:51 the outsiders by HE hilton

[@AlyssLysie]

I never read short books and I don't know why lol. You've made me want to! Thanks. Love your videos! Congrats on getting into your new home. Hopefully, next year will be less stressful. ❤❤❤❤❤

[@bansheethereader9074]

A lot of awesome recommendations, especially The Wayward Children series! I'm also especially happy that you included a Polish book, Solaris :)

[@skullfullofbooks7398]

Definitely recommend Solaris. It is one of my favorite books. It has imagery that I can still easily picture in my mind, it was fantastic.

[@stardroplet9499]

This is great Emily! I think sometimes reading a short book helps bring me out of a slump 👍

[@Amanda-dn4ld]

I was curious about The Grownup! Thanks for the review.

[@gabrielavieira4533]

I have read about 80% of the books Emily mentioned and I really enjoyed them. Great video and great recommendations!

[@imann9151]

I've just seen your bangs, i looovveee them!

[@CurrentChapter]

Awesome recommendations!

[@kari-annefehn7139]

I looooved The left hand of darkness! There's a lot of character interaction, which I find makes her writing a little less heavy =) Great recommendations!

[@lausommeils6668]

The fourth book in the Wayward children series is also my fav book. She's released an anthology called Laughter at the acadamy and in there there's a story that she says is how she began thinking about the Wayward children series. A short book I love is The velveteen rabbit by Margery Williams.The Changeling Sea by Patricia A. McKillip is really good. And two novellas I've read this year and enjoyed "To be taught, if fortunate" by Becky Chambers, and Silver in the wood by Emily Tesh (this one I think the execution was a little bit clumsy but I loved the concept).

[@Gleamblossom]

Great list! Here are some other short books I enjoyed: Twelve Angry Men, Of Mice and Men, The House on Mango Street, Death of a Salesman, Animal Farm, A Raisin in the Sun, Great Gatsby, A Lucky Child, and The Illustrated Man (This one is 288 pages, but each short story is around 20 or less).

[@xoHAUTEGLiTTERS]

Praise be! 🙌🏻 thank you Emily!!!!

[@BookswithEmilyFox]

Under SG Emily's eye!

[@Juli6SS]

I really like how your bangs look in this vid❤️

[@Amanda-dn4ld]

I love Tor novellas. Sisters of the Vast Black, To Be Taught if Fortunate, Murderbot series, Agents of Dreamland, Black God's Drums, and River of Teeth are some great ones. Graphic novel series are a good option too. Love Giant Days and Fables. Also reading In the Dream House right now. Short and AMAZING.

[@Bonnie_Blues]

Thanks for the recommendations Émilie! An extra short book that I love to re-read once in a while is « The Little Prince » by Antoine de StExupery. Less than 100 pages but definitely interesting to read as an adult :)

[@ashleigh1615]

Thanks for a few ideas! I’m about 5 books away from my Goodreads challenge. A couple more for the list of short books: Perks of being a wall flower, 1922 by Steven King, and The Great Gatsby,

[@AbhishekKumar-uu4uj]

How many books did you read ?

[@mininjas]

Oh man, I read the forever war for a class I took in college about the effects of war and nuclear power. Good mention. I'd recommend it also

[@aliciacampos5789]

I think you will find the other two Le Guin books on your shelf less dense, but still complex and beautifully written. If I had to choose a favorite book of all time, it would be The Left Hand of Darkness. If I had to choose a favorite author it would be Le Guin. I also recommend The Word For World is Forest by Le Guin. It a short book, my copy is 189 pages. I recommend all her books. And her short story collections.

[@BookswithEmilyFox]

I need to read more by her! I think I forgot to continue because I didn't care for "A Wizard of Earthsea"... 2020 it is!!

[@adrianosoto1586]

Wow, estaba buscando un video para practicar mi inglés con novelas cortas, gracias!

[@Shan-jn9nr]

I love Seanan Mcguire's Down Among the Sticks and Bones, and Every Heart a Doorway is my second favourite by her. However, I haven't read In An Absent Dream yet! Thanks for the recommendations :)

[@sandruszka14]

When I first picked up and tried to read Gone Girl I had the same issue and didn't finish it at that time. I picked it up again a couple of years later and finally read it and loved it so much! You definitely have to get through the first 100 pages until the book starts picking up but it is sooooo worth it. Even if you saw the movie already!

[@priscillareads]

This is a godsend!!

[@Marie45610]

I had to read Solaris for my literature class in high school. I don't remember it at all, I might check it out from my library.

[@JackyShalala]

OMG, I follow your beauty channel since 2014 and have just found out that you have this channel as well. Subscribed :)

[@Mems-lq4zc]

Great video idea!!!

[@garmene]

The Giver is a series. You may like the next books too!

[@marystuart83]

Super interesting concept of time relativity! I loved Interstellar and the part where they stay on that planet only a few hours and it's been 7 years on their ship when they go back

[@melinadorado1458]

Come Closer by Sara Gran is pretty amazing, I believe it's just under 200 pages

[@CaitlynAnneReads]

My all time favourite book is a short read - animal farm by George Orwell. I read this usually once a year.

[@tillthestarsevaporate]

About Ursula K. LeGuin: I wasn’t the biggest fan of The Dispossessed (and most science fiction fans that I know seem to agree), but The Left Hand of Darkness was highly recommended by those same people. As for short books, I recommend The Sleeper and the Spindle by Neil Gaiman and The Prisoner of Zenda by Anthony Hope.

[@SeemaSingh-qd7xb]

You need to read more of Ursula Le Guin. her scifi books are much better. The left hand of darkness and the word for forest is world are both good. I really enjoyed the lathe of heaven

[@rainydaysurvivor]

The bangs on snowglobe Emily 😂😂😂

[@JayGTheAwkwardBookworm]

Ooo yes I love Fahrenheit 451!

[@unemarguerite]

your bangs look really cute here 🥰 (i’m talking about you aka real emily not snowglobe hahaha)

[@bertfechner417]

The Giver has not really sequels but companion books that take place within the same universe as The Giver, might wanna check em out. I only know of 2; Gathering Blue and The Messenger.

[@vkpsych]

Bert Fechner Son is the fourth book I believe.

[@bertfechner417]

@@vkpsych yeah its been a long time since I read so I didnt know if she put out more or not.

[@imaginarycosmetics]

A lot of these sound intriguing. I've read a couple of Gilian Flynn's books, didn't know she also has a novella.

[@storytime-teacherteresagen1809]

Have a blessed Christmas and a happy and healthy 2020 to all!

[@giadavallone2213]

Ursula K le guin is a genius!😍😍 And also very much ahead of her time in my opinion. What I love the most about her is that she can create such rich worlds with so few words. And it beats me why I don't hear her mentioned more. Probably because she's a feminist... 😪 Anyway I think you'll love her! I still haven't read any of her fantasy stuff though.

[@gracelingaccountant]

I looovvveee the wayward children series

[@liapan6067]

The grown up that book is one of the very first books I've ever read it was amazing

[@insanebutterfly3439]

The movie is love and friendship

[@BlossomGirl566]

Emily, do you think you could do a top of your favorite Stephen King books? I saw you had an entire shelf with his books, and I also saw in some of your videos that you've read quite a lot of his books. It's just that he has so many books and I really consider your opinion on books. Mostly because we have really similar taste. Hope you read this and maybe have time. Also, bangs really suit you. Sending you lots of hugsss

[@BookswithEmilyFox]

I did a video reviewing all the ones I've read (well I forgot one or two but still lol) kzbin.info/www/bejne/nGmbpaWDaNibe6M

[@BlossomGirl566]

Oh, whyyy didn't I see that one?? Thank you and sorry ❤️

[@zhrae9992]

I am curious about your opinion of Dear Wife.

[@qualifiedarmchaircritic]

The entire Murderbot Series by Martha Wells!!! The first one, All Systems Red, is 144 pages long and every single one is action-packed. It's about a sort of Cyborg security person who calls themselves murderbot. It's amazing! I read it in one sitting to chase away the taste of a book I found meh and guuuuh I wish I could experience the first read again lol

[@Spcyfic]

Gone Girl's veeery slow, but I liked it a lot, would totally recommend ! I'll definitely pick up the grownup :))

[@Kiki-oo3bw]

These are great recommendations! My wallet is screaming...

[@marypole10]

Hey there from an other Fench Canadian ☺️ My english teacher in sec. 3 and 4 was obsessed with WWII so we had to read two Anne Frank books that i didn’t understood at all while reading 😂 Other than that, my english teachers never made us read books. They gave us handouts or newspapers to read and write essays. You’re lucky to have had the opportunity to read those novels 😋

[@BookswithEmilyFox]

I read them in sec. 4 when I took the most difficult english class so I would be able to take 1 more optional class in the last year instead of english XD It was rough but totally worth it lol

[@thereadingrobin2191]

Two Anne Frank books? What was the other one?

[@abbywonder3825]

Do you think Fitzgerald actually wrote Benjamin button or do you think it’s one of the ones Zelda wrote and he took credit for?

[@blackbirdy7188]

why dont you read more of chimamanda's books? You would sure enjoy it

[@BookswithEmilyFox]

Definitely planning to! I have another one on my shelf!

[@blackbirdy7188]

@@BookswithEmilyFox cant wait to hear your thoughts on it! americanah and purple hibiscus are my favorites

[@nijinoshita3301]

interesting that you had to read books in your english classes, I didn't but I also wouldn't have understood them back then so maybe its better xD

[@tisme9312]

Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is also a really amazing book! In case anyone cares xD

[@tahrin.choudhury]

Your English is so good. What's your native language? I am scared of big books. :(

[@rs.rc1679]

Idea for dear snow globe emily : it’s not really a transformation idea but more of a companion suggestion, do you still have that book with the ridiculous stephen king author picture on the back of it? it was cujo, isnt it? that would look greaaat near snow globe emily or it would be quite a sight behind you 😂

[@BookswithEmilyFox]

That might be... too creepy lol

[@rs.rc1679]

BookswithEmilyFox but it will still be one hell of background though hahaha

[@sparklyunicorn5431]

Emily, new sub here...do you buy alot of books in French?

[@BookswithEmilyFox]

No, I only read books in French if they were originally written in French (mostly French classics!)

[@sparklyunicorn5431]

@@BookswithEmilyFox oh okay! So cool! I've always wanted to learn French. I speak spanish and sometimes read Spanish books when available. Thank you for your reply!

[@CarootCarrot]

Describing the plot of Solaris by Stanislaw Lem is IMPOSSIBLE. Because that ocean is not an ocean and it i not like any oranism known to man and it is sentint but it somehow isn't ? It is definitely worth reading as it tickles the outer most borders of the human mind, expanding our thinking. But it is really hard to describe the plot.

[@stardroplet9499]

I think the movie Blade Runner (Harrison Ford) is based on Do Androids dream of electric sheep

[@BookswithEmilyFox]

Yup!

[@marystuart83]

Peter Pan or The Wizard of Oz are nice and short 😁

[@pastapins2007]

Currently . In exam period T_T i neeed thiiisss videooo

[@Morfeusm]

Ursula Le Guin is the greatest!!!!!!!

[@rebeccamccreary8530]

When Jane Austen was a teen, she wrote a piece on the monarchs of England. It's quite funny, about 16 pages and called The History of England by a partial, prejudiced, and ignorant historian.

[@MichiruEll]

Thank you for this recommendation! I found the free audiobook on archive.org (yay for old things being in the public domain!). It was 25 minutes and quite funny. And now I'm so much closer to my goodreads goal!

[@altanava]

Hi, could you tell me your native language? You really can’t tell it’s not English

[@simgingergirl]

Ummmm Hello. Four letters. *A!* *S!* *M!* *R!*

[@user-pn2zz9tv1u]

OMG, you sound great, I would never say that English is not your native language 🙉

[@prashantkrishnankutty6038]

3:58 any meme suggestion

[@BookswithEmilyFox]

When someone comments "As a female..."

[@beautywithemilie]

When the camera focuses on SG Emily for the fifth time...

[@zahraaal-hilo7013]

Out of these books I’ve only read Fahrenheit 451 and We Should All Be Feminists and I absolutely love them

[@shmizzleshmazzle9830]

Uncle Vanya is one of my favorites and I was stoked to see you mention it. I also enjoyed The Seagull by Chekhov.

[@zahraaal-hilo7013]

Shmizzle Shmazzle It’s one of my favorites of all time! I’ve also read the Seagull and I really liked it Russian literature is really underrated on booktube I’d love to see more recommendations of it!

[@shmizzleshmazzle9830]

Russian literature has been hit or miss for me. Fathers and Sons, Crime and Punishment, and Uncle Vanya are my favorites. Really disliked The Idiot, Brothers K, and Anna Karenina. Today I got First Love and Other Stories by Turgenev and Notes From The Underground so hopefully I have a few more favorites.

[@zahraaal-hilo7013]

Shmizzle Shmazzle I’ve read most of Dostoyevsky and I liked most of his work. Haven’t tried Turgenev yet, so I’ll check out the ones you mentioned soon. Notes from the Underground is really good. Hope you will enjoy it. You should also check White Nights and The Dream of a Ridiculous man, they are also short reads by F. Dostoyevsky and are pretty enjoyable.

[@shmizzleshmazzle9830]

Thanks for the suggestions