Nov 23, 2022
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Kenneth C. Davis is the bestselling author of Don’t Know Much About® History and other books in the Don’t Know Much About® series. He also wrote the acclaimed In the Shadow of Liberty.
Get his new book! Great Short Books: A Year of Reading―Briefly
A delightful, entertaining guide to
some of the best short novels of all time from a bestselling
historian, author, and lifelong reader.
Fall back into the joys of literature with an extraordinary book
for book lovers: a compulsively readable, deeply engaging list of
great short novels. A journey into short fiction designed with our
contemporary attention spans in mind, Great Short Books suggests
fifty-eight excellent short novels, all easily readable in a week
or less—a “baker’s dozen” approach to a fun, fascinating year of
reading.
From hard-boiled fiction to magical realism, the 18th century to
the present day, Great Short
Books spans genres, cultures, countries, and time to
present an enchanting and diverse selection of acclaimed and
canonical novels. From works in translation like Yu
Miri’s Tokyo Ueno
Station and Marguerite Duras’s The Lover to popular, acclaimed authors
like F. Scott Fitzgerald and Stephen King, this compilation is a
celebration of classics from the historic to contemporary—plus a
few bestsellers. Each entry includes the novel’s opening lines, a
spoiler-free plot summary, a “why you should read it” section, and
suggestions for what to read next.
Just like browsing in your favorite bookstore, this eclectic
collection is a fun and practical book for any passionate reader
hoping to broaden their collection—or anyone who wants to find an
entertaining and effortless reentry into reading.
For 30 years, Kenneth C. Davis has proven that Americans don’t hate history — just the dull version they slept through in class. Davis’s approach is to refresh us on the subjects we should have learned in school. He does it by busting myths, setting the record straight, and making history human.