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76 Important Books Quick Enough to Read This Weekend

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76 Important Books Quick Enough to Read This Weekend

Sometimes when you're looking for a good book to read, it's all about a quick fix. Maybe you're in a book club and you need something that everyone will be able to finish by next meeting. Or maybe you're going away for the weekend and you want a novel you can have read by Monday. We're here to help! These classic, quality pieces of literature — with some fun books thrown in the mix — are quick enough to start and finish in two days, with most being around 300 pages or less. Plus, many of the classics you can actually check out on your Kindle for free! Either that or you can pick up a copy at your local library. This National Reading Month, click through these book recommendations now to find your next weekend read.

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1 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
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2 The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
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3 The Plague
The Plague
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4 Lord of the Flies
Lord of the Flies
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5 Winner Take Nothing
Winner Take Nothing
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6 Wuthering Heights
Wuthering Heights
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7 Circles in the Forest
Circles in the Forest
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8 Many Lives, Many Masters
Many Lives, Many Masters
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9 A Doll's House
A Doll's House
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10 2BR02B
2BR02B
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11 The Chosen
The Chosen
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12 Flashman
Flashman
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13 The Royal Game
The Royal Game
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14 Pygmalion
Pygmalion
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15 Jonathan Livingston Seagull
Jonathan Livingston Seagull
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16 Memories of My Melancholy Whores
Memories of My Melancholy Whores
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17 The Importance of Being Earnest
The Importance of Being Earnest
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18 Slaughterhouse Five
Slaughterhouse Five
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19 Of Mice and Men
Of Mice and Men
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20 The Train Was on Time
The Train Was on Time
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21 Animal Farm
Animal Farm
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22 Journey's End
Journey's End
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23 Men Without Women
Men Without Women
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24 Silas Marner
Silas Marner
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25 Without Feathers
Without Feathers
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26 The Picture of Dorian Gray
The Picture of Dorian Gray
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27 The Wasp Factory
The Wasp Factory
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28 The Stranger
The Stranger
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29 Twenty-Four Hours in the Life of a Woman
Twenty-Four Hours in the Life of a Woman
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30 The Metamorphosis
The Metamorphosis
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31 Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
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32 The Old Man and the Sea
The Old Man and the Sea
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33 Siddhartha
Siddhartha
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34 White Nights and Other Stories
White Nights and Other Stories
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35 The Red Pony
The Red Pony
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36 Breakfast of Champions
Breakfast of Champions
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37 The War of the Worlds
The War of the Worlds
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38 The Outsider
The Outsider
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39 Night
Night
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40 Winesburg, Ohio
Winesburg, Ohio
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41 Bartleby, the Scrivener
Bartleby, the Scrivener
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42 Man's Search For Meaning
Man's Search For Meaning
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43 The Remains of the Day
The Remains of the Day
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44 Breakfast at Tiffany's
Breakfast at Tiffany's
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45 1984
1984
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46 The Sense of an Ending
The Sense of an Ending
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47 A Christmas Carol
A Christmas Carol
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48 Amsterdam
Amsterdam
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49 Notes From Underground
Notes From Underground
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50 Stories of Chekhov
Stories of Chekhov
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51 The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
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52 The World As I See It
The World As I See It
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53 The Hobbit
The Hobbit
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54 The Day of the Triffids
The Day of the Triffids
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55 An Ideal Husband
An Ideal Husband
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56 The Year of the Hare
The Year of the Hare
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57 Hunger
Hunger
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58 Death and the Penguin
Death and the Penguin
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59 On the Road
On the Road
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60 Collected Stories by Gabriel García Márquez
Collected Stories by Gabriel García Márquez
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61 A Short Stay in Hell
A Short Stay in Hell
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62 The Sun Also Rises
The Sun Also Rises
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63 The Pigeon
The Pigeon
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64 A Midsummer Night's Dream
A Midsummer Night's Dream
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65 Father Sergius
Father Sergius
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66 Amerika
Amerika
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67 The Trial
The Trial
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68 The Pearl
The Pearl
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69 Cat's Cradle
Cat's Cradle
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70 Foundation
Foundation
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71 The Red Badge of Courage
The Red Badge of Courage
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72 To Kill a Mockingbird
To Kill a Mockingbird
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73 A Study in Scarlet
A Study in Scarlet
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74 The Great Gatsby
The Great Gatsby
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75 The Little Prince
The Little Prince
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76 The Catcher in the Rye
The Catcher in the Rye
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