Great Short Books

This entertaining guide to some of the best short novels of all time, from a bestselling historian, is the “perfect gift for busy bibliophiles” ( BookPage). Experience the joys of literature with this this “exciting guide to all that the world of fiction has to offer” ( The New York Times Book Review ): a compulsively readable, deeply engaging discussion of great short novels. A journey into fiction designed with our contemporary attention spans in mind, Great Short Books suggests fifty-eight ex