Jax Stacks Reading Challenge 2024 - hosted by jaxlibrary

A book of poetry, essays, or short stories
Short on time? Check out a collection of shorter works! Read one in a waiting room or during breakfast. Or you can binge them all in one sitting, we won’t judge! It might just be your new favorite format! 
All books added
Dear Girl by Aija Mayrock

Dear Girl

Aija Mayrock

112 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction poetry emotional reflective medium-paced
Nearly All the Men in Lagos Are Mad: Stories by Damilare Kuku

Nearly All the Men in Lagos Are Mad: Stories

Damilare Kuku

6 hours, 47 minutes • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction contemporary short stories emotional funny lighthearted fast-paced
Before the Ever After by Jacqueline Woodson

Before the Ever After

Jacqueline Woodson

2 hours, 14 minutes • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction health middle grade sports emotional slow-paced
Haruki Murakami Manga Stories 1: Super-Frog Saves Tokyo, Where I'm Likely to Find It, Birthday Girl, the Seventh Man by Haruki Murakami

Haruki Murakami Manga Stories 1: Super-Frog Saves Tokyo, Where I'm Likely to Find It, Birthday Girl, the Seventh Man

Haruki Murakami Manga Stories #1

Haruki Murakami

142 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction magical realism manga adventurous mysterious reflective slow-paced
Wednesday's Child by Yiyun Li

Wednesday's Child

Yiyun Li

256 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary short stories emotional reflective medium-paced
The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Tales by Edgar Allan Poe, Stephen Marlowe

The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Tales

Edgar Allan Poe, Stephen Marlowe

400 pages • first pub 1839 (editions)

fiction classics horror short stories dark mysterious tense slow-paced
The Lightning Dreamer: Cuba's Greatest Abolitionist by Margarita Engle

The Lightning Dreamer: Cuba's Greatest Abolitionist

Margarita Engle

192 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

fiction historical poetry young adult challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
Disasters in the First World: Stories by Olivia Clare

Disasters in the First World: Stories

Olivia Clare

192 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction short stories reflective slow-paced
House Arrest by K.A. Holt

House Arrest

House Arrest #1

K.A. Holt

304 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

fiction middle grade poetry emotional medium-paced
Above Ground by Clint Smith

Above Ground

Clint Smith

107 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction poetry emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced