Moody Reader Book Prompts - hosted by wickedgrumpy

A short book or novella
Anything under 250 pages, something to cleanse the palate.
All books added
Your House Is on Fire, Your Children All Gone by Stefan Kiesbye

Your House Is on Fire, Your Children All Gone

Stefan Kiesbye

198 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

fiction horror short stories dark mysterious slow-paced
The Fall by Albert Camus

The Fall

Albert Camus

160 pages • first pub 1956 (editions)

fiction classics challenging reflective slow-paced
A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess

A Clockwork Orange

Anthony Burgess

240 pages • first pub 1962 (editions)

fiction classics dystopian science fiction challenging dark tense medium-paced
Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes

Flowers for Algernon

Daniel Keyes

311 pages • first pub 1966 (editions)

fiction classics literary science fiction emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad

Heart of Darkness

Joseph Conrad

200 pages • first pub 1899 (editions)

fiction classics literary challenging dark slow-paced
The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway

The Old Man and the Sea

Ernest Hemingway

96 pages • first pub 1952 (editions)

fiction classics literary adventurous reflective slow-paced
How the King of Elfhame Learned to Hate Stories by Holly Black

How the King of Elfhame Learned to Hate Stories

The Folk of the Air #3.5

Holly Black

173 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction fantasy short stories young adult adventurous fast-paced
Foster by Claire Keegan

Foster

Claire Keegan

89 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad fast-paced
Girl Meets Boy by Ali Smith

Girl Meets Boy

Ali Smith

164 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

fiction lgbtqia+ adventurous reflective medium-paced
Thornhedge by T. Kingfisher

Thornhedge

T. Kingfisher

116 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction fantasy adventurous dark emotional fast-paced