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4 Short Books You’ll Finish in One Sitting

Crunched for time? Not to worry.

Jordan Gross
3 min readJan 21, 2022
Photo by Annie Spratt on Unsplash

Finishing a book is difficult. It’s an accomplishment worth celebrating. Reading that last sentence is a reward as sweet as the last bite of an ice cream cone.

Sometimes you don’t have time to read something so in depth. Sometimes, you just want an enjoyable little story to satiate your reading appetite. Sometimes you just need to finish a book to kickstart your reading momentum.

This is a short article about short books. Let’s keep the intro short as well.

The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, and The Horse by Charlie Mackesy
# of pages: 128

How long it took me to read: 21 minutes

What you’ll get from it: Search no more for a book that makes you feel as good as possible in as few words as possible. This instant classic highlights themes like kindness, camaraderie, love, and hope. This quick read is bound to show up in your life time and time again when you need a drop of inspiration and a pick me up.

This Is Water by David Foster Wallace
# of pages: 137

How long it took me to read: 13 minutes

What you’ll get from it: David Foster Wallace’s commencement speech was so good, it…

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Jordan Gross
Jordan Gross

Written by Jordan Gross

Son, Grandson | Reimagining Personal Development | “What Happens in Tomorrow World?” Publishing Spring 2021, BenBella Books, Matt Holt Books

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