30+ SHORT Books to Get You Out of a Reading Slump 📚 | Shorty September

Short books are the perfect way to get out of a reading slump, so today I’m sharing 30+ short books to add to your TBR for Shorty September! 📚✨ From fantasy and sci-fi to literary fiction, classics, and nonfiction, there’s a little something for every kind of reader, including books I’ve loved, books I want to read, and some very short books that pack a LOT into their pages. Whether you’re looking for a quick read, a fantasy book under 300 pages, or something to help you get your reading momentum back, I hope you find your next read here! 💜 ⭐ SHORTY SEPTEMBER 2026 is hosted by ‪@TooManyHeathers‬ ‪@RovingReader‬ ‪@marcellainthemargins‬ 📚 Books mentioned: Chess — Stefan Zweig The Picture of Dorian Gray — Oscar Wilde Morris and Maralyn — Sophie Elmhirst Why We Write — Meredith Maran (ed.) Knife — Salman Rushdie The Hummingbird’s Gift — Sy Montgomery Godkiller — Hannah Kaner An Enchantment of Ravens — Margaret Rogerson Nightshade and Oak — Molly O’Neal There Be Dragons Here — S. L. Rowland 10 Incarnations of Rebellion — Vaishnavi Patel Hum — Helen Phillips A Magical Girl Retires — Park Seolyeon The Six Deaths of the Saint — Alix E. Harrow All Systems Red — Martha Wells The Tusks of Extinction — Ray Nayler Sleep Donation — Karen Russell Leave the World Behind — Rumaan Alam Venice Requiem — Khaled Lyamlahy The Anthropologist — Emma Tolozan Burn Sugar — Avni Doshi The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time — Mark Haddon One Part Woman — Perumal Murugan Still Born — Guadalupe Nettel The Queen’s Gambit — Walter Tevis The Guest Cat — Takashi Hiraide The Subtweet — Vivek Shraya The New Me — Halle Butler Perfection — Vincenzo Latronico Intimacies — Katie Kitamura A Time to Dance — Padma Venkatraman Foster — Claire Keegan Elena Knows — Claudia Piñeiro Blue Light Hours — Bruna Dantas Lobato Ghachar Ghochar — Vivek Shanbhag Let me know in the comments which of these you’ve read, which ones are on your TBR, and your own favourite short books! And if you’d like a Part 2 featuring short graphic novels, make sure to subscribe so you don’t miss it. 💕