Top 10 Quick Reads | 200 pages or less

Hello everyone! I'm going to keep this intro short, since this is a post all about quick reads. I know that sometimes you can get stuck in a reading rut and it seems like there's no way out.  your reading rate slows down and you start to think that there's no way on earth you're ever going to finish another book before you're 60.

Have no fear!
This is a list of 10 books all of which are under 200 pages (okay, one of them if 213 pages) which will help you fall in love with reading again. I know some people feel that shorter books aren't as well developed, but these tales break the mould and there's no way you have any excuse for not falling in love!

1. The Ocean at The End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman (181 pages) - a great fantasy story with Neil Gaiman's traditional creepy spin. Great for around Halloween and just beautiful to read.
2. Animal Farm by George Orwell (152 pages) - this is a modern classic and is the father of the dystopian genre. It is fairly important to note that this is actually an analysis of communism, with many of the characters making specific reference to key communist leaders such as Stalin, but you almost forget this as you get engrossed in the story!
3. Surviving Hitler by Andrea Warren (146 pages) - This is a great war time story about a boy who's sent away to a Nazi death camp and his experience there. The innocence and simplicity of the writing makes this a truly riveting read and gives a much greater character depth than is usually possible for a book this short!
4. The Tulip Touch by Anne Fine (160 pages) - Warning! This book is scary, Tulip is a demented character but she's so incredibly intriguing and the plot sucks you in so completely that you barely notice how disturbing the story is until you've finished.
5. Four: A Divergent Story by Veronica Roth (208 pages - sorry, I know it's over, but you can handle an extra 8 pages!) - I'm not a hundred percent sure if you could realistically treat this as a stand alone, but even if you've just read Divergent itself without the rest of the books this is a good read. It gives a really interesting insight into Four's character and just makes me want to give him a great big cuddle!
6. All My Sons by Arthur Miller (84 pages) - This is a play and so the characters are really well established, not a lot happens within the play but the context and history of the characters makes this a thought provoking and harrowing read that I literally couldn't put down... I read it in like 2 hours.
7. The Giver by Lois Lowry (179 pages) - This book is interesting because it really doesn't have that much of a plot, and you don't really get to know the characters, yet you're still totally invested in the book. I'm not quite sure how to describe it, but I do know that you should definitely go check it out!
8. Lovers: Winners, Losers by Brian Friel (77 pages) - This is another play but it is sensational and just captures the various stories so well. I actually did a drama for a Speech and Drama exam from this and so always have had a special connection with Mags. I think I'm going to reread all of Friel's works to refresh my memory, it's been a while, and I'll do an Author's Note once I get that far.
9. The Perks of Being A Wallflower by Stephen Chobsky (213 pages - again, I'm sorry.) - This book really did depress me when I read it, and so even though it's short it took me a little while. It is amazing and the characters are brilliantly sympathetic.
10. The Tell Tale Heart by Edgar Alan Po (31 pages) - This is by far the shortest story on this list but is sensational in every way, I love the creepiness of this story and the slow decension into madness of the character, even in a small number of pages.