Short & Sweet

By Harvard Book Store

Short & Sweet

By Harvard Book Store

A collection of books that are on the shorter side, or that have short chapters, for people who are having trouble concentrating due to stress. Or for people who want to breeze through a lot of different books right now!

My Sister, the Serial Killer

Oyinkan Braithwaite

$17.00 $15.81

A short and fierce read that will keep you on the edge of your seat. Who knew murder could be so funny and sometimes, touching. Full of sibling rivalry and fun family drama. I blasted through this book because every chapter is just a page or two long, and written like a dagger through the heart.

The Essential Dykes to Watch Out for

Alison Bechdel

$26.00 $24.18

This was the first thing I was able to read during quarantine. It's a big book, but with extremely bite sized stories.

Friday Black

Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

$18.99 $17.66

This debut collection is darkly magical, wildly surreal, and also the realest shit I've ever read. Adjei-Brenyah makes us question what is really more absurd: the fantastical worlds he creates, or the violent and and depraved world we actually live in. These stories will continue to haunt and smolder within me for a long, long time.

Feminism for the 99%: A Manifesto

Cinzia Arruzza, Nancy Fraser, et al.

$12.95 $12.04

A brilliant (and concise) introduction for those feminists who understand that 'leaning in' is not enough; three organizers of the International Women's Strike bring a Marxist analysis of women's liberation into the 21st century.

Best Microfiction 2019

$20.00

The Halloween Tree

Ray Bradbury and Joseph Mugnaini

$8.99 $8.36

The Writing of the Disaster

Maurice Blanchot

$34.50

Train Dreams: A Novella

Denis Johnson

$17.00 $15.81

The Book of Delights: Essays

Ross Gay

$24.95 $23.20

Ross Gay is a blessing. A record of small joys recorded over a tumultous year. Something we all could use right now.

Every Heart a Doorway

Seanan McGuire

$17.99 $16.73

Sooner or Later Everything Falls Into the Sea: Stories

Sarah Pinsker

$17.00 $15.81

Haunting of Tram Car 015

P. Djèlí Clark

$13.99 $13.01

Ghost Wall

Sarah Moss

$16.00 $14.89

Ghost Wall is a suspenseful and intimate musing on adolescence, nationalism, masculinity, group psychology, nostalgia, and family relationships that will leave your heart jumping out of your chest and your mind completely blown.

The Rib Joint: A Memoir in Essays

Julia Koets

$17.95 $16.69

The Archive of Alternate Endings

Lindsey Drager

$16.95 $15.76

This one is short, but is also a read that's nice to sit with. It blends together astronomy, fairy tales, stories of sibling relationships, and the preservation of queer stories and voices. It is absolutely gorgeous.