Collection · Curated by Alice

Classic books under 100 pages

Short enough to finish today — and none of them minor. Page count and reading time on every card.

34
books to download
514 BC–1928
2442 years apart
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A short classic is not a lesser one. The Metamorphosis is 49 pages. The Death of Ivan Ilych is 66. How Much Land Does a Man Need?, which Tolstoy's admirers have called the finest short story ever written, is 21.

Every book on this page is under 100 pages in our edition, and the page count and reading time are printed on each card so you can pick by the time you actually have. They are ordered by how often they are downloaded here, which means the first few are the ones readers keep coming back to.

All are in the public domain in the United States and free to download in PDF and EPUB, with no account and no limits.

White Nights by Fyodor Dostoevsky — cover
White NightsFyodor Dostoevsky

White Nights

1848 · 58 pages

The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka — cover
The MetamorphosisFranz Kafka

The Metamorphosis

1915 · 49 pages

The Art of War by Sun Tzu — cover
The Art of WarSun Tzu

The Art of War

47 pages

The Death of Ivan Ilych by Leo Tolstoy — cover
The Death of Ivan IlychLeo Tolstoy

The Death of Ivan Ilych

1886 · 66 pages

The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allan Poe — cover
The Fall of the House of UsherEdgar Allan Poe

The Fall of the House of Usher

1839 · 21 pages

The Game of Life and How to Play It by Florence Scovel Shinn — cover
The Game of Life and How to Play ItFlorence Scovel Shinn

The Game of Life and How to Play It

1925 · 69 pages

As a Man Thinketh by James Allen — cover
As a Man ThinkethJames Allen

As a Man Thinketh

1902 · 29 pages

First Love by Ivan Turgenev — cover
First LoveIvan Turgenev

First Love

1860 · 78 pages

The Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli — cover
The PrinceNiccolò Machiavelli

The Prince

1532 · 79 pages

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll — cover
Alice's Adventures in WonderlandLewis Carroll

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

1865 · 77 pages

The Dream of a Ridiculous Man by Fyodor Dostoevsky — cover
The Dream of a Ridiculous ManFyodor Dostoevsky

The Dream of a Ridiculous Man

1877 · 25 pages

Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton — cover
Ethan FromeEdith Wharton

Ethan Frome

1911 · 97 pages

Ars Notoria (The Notory Art of Solomon) by Unknown — cover
Ars Notoria (The Notory Art of Solomon)Unknown

Ars Notoria (The Notory Art of Solomon)

1656 · 81 pages

How Much Land Does a Man Need? by Leo Tolstoy — cover
How Much Land Does a Man Need?Leo Tolstoy

How Much Land Does a Man Need?

1886 · 21 pages

The Broken Wings by Khalil Gibran — cover
The Broken WingsKhalil Gibran

The Broken Wings

1912 · 52 pages

The Weary Blues by Langston Hughes — cover
The Weary BluesLangston Hughes

The Weary Blues

1926 · 99 pages

The Art of Being Right by Arthur Schopenhauer — cover
The Art of Being RightArthur Schopenhauer

The Art of Being Right

1831 · 46 pages

A Confession by Leo Tolstoy — cover
A ConfessionLeo Tolstoy

A Confession

1880 · 79 pages

Beyond the Horizon by Eugene O'Neill — cover
Beyond the HorizonEugene O'Neill

Beyond the Horizon

1920 · 85 pages

Bhagavad Gita by Vyasa — cover
Bhagavad GitaVyasa

Bhagavad Gita

98 pages

The Call of Cthulhu by H. P. Lovecraft — cover
The Call of CthulhuH. P. Lovecraft

The Call of Cthulhu

1928 · 34 pages

The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde — cover
The Importance of Being EarnestOscar Wilde

The Importance of Being Earnest

1895 · 67 pages

Arms and the Man by George Bernard Shaw — cover
Arms and the ManGeorge Bernard Shaw

Arms and the Man

1894 · 84 pages

The Prophet by Khalil Gibran — cover
The ProphetKhalil Gibran

The Prophet

1923 · 49 pages

Gitanjali by Rabindranath Tagore — cover
GitanjaliRabindranath Tagore

Gitanjali

1910 · 70 pages

The Lost Keys of Freemasonry by Manly P. Hall — cover
The Lost Keys of FreemasonryManly P. Hall

The Lost Keys of Freemasonry

1923 · 69 pages

How to Live on 24 Hours a Day by Arnold Bennett — cover
How to Live on 24 Hours a DayArnold Bennett

How to Live on 24 Hours a Day

1908 · 40 pages

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson — cover
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. HydeRobert Louis Stevenson

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

1886 · 72 pages

The Time Machine by H. G. Wells — cover
The Time MachineH. G. Wells

The Time Machine

1895 · 80 pages

Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad — cover
Heart of DarknessJoseph Conrad

Heart of Darkness

1899 · 93 pages

A Gentle Spirit by Fyodor Dostoevsky — cover
A Gentle SpiritFyodor Dostoevsky

A Gentle Spirit

1876 · 57 pages

The Kybalion by William Walker Atkinson — cover
The KybalionWilliam Walker Atkinson

The Kybalion

1908 · 97 pages

Lady Susan by Jane Austen — cover
Lady SusanJane Austen

Lady Susan

1871 · 82 pages

The Dunwich Horror by H. P. Lovecraft — cover
The Dunwich HorrorH. P. Lovecraft

The Dunwich Horror

1928 · 53 pages

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