Short novels for high school

Do your high school students struggle to find books they can’t put down? Here are 31 student-approved books to read for high school that won’t disappoint!
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75th Anniversary Edition. Animal Farm is one of the best short novels for high school. It’s the allegorical tale in which “All animals are equal, but some animals …
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Easy and short classics are always popular topics with readers of The Literary Lifestyle and members of my book club ( The Rory Gilmore Book Club ), in …
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1. Rebecca (My Cousin Rachel) – Daphne du Maurier. Starting off with a fairly well-known novel, Rebecca has been a bestseller since the beginning, selling 2.8 copies just …
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James M. Cain, The Postman Always Rings Twice (1933) : 112 pages. A 20th century classic, and still one of the best, most important, and most interesting crime …
Books Every High School Student Should Read (197 books) Discover new books on Goodreads. Meet your next favorite book. Join Goodreads. Listopia. Books Every …
1 2 … 5 Next ›. Prepare to kick your writing into gear by browsing through our list of 200+ High School short story ideas. New prompts are added each week, and you can …
While more high school curriculums should include modern, diverse writers like Amy Tan and Malala Yousafzai, certain classics—like John Steinbeck's "The Grapes …
These short books offer a complete story, but you can polish one off in an afternoon. So, here I offer a list of novellas worth checking out. Drawing the line between …
1. The Ones Who Don’t Say They Love You by Maurice Carlos Ruffin. Page count: 192. From the author of We Cast a Shadow, a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner …
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