Biblio File
Readathon Reading Suggestions
Join The New York Public Library and your fellow readers across the country for the second annual National Readathon Day on Saturday, May 21!
In the spirit of sitting down and reading on a single day, here are some recommendations for shorter-form books, novellas, essays, and short stories that can be read in a few hours.
Short Stories
- Arranged Marriage by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
- Gutshot by Amelia Gray
Novellas
- The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
- Train Dreams by Denis Johnson
Young Adult
- Why We Broke Up by Daniel Handler and Maira Kalman
- Boy Meets Boy by David Levithan
Graphic Novels
- Step Aside, Pops: A Hark! A Vagrant Collection by Kate Beaton
- Doctor Fate, Vol 1: The Blood Price by Paul Levitz and Sonny Liew
Essays
- Men Explain Things to Me by Rebecca Solnit
- Create Dangerously: The Immigrant Artist at Work by Edwidge Danticat
Poetry
- Citizen by Claudia Rankine
- The Discovery of America by the Turks by Jorge Amado
Have trouble reading standard print? Many of these titles are available in formats for patrons with print disabilities.
Staff picks are chosen by NYPL staff members and are not intended to be comprehensive lists. We'd love to hear your ideas too, so leave a comment and tell us what you’d recommend. And check out our Staff Picks browse tool for more recommendations!
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