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10 (Amazing) Short Books You Can Read in a Single Day

18 min readApr 4, 2025

(But think about for a lifetime)

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You’ve probably read books before that take 400+ pages to say…well, anything at all.

These 10 books, however, pack so much “power-per-page” it’s just incredible.

The first five changed my life forever (I can tell you exactly where I was when I first read them), and the 8th book is probably one of the most underrated and tragically ignored books of the 20th century.

All of them are books you can read in a single day, but think about for a long time afterward. And if you enjoyed my list of 10 Fascinating Books That Will Increase Your Intelligence, you’ll likely find a few new favorites here as well.

And now…before our coffees get cold, let’s read!

Tonight, Inside The Reading Life, We’ve Got:

📜 Book Quote of the Day (Below)

📚 The Alchemist, by Paulo Coelho

📚 The Prophet, by Kahlil Gibran

📚 Mastery, by George Leonard

📚 Siddhartha, by Hermann Hesse

📚 On the Shortness of Life, by Seneca

📚 The Death of Ivan Ilyich, by Leo Tolstoy

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Matt Karamazov
Matt Karamazov

Written by Matt Karamazov

Literacy Advocate 📖 Full-Time Book Influencer: Recommended Reading List (1,300+ Books) ⤵️ https://thereadinglife.beehiiv.com/c/readinglist

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