Hello and a very warm welcome to damppebbles. It’s Tuesday which means it’s time for this week’s Top Ten Tuesday post. I’ve decided to take part in That Artsy Reader Girl’s Top Ten Tuesday meme to mix things up a little here at damppebbles. Add a little bit of variety to our bookish weeks.

The meme was originally created by The Broke and the Bookish but has lived with Jana at That Artsy Reader Girl since January 2018. It was created to encompass a love of books, of lists and to bring readers together. If you would also like to take part then you’re very welcome: the more, the merrier. Just make sure you link back to Jana’s post every week. If you don’t have a blog then no problem, just add your list to the comments below.

This week’s theme is Books with a High Page Count (share those doorstop books!). Back in May I came up with a list of the longest books I’ve read. So I need to take this week’s theme in a different direction. What better direction to head in than the shortest books I’ve read. Makes perfect sense, right? Although I should probably check that it’s not a future theme before I fully, officially commit to it! 😂 These are all longer than a short story but don’t hit the 300-page mark. There are a couple of short story collections but the whole is greater than the sum of its parts….or something like that!

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1. Victorian Psycho by Virginia Feito | 208 pages

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2. The Christmas Appeal by Janice Hallett | 208 pages

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3. The Christmas Guest by Peter Swanson | 144 pages
There appears to be a theme developing here…🎅🎄

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4. You’re Not Supposed to Die Tonight by Kalynn Bayron | 240 pages

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5. 19 Claws and a Black Bird by Augustina Bazterrica | 192 pages

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6. Hide by Kiersten White | 233 pages

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7. Tender is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica | 224 pages

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8. The Con Season by Adam Cesare | 208 pages

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9. Three Days and a Life by Pierre Lemaitre | 256 pages

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10. Sleep No More by P.D. James | 192 pages

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Wow, I had no idea that horror books tend to be on the shorter side (there are so many on this list!). And they’re also so RED! And weirdly….green! The colour scheme was NOT intentional, it was purely accidental. Interesting though… Have we hit upon a publishing trend here?

Have you read any of these books? What’s the shortest book you have read? Are you taking part in Top Ten Tuesday this week? Let me know in the comments.

So there we have it! If you fancy joining in next week then head on over to That Artsy Reader Girl’s blog to find out what the next topic is!

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