Short Books for Short Winter Days

These novellas and short novels are the perfect companions for winter's short days ❄️🌅

Updated December 9, 2025
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The stranger in the woods : the extraordinary story of the last true hermit
Finkel, Michael
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * The remarkable true story of a man who lived alone in the woods of Maine for 27 years, making this dream a reality--not out of anger at the world, but simply because he preferred to live on his own. "A meditation on solitude, wildness and survival."...
Things fall apart
Achebe, Chinua
Paper Book
"A true classic of world literature . . . A masterpiece that has inspired generations of writers in Nigeria, across Africa, and around the world." --Barack Obama "African literature is incomplete and unthinkable without the works of Chinua Achebe." --Toni Morrison "A...

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