Open Books Challenge 2025: Books with Less Than 200 Pages

Updated December 31, 2024
Rochester Public Library RPL Staff
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Open Books Challenge 2025: Books with Less Than 200 Pages

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The sense of an ending
Barnes, Julian.
Paper Book
BOOKER PRIZE WINNER * NATIONAL BESTSELLER * A novel that follows a middle-aged man as he contends with a past he never much thought about--until his closest childhood friends return with a vengeance: one of them from the grave, another maddeningly present. A novel so compelling...
Deenie
Blume, Judy
Paper Book
Scoliosis twists Deenie's plans for seventh grade in this classic Judy Blume novel with a fresh new look. Deenie's mother wants her to be a model, with her face on magazine covers--maybe even in the movies--but Deenie wants to spend Saturdays with her friends Janet and Midge,...
The front
Cornwell, Patricia Daniels.
Paper Book
How to keep house while drowning : a gentle approach to cleaning and organizing
Davis, KC
Paper Book
An NPR Best Book of the Year | USA TODAY Bestseller This revolutionary approach to cleaning and organizing helps free you from feeling ashamed or overwhelmed by a messy home. If you're struggling to stay on top of your to-do list, you probably...
F. Scott Fitzgerald's The great Gatsy : the essential graphic novel
Adams, Ted
Paper Book
An all-new faithful and beautifully illustrated graphic novel adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic novel, The Great Gatsby. Adapted by Ted Adams (The Island of Doctor Moreau) and illustrated by Jorge Coelho (Loki, Rocket Raccoon). Whether you already love the book or are experiencing it for...
The ocean at the end of the lane
Gaiman, Neil
Paper Book
A brilliantly imaginative and poignant fairy tale from the modern master of wonder and terror, The Ocean at the End of the Lane is Neil Gaiman’s first new novel for adults since his #1 New York Times bestseller Anansi Boys. This bewitching and harrowing tale of mystery and survival,...
Old Yeller
Gipson, Fred 1908-1973
Paper Book
A timeless American classic and one of the most beloved children's books ever written, Old Yeller is a Newbery Honor Book that explores the poignant and unforgettable bond between a boy and the stray dog who becomes his loyal friend. When his father sets out on a cattle drive toward Kansas...
Tooth and claw
Johnson, Craig
Paper Book
In the tradition of Wait for Signs and The Highwayman, Craig Johnson is back with a short novel set in the Alaska tundra where a young Walt Longmire and Henry Standing Bear face off with powerful enemies who will do anything to get what they want. Tooth and Claw<...
In my time of dying : how I came face-to-face with the idea of an afterlife
Junger, Sebastian
Paper Book
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A near-fatal health emergency leads to this powerful reflection on death--and what might follow--by the bestselling author of Tribe and The Perfect Storm. For years as an award-winning war reporter, Sebastian Junger...
Heart berries : a memoir
Mailhot, Terese Marie
Paper Book
*A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER & EDITORS' CHOICE* Winner of the Spalding Prize for the Promotion of Peace and Justice in Literature Finalist for the Governor General's Literary Award for English-Language Nonfiction Selected by Emma Watson as the Our Shared Shelf Book Club Pick for...
La segunda vida de Bree Tanner
Meyer, Stephenie 1973-
Paper Book
Esta novela ha sido para m#65533; una sorpresa tan grande como para todo el mundo. Cuando comenc#65533; a trabajar en ella, mi idea era hacer un simple ejercicio que me ayudara a examinar el otro lado de Eclipse, que se estaba editando en ese momento. Mientras escrib#65533;a esta peque#65533;a...
Born to trouble
Nye, Nelson C. (Nelson Coral) 1907-1997
Paper Book
Captain Murphey was reluctant to let Jimmie Trammell join up with the Rangers. But Jim wouldn't give up. After five days, he was still waiting for Cap to give him a chance when Carolina Krole arrived with an appeal for help. Her father had died in what she considered a suspicious mine accident and...
The Buddha in the attic
Otsuka, Julie 1962-
Paper Book
A New York Times Bestseller -- In a tour de force of economy and precision, Julie Otsuka tells the story of a group of young women brought from Japan to San Francisco as "picture brides" nearly a century ago. Eight incantatory sections trace the brides' extraordinary lives from their arduous journey...
Poison for breakfast
Snicket, Lemony
Paper Book
In the years since this publishing house was founded, we have worked with an array of wondrous authors who have brought illuminating clarity to our bewildering world. Now, instead, we bring you Lemony Snicket. Over the course of his long and suspicious career, Mr. Snicket has investigated...
Mysterious, marvelous octopus
Towler, Paige
Paper Book
Meet one of Earth's most incredible ocean animals in this lyrical, whimsical picture book uniquely layered with photographs, rhyming text, and fascinating facts about octopuses. This playful book introduces young readers to the fascinating world of octopuses big and small, ink...
Night
Wiesel, Elie
CD
Wiesel's account of his survival as a teenager in the Nazi death camps, including a new preface is which he reflects on the enduring importance of Night and his lifelong, passionate dedication to ensuring that the world never forgets man's capacity for inhumanity to man.
Remember us
Woodson, Jacqueline
Paper Book
National Book Award winner Jacqueline Woodson brings readers a powerful story that delves deeply into life's burning questions about time and memory and what we take with us into the future. It seems like Sage's whole world is on fire the summer before she starts seventh grade....
Why not?
Yamada, Kobi
Paper Book
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