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Finally, your next long weekend is on the horizon. Maybe it’s Labor Day or Martin Luther King Day or one of the other Monday holidays that pops up throughout the year, or maybe you just decided to take a Friday for yourself. You’re going to do so many things that you don’t usually have time for! Like organize your kitchen or check out that new coffee shop. Or maybe you’ll finally get yourself out of the reading slump you slipped into after being inundated by text on a screen all day.
But when the long weekend comes, I know that I, at least, spend way too much trying to decide what to read. Which book will get me out of my reading slump—and is short and quick enough that I can actually finish before I have to get back into work mode?
Whether you want to dive into a classic or read something more contemporary, The Muse has you covered. We’ve compiled a list of some of the best short books that you can finish in three days or about five hours—taking into account average reading speed and book length, that means about 250 to 300 pages.
Here are our picks:
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