Biography books 200 pages
Biography books 200 pages
Biography books 200 pages read!
The short list: 24 books, each under 200 pages, as recommended by TED speakers
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Time is precious, we know. Here, compiled from past reading lists, are suggestions for two dozen short but mighty books to pick up.
fiction & literature
The Summer Book by Tove Jansson
The quintessential celebration of summer in Scandinavia — 22 vignettes of a girl and a grandmother on an island.
Jansson is best known as the creator of Moomin, and this book is my quiet, curious and simple favorite.
— Linda Liukas (TED Talk: A delightful way to teach kids about computers)
The Vegetarian by Han Kan
This is the first full-length novel by South Korean literary star Kang to be made available in English.
Biography books 200 pages a day
It tells the story of a woman who suddenly stops eating meat, a shock decision that fractures her family relationships, allowing glimpses of the traumas, assumptions and impossible dreams that lie beneath. The writing is stunning: poetic, alluring, troubling and strange.
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