Light reads
Books with a reading-effort score under 30 out of 100. Effort describes the attention a book asks for, not its emotional weight.
785 book guides · Showing 481–528

Contagious
Jonah Berger
Effort 26/100

The Westing Game
Ellen Raskin
Effort 25/100

Nothing Like the Movies
Lynn Painter
Effort 28/100

The Birchbark House
Louise Erdrich
Effort 27/100

How to Live 365 Days a Year
John A. Schindler
Effort 23/100

Madeline
Ludwig Bemelmans
Effort 2/100

In Five Years
Rebecca Serle
Effort 24/100

The 5 Second Rule
Mel Robbins
Effort 21/100

The Art of Dealing with People
Les Giblin
Effort 7/100

Roses Are Red
James Patterson
Effort 21/100

The Blue Castle
L. M. Montgomery
Effort 24/100

The Man in the Brown Suit
Agatha Christie
Effort 28/100

Valley of the Dolls
Jacqueline Susann
Effort 28/100

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People Personal Workbook
Stephen R. Covey
Effort 26/100

Hercule Poirot's Christmas
Agatha Christie
Effort 27/100

It's in His Kiss
Julia Quinn
Effort 25/100

Love You Forever
Robert Munsch
Effort 7/100

The Perfect Marriage
Jeneva Rose
Effort 29/100

The Velveteen Rabbit
Margery Williams
Effort 15/100

Everybody Writes
Ann Handley
Effort 25/100

A Murder Is Announced
Agatha Christie
Effort 27/100

Hush, Hush
Becca Fitzpatrick
Effort 25/100

The Running Man
Stephen King
Effort 27/100

Fallen
Lauren Kate
Effort 29/100

The First 20 Hours
Josh Kaufman
Effort 22/100

Bones & All
Camille DeAngelis
Effort 25/100

If Tomorrow Comes
Sidney Sheldon
Effort 21/100

The Lorax
Dr. Seuss
Effort 17/100

This Is Me Letting You Go
Heidi Priebe
Effort 24/100

The Dictionary of Body Language
Joe Navarro
Effort 15/100

Think Faster, Talk Smarter
Matt Abrahams
Effort 24/100

Beautiful Bastard
Christina Lauren
Effort 22/100

Rosemary's Baby
Ira Levin
Effort 21/100

The Upside of Falling
Alex Light
Effort 25/100

4:50 from Paddington
Agatha Christie
Effort 22/100

Farewell to Manzanar
Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston, James D. Houston
Effort 28/100

Set Boundaries, Find Peace
Nedra Glover Tawwab
Effort 25/100

The Overthinking Cure
Nick Trenton
Effort 23/100

Point Blank
Anthony Horowitz
Effort 19/100

On Writing Well
William Zinsser
Effort 26/100

The Lost Heir
Tui T. Sutherland
Effort 28/100

The Mouse and the Motorcycle
Beverly Cleary
Effort 10/100

Schooled
Gordon Korman
Effort 26/100

Hallowe'en Party
Agatha Christie
Effort 21/100

Shiloh
Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Effort 12/100

Dragonsong
Anne McCaffrey
Effort 20/100

Poppy
Avi
Effort 19/100

Tripwire
Lee Child
Effort 24/100