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 577–624

What's Your Dream?
Simon Squibb
Effort 22/100

A Caribbean Mystery
Agatha Christie
Effort 24/100

Papillon
Henri Charrière
Effort 28/100

Kill Joy
Holly Jackson
Effort 20/100

Minecraft: The Island
Max Brooks
Effort 27/100

Double Take
Catherine Coulter
Effort 28/100

Fangirl
Rainbow Rowell
Effort 28/100

The Secret of Chimneys
Agatha Christie
Effort 27/100

The Heartstopper Yearbook
Alice Oseman
Effort 19/100

Don't Make Me Think, Revisited
Steve Krug
Effort 20/100

Me Talk Pretty One Day
David Sedaris
Effort 22/100

Odd Thomas
Dean Koontz
Effort 26/100

They Do It with Mirrors
Agatha Christie
Effort 25/100

Chasing Lincoln's Killer
James L. Swanson
Effort 17/100

The Reptile Room
Lemony Snicket
Effort 20/100

The Big Bad Wolf
James Patterson
Effort 22/100

God of Ruin
Rina Kent
Effort 27/100

The Lottery
Shirley Jackson
Effort 22/100

Post Office
Charles Bukowski
Effort 25/100

The Wide Window
Lemony Snicket
Effort 20/100

A Doll's House
Henrik Ibsen
Effort 27/100

Fever 1793
Laurie Halse Anderson
Effort 21/100

Wintersmith
Terry Pratchett
Effort 29/100

The Brightest Night
Tui T. Sutherland
Effort 25/100

Cat & Mouse
James Patterson
Effort 28/100

The Mist
Stephen King
Effort 25/100

Hidden Pictures
Jason Rekulak
Effort 24/100

Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World
Jennifer Armstrong
Effort 19/100

Steelheart
Brandon Sanderson
Effort 22/100

Nimona
ND Stevenson
Effort 28/100

Z for Zachariah
Robert C. O'Brien
Effort 29/100

If It Bleeds
Stephen King
Effort 28/100

The Miserable Mill
Lemony Snicket
Effort 20/100

Hoot
Carl Hiaasen
Effort 22/100

The Tuesday Club Murders
Agatha Christie
Effort 21/100

Ghost
Jason Reynolds
Effort 20/100

Endurance
Alfred Lansing
Effort 29/100

The Body
Stephen King
Effort 20/100

Cross
James Patterson
Effort 16/100

Hell House
Richard Matheson
Effort 27/100

The Austere Academy
Lemony Snicket
Effort 21/100

Eagle Strike
Anthony Horowitz
Effort 20/100

Game Changer
Rachel Reid
Effort 26/100

The Wave
Todd Strasser
Effort 24/100

On the Banks of Plum Creek
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Effort 26/100

The Arctic Incident
Eoin Colfer
Effort 22/100

The Ersatz Elevator
Lemony Snicket
Effort 21/100

Scorpia
Anthony Horowitz
Effort 26/100