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 721–768
Prince & Knight
Daniel Haack
Effort 2/100
The Professor and the Madman
Simon Winchester
Effort 26/100
Tales from the Gas Station: Volume One
Jack Townsend
Effort 27/100
A Stir of Echoes
Richard Matheson
Effort 25/100
The Dog of the South
Charles Portis
Effort 24/100
The Ax
Donald E. Westlake
Effort 27/100
Columbus Day
Craig Alanson
Effort 19/100
The Simpsons and Their Mathematical Secrets
Simon Singh
Effort 29/100
The Hot Rock
Donald E. Westlake
Effort 22/100
A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush
Eric Newby
Effort 26/100
Bill Bryson's African Diary
Bill Bryson
Effort 17/100
The Road to Little Dribbling
Bill Bryson
Effort 24/100
Vacationland
John Hodgman
Effort 24/100
The Grifters
Jim Thompson
Effort 25/100
Resurrection Dreams
Richard Laymon
Effort 23/100
Life for Sale
Yukio Mishima
Effort 25/100
Flesh
David Szalay
Effort 27/100
Maphead
Ken Jennings
Effort 22/100
Storm in a Teacup
Helen Czerski
Effort 27/100
Brainiac
Ken Jennings
Effort 22/100
Diddly Squat: A Year on the Farm
Jeremy Clarkson
Effort 20/100
Five Decembers
James Kestrel
Effort 28/100
The Flood
Michael McDowell
Effort 29/100
The Man with the Getaway Face
Richard Stark
Effort 20/100
A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo
Jill Twiss, Marlon Bundo
Effort 2/100
Miami Blues
Charles Willeford
Effort 25/100
Funland
Richard Laymon
Effort 24/100
Invincible: The Ultimate Collection Volume 1
Robert Kirkman
Effort 24/100
The Wednesday Wars
Gary D. Schmidt
Effort 24/100
Company
Max Barry
Effort 28/100
LaBrava
Elmore Leonard
Effort 24/100
Into the Planet
Jill Heinerth
Effort 22/100
Island of the Lost
Joan Druett
Effort 22/100
This Day in June
Gayle E. Pitman
Effort 2/100
Miami
Pat Booth
Effort 28/100
The Outfit
Richard Stark
Effort 22/100
Freaky Deaky
Elmore Leonard
Effort 28/100
The Traveling Vampire Show
Richard Laymon
Effort 27/100
Leaving Cheyenne
Larry McMurtry
Effort 28/100
Galveston
Nic Pizzolatto
Effort 26/100
The Hunter
Richard Stark
Effort 22/100
Bank Shot
Donald E. Westlake
Effort 21/100
Mr. Majestyk
Elmore Leonard
Effort 17/100
After Dark, My Sweet
Jim Thompson
Effort 24/100
Cache Lake Country
John J. Rowlands
Effort 27/100
Indian Creek Chronicles
Pete Fromm
Effort 26/100
The Answer Is . . .
Alex Trebek
Effort 22/100
24 Hours in Ancient Egypt
Donald P. Ryan
Effort 21/100
