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 49–96

The Mountain Is You
Brianna Wiest
Effort 24/100

One of Us Is Lying
Karen M. McManus
Effort 29/100

Don't Believe Everything You Think
Joseph Nguyen
Effort 28/100

Dog Days
Jeff Kinney
Effort 5/100

Surrounded by Idiots: The Four Types of Human Behavior and How to Effectively Communicate with Each in Business (and in Life)
Thomas Erikson
Effort 22/100

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams
Effort 25/100

Punk 57
Penelope Douglas
Effort 24/100

The Four Agreements
Don Miguel Ruiz, Janet Mills
Effort 24/100

The Maze Runner
James Dashner
Effort 21/100

milk and honey
Rupi Kaur
Effort 21/100

Thank You for Leaving
Rithvik Singh
Effort 28/100

This Thing Called Love
Deblina Bhattacharyya
Effort 28/100

Of Mice and Men
John Steinbeck
Effort 23/100

The Spanish Love Deception
Elena Armas
Effort 29/100

To All the Boys I've Loved Before
Jenny Han
Effort 26/100

The Outsiders
S. E. Hinton
Effort 25/100

Hatchet
Gary Paulsen
Effort 15/100

Dog Man
Dav Pilkey
Effort 3/100

The Sea of Monsters
Rick Riordan
Effort 24/100

Divergent
Veronica Roth
Effort 28/100

The Housemaid
Freida McFadden
Effort 25/100

The Magic of Thinking Big
David J. Schwartz
Effort 24/100

The 5 AM Club
Robin Sharma
Effort 26/100

Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus
John Gray
Effort 26/100

Tuesdays with Morrie
Mitch Albom
Effort 21/100

The Eyes of Darkness
Dean Koontz
Effort 20/100

The Titan's Curse
Rick Riordan
Effort 25/100

Eat That Frog!
Brian Tracy
Effort 14/100

The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari: A Fable About Fulfilling Your Dreams & Reaching Your Destiny
Robin Sharma
Effort 23/100

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
C. S. Lewis
Effort 20/100

Angels & Demons
Dan Brown
Effort 28/100

Murder on the Orient Express
Agatha Christie
Effort 28/100

Forgotten Home Apothecary
Nicole Apelian
Effort 17/100

The Let Them Theory
Mel Robbins, Sawyer Robbins
Effort 23/100

A Child Called "It"
Dave Pelzer
Effort 20/100

Looking for Alaska
John Green
Effort 29/100

Ego Is the Enemy
Ryan Holiday
Effort 26/100

The Deal
Elle Kennedy
Effort 24/100

Red Queen
Victoria Aveyard
Effort 29/100

Think Like a Monk
Jay Shetty
Effort 26/100

Who Moved My Cheese?
Spencer Johnson
Effort 8/100

The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle
Effort 2/100

Rodrick Rules
Jeff Kinney
Effort 10/100

Never Split the Difference
Chris Voss, Tahl Raz
Effort 27/100

Cabin Fever
Jeff Kinney
Effort 10/100

The BFG
Roald Dahl
Effort 20/100

Double Down
Jeff Kinney
Effort 5/100

Esquire's The New Rules for Men
Esquire
Effort 15/100