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 145–192

Old School
Jeff Kinney
Effort 5/100

the sun and her flowers
Rupi Kaur
Effort 22/100

Heartstopper: Volume 2
Alice Oseman
Effort 22/100

King of Pride
Ana Huang
Effort 27/100

Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak
Effort 2/100

The Science of Getting Rich
Wallace D. Wattles
Effort 23/100

Drama
Raina Telgemeier
Effort 11/100

The 5 Love Languages: The Secret to Love that Lasts
Gary Chapman
Effort 23/100

The Witches
Roald Dahl
Effort 20/100

Where the Red Fern Grows
Wilson Rawls
Effort 20/100

The Gruffalo
Julia Donaldson
Effort 2/100

Women Who Love Too Much
Robin Norwood
Effort 26/100

When You're Ready, This Is How You Heal
Brianna Wiest
Effort 23/100

Diary of an Oxygen Thief
Anonymous
Effort 29/100

Outliers
Malcolm Gladwell
Effort 27/100

Hard Luck
Jeff Kinney
Effort 10/100

The Coldest Winter Ever
Sister Souljah
Effort 28/100

Sustain Me
Barbara O'Neill
Effort 26/100

Heated Rivalry
Rachel Reid
Effort 29/100

Shadow and Bone
Leigh Bardugo
Effort 24/100

Red Rising
Pierce Brown
Effort 26/100

Alice in Wonderland
Lewis Carroll
Effort 17/100

King of Greed
Ana Huang
Effort 26/100

The Art of Thinking Clearly
Rolf Dobelli
Effort 29/100

On Writing
Stephen King
Effort 25/100

The Bad Beginning
Lemony Snicket
Effort 20/100

Warmth
Rithvik Singh
Effort 10/100

Love on the Brain
Ali Hazelwood
Effort 23/100

The Viscount Who Loved Me
Julia Quinn
Effort 24/100

Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!
Mo Willems
Effort 2/100

The Ugly Truth
Jeff Kinney
Effort 5/100

The Magician's Nephew
C. S. Lewis
Effort 26/100

The Call of the Wild
Jack London
Effort 25/100

The Hidden Oracle
Rick Riordan
Effort 26/100

Talk Like TED
Carmine Gallo
Effort 22/100

The School for Good and Evil
Soman Chainani
Effort 27/100

Regretting You
Colleen Hoover
Effort 26/100

Shoe Dog
Phil Knight
Effort 24/100

The Compound Effect
Darren Hardy
Effort 14/100

The Last Straw
Jeff Kinney
Effort 5/100

The Third Wheel
Jeff Kinney
Effort 5/100

Surrounded by Psychopaths
Thomas Erikson
Effort 24/100

Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.
Judy Blume
Effort 23/100

Eleanor & Park
Rainbow Rowell
Effort 26/100

Partypooper
Jeff Kinney
Effort 10/100

The Phantom Tollbooth
Norton Juster
Effort 29/100

The Awakening
L. J. Smith
Effort 22/100

The Mysterious Affair at Styles
Agatha Christie
Effort 29/100