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8 Incredible Books You Can Finish in a Weekend (or even the better part of an afternoon)

Mary O'Brien
6 min readJun 21, 2019

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Tricky, isn’t it? Making time for a healthy dose of literature is near to impossible with the mountain of other things to get done. I’ll be the first to admit how easy it is to ignore my need for words on paper in favor of another episode of my newest Netflix obsession and half a bowl of guacamole.

Yes, okay. A full bowl. Shush.

But a good book is, I find, essential to human happiness. I’m already living my life, after all. It would be nice to see what someone else’s is like for a while.

That said, of course, the laundry ain’t gonna do itself and I’ve got two birthday cakes to decorate by this weekend, so today’s good book needs to keep it snappy.

Whether you’re a tried and true bookworm attached at the hip to your Kindle looking to knock out a few more on your yearly reading goal or a non-reader who would like to dip your toes into the blissful world of words, here are eight inspiring and informative reads that keep it quick.

The Grownup by Gillian Flynn

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Mary O'Brien
Mary O'Brien

Written by Mary O'Brien

Reader of memoirs, novels, and cookbooks. Writer of lists, essays, and short stories. If I’m not baking, I’m running. If neither, I’m in personal crisis.

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