Subscribe for more recommendations. This is by no means a comprehensive list, but all of the classics mentioned in this short can be read in a weekend if not a day. Sula and The Great Gatsby are two of the most eloquent on this list.

SulaToni MorrisonBest short novelsShort classic novelsShort classicsFitzgeraldThe Great GatsbyJD SalingerOf Mice and MenJohn SteinbeckGeorge OrwellShort novelsBest novellasKafkaThe Metamorphosis