The 8 List: Short Reads

It's a busy time of year. Amidst all the holiday parties and last minute shopping, hopefully you'll have some time to read a book. Here are 8 short reads that are well worth your time.

#1 THE BIG SLEEP by Raymond Chandler

Detectives. Guns. Femme fatales.

#2 THE AWAKENING by Kate Chopin

Victorian. Womanhood. Feminism.

#3 THE TURN OF THE SCREW by Henry James

Ghosts. Nannies. Mysteries.

#4 BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S by Truman Capote

Identity. Money. Society.

#5 THE COLLECTED WORKS OF BILLY THE KID by Michael Ondaatje

Poetry. Westerns. Stars.

#6 THE OCEAN AT THE END OF THE LANE by Neil Gaiman

Fairy tales. Childhood. Adulthood.

#7 THE BLOODY CHAMBER by Angela Carter

Fairy tales. Stories. Feminism.

#8 THE GREAT GATSBY by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Parties. Love. Desperation.