One-Sitting Reads from Every Genre Fall into Fall Readathon

One-Sitting Reads from Every Genre Fall into Fall Readathon Our Fall into Fall Readathon is sponsored by  Swoon Reads  â€" publishing the latest and greatest in YA fiction recommended by readers like you. See all the readathon posts  here. You’ve got the power to get books published!  Swoon Reads  publishes the latest and greatest young adult fiction recommended by readers like you. From heroic epics, to alien adventures, to all-the-feels romanceâ€"if you’re loving it, we’ll publish it. Readers who sign up for Swoon Reads or download the app get unlimited access to the latest and greatest unpublished manuscripts. You can rate, comment on, and share your favorites. Then, Swoon Reads uses your feedback to help decide which get made into real, ink-on-paper books. The best part is it’s all completely free. So, come lit with us! When I sat down to compile this list of one-sitting reads from every genre, I immediately began to panic. How many genres are there? WHAT COUNTS AS A GENRE? I calmed down, picked 30 genres and sub-genres to focus on, and found you a selection of books that are under 300 pages† according to Goodreads and are all extremely readable.   †there are two books over 300 pages on the list, and I read each of them in a single sitting. It can be done! A * next to a title denotes that it is part of a series. Nonfiction We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie This 52-page manifesto is taken from Adichies TED Talk on the subject. (Please note that Adichie has made some trans-exclusionary comments about feminism that I do not stand by; however, they do not appear in this text.) Craft This Thing of Paper by Karie Westerman Although this is classified as a knitting pattern book (and it does indeed contain 11 gorgeous knitting patterns), Ive included it because it contains essays about the history of the printed word and its ties to knitting. 141 pages. (Available digitally at Ravelry.com if Amazon is out of stock.) Memoir Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates Written as a letter to his son, Coates attempts to answer the questions: What is it like to inhabit a black body and find a way to live within it? And how can we all honestly reckon with this fraught history and free ourselves from its burden? 152 pages. Classic The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison Is a 1970 novel old enough to qualify as a classic? It is when its Toni Morrisons debut and I am writing the list. Pecola Breedlove prays every day to be beautiful, replacing her dark skin and brown eyes with blonde hair and blue eyes. 216 pages. Literary Fiction The Vegetarian by Han Kang Yeong-hye takes control of her destiny by denouncing meat, hoping to purge her mind of brutal dreams. Her husband, sister, and brother-in-law all try to assert their will on her. 188 pages. Gothic Horror We Have Always Lived In The Castle by Shirley Jackson Merricat, Constance, and Uncle Julian have lived in exile since the rest of their family died and Constance was cleared of their murder. Now Cousin Charles is trying to insert himself into their lives. 213 pages. Noir Queenpin by Megan Abbott A young woman bookkeeper finds her way into the Las Vegas mob and under the wing of the infamous Gloria Denton. 180 pages. Decopunk The Night Train* by Evelyn Archer Modesty Brown has a new name, a new identity, a new job as a typist for Jack Wonderly, and is on the way to The City via the Night Train. 58 pages. Middle Grade Contemporary Stef Soto, Taco Queen by Jennifer Torres Seventh grader Stef is embarrassed by Tia Perla, her familys taco truck. But when the city changes the rules for food trucks, she becomes Tia Perlas biggest champion. 176 pages. Middle Grade Fantasy The Gauntlet* by Karuna Riazi Farah and her two closest friends have to enter The Gauntlet of Blood and Sand to play a dangerous game and hopefully rescue her little brother. 298 pages. YA Contemporary Story of a Girl by Sara Zarr This quiet novel tells the story of Deanna, whose life has been defined for three years by the time she got caught having sex with her brothers friend. 192 pages. YA Historical The Pearl Thief* by Elizabeth Wein This prequel to Code Name Verity allows us to see Julie at 15, recovering from a head injury and trying to find a missing family heirloom. 326 pages. YA Fantasy Magonia* by Maria Dahvana Headley Aza is sick, and when she sees a ship in the sky, everyone thinks its a hallucination. But she is sure its real. 309 pages. Historical Fantasy River of Teeth* by Sarah Gailey Hippo-riding cowboy outlaws. A heist. WHAT MORE COULD YOU WANT. 114 pages. Epic Fantasy Throne of the Crescent Moon by Saladin Ahmed A power struggle. A master thief. And a plot for the Throne of the Crescent Moon that threatens to turn the great city of Dhamsawwaat, and the world itself, into a blood-soaked ruin. 285 pages. Portal Fantasy Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire What happens to the children whove been to other worlds after they come back? Some of them go to Eleanor Wests Home for Wayward Children. 169 pages. Fairytale Tress by Larissa Brown Tess longs to live in a fairytale. But what happens when she finds herself in one? 80 pages. Magical Realism Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel Titas tears were formed in the womb, and her cooking is the way she communicates her love to the man she cannot be withâ€"her sisters husband. 221 pages. Science Fiction Binti* by Nnedi Okorafor Binti is the first of the Himba people ever to be offered a place at Oomza University, but going means leaving her family and traveling to another planet where no one understands her people. 96 pages. Space Opera Nova by Samuel R. Delaney Lorq von Ray assembles a crew to fly through an imploded sun to gather Illyrion, the element needed for space travel. What the crew doesnt know is he is on a quest for revenge. 241 pages. Historical Science Fiction Kindred by Octavia Butler Dana is repeatedly pulled back in time to a slave plantation, where her actions will affect her own future. 287 pages. Dystopian Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro Three adults reunite and look at their shared past in an exclusive boarding school where their special gifts were emphasized. 288 pages. Horror Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado I debated whether to list this under horror or short stories and decided short stories is not a genre. This book is 248 pages packed full of horror stories, and if you dont want to read it in one sitting, the stories would be a great way to break up your other reads. Contemporary Romance Knit One, Girl Two by Shira Glassman At 68 pages, this is one of the shortest books on this list. It is an ADORABLY sweet F/F romance. Contemporary Romance Calling Her Bluff by Kaia Danielle This extremely steamy M/F romance packs a LOT into its 92 pages. YA Romance Boy Meets Boy by David Levithan Boy meets boy, boy messes up, boy tries to win boy back in this M/M young adult romance. 185 pages. Historical Romance Homecoming by Beverly Jenkins This second chance romance between a woman and a soldier in 1883 is set at the holidays for extra swoon factor. 78 pages. Fantasy Romance The Magpie Lord by K.J. Charles A lord in exile returns and hires a magician who hates him to protect him from his familys enemies. Sparks fly in this M/M fantasy romance. 222 pages. Graphic Novel (YA) Nimona by Noelle Stevenson Nimona is the young shapeshifter sidekick to super villain Lord Ballister Blackheart, and together they are going to take down Sir Ambrosius Goldenloin and his buddies at the Institution of Law Enforcement and Heroics. 266 pages. Graphic Novel (MG) Roller Girl by Victoria Jamieson Astrid goes to roller derby camp, where she worries about losing her best friend, making new friends, dyeing her hair without her mother murdering her, and getting to skate as a jammer in the upcoming bout. 240 pages. Whatever genre you choose to read in, the options are tremendous. Happy reading! 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