My goal was 25. I might keep adding to this list to see if I reach 50, though.
Thanks, J-Kaye, for a great challenge!
Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair by Pablo Neruda (1924, 1969 for English translation, 80 pp.)- X-Kai- Vol. 2 by Asami Tohjoh (2000, English translation 2006; 200 pp.)
- Fugitive Pieces by Ann Michaels (1996, 294 pp.)
- Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer (2006, 352 pp.)
- The Reader by Bernard Schlink (1995, 1997 for the English translation; 224 pages)
- A Tale of Two Gardens by Octavio Paz (various copyrights, 111 pp.)
- The Willoughbys by Lois Lowry (2008, 174 pp.)
- Dear Mr. Henshaw by Beverly Cleary (1983, 133 pp.)
- A Single Shard by Linda Sue Park (2001, 152 pp.)
- Kira Kira by Cynthia Kadohata (2004, 244 pp.)
- The Midwife’s Apprentice by Karen Cushman (1995, 122 pp.)
- Q & A by Vikas Swarup (2005, 318 pp.)
- Summer of the Swans by Betsy Byars (1970, 144 pp.)
- Call It Courage by Armstrong Sperry (1940, 128 pp.)
- Finn by John Clinch (2007, 304 pp.)
- All the Living by C.E. Morgan (2009, 208 pp.)
- Jane Austen Ruined My Life by Beth Pattillo (2009, 270 pp.)
- The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz (2007, 339 pp.)
- Blue Shoes and Happiness by Alexander McCall Smith (2006, 227 pp.)
- The End of the Alphabet by C.S. Richardson (2007, 119 pp.)
- Ravel by Jean Echenoz (2007, 117 pp.)
- The First Part Last by Angela Johnson (2003, 131 pp.)
- An Abundance of Katherines by John Green (2006, 256 pp.)
- The Good Husband of Zebra Drive by Alexander McCall Smith (2007, 213 pp.)
- The Miracle at Speedy Motors by Alexander McCall Smith (2008, 214 pp.)
- Dream Angus by Alexander McCall Smith (2006, 173 pp.)
- The House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer (2002, 380 pp.)
- Yarrow by Charles de Lint
