Linda V
For my creative writing project, I have to write a book targeted towards any particular niche. I'm looking to write a quest novel for teenagers. How many pages do you think is appropriate and are graphics required? Also any ideas for the book would be appreciated...though I'm well on my way already.
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I think that anywhere from 150-250 pages is average, and of course a little bit under or over is fine. Any shorter than 150 usually seems like an easy read. I personally like it when books are between 250-400 pages, but the books that turn out to be like 900 pages are just kind of tedious, and the author really needs to make sure they do a good job so they don't bore the readers to death. In my mind, graphics turn it into a book for a younger audience, and I feel like it would be really weird if you're reading an intense novel then there's a picture smack in the middle of it. It's fine in the Harry Potter books where there's a small graphic (maybe the size of a quarter) above the chapter page, but anything else is overkill.
I think that anywhere from 150-250 pages is average, and of course a little bit under or over is fine. Any shorter than 150 usually seems like an easy read. I personally like it when books are between 250-400 pages, but the books that turn out to be like 900 pages are just kind of tedious, and the author really needs to make sure they do a good job so they don't bore the readers to death. In my mind, graphics turn it into a book for a younger audience, and I feel like it would be really weird if you're reading an intense novel then there's a picture smack in the middle of it. It's fine in the Harry Potter books where there's a small graphic (maybe the size of a quarter) above the chapter page, but anything else is overkill.
Can anyone recommend some wonderful fiction books that are under 300 pages?
Puff
I tend to get bored after 200 pages. I'd appreciate an adult book, but young adult is ok too.I did enjoy Of Mice and Men.That is one of the few quality short books I have come across.
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I'm with you on that--I start to zone out after a couple of hundred pages even if I really enjoy a book. Here's a list of books I have that are under 200 pages--although I tend to have older editions with smaller print, so in some cases the currently available editions are longer by 50 or so pages.
If you liked Steinbeck's "Of Mice and Men," he has a great short novel called "The Moon is Down"--it's about a town during WWII that gets taken over. It's excellent, and it's under 150 pages.
On the science fiction front, some of Isaac Asimov's novels tend to the short side--my copy of "The Caves of Steel" comes to just under 200 pages. That one's actually a detective story in a science fiction setting, which makes it even cooler.
I haven't started Asimov's novelization of "The Fantastic Voyage" yet, but it's also under 200 pages.
One of the books I'm reading right now is "The Illustrated Man" by Ray Bradbury--it's actually a series of short stories that are tied together by a narrative, but it's good so far.
If you haven't already read it, Bradbury's "Fahrenheit 451" is wonderful--my copy's under 150 pages.
George Orwell's "Animal Farm"--under 150 pages, and another great read if you haven't gotten to it already.
Aldous Huxley's "Brave New World," a negative utopia novel that I'll be re-reading soon.
F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby"--set in the roaring twenties, and a really good book that I need to read again.
H. G. Well's "The Time Machine"--great story, and it clocks in at under 150 pages.
I'm with you on that--I start to zone out after a couple of hundred pages even if I really enjoy a book. Here's a list of books I have that are under 200 pages--although I tend to have older editions with smaller print, so in some cases the currently available editions are longer by 50 or so pages.
If you liked Steinbeck's "Of Mice and Men," he has a great short novel called "The Moon is Down"--it's about a town during WWII that gets taken over. It's excellent, and it's under 150 pages.
On the science fiction front, some of Isaac Asimov's novels tend to the short side--my copy of "The Caves of Steel" comes to just under 200 pages. That one's actually a detective story in a science fiction setting, which makes it even cooler.
I haven't started Asimov's novelization of "The Fantastic Voyage" yet, but it's also under 200 pages.
One of the books I'm reading right now is "The Illustrated Man" by Ray Bradbury--it's actually a series of short stories that are tied together by a narrative, but it's good so far.
If you haven't already read it, Bradbury's "Fahrenheit 451" is wonderful--my copy's under 150 pages.
George Orwell's "Animal Farm"--under 150 pages, and another great read if you haven't gotten to it already.
Aldous Huxley's "Brave New World," a negative utopia novel that I'll be re-reading soon.
F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby"--set in the roaring twenties, and a really good book that I need to read again.
H. G. Well's "The Time Machine"--great story, and it clocks in at under 150 pages.
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