It’s Game Time, Readers: A Super Bowl Line-Up for Non-Football Fans

Football fans may be in all their glory, but what do the non-football fans do on game day? Spend a glorious Sunday night reading, of course! And since we know we each read at our own pace (or have you been practicing all season?) we’re offering a selection by page counts. Get ready, set, read!
Novels Under 300 Pages
No false starts. Make a dent in one of these quick reads.
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For every curveball thrown her way, maid Molly keeps the life rules of her dear departed grandmother at heart and uses them to help solve the untimely murder of a guest. The characters around the Regency Grand Hotel would push anyone to their limits, so her subsequent suspect list is endless. Imperturbable Molly will take you by the hand as you solve this fun, fast and endlessly sweet mystery together!
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“What an important book this is. Through Marie Benedict’s trademark insight and immersive historical research, Rosalind Franklin and her extraordinary legacy are beautifully restored to public recognition. So brilliantly sketched is this brilliant woman that you will find yourself both infuriated by the misogynistic battles she faces and inspired by the intellectual achievements she manages to secure regardless. A must-read for anyone interested in science or forgotten heroines.” — Kate Moore, author of The Radium Girls and The Woman They Could Not Silence
When our narrator becomes increasingly obsessed with a new, young colleague named Vladimir to escape from her current life, things start to get wild. As her perspective and actions transform into outright absurdity, you settle in for the satire and hold on tight! Perfect for anyone who loves a campus novel or who enjoyed The Chair with Sandra Oh.
Tackle 350 Pages
An extra 50 pages? This is what you’ve been training for!
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With a moody backdrop of Oxford academia and a propulsive mystery threaded throughout, the story follows Tessa and the complicated relationship she has with her charismatic and enigmatic Classics professor Chris … a relationship that builds to an explosive conclusion.
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Do you believe in soulmates? When Ursula is paired with Rafael, it feels like a sure bet, but the human heart is never predictable. The Arc, a secretive matchmaking service that uses a complex series of assessments to find your ideal mate, would like you to believe they have love down to a science. This delightful page-turner is millennial fiction perfection!
If you’re a parent and you’ve ever asked yourself if you really know your child, this is the book for you. When Thea Demetriou’s 17-year-old son, Stefan, is sent to prison for the murder of his girlfriend, she does what any parent would do and continues to love him. When he is released three years later, she can’t help but look at him with curiosity. What else does she not know about her sweet little boy? The Good Son is the perfect read for fans of The Book of Two Ways by Jodi Picoult and Monogamy by Sue Miller.
Throwing a Hail Mary Here
You might just need overtime to pull these off!
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Estranged siblings come together to deal with their mother’s death and solve the mystery of her secret past — a journey of discovery that takes them to far off places and ends with her famous black cake. This family saga is full of secrets, betrayal, love, tradition, and in the end, acceptance. Told in dual timelines, we see the story of Eleanor Bennett unfold. This book will stay with you, and so will a craving for Caribbean black cake.
Set amid African legend and mythology, and the wildly imaginative and crazy talented mind of Marlon James, the Dark Star trilogy is an action-packed fantasy epic that feels old and yet, refreshingly new at the same time. In this second installment, we dive into Sogolon’s world, a woman shaped by violence, fighting to tell her story.
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An indelible tale of identity, family and home that centers around identical twin sisters and their daughters, all living vastly different lives. From the acclaimed author of The Mothers, The Vanishing Half is a story that asks pertinent and, at times, overwhelming questions about who we are and where we’re headed as a society.









