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10 Books Under 100 Pages but Combined 100+ Years Of Wisdom
Books are our superpower.
It’s a quick way to gain decades of insights, knowledge and wisdom about someone’s life and work from reading what they wrote.
People spend decades researching a single topic and writing a book about it, but you can read that book in a few evenings.
But not all books are created equal.
Some are true classics that have stood the test of time and offer timeless lessons.
Others are popular bestsellers that everyone’s talking about but may not have the same staying power.
Here are 10 books that won’t take up a lot of your time but give a ton in return for your time.
1. The Old Man and the Sea
by Ernest Hemmingway
It’s one of the classics of American literature. It fetched Ernest Nobel and Pulitzer and took his works to new heights.
This is an excellent story about a man named Santiago who goes on an adventure to catch a big fish. But when things go wrong, this adventure quickly turns into something painful and challenging.
2. The Strange Library
by Haruki Murakami
