Collider has published a list recommending ten novels short enough to finish in a single day, aimed at readers who want a fast but emotionally satisfying read. The list spans genres including contemporary fiction, literary fiction and science fiction, highlighting books praised for strong narrative voice and lasting emotional impact despite their brevity.

Among the titles featured are Emily Austin's "Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead" (2021), about a young woman with severe anxiety who accidentally takes on a church receptionist job and gets entangled in a friend's suspicious death; Yaa Gyasi's "Transcendent Kingdom" (2020), following a neuroscience PhD candidate processing her brother's fatal overdose and her mother's grief; and Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone's "This Is How You Lose the Time War" (2019), a science-fiction romance novella about rival agents from a post-apocalyptic future. The full list continues with seven further titles selected for their readability and impact.