

That will get them to prioritize and keep it short, and that's exactly what this book is about. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly - Jean-Dominique Bauby: If you want a book that's quick and to the point you want it to be written by someone using only twitches of their eye. Perfect if you don't want it to look like you're scrambling to find quick and easy books. Listen online or offline with Android, iOS, web, Chromecast, and Google Assistant. Get instant access to all your favorite books. Looks long, but everything is very spaced out and it flies by. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly: A Memoir of Life in Death audiobook written by Jean-Dominique Bauby. The Road - Cormac McCarthy: A very well-written interpersonal narrative about a boy and his father in a post-apocalyptic world. Really enlightening stuff regardless of how you take the political spin. It one of the most extraordinary books about the triumph of the human spirit ever written.

How an Economy Grows and Why it Crashes - Peter Schiff: This is the ultimate quick read, but you'll walk away with a greater understanding of economics than 99% of the population. The Diving-Bell and the Butterfly records Bauby’s lonely existence but also the ability to invent a life for oneself in the most appalling of circumstances. Anyone else a couple of books behind on their challenge and scrambling to finish it off? Kind of feels like cheating, but I'm looking for 3 or so quick <200 page reads to fit it into my Christmas schedule. A triumphant memoir by the former editor-in-chief of French Elle that reveals an indomitable spirit and celebrates the liberating power of consciousness.
