Short English books to read with translation

108 books under 25,000 words, the shortest in the library, sorted shortest first. A short book you finish beats a long one you abandon: pick one, read it with the translation under every sentence, and move on to the next.

The Tale of Peter RabbitBeatrix PotterB1952 wordsTrial by waterSewell Peaslee WrightB21,452 wordsThe Brave Tin SoldierHans Christian AndersenB2human translation1,644 wordsThe winner and new...Ib MelchiorB11,876 wordsThe Arctic legionsA. De Herries SmithB12,031 wordsBlue eyes and diamondsLemuel De BraA22,298 wordsThe Cask of AmontilladoEdgar Allan PoeB12,338 wordsThe Wonder-Working MagicianPedro Calderón de la BarcaC12,869 wordsThe TinderboxHans Christian AndersenB2human translation2,879 wordsMurder maskEdgar Daniel KramerB12,934 wordsThe Missing WillAgatha ChristieB13,254 wordsThe Damned ThingAmbrose BierceB23,268 wordsThe vidiotIb MelchiorA23,532 wordsJust a bit too fastHal MooreB14,070 wordsThe Undersea TubeL. Taylor HansenB24,257 wordsThe Hunter's Lodge CaseAgatha ChristieB14,417 wordsThe Plymouth Express AffairAgatha ChristieA24,894 wordsThe bar actBud La MarB14,926 wordsSonnets from the PortugueseElizabeth Barrett BrowningA25,184 wordsThe Old Lady fliesRaoul WhitfieldA25,443 wordsThe hand of GodMurray LeinsterA25,472 wordsThe Love Letters of Henry VIII to Anne Boleyn; With NotesKing of England Henry VIIIB25,498 wordsA young man's storySarah DoudneyB15,900 wordsThe Yellow WallpaperCharlotte Perkins GilmanB16,222 wordsThe man who saved New YorkRay CummingsA26,341 wordsA Pickle for the Knowing OnesTimothy DexterC16,382 wordsThe Poet Li Po, A.D. 701-762B16,933 wordsThis star shall be freeMurray LeinsterB17,172 wordsThe black kissB17,246 wordsWizardLaurence M. JaniferA27,275 wordsThe life-eaterHarold WardB17,399 wordsA municipal feudErnest HaycoxB17,422 wordsHow to write Little Blue BooksLloyd E. SmithB27,478 wordsHow joy was foundIsobel Wylie HutchisonA27,553 wordsThe Ambulance Made Two TripsMurray LeinsterB17,703 wordsBorrowed feathersRuth LambB28,407 wordsThe Novel on the TramBenito Pérez GaldósB28,773 wordsThe golden journey of Mr. ParadyneWilliam John LockeB19,007 wordsThe Big FixGeorge O. SmithB29,085 wordsThe NoseNikolai Vasilievich GogolB2human translation9,086 wordsThe Little MermaidHans Christian AndersenC1human translation9,097 wordsThe Tao Teh King, or the Tao and its CharacteristicsLaoziB19,154 wordsThe EnchiridionEpictetusB29,208 wordsThe silent BalticMarcus KnoxC19,322 wordsGrateful Peter's new year's giftRuth LambB110,172 wordsCertain Noble Plays of Japan: From the manuscripts of Ernest FenollosaB110,218 wordsA Martian OdysseyStanley G. WeinbaumA210,298 wordsThe new art of writing playsLope de VegaC110,723 wordsThe Shunned HouseH. P. LovecraftC110,766 wordsThe Misplaced BattleshipHarry HarrisonB111,214 words"And That's How It Was, Officer"Ralph SholtoA211,290 wordsThe Canterville GhostOscar WildeC1human translation11,363 wordsManifesto of the Communist PartyKarl Marx, Frederick EngelsC1human translation11,419 wordsThe call of CthulhuH. P. LovecraftC111,873 wordsA Hundred and Seventy Chinese PoemsB112,001 wordsShadows in the MoonlightRobert E. HowardB112,121 wordsThe book of filial dutyB212,157 wordsShadows in ZamboulaRobert E. HowardB112,172 wordsThe Legend of Sleepy HollowWashington IrvingC112,255 wordsOur Lady of the PillarEça de QueirósC112,415 wordsThe Snow QueenHans Christian AndersenB2human translation12,431 wordsThe Young Visiters or, Mr. Salteena's PlanDaisy AshfordB112,520 wordsAstronomy for beginnersHereward CarringtonC113,169 wordsBrazilian short storiesJosé Bento Monteiro LobatoB213,985 wordsLiterary Fables of YriarteTomás de IriarteA214,276 wordsLysistrataAristophanesA214,433 wordsThe Indolence of the FilipinoJosé RizalC114,663 wordsBuddhist Psalms translated from the Japanese of Shinran ShoninShinranB215,526 wordsThe Last Lion, and Other TalesVicente Blasco IbáñezB215,746 wordsThe Lovers Assistant; Or, New Art of LoveB215,893 wordsFirst Love, and Other Fascinating Stories of Spanish LifeC116,122 wordsApologyPlatoC116,179 wordsThe Happy Prince, and Other TalesOscar WildeB116,249 wordsPlays of Old Japan: The 'No'B216,340 wordsThe happiness of HazelbrookCharlotte Grace O'BrienB216,378 wordsThe Little PrinceAntoine de Saint-ExuperyA2human translation16,938 wordsDancing Devil rangeW. C. TuttleA217,010 wordsJewels of GwahlurRobert E. HowardB217,249 wordsThe Dunwich horrorH. P. LovecraftC117,381 wordsA Midsummer Night's DreamWilliam ShakespeareA217,476 wordsDe ProfundisOscar WildeB217,801 wordsThe Book of TeaKakuzo OkakuraC117,936 wordsThe servant's behaviour bookEmily A. PatmoreB218,513 wordsThe Strange Friend of Tito GilPedro Antonio de AlarcónB119,758 wordsNarrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary RowlandsonMary White RowlandsonB220,139 wordsTwelve years in the armyJohn G. GollanB220,617 wordsThe Battle of the Strong: A Romance of Two Kingdoms — Volume 6Gilbert ParkerB120,647 words1066 and all thatB220,727 wordsThe Importance of Being Earnest: A Trivial Comedy for Serious PeopleOscar WildeA220,791 wordsThe Autobiography of St. IgnatiusSaint of Loyola IgnatiusC121,036 wordsAt the Sign of the Cat and RacketHonoré de BalzacC121,434 wordsThe Japanese SpiritYoshisaburo OkakuraC121,531 wordsThe story of NelsonEdmund Francis SellarB221,802 wordsThe Great God PanArthur MachenB221,833 wordsLove's Labour's LostWilliam ShakespeareA222,726 wordsAs You Like ItWilliam ShakespeareA223,161 wordsCarmenProsper MériméeB123,327 wordsRobert FrostGorham Bert MunsonB223,520 wordsThe Germany and the Agricola of TacitusCornelius TacitusC123,544 wordsMinute Mysteries [Detectograms]H. A. RipleyB123,872 wordsThe Spirit of Japanese ArtYoné NoguchiC124,211 wordsStrange Stories from the Lodge of LeisuresSongling PuB224,294 wordsScenes in the Life of Harriet TubmanSarah H. BradfordB224,364 wordsLife Is a DreamPedro Calderón de la BarcaA224,390 wordsThe trail of deceptionW. C. TuttleA224,444 wordsSouth American Jungle TalesHoracio QuirogaA224,526 wordsBrazilian TalesB224,608 wordsMemoirs of the Author of a Vindication of the Rights of WomanWilliam GodwinC124,725 words

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